# Test Publishing

## Test Publishing

## Output your papers to print and digital, no time wasted on typesetting or formatting

## We help assessment organisations to run an efficient test publishing process

Just because you’ve finalised what’s in your test, that doesn’t mean the hard work is over. Getting a test exam-ready poses unique and difficult publishing challenges. Fortunately, GradeMaker Pro provides integrated output tools that will save months of production time and huge portions of your budget – while minimising the number of people who need to handle the content for improved security.

GradeMaker Pro can be [integrated as part of a modular setup](/content/news/what-is-modularity-and-how-does-it-help-awarding-bodies-navigate-change/index.html), providing a reliable long-term platform for your test authoring, no matter what your test delivery method is. You can use the same authoring solution to output tests to your preferred on-screen test player, or as an automatically typeset paper.

### If you are publishing all your tests on paper

##### Our PrintPrep tool can support you if:

- On-screen testing may be a long way off, but you would like to modernise your authoring for paper testing in a way which lays foundations for the future.
- There are a lot of people involved in the development and design process. You would like to cut out any unnecessary steps which risk security breaches.
- Your paper typesetting process is expensive and time consuming. It isn't entirely error proof and adds significant cost and complexity to your production cycle.

### Watch this quick video to see what PrintPrep can do:

### If you are publishing online and on paper

##### Our online authoring platform can support you if:

- You want to be able to deliver both on-screen and paper testing from a single source as you transition to a digital assessment strategy, but it is creating a lot of extra work.
- You have traditionally always published tests on paper, but the trend towards on-screen testing has made digital assessment necessary for some tests.
- You want your assessment development and publishing process to be more efficient so you can move your digital strategy forward.

### If you are publishing all your tests digitally

##### Our online authoring platform can support you if:

- You are already delivering all your testing on-screen and want to modernise your authoring processes to match.
- You aren’t sure how your questions will display in your test player, and you have to go back and forth to make it appear correctly on-screen.
- You want to expand or innovate your offering, but change is held back by operational inefficiencies.

## GradeMaker Pro gives you...

- Unique support for output to on-screen and print publishing.
- A direct-to-player QTI link which can send your questions straight to your on-screen testing provider.
- Previews of both on-screen and print outputs as you go, showing you exactly what candidates will see as you develop a test.
- Print-Prep functionality, allowing you to preview and download exam papers formatted to your in-house styling rules.

Dual Output Test Publishing With GradeMaker

## There is a simple way to make publishing tests much more efficient.     GradeMaker Pro provides automated output tools for print and digital that you won’t find anywhere else.

## As a test developer using GradeMaker, you will:

- Feel fully prepared for any future changes to your digital or print output strategy
- Reclaim months of time usually spent on typesetting and formatting your tests.
- Be sure of consistency across all media by sending approved questions directly to your test player, without needing to make any formatting changes.
- Have complete flexibility of the output provider you use. If you ever want to change your digital testing service, you won’t need to move the content behind it.