Below you can see the features we are focussing on and when. We will aim to release improvements under the themes stated here and you will receive an update on what is released in our Practique Server release notes and Practique for iPad release notes. Remember that we regularly review our roadmap and priorities based on user feedback. This should, however, give you a good overview of our plans. You can also see all of the features that we have captured from your feedback. If your feature is not here it may not have gone through our review process yet or we may have included it as part of another feature.
How we plan and focus our work
Next three months - These are large features we feel are really important for our customers and the progression of Practique
Next six months - Again these are larger features or blocks of work that we feel are important. We will also allot a proportion of our development time budget to features decided on during the Practique User Group meetings. You should expect to see these features begin to appear in the next release. Generally we think the release should be ready for the next Practique User Group if they are every six months.
Next 12 months - Larger features that we have prioritised from user feedback that we know will make a great difference to Practique and are part of our longer term strategy. We expect these to be the first candidates when planning the work for the next three and six months
Continuous - These are smaller features based on user feedback. We often can include these as part of our ongoing development as they take less time than the larger features. You should expect to see some of these features in the next six months.
Postponed - These are features that we have captured from users' feedback, but that are not seen as a priority for the next 12 months.
Next three months
Feature Name | Summary |
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Question Authoring (Tables) | Speeding up question authoring for written questions. |
Marksheet/Item Preview | Ability to preview the marksheet and written questions, as you are editing them. |
Batch Operations | The ability to perform existing actions on one or multiple candidates, examiners, items and exams. |
iPad exam listing | Improvements to the way that exams are displayed on the iPad |
Reporting Refactoring/Investigation | Introducing a suite of new reporting functionality |
Next six months
Feature Name | Summary |
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Django update | Move from 1.8 LTS to 1.11 LTS |
API | We are going to enhance the way that Practique communicates with other systems |
Marksheet Validation | This will allow custom rules to be set for the marksheet. |
PUG Slot 1 | Editable Item Documents |
PUG Slot 2 | Import and Export Improvements |
Feature List
Note: This table is sortable, by clicking the up and down arrows next to the column headings.
Theme | Summary | Features | Applicable Exam Types | Schedule | |
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1 | Examiner Availability Calendar | This would allow users to recruit and book OSCE Examiners for future exams, at any point. |
| OSCE | To be confirmed at PUG |
2 | Editable Item Documents | This would allow item authors to create OSCE station documents within Practique. |
| OSCE | To be confirmed at PUG |
3 | Standard Setting | We would like to improve the Standard Setting workflow and add some new features. |
| Written, OSCE | Next 12 months |
4 | Exports/Import | We are going to improve the way that data is imported to and exported from Practique. |
| Written, OSCE | Continual Improvement |
5 | API | We are going to enhance the way that Practique communicates with other systems |
| Written, OSCE | Next six months |
6 | Updating iPad app | We are going to improve the way that users can install and update the iPad application on their devices. |
| OSCE | Postponed |
7 | OSCE Marksheet Improvements | We are going to improve the way that OSCE marksheets are created and displayed on the iPads |
| OSCE | Postponed |
8 | Global Marksheet Improvements | We will be changing the Global Marksheet wokflow to improve versioning and control |
| OSCE | Next 12 months |
9 | Marksheet Validation | We will allow custom rules to be set for the marksheet. |
| OSCE | Next six months |
10 | Permissions & Ownership | Improving the way that permissions and roles are managed, and adding more granular permissions. |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
11 | Security Improvements | Ensuring that Practique conforms to latest security standards. |
| Written, OSCE | Next 12 months |
12 | Batch Operations | The abiliy to perform existing actions on one or multiple candidates, examiners, items and exams. |
| Written, OSCE | Next three months |
13 | Instant Message | The ability for OSCE examiners to send text messages to floor marshals. |
| OSCE | Postponed |
14 | Notification System | Improve the way that system notifications are delivered and handled. |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
15 | Blueprinting Improvements | Updating Blueprinting to improve its ease of use and to add some new features. |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
16 | Double Marking | Allowing more than one examiner/marker to assign a score to a candidate's response. |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
17 | Exam Preparation | Improving the workflow for scheduling exams. |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
18 | Simultaneous Operations | Tasks that are non-instanteous(such as reporting) will run in the background. |
| Written, OSCE | Next three months |
19 | Paper Output | Being able to do more with the paper output function of Practique |
| Written, OSCE | Continuous Improvement |
20 | Short Answer Question paper delivery. | Being able to scan SAQ papers, and view and mark electronically. |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
21 | Exam in progress changes | Being able to make changes to the the candidates/examiners of an exam while the exam is running |
| Written, OSCE | Rejected - in contradiction with robust exam workflow |
22 | Question authoring | Speeding up question authoring for written questions. |
| Written | Next three months |
23 | Senior Marshal | A new role for OSCE exams that gives someone an overview of all circuits and locations |
| OSCE | Postponed |
24 | Exam Timer | Adding an indicative timer for candidates when taking a written exam |
| Written | Continuous Improvement |
25 | Extra Time | Ability to set custom time per-candidate as exam goes on. |
| Written | Postponed |
26 | Station iPads | Station specific iPads than can show resources. A substitute to door notes. |
| OSCE | Postponed |
27 | Multiple Filtering | Ability to have multiple filters at the same time when searching |
| Written, OSCE | Continuous Improvement |
28 | Candidate Images | Ability to have a profile image for candidates |
| OSCE | Postponed |
29 | Exam Control and Comments | Ability to add comments about an exam, and review exam log in details |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
30 | Post-Exam SBA changes | Ability to re-define the correct answers after running an SBA paper |
| Written, OSCE | Continuous Improvement |
31 | iPad Audio Improvements | Improvements to the way that sound clips are recoreded on the iPads |
| OSCE | Postponed |
32 | Help & Documentation | Adding to the help text and documentation in the system. |
| Written, OSCE | Continuous Improvement |
33 | EMQ Delivery | Ability to deliver EMQs on iPad and Practique for Browser |
| Written | Next 12 months |
34 | Custom Written Questions | Ability to create your own question styles, using Practique's existing assessment tools. |
| Written | Next 12 months |
35 | MCQ Question Type | Adding the MCQ question type in addition to the SBA | - Being able to have multiple correct answers | Written | Continuous Improvement |
36 | Marksheet & Item Preview | Ability to preview the marksheet and written questions, as you are editing them. |
| Written, OSCE | Next three months |
37 | Item Set Sectionwise Randomisation | Ability to specify which sections of the Item Sets have randomised question order |
| Written | Postponed |
38 | Blueprint Constraint Satisfaction Report | Be able to see how well your Item Set meets the Exam Blueprint |
| Written, OSCE | Continuous Improvement |
39 | Resources Source File | Ability to upload a source file for resources PDFs |
| Written, OSCE | Continuous Improvement |
40 | Item Authoring notifications and permissions | More control over who sees and approves Items. To-do list style notifcation for Item Authors and approvers. | This will allow users to streamline question preparation | Written, OSCE | Postponed |
41 | Candidate Feedback Report Improvements | More control over content and appearance of Candidate Feedback Report. |
| Written, OSCE | Continuous Improvement |
42 | Reporting | Introducing a suite of new reporting functionality |
| Written, OSCE | Next 12 Months |
43 | Mesh Networking | Automatic synchronisation of content through local wireless network, for improved resiliance. | - This will allow synchronisation to marshal when there is no internet access | OSCE | Postponed |
44 | Multilingual | Infrastructure for multilingual backend and multilingual delivery of exams |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
45 | Exam Attendance | Ability to control and record attendance of exams |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
46 | Spell Checker | Allowing on-device spell check to be enabled for some exam types |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |
47 | Server Licence Infrastructure | Ability to validate Practique licence automatically |
| Written, OSCE | Postponed |