AbstractServer-sidescriptinglanguagescanprovideeducationalinstitutionswiththeabilitytocreateweb-basedapplicationswhichefficientlycollectdatainanwell-organizedmanner.ThispresentationcoversColdFusionMarkupLanguage(CFML)andHypertextPreprocessor(PHP)twopopularscriptinglanguageswhichinteractwithdatabases.Theselanguagesprovideanefficientandflexiblemeansofbuildingon-lineassessmenttoolsquestionnairesandsurveys.Thedatacollectedisautomaticallyinsertedintodatabasesandmayalsobesentasemail.Seve