Editing Educational software (section)

===Assessment software===

With the impact of [[environmental damage]] and the need for institutions to become "[[paperless]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97874&page=1 |title=ABC News October 7: School Tries to Go Paperless |publisher=ABC News |date= 2006-01-07|access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref> more educational institutions are seeking alternative ways of assessment and testing, which has always traditionally been known to use up vasts amount of paper. ''Assessment software'' refers to software with a primary purpose of assessing and testing students in a virtual environment.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Online Assessment Tools for Teachers & Student {{!}} Online Assessment Software|url=https://www.iitms.co.in/products/online-assessment-software/|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.iitms.co.in}}</ref> Assessment software allows students to complete tests and examinations using a computer, usually networked. The software then scores each test transcript and outputs results for each student. Assessment software is available in various delivery methods, the most popular being self-hosted software, online software and hand-held voting systems. [[Proprietary software]] and [[open-source software]] systems are available. While technically falling into the ''Courseware'' category (see above), Skill evaluation lab is an example for [[Computer-based assessment]] software with PPA-2 (Plan, Prove, Assess) methodology to create and conduct computer based online examination. [[Moodle]] is an example of open-source software with an assessment component that is gaining popularity. QST Online<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/qstonline/ | title=Quiz/Survey/Test Online | date=9 December 2023 }}</ref> a dedicated, complete, very large scale, open source exam/assessment solution is also growing in adoption. It's ability to import/export/convert questions to common/standard formats is a feature that other open source platforms do not offer. Many find this more preferable then locking into one vendors format. Other popular international assessment systems include [[Google Classroom]], [[Blackboard Learn]], [[EvaluNet]] and ''XT''.