EN Menu Home Products Features Key Features TAO is the leading Open Source assessment platform for Education and Professional Advancement. Compare Plans An Open Suite of Digital Assessment Tools Create tests, register your testing candidates and deliver assessments online with ease. Then, aggregate your results data into reports when you’re done. And for users with more advanced needs, there’s even a Workflow Assistant that helps to keep track of the process. TAO’s powerful modular feature stack is broken into four main components: Authoring Delivery Rostering Reporting Authoring TAO offers the most intuitive and mature QTI-authoring tools on the market for creating interoperable testing resources with ease. From advanced drag-and-drop test editing to Technology Enhanced Item (TEI) authoring. Explore TAO Authoring Delivery Explore TAO's delivery options - schedule tests for online delivery via test centers, LTI, and more. Whether you leverage the TAO Cloud or a private server, TAO ensures successful delivery at scale for all of your assessments. Explore TAO Delivery Rostering & Reporting Manage administrators, register testing candidates and gain access to streamlined testing data in one system, including proctor reports with detailed information to ensure the integrity of your assessments. Explore TAO Rostering Explore TAO Reporting Authoring WYSIWYG Item & Test Authoring TAO’s intuitive point-and-click commands and drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor make it easy to administer tests from a range of devices, including a laptop, a school or company server, the cloud, or even Learning Management Systems (LSMs) like Moodle. Author Simple and Advanced QTI Items TAO supports all QTI interactions, with 19 QTI items built into the platform. From multiple-choice to technology enhanced items (TEIs) you can create what you need. You can even import existing QTI items or tests directly in to TAO if you don’t want to start from scratch. Create Portable Custom Interactions Create tests incorporating TEIs built on the QTI PCI standard, and deliver them through the TAO test driver. Because PCI is an IMS industry standard, it is now possible to even make these items portable for third party QTI test drivers. Preview Assessments Easily edit and preview items, including scoring and variables collection. In addition, TAO lets you see how items would appear on a variety of target delivery devices and screen resolutions, including desktops, iPads, and smartphones. Compose Linear and Branching Tests TAO makes it easy to select and group items to create tests. You can also create, import and export fully QTI-compliant tests, and define custom test types and test drivers too. You can structure tests as linear forward, linear forward and backward, branching, or as a combination of linear and branching sections. Computer Adaptive Testing TAO comes with a general-purpose CAT application programming interface (API) that enables you to plug-in your own proprietary or Open Source CAT engine. So, you have full flexibility and control over which adaptive test algorithms you want to use. Delivery LMS Integration via LTI Connect TAO directly with your LMS or Student Information System System (SIS) to collect and manage your student and testing data in a single application. Because TAO leverages the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard, your institution also benefits from an added layer of security. Remote Proctoring Enable AI-based remote proctoring with Proctorio in TAO Ignite, Pro or Enterprise to add a layer of security to your assessments and guarantee their integrity. Live. video proctoring will also soon be an available extension within TAO. Implement BYOD Test Solutions Take advantage of the explosive popularity of consumer mobile devices. Use TAO to reduce your assessment delivery cost by implementing Bring Your Own Device solutions. Schedule Online Deliveries Allow access through any standard web browser, including lock-down browsers. Schedule test delivery in advance for individual or groups of candidates. You can also set timing constraints for test availability, duration of tests, and maximum attempts. Customize Your Workflows Since TAO is Open Source and completely customizable, you have the freedom to design your own custom workflows to meet the particular assessment needs of your organization. Scale from Classroom to Nationwide TAO’s test delivery engine is built on a NoSQL data storage model, enabling you to scale with confidence from classroom to nationwide. If a test is unexpectedly interrupted, TAO’s built-in fail-safe ensures that candidates resume the test exactly where they paused. Rostering & Reporting Manage Test-Takers Enter candidate data directly into TAO, or import it from a CSV file. Then, verify test-takers’ identity with usernames and passwords through TAO, or via third party applications that support the OAuth standard, enabling single-sign-on (SSO) through an LMS like Moodle. Manage and Control User Access Define user profiles based on roles and responsibilities. Assign and restrict access to user functions as well as item and test content, ensuring your test data is fully protected. Reporting Run reports on individual test-takers or groups. Export raw test results to third-party statistical analysis and reporting tools. You can even report to various stakeholders with custom-designed data sets. Want to know more? Schedule a demo and connect with a platform expert today. Request a Demo Products Product Overview Core Ignite Pro Enterprise Solutions Solutions Overview K-12 Higher Education Professional Advancement Accessibility What Are Online Assessments? 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