BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT is a leading professional body and awarding organisation for IT. We have engaged around 2 million learners in the UK via our IT user skills qualifications. This has seen us facilitate over 8 million electronic tests across a 10 year period.
 
We work closely with a number of partners in the e-assessment sector as well as having our own well-established and highly respected e-assessment and e-learning platform.
 
Through the delivery of the ECDL qualifications in the UK, BCS has built a considerable reputation and experience as a leading e-assessment provider.
 
Our qualifications serve all age groups and we have a diverse mix of centre types. We work closely with partners in the education sector and with employers to ensure that our qualifications continue to meet the needs of all stakeholders.
 
eAssessment approaches include:

  • e-testing (both practical tasks and knowledge-based eg. multiple choice, short answer, hot-spot, drag and drop etc). All tests are delivered onscreen and marked by the assessment engine.
  • e-portfolios
  • on-demand testing