EDT Learning Releases Version 1.5 of i-CANVAS; New Version Merges Best Features from Both i-Canvas and LearnLinc.

Business/High-Tech/Education Writers

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2003

EDT Learning, Inc. (AMEX:EDT) announced today the release of i-Canvas version 1.5. The e-Learning authoring software has been recognized as one of the industry leading content development tools and won first place at the 2001 Software Simulation Shootout at Online Learning Expo. This version of i-Canvas not only provides its users with additional features, but also integrates online courses created with i-Canvas with LearnLinc(R). The acquisition of LearnLinc by EDT Learning from Mentergy, Inc. was closed in December 2002 and provided to EDT Learning a comprehensive Web conferencing and online training software rivaling the likes of WebEx and Placeware.

In this version, an i-Canvas course can now be published either as a self-paced, online course or as a course that will run in a synchronized fashion in a LearnLinc online classroom. The publishing feature only requires the instructor to drag and drop the files into the up-loader for inclusion in the LearnLinc classroom. The online instructor then has the option of synchronizing coursework in a traditional "follow me" format or letting each student learn on their own pace with the instructor "looking over their shoulder." Quizzes either from the i-Canvas course or from TestLinc(TM) can also be incorporated into the class to provide assessment and certification.

Commenting on the announcement, James M. Powers, Jr., EDT Learning's president and chief executive officer, said, "The recent purchase of LearnLinc has enabled us to provide our customers with the most robust synchronous software in the marketplace. i-Canvas version 1.5 represents the integration of two software technologies - i-Canvas, a content authorizing tool, and LearnLinc(R), a Web conferencing and online training tool. While these products have been integrated, they still also remain standalone software products, which are best of breed on their own."

In combination with its already award-winning feature list, i-Canvas version 1.5 offers new features that include:

-- Advanced Control on Skill Checks and Questions - i-Canvas can now advance skill check questions within an assessment allowing course designers to decide the level of simulation for task based assessments. This gives instructional designers the ability to test students on performing a task without interruption. Instructional designers can now set an assignable unit to reset students' tests after students take a test so that a student is presented with a new test for each training instance regardless of pass/fail. In addition, students may be presented with a completely reset test or only the questions they answered incorrectly.

-- Expanded Demonstration Features - Demonstrations also have increased interactivity features, allowing instructional designers to set preferences for students to stop the page advances and perform an action. They can then resume the demonstration and continue learning.

-- Increased Compliancy - Content produced with i-Canvas is now compliant with several other third-party LMS including GeoLearning, Saba, and IntraLearn. These LMS join the list of other major third-party LMS that will integrate easily with i-Canvas content including Docent, Ingenium, Knowledge Planet, My SmartForce, WBT Manager, and OnTrak. i-Canvas is also industry-compliant with non-specific AICC JSAPI, non-specific AICC HACP, non-specific SCORM v1.1, and non-specific SCORM v1.2 publishing options.

About EDT Learning, Inc.

Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, EDT Learning is a leading provider of comprehensive e-Learning business solutions for corporate clients. EDT has been honored with more than 55 awards for excellence from notable e-Learning authorities such as The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Brandon Hall, Inc. Magazine, and New Media Magazine. EDT continues to develop relationships with a client base of customers inside and outside of the Fortune Global 1000 including American Express, Citibank, Federal Express, General Electric, Helena, Hilton, Kyocera/Qualcomm, Toyota/Lexus, Oracle Corporation, and United Airlines.

EDT Learning's comprehensive e-Learning software solutions are augmented with a suite of workforce performance management tools. This unique combination of software products in tandem with EDT's ability to produce award-winning custom content enables the Company to deliver a larger array of solutions than any other single e-Learning provider. EDT also provides its corporate customers with access to over 100 hours of off-the-shelf e-Learning courses including marketing, finance, accounting, communications, and leadership, developed with subject matter experts such as the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Employment Law Technology, and the Strategos Institute. EDT's software products include:

-- i-Canvas(TM) - a training development software tool which

produces Web-based and CD-Rom based courses and software

simulations;

-- LearnLinc(TM) - a Web conferencing and online training

software providing a live virtual classroom using the

Internet;

-- Learning Manager(TM) - a learning management system (LMS) that

administers, tracks and reports training progress; and

-- Workforce Lifecycle Manager(TM) - A suite of workforce

performance management software that help organizations: find

the right internal people for the right jobs (People

Search(TM) and Job Seeker(TM)); provide employees with tools

to match their career objectives with internal job

opportunities (Career Planner(TM)), and enable supervisors to

establish goals and provide job performance feedback to

employees (Performance Coach(TM)).

About LearnLinc(R)

EDT's virtual classroom software won first place at the Synchronous e-Learning Shootout held at Online Learning's conference in the fall of 2002. LearnLinc was voted number one in the head-to-head competition, winning over such other notable companies as WebEx, PlaceWare, and Interwise. LearnLinc, one of the first live virtual classroom software products on the market, provides its customers with one of the most comprehensive feature sets available today. You can obtain additional information about the LearnLinc software at www.LearnLinc.com. LearnLinc's award-winning feature set includes:

-- Multiple party application sharing;

-- One or two-way streaming video;

-- Full featured whiteboard, Text chat and Question the

Presenter;

-- Animation and video clips, animation, simulations, learning

exercises, and tests results;

-- Recording and playback of sessions;

-- Testing with automatic grading and database reporting; and

-- Screen capturing of any student desktop that can be shared

with the rest of the class.

More Company information is available at www.edtlearning.com.

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