Accessibility

Jun 14 2019

Accessibility in Surpass – June 2019 Update

By Accessibility, Case Studies, e-Assessment, Opinions

For Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019, the team at BTL took an opportunity to demonstrate their work over the past year and show colleagues exactly how a person with additional requirements might use a screen reader (e.g. JAWs), or voice recognition software (e.g. Dragon), to assist them during the exam…

May 16 2019

Surpass HTML delivery achieves landmark accessibility status – Q&A with Leon Hampson

By A Day in the life, Accessibility, BTL News

Approximately 1 in every 5 people live with a condition which could affect the way they use and experience on-screen assessment. Having an accessible software application ensures that all users can perform tasks in roughly the same time, and with the same level of effort, regardless of age or ability.…

Nov 07 2018

Latest Features added to Surpass – Summer/Autumn 2018

By kerrypaulazzo Accessibility, BTL News, e-Assessment, Other, Surpass Platform, Video, Webinars

There have been a number of new and innovative features added to Surpass over the last few months. Release 12.15 back in August saw the introduction of a new caliper tool, a new survey section type, and further enhancements to ‘Tasks’. More recently, the Autumn update introduced a new Likert…

Jul 18 2018

Accessibility in Assessment

By Accessibility, BTL News, Case Studies, e-Assessment, Industry News, International, Opinions, Other, Services, Surpass Platform, Video, Webinars

Inclusivity is a fundamental right for everyone. Together, as a community, we need to ensure that we are heading in the right direction in order to make inclusivity a reality and not just a dream. Assessment is something that we all face at some point in our educational journey, so…