It can be a little bewildering trying to compare tools which on the face of it offer similar functionality. Of course, the value is often in the detail, so this e-portfolio comparison tool is designed to help you sort the good from the bad.
| Does the e-Portfolio offer...? | VQManager | Other |
| The ability to create bespoke assessment plans? |
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| A fully integrated e-portfolio, workflow and reporting tool? |
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| A technology that enables integration to MIS (student record) or learning management
systems (e.g. Moodle)? |
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| The ability for learners to upload and map their own evidence? |
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| The ability to handle evidence in a huge range of formats including text,
audio, video, .jpg etc? |
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| The ability to edit ‘how to’ comments around evidence creation? |
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| The ability to handle electronic evidence, paper-based evidence or a
blend of the two? |
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| A true enterprise-based system, capable of handling multiple assessment
centres per client? |
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| Trainee assessor management functionality? |
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| Real time reporting? |
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| Cutting-edge technology modelled on Google and e-Bay protocols? |
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| e-mail alerts to assessor when evidence is submitted for assessment? |
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| Look and feel fully customisable to fit client’s existing resources? |
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| The reassurance of being supported by a company with 10 years’ experience of delivering educational IT solutions? | ||
| Accreditation by leading Awarding Bodies? |
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| A range of hosting options to suit your budget and security needs? |
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| Full support and maintenance? |
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| An intuitive, wizard-like approach to help users with low IT skills? |
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| A range of support tools such as audio editors and questioning tools
to streamline assessment? |
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| An e-learning capability to enhance your learner offering? |
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| A flexibility that enables the system to fit your process, and not vice
versa? |
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| The comfort of having been selected by Capita Learning and Development
for their own, internal candidates? |
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| Informative home-page views, providing snapshots of evidence status,
upcoming scheduled meetings and overall NVQ progress? |
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| An IT-department-friendly deployment that requires nothing more that
a web browser? |
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| e-learning materials to guide learners, assessors and verifiers through
the system? |
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| Pre-defined reports including metrics such as redundancy? |
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| A chance to participate in a countrywide user group? |
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| An ability to handle multiple NVQs per learner? |
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| An ability to re-use evidence over Units, and even over different NVQs? |
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| A user forum that enables all learners, for instance, to communicate via a virtual coffee bar to share experiences and ask advice. |
