Lionsher Launches Online Assessment Engine

Oct. 27, 2011 - PRLog -- Lionsher - a SaaS and cloud-based Learning Management System (LMS) announces the launch of its online assessment engine, Lionsher Tests.

Today, most organizations have teams spread across geographies. Conducting face-to-face interviews and paper-based tests are a time-consuming, effort-intensive, and expensive affair. Organizations have figured out a way to cut down time and cost by taking the online route. Small, mid-sized, and large organizations use Lionsher Tests – an online assessment engine to conduct:
-   Promotion and Recruitment tests
-   Summer Placement and Internship tests
-   Certifications for employees
-   Polls and surveys within departments

The primary goal of every engineering and MBA college in India is to find good campus placements for their students. Lionsher Tests offers them a great combination of tests + tool to prepare their students well for campus placement. Engineering and MBA colleges use Lionsher Tests to conduct:
-   Employability tests for students to ensure effective screening for campus interviews
-   Mock tests for students appearing for campus interviews
-   Entrance tests for their graduate and post-graduate programs
-   End-of-semester tests
-   Quiz, polls and surveys

With most entrance examinations going online, Lionsher Tests is designed to facilitate online tests with minimum administrative hassle and minimal capital expenditure.  Test Preparatory institutes use Lionsher tests to prepare students for entrance examinations such as:
-   CAT
-   AIEEE
-   IIT/JEE
-   GRE/GMAT
-   GATE
Other test institutes preparing students for CA and civil services are also keen to conduct online mock and preparatory tests for their students.

Classroom trainers use Lionsher Tests to conduct:
-   Pre-assessment tests (before a workshop)
-   Post-assessment tests (after the workshop)
-   Gather feedback through polls and surveys
-   Certification tests at the end of training program

Designed by usability experts, the focus of Lionsher Tests is on extreme ease of use. Lionsher Tests offers test users unique options such as:
-   Test-specific skins (such as CAT skin and GATE skin) to enable test takers to get a real-like feel of tests.
-   Detailed reporting features in real-time.
-   Users can generate real-time reports about performance, scores, etc.
-   Random selection of questions, options, and/or both
-   Flexible or time-bound tests
-   Negative marks for incorrect answers

Lionsher Tests comes in affordable test packs of Rs 15 per test for a pack of 1000 tests, Rs 10 per test for a pack of 5000 tests, Rs 8 per test for a pack of 40,000 tests, and Rs 4 per test for a pack of 1,00,000 tests. Compared to paper-based tests, Lionsher test is at least three times less expensive. All test packs include a trial pack of 30 free tests. Buyers can explore all the functions and features of Lionsher Tests with a trial pack of 30 free tests.

Lionsher Tests supports all types of tests – multiple choice questions, multiple answer questions, fill in the blanks, and short answer questions. The Reports section allows organizations and training heads to track learners’ progress, capture their performance, and manage course completion.

There are other enhancements in the pipeline with the key focus of making learning management easy and affordable. Some of the upcoming enhancements on Lionsher are:
-   Training calendar
-   Course as a bundle with learning paths
-   Course store with access to on-demand off-the-shelf training material
-   Simulcast for educational institutions
-   Mobile learning
-   Self-customization of reports

Ripul Kumar, Director Usability and Technology, Kern Communications Pvt Ltd states, “With the launch of Lionsher Tests, an online assessment engine, Lionsher users can now run and implement all their assessment and certification needs online. Its simple interface helps users directly run recruitment tests, interdepartmental certifications, mock entrance tests etc without the need for an IT team.”

Customers can go online on www.lionsher.com/tests and signup for a free 30-tests trial.

About Lionsher
Lionsher is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Learning Management System designed to deliver highly usable and affordable learning platform to small and mid sized corporate, groups within large corporate, and individual trainers.

Lionsher is built using modern web technology. Its robust architectural framework provides high levels of scalability, security, and reliability to the product. Lionsher’s 256-bit security makes it more secure than an online bank! Its architecture can scale up to support millions of users and 1000s of courses instantly. Visit http://www.lionsher.com for more information.

About Kern Communications Pvt Ltd
Kern is a leading user research and usability consulting company. Founded in 2003, Kern consults with almost all top mobile phone companies to conduct their India-based research and testing. Kern helps web-based product companies around the world design more usable products that provide great user experience and value to customers. Kern’s sister concern, Kern Learning Solutions is a leading eLearning and learning solutions company in India. It is the winner of the Brandon Hall Award 2008 for Best Blended learning solution. Visit http://www.kern-comm.com for more information.

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Kern is a leading user research and usability consulting company with over 150 clients worldwide and partners in Europe, US, and Asia. Kern consults with top mobile phone and product companies to conduct their India-based research, testing, and design.