Electric Paper launches online assessment tool

Electric Paper, a Dublin based e-learning company with offices in Harrow, Middlesex, has launched Net assess, an online, interactive assessment tool to test IT literacy skills.

Net assess offers assessment items in seven areas of computing: basic concepts of IT; using the computer and managing files; word processing; spreadsheets; databases; presentations; the Internet and email. As well as assessing individuals’ skill levels it can also be used as an examination tool to test students who have completed IT training courses.

According to Electric Paper’s Ingrid O’Sullivan: “Net assess can be used as a training needs analysis tool enabling the user to pinpoint areas of strength – which require little training – as well as weaker areas where IT skills need to be developed. Users can then plan their study programme, ensuring that they are concentrating on topics that need the most work. On the other hand it can provide a method of identifying the effectiveness of training carried out and of evaluating the return on investment."

“Moreover, Net assess can be used in the recruitment process to assess applicants’ IT skill levels objectively; supplying immediate, consistent and accurate evaluations that greatly reduce the time and resources needed to administer and mark assessments,” she added.

The College of Business at Colorado State University has been using net assess as an examination tool on the completion of an IT Literacy course in conjunction with other Electric Paper-produced training materials on CD-ROM.

April 22nd, 2002