Episodes
April 19, 2021
Community Update - New Features for Audio Questions, Happy House Update & Beyond Multiple Choice Reminder
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode of the SurpassCommunity Update, Tim Burnett talks to Yasser Hussain about new additional features coming this summer for the Audio Question type. Tim shares exciting news about Surpass joining the International Language Testing Association (ILTA). Also, Ben Brady has a chat with Achille Parmentier and Nik Sorocenski from Lineup about next week'...
April 19, 2021
Community Update - New Features for Audio Questions, Happy House Update & Beyond Multiple Choice Reminder
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode of the SurpassCommunity Update, Tim Burnett talks to Yasser Hussain about new additional features coming this summer for the Audio Question type. Tim shares exciting news about Surpass joining the International Language Testing Association (ILTA). Also, Ben Brady has a chat with Achille Parmentier and Nik Sorocenski from Lineup about next week'...
April 19, 2021
Community Update - New Features for Audio Questions, Happy House Update & Beyond Multiple Choice Reminder
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode of the SurpassCommunity Update, Tim Burnett talks to Yasser Hussain about new additional features coming this summer for the Audio Question type. Tim shares exciting news about Surpass joining the International Language Testing Association (ILTA). Also, Ben Brady has a chat with Achille Parmentier and Nik Sorocenski from Lineup about next week'...
April 12, 2021
Community Update: Introducing Michigan Language Assessment, Task-Based Simulations Feature Insight, and Performance Testing Council
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim Burnett shares news of the latest organisation to join the community, Michigan Language Assessment. We hear from a new Surpass team member, Kris Daka about his recent attendance at the Spring Performance Testing Summit, there's an update about the upcoming item banking workshop on 4th May (www.surpass.com/signup), and we have a feature ins...
April 12, 2021
Community Update: Introducing Michigan Language Assessment, Task-Based Simulations Feature Insight, and Performance Testing Council
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim Burnett shares news of the latest organisation to join the community, Michigan Language Assessment. We hear from a new Surpass team member, Kris Daka about his recent attendance at the Spring Performance Testing Summit, there's an update about the upcoming item banking workshop on 4th May (www.surpass.com/signup), and we have a feature ins...
April 12, 2021
Community Update: Introducing Michigan Language Assessment, Task-Based Simulations Feature Insight, and Performance Testing Council
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim Burnett shares news of the latest organisation to join the community, Michigan Language Assessment. We hear from a new Surpass team member, Kris Daka about his recent attendance at the Spring Performance Testing Summit, there's an update about the upcoming item banking workshop on 4th May (www.surpass.com/signup), and we have a feature ins...
April 6, 2021
Community Update - New End of Test Feedback and Language Features, Assessment Events News, and Supporting T Level Students
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim talks to Surpass Product Owners Victoria Coble and Nayan Mistry about some features being introduced to Surpass, including end of test feedback, and language variants. Tim also shares news about how the Surpass Team will be supporting local T Level students, you can read more about this and hear from Patrick Butlin, who joined the Surpass...
April 6, 2021
Community Update - New End of Test Feedback and Language Features, Assessment Events News, and Supporting T Level Students
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim talks to Surpass Product Owners Victoria Coble and Nayan Mistry about some features being introduced to Surpass, including end of test feedback, and language variants. Tim also shares news about how the Surpass Team will be supporting local T Level students, you can read more about this and hear from Patrick Butlin, who joined the Surpass...
April 6, 2021
Community Update - New End of Test Feedback and Language Features, Assessment Events News, and Supporting T Level Students
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim talks to Surpass Product Owners Victoria Coble and Nayan Mistry about some features being introduced to Surpass, including end of test feedback, and language variants. Tim also shares news about how the Surpass Team will be supporting local T Level students, you can read more about this and hear from Patrick Butlin, who joined the Surpass...
March 29, 2021
Community Update - New Item Banking Features, User Experience Design & Assessment Events News
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim provides an update on the 2021 Surpass Conference which will take place during the week of the 4th-8th October. Save the date here.Tim also shares clips from the recent usability and accessibility research webinar, as well as a clip about a new feature called Item Set History in Surpass which came out this month.Also, Tim is joined in conv...
March 29, 2021
Community Update - New Item Banking Features, User Experience Design & Assessment Events News
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim provides an update on the 2021 Surpass Conference which will take place during the week of the 4th-8th October. Save the date here.Tim also shares clips from the recent usability and accessibility research webinar, as well as a clip about a new feature called Item Set History in Surpass which came out this month.Also, Tim is joined in conv...
March 29, 2021
Community Update - New Item Banking Features, User Experience Design & Assessment Events News
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. In this week's episode, Tim provides an update on the 2021 Surpass Conference which will take place during the week of the 4th-8th October. Save the date here.Tim also shares clips from the recent usability and accessibility research webinar, as well as a clip about a new feature called Item Set History in Surpass which came out this month.Also, Tim is joined in conv...
March 22, 2021
Community Update - Meet the Council for Interior Design Qualification and National Board for Certified Counselors, new community members.
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week, Tim introduces us to new Surpass Community members Council for Interior Design Qualification and National Board for Certified Counselors. We also recap on a recent webinar discussing some research by the Surpass Team on the impact font can have on people diagnosed with dyslexia. Finally, Tim gives and overview of some upcoming industry events. This upda...
March 22, 2021
Community Update - Meet the Council for Interior Design Qualification and National Board for Certified Counselors, new community members.
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week, Tim introduces us to new Surpass Community members Council for Interior Design Qualification and National Board for Certified Counselors. We also recap on a recent webinar discussing some research by the Surpass Team on the impact font can have on people diagnosed with dyslexia. Finally, Tim gives and overview of some upcoming industry events. This upda...
March 22, 2021
Community Update - Meet the Council for Interior Design Qualification and National Board for Certified Counselors, new community members.
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week, Tim introduces us to new Surpass Community members Council for Interior Design Qualification and National Board for Certified Counselors. We also recap on a recent webinar discussing some research by the Surpass Team on the impact font can have on people diagnosed with dyslexia. Finally, Tim gives and overview of some upcoming industry events. This upda...
March 15, 2021
Community Update - News: Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ). Event update: Beyond Multiple Choice
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week, Tim welcomes the Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ) to the Surpass Community, and we hear from CIDQ Exam Director, Cornelia Springer, on how she first discovered Surpass, and how Surpass will be used for the prestigious NCIDQ certification. Next, Tim recaps on the Spring release of Surpass and reminds of the enhancements being made to the ite...
March 15, 2021
Community Update - News: Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ). Event update: Beyond Multiple Choice
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week, Tim welcomes the Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ) to the Surpass Community, and we hear from CIDQ Exam Director, Cornelia Springer, on how she first discovered Surpass, and how Surpass will be used for the prestigious NCIDQ certification. Next, Tim recaps on the Spring release of Surpass and reminds of the enhancements being made to the ite...
March 15, 2021
Community Update - News: Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ). Event update: Beyond Multiple Choice
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week, Tim welcomes the Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ) to the Surpass Community, and we hear from CIDQ Exam Director, Cornelia Springer, on how she first discovered Surpass, and how Surpass will be used for the prestigious NCIDQ certification. Next, Tim recaps on the Spring release of Surpass and reminds of the enhancements being made to the ite...
March 8, 2021
Community Update - Hear from the National Board for Certified Counselors, Discover New 'Saved Search' Functionality, and Insights into Formative and Continuous Summative Assessment
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week we hear from new Surpass Community member the National Board for Certified Counselors on the work of their organisation and how they will be using Surpass. Tim also re-caps of some of the new features coming in the latest release of Surpass, including new 'saved searches' functionality, before looking ahead to the next Surpass Community webinar on some rese...
March 8, 2021
Community Update - Hear from the National Board for Certified Counselors, Discover New 'Saved Search' Functionality, and Insights into Formative and Continuous Summative Assessment
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week we hear from new Surpass Community member the National Board for Certified Counselors on the work of their organisation and how they will be using Surpass. Tim also re-caps of some of the new features coming in the latest release of Surpass, including new 'saved searches' functionality, before looking ahead to the next Surpass Community webinar on some rese...
March 8, 2021
Community Update - Hear from the National Board for Certified Counselors, Discover New 'Saved Search' Functionality, and Insights into Formative and Continuous Summative Assessment
Join Tim Burnett for a Surpass Community update to catch up on all the latest news from the fastest growing community in testing. This week we hear from new Surpass Community member the National Board for Certified Counselors on the work of their organisation and how they will be using Surpass. Tim also re-caps of some of the new features coming in the latest release of Surpass, including new 'saved searches' functionality, before looking ahead to the next Surpass Community webinar on some rese...
March 1, 2021
The role of formative and continuous summative assessment in general qualifications
COVID has been one of the biggest challenges to face education and assessment in years. In this podcast, Simon Trevers, Chief Strategy Officer for the Surpass team at BTL, discusses the ongoing challenges faced by COVID and how there is now an opportunity for awarding organisations to make a positive step towards technology. Simon discusses formative and continuous summative assessment in detail and how, by undertaking a step-by-step transition to technology-based assessments, these forms of a...
March 1, 2021
The role of formative and continuous summative assessment in general qualifications
COVID has been one of the biggest challenges to face education and assessment in years. In this podcast, Simon Trevers, Chief Strategy Officer for the Surpass team at BTL, discusses the ongoing challenges faced by COVID and how there is now an opportunity for awarding organisations to make a positive step towards technology. Simon discusses formative and continuous summative assessment in detail and how, by undertaking a step-by-step transition to technology-based assessments, these forms of a...
March 1, 2021
The role of formative and continuous summative assessment in general qualifications
COVID has been one of the biggest challenges to face education and assessment in years. In this podcast, Simon Trevers, Chief Strategy Officer for the Surpass team at BTL, discusses the ongoing challenges faced by COVID and how there is now an opportunity for awarding organisations to make a positive step towards technology. Simon discusses formative and continuous summative assessment in detail and how, by undertaking a step-by-step transition to technology-based assessments, these forms of a...