On the 24th of March we held the very first FullMarks event, an uploading sprint. The site was, and still is, in beta and the event was the first opportunity to let a random selection of participants have unrestricted access. All previous site demonstrations had been under quite controlled conditions and much smaller.

The event was held at the University of Cape Town’s Chemical Engineering Department and ran for the whole day. You can see the invitation and agenda here. We had 30 participants supported by the actual software development team from Upfront Systems. The objective was to start to enter content into the assessment bank in preparation for an official launch later this year. We were able to use one of the computer laboratories in the department and were to use the university’s internet connection. The event was held during the university holiday which simplified logistics significantly.