“Teaching Assistant®” Receives Prestigious “Pick” Award from the Analysts at BLI
Business application from KYOCERA Document Solutions America simplifies creating, printing, grading, and analysis of “fill in the bubble” tests.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. – December 22, 2016 – KYOCERA Document Solutions America, Inc., one of the world’s leading document solutions companies, today announced that its business application Teaching Assistant® has been honored with a 2017 Pick award as “Outstanding Education Market Solution” from the analysts at Buyers Lab (BLI), and has received its prestigious Gold Tested Solution rating.
BLI is the world’s leading independent evaluator of document imaging software, hardware, and services, and its coveted Pick award recognize the most impressive solutions evaluated by BLI during the previous 12-month test cycle. BLI’s analysts were impressed with Teaching Assistant’s ease-of-use and wide range of analytical tools, calling it an affordable solution for any school looking to assess student performance more efficiently.
Teaching Assistant® is an MFP-based application that enables teachers to create and print multiple-choice “fill in the bubble” test forms, as well as grade and analyze completed tests automatically by scanning the answer key and answer sheets. The analytical tools include a grade-range histogram, top 10 easiest/hardest questions, and a combined student performance chart.
“Kyocera’s Teaching Assistant® is a time-saving, education-enhancing tool for teachers,” said Jamie Bsales, Director, Office Workflow Solutions Analysis at BLI. “It streamlines many of the processes involved in multiple-choice testing, helping teachers spend more time on other important classroom activities.”
Optional integration with Microsoft Excel provides even greater insight, enabling teachers to use a PC to create tests, perform additional analysis, and chart test results. With Teaching Assistant®, educators have a deeper understanding of overall class performance, including which subject or content areas that may need further emphasis.
Teaching Assistant® is among more than 60 business applications offered by Kyocera to help companies and schools alike capture, distribute, and manage their documents more efficiently and cost-effectively.
“Kyocera is proud of Teaching Assistant®, as well as this recognition from Buyers Lab,” said Danielle Wolowitz, Vice President, Corporate Marketing Division for KYOCERA Document Solutions America. “The application is designed to help teachers do what they do best: teach.”
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About KYOCERA Document Solutions
KYOCERA Document Solutions, headquartered in Osaka, Japan, is a leading manufacturer of document imaging solutions and document management systems, including colour and monochrome multifunctional products as well as printers and wide format devices. Kyocera’s products are renowned for their unique long-life imaging components that provide greater reliability and less waste – resulting in a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over the life of the product. The KYOCERA Document Solutions portfolio does not stop at hardware. A full suite of business applications and consultative services allow customers to optimise and manage their document workflow, unleashing the full potential of their hardware investment.
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. is a core company of KYOCERA Corporation, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of advanced ceramics and associated products, including telecommunications equipment, semiconductor packages and electronic components. During the year ended March 31 2017, KYOCERA Corporation’s net sales totalled 1.42 trillion yen (approx. EUR 11.9 billion).