Question Builder now comes bundled with Compendle. Question Builder is a user friendly tool which provides a quick and easy way for you to create assessments, quizzes and surveys.  For organisations wanting to peer review the courses they are developing, we’ve created a new module called Review Panel. Review Panel offers a collaborative online forum where you can assess and review work and projects with other people quickly and easily.

The Compendle interface has also been updated to make it even more intuitive and easy-to-use.  It is now easier than ever to gather, manage, organise and publish your course materials.

As ever we want to hear any thoughts and feedback you have about the new site and about Compendle itself.  So please leave a comment or get in touch by using the contribute form.

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New features include detailed case studies, Compendle plugins, a brand new Compendle Community and much more. Compendle can offer different things to different people, and we hope that the new website will provide managers, teachers, IT specialists, and everyone else, the information they need.

Let us know of any features you’d like to see on the new site – we would really like hear any feedback or suggestions.

The next release will give us an awesome platform to start bringing all our products into one suite.

With development on Compendle Author (a rapid e-learning tool) underway, Question Builder and Review Panel integration nearly complete, it shouldn’t be long before Compendle reaches its potential as a competitive e-learning tool.

Other exciting developments include integrating Compendle into repositories. Currently we are working with Intrallect to integrate Compendle into intraLibrary. Work on searching an intraLibrary repository is already complete and the ability to import and publish resources is well under way.

• You can copy an existing Compendle course in case you want to make a similar one
• There is a new, more comprehensive help system
• With a Compendle MAX account you can now customise MyKnowledgeMap e-learning resources - swap images, add additional content to any page, change the colours and logo displayed in the interface

We’re already busy underway getting ready to release the next version. Remember to keep sending us your feedback.

The system is aimed at students of vocational degrees, such as nursing and occupational therapy, to allow them to complete assessments whilst on work experience.  They can fill in questionnaires, record audio, and liaise with their tutors through their mobiles to ensure they cover all practical aspects of their course.

Compendle has been integrated into the system to allow tutors to create assessment packages which can be sent easily to mobile devices.

The Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings (ALPS) is a collaborative programme between five universities which provide learning and teaching in health and social care: the University of Bradford, the University of Huddersfield, the University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University, and York St John University.

Useful links:

ALPS
MyKnowledgeMap

Soon we will be introducing Compendle MAX which will also allow you to customise your courses – add logos, colour schemes, images – to suit your style.

We take all our payments through Worldpay so you can be sure that all your details will be secure.  Please see the sign up page for more details.

“Being able to organise resources in Compendle and publish to intraLibrary in a single click takes the normal time and effort out of managing resources and allows you to focus more on developing the resources themselves,” said Charles Duncan of Intrallect.

This follows the recent partnership between Intrallect and MyKnowledgeMap to work to deliver solutions that make learning resources easier to manage, repurpose, share and distribute across organisations.

Rob Arntsen, CEO of MyKnowledgeMap, said: “Both companies have an independent approach to developing products which is very much based on open standards and interoperability with other elearning tools. This ethos has provided us a simple route to integrating the product sets into a single solution.”

Useful links:

Intrallect
MyKnowledgeMap

This will include creating innovative teaching solutions using the latest technologies and developing existing MyKnowledgeMap products like Compendle.

Rob Arntsen, managing director of MyKnowledgeMap, said: “We are convinced that this is one of the crucial moments for the development of e-learning in Poland and in the region.”

The EITE is set to become one of the main European centres for educational technology.  Their remit will include creating valuable e-learning tools such as interactive education games, virtual learning environments, mobile teaching systems, assessment and testing systems.  At a later stage, it will offer its own educational services.

The EITE will also take part in local, European and international initiatives and policies aiming at benefiting from the development of technology for education and improving employees’ skills.

Over the next few months we’re going to be adding new features to Compendle which will allow you to:

• Customise your course with your own colour scheme and logo
• Publish your course on the internet or to a CD-ROM
• Publish your course as a SCORM 2004 package

Our team are buzzing with anticipation for any feedback so if you have any comments or suggestions please use the Contribute section on the right to get in touch.