by Doug Smith, CEO EMS Week is a celebration of the work and efforts of all involved in the world of EMS. For me, it is also an opportunity to be very grateful for EMS on a personal level. Many of you may not know that my first “Save” in EMS was my oldest son […]
Tag: Instructor
Q: I added skills to my Course in PlatinumPlanner.com but my students cannot find them in an opportunity or lab?
by David Smith, Customer Service Advocate A: If you are certain that you added the skills to the course, then check to make certain you also added the skills to the class. Go to “edit class” and click on “display all” in the upper right corner of your screen. You will then have access to […]
Q: My student submitted an opportunity in PlatinumPlanner.com but I cannot find it anywhere on the teacher side!
by David Smith, Customer Service Advocate A: Check to see if the student submitted opportunity became disassociated with the class that the student is enrolled in. If the opportunity is no longer linked to the class, and you are not the teacher, the system does not “know” to send the documentation to you. You can […]
Q: I am a teacher and I created a class in PlatinumPlanner.com that I can see, but my students do not see it to enroll! What’s wrong?
A: Most likely the answer to this dilemma is that the field “Maximum Students” was left at 0. Therefore, the program thinks the class is “full” and not available for enrollment. This is easily fixed by going to “Manage Course Classes” and selecting the red “Edit” link to the far right of the class in […]
Q: The students in our program are actually enrolled in multiple concurrent classes in the same course(ex. Cardiology, Airway, Preparatory, etc., all being a part of “Paramedic 2015”) and we need these to all have separate grade books. Is this possible?
by David Smith, Customer Service Manager A: Yes, however, it does require the help of the support team. We understand that cohorts will often be enrolled in multiple concurrent classes within a course, and that suggesting that students pay for each class segment is a great way to cause a mutiny! We try to avoid […]
Q: Is there a way to randomize test questions between students so that each student is answering the same questions on a test but in a random order?
by David Smith, Customer Service Manager A: No. The reason for this is that you lose a lot of validity and standardization in your testing. It may seem reasonable that, since everyone is answering the same questions, one test would be just as difficult as another. Here’s an example of why this might not necessarily […]
2015 price list
by Tom Gottschalk, COO It is hard to believe that next semester/term is just around the corner academically speaking. Listed below are our prices for the remainder of the year. EMSTesting.com Account Type Annual School Membership EMR Student EMT Student EMT I-85 Student EMT I-99 Student AEMT Student Paramedic Student After July 1, 2015 $500.00/year […]
PlatinumPlanner.com New Additions
by Ryan Krebs, Customer Service Advocate Hopefully you are already familiar with our new additions to the program, if not I’ll take a moment to point out two of the big additions we have made and how to see these features in action. Changes to Reports One of the areas that has seen the most […]
Program Enhancements
by the Development Team New PlatinumPlanner Program Enhancements: Platinum Planner: Improve student shared site signup. Improved server performance for both programs. New EMSTesting Program Enhancements: EMSTesting: Real-time question statistics. Improved server performance for both programs. Upcoming Program Enhancements: EMSTesting: Improve question feedback. EMSTesting: Gradebook percentages by category. EMSTesting: Platinum Secure Testing iPad compatibility. EMSTesting: Test […]
Platinum Secure Testing in EMSTesting & PlatinumTests
Platinum Educational Group has partnered with Respondus Lockdown Browser for secure online testing in EMSTesting & PlatinumTests. This feature launched in early March 2015 and is available to school instructors with their school subscription to EMSTesting and PlatinumTests. The Platinum Secure Testing feature gives Instructors the option to lockdown tests on a students computer or […]