Maryland MVA Driving Test App Receives Prestigious International Interactive Media Award
April 24 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Achieving over one million downloads, the
wildly popular MD Practice Driving Test is a free and
convenient tool to prepare future drivers for the knowledge
test.
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration's (MVA) mobile MD Practice
Driving Test was recently honored with a 2016 Gold Horizon
Interactive Award in the Mobile Apps for Education category.
Winners of the Horizon Award are recognized worldwide on a global
stage as the top designers and developers of websites, mobile apps,
videos, and more.
Now in its 15th season, the Horizon Interactive Awards has
become one of the most prestigious awards in the field of
interactive and creative media. The international competition
recognizes outstanding execution of industry trends and those who
are able to stay on the cutting edge of technology while
maintaining a high bar for interactive design. This year there were
over 1,200 entries from around the world including 40 of the 50
United States and 20 countries including: Australia, Bangladesh,
Canada, Germany, Greenland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia,
Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan,
Turkey, UK, Ukraine, and Uruguay.
Achieving over one million downloads, the wildly
popular Maryland Practice Driving Test is a free and
convenient tool to prepare future drivers for the knowledge test
required to obtain a Maryland driver’s license. The mobile app
generates a random series of 25 questions in either English or
Spanish. Users can repeat the test as often as they like. The app
also integrates with social media channels, providing users the
option to post scores to Facebook and Twitter or email scores to
parents and friends.
The Maryland Practice Driving Test mobile apps are available to
download for free, on the iTunes and Google Play app stores. They
can also be accessed through the state’s official
website, www.Maryland.gov, or MVA’s
website, http://www.mva.maryland.gov/mobile/.
The Maryland Practice Driving Test mobile apps were developed at
no cost for the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration by NIC
Inc., through the self-funded digital government services
contract with the State Department of Information Technology
(DoIT).
The Horizon Interactive Awards holds the competition each year
with the winners being announced the following April. For more
information visit the Horizon Interactive Awards online:
www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.
About NIC Maryland
NIC Maryland builds, operates, maintains, and markets the
official website of the state of Maryland, www.maryland.gov
and its digital government services. NIC Maryland is a
collaborative public/private partnership managed by the Department
of Information Technology (DoIT) and NIC Maryland. NIC
Maryland helps Maryland state and local government entities
web-enable their services and operates without tax funds through a
self-funded digital government services contract. NIC Maryland
has developed over 100 digital government products and services for
the state of Maryland since the contract was awarded in August
2011.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) is celebrating 25 years
as the nation’s premier provider of innovative digital government
solutions and secure payment processing, which help make government
interactions more accessible for everyone through technology. The
family of NIC companies has developed a library of more than 13,000
digital government services for more than 5,500 federal, state, and
local government agencies. Among these solutions is the
ground-breaking digital government personal assistant, Gov2Go,
delivering citizens personalized reminders and a single access
point for government interactions. More information is available
at www.egov.com.
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NIC MarylandJanet Grard, 443-924-7405jgrard@egov.com
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