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January 2020 – Surpass Pre-release Webinar
Highlights of this webinar include:
New features to support custom content such as animations, interactions and 3D rendered objects.
Time-saving configurable unit conversion functionality, making it faster, easier and more reliable to roll out tests for multiple territories.
Support for flexible answer options, useful for numerical entry questions with a variety of number combinations.
If you have any questions about the features mentioned in this webinar, or any other features with in Surpass, please get in touch with your account manager. If you are not yet a member of the Surpass Community, you can contact us using the form at https://www.btl.com/contact-btl
September 2019 – Surpass Pre-release Webinar
The pair will also be talking about recent performance developments that are sure to excite your test authors, bringing usability enhancements and workflow efficiency gains.
This Webinar is the perfect accompaniment to our recent content about usability and accessibility.
As well as the Surpass update, Georgie and Holly will also be showing you some fresh features coming to SecureMarker.
If you have any questions about the features mentioned in this webinar, or any other features with in Surpass, please get in touch with your account manager. If you are not yet a member of the Surpass Community, you can contact us using the form at https://www.btl.com/contact-btl
September 2019 – Surpass Community Webinar – How we improve the User Experience through testing
Over the course of the discussion the pair discuss the design principles used by the team as well as how extensive user testing and research allows them to observe how users of the software might interact with new features, and identify potential stumbling blocks to efficiency and mental load that need to be addressed before a feature is developed.
If you prefer, this webinar is also available to listen to as a Podcast:
If you have any questions about the features mentioned in this webinar, or any other features with in Surpass, please get in touch with your account manager. If you are not yet a member of the Surpass Community, you can contact us using the form at https://www.btl.com/contact-btl
August 2019 – Surpass Community Webinar – Accessibility Update
In this Surpass Community Webinar we join Leon Hampson, Accessibility Team Lead at BTL, as he describes the achievements made over the last year and how we’ve worked hard to introduce even more accessible functionality to Surpass.
- The past 12 months since the team was created
- The influence of the Accessibility Team across BTL and the development cycle
- How new conformance documentation will assist the Surpass Community in creating accessible tests
- What is coming next from this exciting team
If you have any questions about the features mentioned in this webinar, or any other features with in Surpass, please get in touch with your account manager. If you are not yet a member of the Surpass Community, you can contact us using the form at https://www.btl.com/contact-btl
If you would like to contact the accessibility team directly, you can reach them via email: accessibility@btl.com
July 2019 – Surpass Community Webinar, Insights into Surpass Product Development
Have you ever wondered about the journey an idea takes from a Surpass Community discussion to becoming a great new feature in Surpass?
Then this is the webinar for you!
Join members of the Product Management team Rebecca Murdoch and Sophie Brumfitt, as they ‘lift the curtain’ and give you an insight into the Surpass development process.
You will learn:
- How the product management process works at BTL.
- The benefits of collaboration and sponsored development teams.
- How the Surpass Community is involved in shaping the assessment platform.
and much more.
If you have any questions about the features mentioned in this webinar, or any other features with in Surpass, please get in touch with your account manager. If you are not yet a member of the Surpass Community, you can contact us using the form at https://www.btl.com/contact-btl
June 2019 – Surpass Pre-Release Webinar
In this pre-release webinar, join Jack Hobson and Nathan Driver from the Surpass training team as they introduce and demonstrate upcoming features for creating better exams in the most efficient way possible.
- New template functionality to make your item writing process more efficient.
- Test delivery enhancements, including timed items, delayed item content and improvements to the media player.
- Enhancements to administration with new ‘centre – subject association’ options.
- Further enhancements to ‘Tasks’ functionality.
If you have any questions about the features mentioned in this webinar, or any other features with in Surpass, please get in touch with your account manager. If you are not yet a member of the Surpass Community, you can contact us using the form at https://www.btl.com/contact-btl
April 2019 – Surpass Pre-Release Webinar
Join Ashleigh and Georgie from the Surpass training team as they introduce the latest features coming to Surpass. The team will demonstrate the features as well as provide you with guidance on how you can use these latest enhancements to create better tests, more efficiently.
Highlights of this webinar include:
- The enhanced Audio Capture question type with configurable controls for candidate attempts and playback
- The benefits of using ‘Multiple Copy Review’ in ‘Tasks’
- The new ‘Mark (Beta)’ screen


