On-Line Demonstrations, Quizzes, and Surveys

What is NSM-Demo?

Based on the Flash technology, NSM-Demo is a combination of tools and technologies that NSM has assembled to create engaging demonstration of any web site or software package. Through a mix of graphic design, animation, voice-over, and musical backgrounds, your web site can be effectively explained to almost any visitor.

Benefits of online demonstrations

• Promote and Explain the features and functionality of your site or online service. Draw attention to those important areas of your site and give easy step-by-step explanations on how it works.
• Engaging your customers by giving a comfortable and easy to approach explanation of your web site. Point out the key features and benefits of your site to the visitor.
• Empower you customers, by giving them the self-service tools and resources that will allow them to learn about the site before they call your customer support.
• Convert casual visitors to paying customers by showing the functionality and benefits of your web site.

How NSM-Demo can be used

By improving the visitor's experience within the web site, customer service costs can be reduced, better customer education and interaction is achieved. These online demonstrations can be placed and distributed through various means to reach the widest audience.

• Your website, whether the home page or any child page, will benefit from cross linking to a demonstration.
• E-Mail Newsletters or marketing may have links that will launch a demonstration on the spot.
• Direct mail pieces may contain a small CD or an easy web address to the demonstration.
• E-mail signatures may include a link back to the web site.
• Tradeshow booth presentations or stand-alone kiosks
• Training materials for staff, customers, or sales

Quizzing and Surveys

Quizzes are created in the Flash format that stand alone on your website, connect with your SCORM- or AICC-compliant learning management systems, or can be evaluated with NSMDataCollect for online viewing of results. Quizzes and surveys are typically added to the end of our standard NSM-Demo solution. Some of the benefits of online surveys and quizzes:

• Images and Flash movies can be incorporated to add interest and clarity to questions.
• Feedback can be provided (or not) based on quiz-takers' responses.
• Results are displayed and actions specified that quiz takers will follow based on their scores.
• Flash output makes quizzes and surveys accessible to virtually anyone and provides a rich, interactive experience for quiz takers.
• Capture quiz results through e-mail, your LMS or NSM-DataCollect. (see below)
• Number of attempts can be included
• Question randomizing can be included
• Answer shuffling can be included
• 11 graded question types can be used
• 10 survey question types can be used

Measured Results using NSM-DataCollect

NSM offers a comprehensive solution for tracking the views of a Demonstration, Quiz, or Survey. Our NSM-DataCollect technology allows anyone to follow the usage through an easy to use control panel. Answer those questions of who, how long, how often a given Demonstration was viewed. Use conrete numbers to track the overall viewership.