Getting started with Perception version 3

Table of Contents

1 How to use this manual

2 Installing Perception

2.1 New or upgrade installations

2.2 Preparing your systems

2.3 Installing from the CD

2.3.1 Authoring software

2.3.2 Server software

2.4 Converting legacy data

3 What's new in Version 3

4 What is Perception?

4.1 What it does

4.1.1 Question authoring

4.1.2 Publishing assessments

4.1.3 Delivering assessments

4.1.4 Reporting on assessments

4.2 Methods you can use

4.2.1 Main method: Authors on PC, participants on web

4.2.2 Web only method: Authors and participants all on web

4.2.3 PC only method: Authors and participants all on PCs

4.2.4 Other methods and variations

4.2.5 Summary of Perception methods

4.3 Keeping control

4.4 Using Perception's tools

4.4.1 Starting Question Manager

4.4.2 Starting Assessment Manager

4.4.3 Starting Enterprise Manager

5 Authoring on your own PC

5.1 The process

5.2 The concept of outcomes

5.3 Creating and editing questions

5.3.1 The Question Wizard

5.3.2 Creating a question

5.3.3 Editing a question

5.3.4 Trying out a question

5.4 Creating and editing assessments

5.4.1 Creating an assessment

5.4.2 Editing an assessment

5.4.3 Trying out an assessment

5.5 Controlling how participants work through assessments

5.5.1 Control blocks

5.5.2 Question blocks

5.5.3 Assessment outcomes

5.6 Publishing assessments

6 Delivering assessments

6.1 Open access with open.dll

6.1.1 Using open.dll in a web browser

6.1.2 Resetting open.dll

6.2 Secure access with perception.dll

6.2.1 Using perception.dll in a web browser

6.2.2 Resetting perception.dll

6.3 Example Assessment

7 Using Windows delivery

7.1 What is Windows delivery

7.2 Publishing for Windows delivery

7.3 How the participant takes an assessment

7.4 Reporting with Windows Reporter

8 Enterprise Manager

8.1 What you can do with Enterprise Manager

8.1.1 Browser Based Authoring

8.1.2 Administration facilities

8.1.3 Working with results

9 Enterprise Reporter

9.1 Report Types

9.2 Producing a Report

9.3 Creating report templates with Report Manager

9.4 Examples of each report type

9.4.1 Assessment overview report

9.4.2 Gap report

9.4.3 Item analysis report

9.4.4 Score list report

9.4.5 Transcript report

9.4.6 Coaching report

9.4.7 Grade book report

9.4.8 Question statistics report

9.4.9 Survey report

10 Other Documentation

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