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I enjoy all the organized files. There is only a click away from receiving a download of pertinent information to an excel or pdf. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am content with its access and organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that students can download the exams before the test day. That is a good way for students to identify any device issues before the test date. The different question-type features are excellent. I like that when I call now, I get a real person that can help me troubleshoot issues. This has improved signifigantly over the past 2 years. Students report that the live chart function is very helpful. The statistical information like point by serial & KR are great. The test planning label portion is really helpful for programs that have to keep up with metrics relating to specific labels. Example: in nursing we have blooms, NCLEX, and Nursing Process. We can easilly print that information for a survey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like that tests were uploaded via word document in previous years now look weird. I was told by Examsoft support that it occurred because of a formatting issue that didn't work with the examsoft updates. So, I will be inputting new test information and that stinks if you have several 50 item multiple-choice exams. I'm not too fond of the live chat support and was given incorrect information in the past. Although, the students say they love this feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Examsoft has a very user-end (i.e., student) interface. When creating exams it is fairly straightforward on how to set up traditional exams and observational exams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few issues I have with the transferability of questions/exams year to year and question format. 1) Depending on how you organize your questions ( I do so by content area), it is not easily possible to choose questions to import into a new exam from how the questions are set up. For example, unless you have recorded the id of the question, you have to click over all the questions to see the stem to choose the question. If you want to create a question bank you will have to take an extra step to export it into an excel file, even then it is not user-friendly. For creating questions, I would like the ability to create a reusble word/answer bank for FIB questions which is not possible unless you duplicate a question. For my questions which often have 10+ options, this becomes tedious. For performance-based exams that have multiple graders, there is not a way for the course director to collate the exam takers scores and rubrics in a meaningful way to review with the students. Lastly, too many clicks to actually log on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The security features provided by ExamSoft when administering a test or Exams using Ipads is best if done in person. ExamSoft provides teachers a platform to store and create a vast testing database for their courses to be used or modified year after year. The variety of questions that you can add to the platform and attachments that can be included within a question is a nice feature. You can share with students sections of a reading, a passage to read and respond to as well as other attachments that are accessible during a test or exam. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the formatting standards that ExamSoft has preset in the system platform are difficult to navigate. For example, creating the Fill In the Blank question is one way to add matching sections to a test or exam. Fill In The Blank Questions take some skill, patience, and creativity to create in the platform, and some slight modifications in the question standards set might make this feature easier to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the testing security and the ability to perform longitudinal data analysis. Making global changes on exams is a breeze as well as copying exams! The testing environment in our LMS requires internet access and ExamSoft is able to test without it. They also offer excellent training sessions before launching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a lot of upfront loading and the data is only rich if questions are tagged. Questions with images do not copy and have to be modified manually. They offer question formatting but the turnaround is slow. They tend to be slow when responding to issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I enjoy and appreciate the reports, logs, and security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately, our students constantly have to restart their iPads to get it to work. We are also struggling with test reviews. It is frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How easy it is to import questions into the test banks. The ease of performing an item analysis is one of the best features of ExamSoft...Changing an answer and having the grades automatically changed is a gamechanger. Additionally, with the hit of one button "Push Grades", my student's grades will automatically populate into the course and column I choose within whatever LMS (i.e., Blackboard, Canvas etc.) I'm using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am not a big fan of ExamNow. I've used it a couple of times and it wasn't anything spectacular. I can get the same results with great music and student participation with Kahoot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to deliver cheat-proof assessments to students once you've made them and have them stored. It's great for lazy teachers! It has also helped my faculty rethink how to write critical thinking questions on assessments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the product is glitchy for users on the iPad. I've had several issues where students couldn't upload tests, and we had to delete the app and reinstall it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The browser locks down. It is very nice that I do not have to walk around to make sure my students' arent cheating consistently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't particularly appreciate that I cannot exclude the correct answers when I release the results to my students but still gives them access to the answer choices. If I chose not to show them the answers, it STILL shows them the correct answer instead of researching and discussing it with the instructor first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The examsoft platform is extremely useful for statistical examination of your questions and exam performance. New features like the blueprint view for designing exams that fairly cover all of your lectures are also very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike what I can only describe as a severe lack of UI know-how. It seems that every semester my colleagues and I discover a new bug or issue that makes absolutely no rational sense. For example, the current best practice for storing questions from semester to semester is to create a new course called "question bank" that you copy all of last semester's questions into to preserve them over time (otherwise, they disappear when you archive the course). That would be fine, except that when you search for questions, you have to MANUALLY select that you want to search within the question bank course. Another problem we frequently have with the Examplify application is that the log-in process is needlessly confusing and often fails (again, for UI reasons). These examples are just some of many other UI issues with this software that a competent design team could quickly and easily fix. It's challenging to understand how a company of this scale and importance can make such obvious mistakes. Seemingly the only answer is that they prioritized form over function and don't care enough to fix it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.