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TCExam is a CBA (Computer-Based Assessment) system (e-exam, CBT - Computer Based Testing) for universities, schools and companies, that enables educators and trainers to author, schedule, deliver, and report on surveys, quizzes, tests and exams.
https://github.com/tecnickcom/tcexam

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TCExam is a CBA (Computer-Based Assessment) system (e-exam, CBT - Computer Based Testing) for universities, schools and companies, that enables educators and trainers to author, schedule, deliver, and report on surveys, quizzes, tests and exams.

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# TCExam



**Computer-Based Assessment Software**



* URLs:

	* http://www.tcexam.org

	* https://github.com/tecnickcom/tcexam

* Requirements and Install Documentation:

	* [ENG] install/index.htm

	* Check also the documentation on http://www.tcexam.org

* Source Documentation:

	http://www.tcexam.org

* Support - Help:

	Please use support Issues at https://github.com/tecnickcom/tcexam

* Software License:

	* Copyright (C) 2004-2024 Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD

	* See LICENSE.TXT file for more information.



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## Third-party Software



TCExam includes some third-party software components that are not strictly required but have been included as your convenience,

and if used are subject to their respective licenses:



* **PHPMailer**

    * Full Featured Email Transfer Class for PHP.

    * Author: Brent R. Matzelle ([email protected])

    * Homepage: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer

    * License: LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)

    * Location: /shared/phpmailer/



* **The DHTML Calendar**

    * Calendar widget written in JavaScript.

    * Author: Mihai Bazon ([email protected])

    * Homepage: http://dynarch.com/mishoo/

    * License: LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)

    * Location: /shared/jscripts/jscalendar/



* **JavaScript Virtual Keyboard**

    * Author: Ilya Lebedev ([email protected])

    * Homepage: http://debugger.ru/projects/virtualkeyboard

    * License: LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)

    * Location: /shared/jscripts/vk/



* **Radius Class**

    * Radius client implementation in pure PHP.

    * Author: SysCo/al ([email protected])

    * Homepage: http://developer.sysco.ch/php/

    * License: LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)

    * Location: /shared/radius/



* **phpCAS**

    * Central Authentication Service (CAS) client in PHP.

    * Copyright 2007-2011, JA-SIG, Inc. http://www.jasig.org/

    * Homepage: https://wiki.jasig.org/display/CASC/phpCAS

    * License: Apache License, Version 2.0 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

    * Location: /shared/cas/



* **TCPDF**

    * TCPDF library to generate PDF documents.

    * Copyright 2002-2024 Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD

    * Homepage: https://tcpdf.org

    * License: LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)

    * Location: /shared/tcpdf/



* **Fonts**



    TCExam includes fonts for the TCPDF library, they are not strictly required but have been included for your convenience.



    All the PHP files on the fonts directory are subject to the general TCPDF license (GNU-LGPLv3),



    they do not contain any binary data but just a description of the general properties of a specific font.

    These files can be also generated on the fly using the font utilities and TCPDF methods.



    All the original binary TTF font files have been renamed for compatibility with TCPDF and compressed using the gzcompress PHP function that uses the ZLIB data format (.z files).



    The binary files (.z) that begins with the prefix "free" have been extracted from the GNU FreeFont collection (GNU-GPLv3).

    The binary files (.z) that begins with the prefix "pdfa" have been derived from the GNU FreeFont, so they are subject to the same license.

    For the details of Copyright, License and other information, please check the files inside the directory fonts/freefont-20100919

    Link: http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/



    The binary files (.z) that begins with the prefix "dejavu" have been extracted from the DejaVu fonts 2.33 (Bitstream) collection.

    For the details of Copyright, License and other information, please check the files inside the directory fonts/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.33

    Link: http://dejavu-fonts.org



    The binary files (.z) that begins with the prefix "ae" have been extracted from the Arabeyes.org collection (GNU-GPLv2).

    Link: http://projects.arabeyes.org/



## Description



TCExam is a software solution (CBA - Computer-Based Assessment) to

drastically simplify the evaluation process for schools, universities,

recruiting firms as well as private and public companies, allowing

professors, teachers and examiners to create, distribute and manage exams,

tests, surveys and quizzes.



Compared to the traditional Pen-and-Paper Testing (PPT), TCExam simplifies

the whole process of evaluation reducing costs and improving quality and

reliability of the examinations.



TCExam comes in a variety of languages and is already used all over the

world by top universities, schools, private and public institutions,

independent educators and research centers.



### KEY FEATURES



* **Flexibility and Configurability**: The system has been designed to offer a

high degree of adaptability to cover a great variety of usage scenarios.

Numerous configuration features allow customizing TCExam to fit all possible

requirements.



* **Free Open Source Software (FOSS)**: TCExam software is distributed with

GNU-AGPLv3 license. Open Source promotes Software reliability and quality by

supporting independent peer review and rapid evolution of the source code.



* **Web-based Architecture**: TCExam is Web-based and developed with LAMP

(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) technology. User-friendly interface allows you

to install and use TCExam by simply connecting one cable to the switch of

your computer networks. All the computers on the network will be able to use

TCExam independently from the client’s operating system as a normal intranet

website, with no need to install any additional software or plug-in.



* **Internationalization (I18N)**: TCExam is language-independent through the

adoption of the UTF-8, Unicode and TMX standards. It supports the

Right-To-Left mode and currently includes translations in 25 different

languages.



* **Accessibility and Usability**: TCExam Web interface conforms to the XHTML

1.0 Strict standard, the guidelines on Accessibility (W3C-WAI-WCAG 1.0) and

Usability, to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with

disabilities, including blindness.



* **Results and Statistics**: TCExam outputs a variety of result pages, enabling

various selection filters and providing numerous statistical indexes.

Results and statistics can then be exported into various formats for filing

or reworking. The test-takers can immediately be informed of the result of

their test, or have it delivered via email.



* **Data Import and Export**: TCExam uses Open Standard protocols for data

filing and interchange: TSV, XML and PDF. Everything is fully documented to

be easily extended or used by external applications. Custom filters can be

added to import data from other systems. Include Optical Mark Recognition

(OMR) system to import users' answers from paper sheets. TCExam supports

several types of remote authentication and single-sign-on protocols: LDAP,

RADIUS, CAS.



* **Multimedia Content**: TCExam uses a common mark-up language to add text

formatting, images, multimedia objects (audio and video) and mathematical

formulas (supports LaTeX and MathML).



* **Unique Tests**: TCExam can simultaneously generate unique tests for

different users by randomly selecting and sorting questions and alternative

answers. This feature drastically reduces or eliminates the chances of

cheating on the test.



* **Paper Testing with Optical Character Recognition (OMR)**: TCExam can

generate printable PDF documents for pen-and-paper testing. The OMR answer

sheet can be scanned and uploaded to TCExam for automatic test importing,

scoring and reporting.



* **Security**: TCExam is more secure than traditional Pen-and-Paper testing.

It supports SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption and includes various

authentication levels to discriminate the access to the various sections

(user/password, access level, group, IP address). Test time, test activity,

results, and statistics: every part of the test is managed and stored in the

server, leaving no sensitive data in the users’ client computers.