Hiya Everyone

I have achieved MOUS Master 2000 level a while ago ,currently registering as an Authorised Instructor, I am also an I T Tutor covering all sorts of I T qualifications , I was wondering if anyone out there knew of any good online or downloadable testing engines for my students , I have found some, but would be grateful if anyone could offer me some additional information. I find these test to be of great help to the students as they get familiar with the type of questions likely to be asked.

Thanks

Cher ô¿~

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hey

www.msofficetraining.com has some good stuff on it.

Pat

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Thanks Pat,

Will have a look later to see what i can find, although i have a feeling i have been there before

Cher ô¿~

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I have tried, so far, 2 different test products:

"Measure Up" - VERY Disappointing and awful. I wasted my money on this one.

DDC puts out, what I think is an EXCELLENT testing product. Many training (bus. schools) seem to use DDC, and I like their stuff. They have special books for just the MOUS certs. as well as on MS Office at different levels. The Cert. CD includes an evaluation copy of the DDC testing tool, which u can get separately and THAT also comes in single-user and licensing modes. I noticed that besides several different types of exams on EACH MOUS topic, they divided it into Core, Expert, and a topic called "20 MOUS traps" which is quite challenging. In addition, they have a mode where you can create a customized exam that tests only the skills you choose.

The exams simulate the MOUS exam (i.e., you have to DO things rather than a multi-choice). Also, the cert. book has a VERY nice end-of-chapter challenge that I think will make for an EXCELLENT homewaork project for your students.

BTW - I am also a trainer, and, while my scholl is not using the DDC, I use their items for my exams there.

Good luck,
dpdan

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Thanks dpdan

I haven't tried measure up yet , but i will take your word for it , i tried their tests at the time i was doing A+ , I wasn't particularly impressed with them for A+ so i would imagine their MOUS stuff is not particularly geat either

Now DDC, however is a totally different matter, I was well impressed with their software, i have tried it out on a few students with promising results. Only problem is, it costs quiet a lot to buy. I think my demo of this product runs out shortly, (very good demo it is too)

If you come across any other software like DDC please let me know

again , thx

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Cher ô¿~

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You MAY be able to get a DESK copy from DDC by mentioning that you are a trainer at a school. Try it! It worked for me! If you run into a problem, let me know. I will probably be taking the Excel MOUS Exam at DDC later this week, so I'll ask them.

dpdan

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Thanks again dpdan

I'm not sure if they would give me a DESK copy as you call at, as although i train , i train at a training company, not a school, so im not sure that they would look at it in the same light, but it is certainly worth a try. I would love to get my hands on a full working copy of the program as i think it is excellent

Thank you again for your help

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Cher ô¿~

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Try the $20 CD that Certiport just released. It has practice questions in MOUS Exam format for all 2000 exams and all XP exams except Outlook. A steal at that price!

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thanks tlstyles

I have ordered the CD, not sure what the shipping is going to cost me yet, but its worth a look at anyway.

I am curious to see if it is similar to IQ Desktop, its ok, but not as good as DDC. I think there is a new CD to be released within the next week called T-Prep ,its from a company in Ireland called prodigy , not sure what the charge for it will be yet, but its worth keeping an eye out for.

Thanks again

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Good Tips. I have Nita Rutkowsky for Office2000, seems ok but no way to check my work. Would you happen to know of a link for DDC?

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