Collaboratively Create Online Flash-Based Courses Using Your Web Browser -- Rapid Intake Wins Brandon Hall Gold Award for Best Innovation in Learning Technology
LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just log in through any browser and create interactive Flash-based
courses online -- it's that easy. Do it as an individual, or
collaboratively work as teams. That's the promise of the Rapid Intake (www.rapidintake.com)
technology that recently won one of the e-learning industry's most
prestigious awards.
Rapid Intake's browser-based rapid e-learning course authoring solution, Unison™,
has won the 2008 Brandon Hall Gold Award for Best Innovation in Learning
Technology. Rapid Intake was recognized during a ceremony and reception
held on Thursday, September 25, 2008 in San Jose, Calif., as part of the
2008 Innovations in Learning Conference, held September 24-26.
"From the moment we began designing the software and choosing our
underlying technology, we set out to offer the e-learning community a
ground-breaking solution," said Garin Hess, CEO. "It's great to have
that achievement by our team recognized formally like this."
The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards are presented annually by
Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and
development. Now in its fourteenth year, the Awards program showcases
exceptional work in the use of learning technology. A total of 246
entries were submitted from several different categories.
"We are so impressed with the quality of this year's winning entries,"
said Brandon Hall, Ph.D., chairman of the Awards program. "These winners
set the standard for what innovative learning looks like today."
Unison is a web-based solution that lets instructional designers and
subject matter experts (SMEs) log in through any major browser and
collaboratively capture, storyboard, develop, review, test, and publish
courses that output in native Flash and XML -- without having to know
Flash. Individuals who want to create online courses can also use
Unison. Novice users and content owners simply fill out form-based
templates to create interactive Flash-based courses, while advanced
users create reusable custom templates by accessing the Flash source
code (.FLA files). All output is SCORM-compliant, rich-media compatible,
and works on most PC and Mac browsers.
Unison takes advantage of the connectivity that is inherently part of a
browser-based authoring environment by facilitating real-time
collaboration among instructional designers, subject matter experts, and
other project participants. Project participants can work in the same
online courses simultaneously.
"This tool is very compelling. It offers collaboration and instructional
development features...not seen in other similar tools," said one
contest judge.
Another significant advance includes Rapid Intake's unique licensing
model. Unison encourages collaboration by offering licensing levels that
include unlimited users for a flat annual subscription fee.
"Most software licensing models discourage collaboration because every
time you want to add another user, you have to pay for another license,"
says Steve Hancock, President. "We have affordable licensing levels that
give our customers unlimited users, so they never have to worry about
adding additional people to the project."
One contest judge reported, "The flexible licensing options for this
tool would make it accessible to many organizations."
Unison already has a significant following since its launch in February
2008. As of September 25, 2008, Rapid Intake reports that Unison has
more than 2000 users who have created 2,138 projects, with numbers
increasing daily. Current users include such notable organizations as
T-Mobile, Costco, Baker Hughes, PetSmart, Brigham Young University, The
College Network, General Physics, and MGMA.
Try out Unison and view the award-winning entry: www.rapidintake.com.
About Rapid Intake
Rapid Intake (www.rapidintake.com)
is the leader in collaborative eLearning development and review. The
Rapid Intake Platform helps organizations learn faster by opening the
rapid eLearning development and review process to everyone. Unlike
traditional rapid eLearning authoring tools, Rapid Intake's powerful,
flexible platform helps instructional designers and content owners
collaboratively create Flash-based interactive courses built on proven
learning patterns, regardless of their skill levels. eLearning Guild
members recently ranked Rapid Intake the most powerful, flexible
solution and one of the most serviceable companies. Hundreds of
companies rely on Rapid Intake's top-ranked technology to create more
interactive and effective courses in less time.
Learn more about Rapid Intake: www.rapidintake.com.
Rapid Intake
Jeff Batt, 801-766-8003
866-231-5254
jeffbatt@rapidintake.com