Windows NT Gets Support From World's First Course Management System for the Internet; OLX begins process of standardizing Course Management.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1996--Asymetrix Corporation today announced that ToolBook II Librarian, the revolutionary course management system of the ToolBook II solution for Internet-based training, is now shipping on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . A key new enhancement is Asymetrix Open Library Exchange (OLX) which provides courseware developers a standard way to integrate their applications with Librarian in order to deploy and manage training courses over the Internet. Within the next 30 days, the OLX standard will be published and made available to developers for integration with any Windows-based authoring system including Macromedia Authorware Macromedia Authorware (now part of Adobe Systems) is an interpreted, flowchart based, graphical programming language. Authorware is used for creating interactive programs that can integrate a range of multimedia content, particularly e-learning applications. , Aimtech IconAuthor and Allen Communication Quest, enabling them to deploy and manage their training courses over the Internet. "ToolBook II Librarian's OLX support begins the process of bringing standards to the deployment and management of Internet-based training courses," said Kathy Klotz, senior multimedia analyst with DataQuest. "Although Internet training is still in its infancy, this could be a major step towards all elements of the industry learning to work interactively, leaving the developer free to use the authoring tool that works best for the application." Measuring the effectiveness of computer-based training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." With ToolBook II Librarian, courseware developers can now measure the effectiveness of their training courses delivered over the Internet. Users anywhere, on any platform, can take courses and be evaluated over the Internet with their scores stored in Librarian. The fundamental problem facing CBTdevelopers, namely measuring the effectiveness of their materials has now been solved with Librarian. Developer reaction has been extremely positive. Peter Meng is president of Data Made Accessible, a St. Louis based distributed training company currently creating training for the Internet for a variety of clients. "As Internet training is becoming a reality, it's great to see a company finally stepping up to the challenge of bringing innovative and competitive products to the market," said Meng. "The power of a product like Librarian for NT lets us offer the ability to manage training applications we create to anyone, anywhere in the world." The latest release of ToolBook II Librarian is designed specifically for the Microsoft NT Server platform, the easiest server operating system See network operating system. for demanding business needs. It works with leading HTTP servers such as Microsoft's Internet Information Server See IIS. (World-Wide Web) Internet Information Server - (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server for Windows NT. IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs hosting websites that receive , Netscape's Commerce Server, Netscape's Communication Servers, and others. Pricing and Availability ToolBook II Librarian is now shipping for the Solaris UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platform and the Windows NT platform. US Suggested List Price starts at $9,995. About Asymetrix Corporation Asymetrix Corporation is a leading supplier of easy-to-use Internet authoring and development tools for distributed learning Distributed Learning means a method of instruction that relies primarily on indirect communication between students and teachers, including internet or other electronic-based delivery, teleconferencing or correspondence; (British Columbia, School Act, 2006). , web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. and Internet applications. Asymetrix products include ToolBook II, SuperCede Verb 1. supercede - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" , Asymetrix Digital Video Producer, Asymetrix 3D F/X F/X Effects , Asymetrix Web 3D, Asymetrix WebPublisher. Asymetrix, a privately held software company based in Bellevue, Washington, markets to customers and clients around the world including leading corporate, government, and educational institutions. Asymetrix Corp., 110-110th Avenue NE., Bellevue, WA., 98004-5840. -0- Note to Editors: Asymetrix, ToolBook, Asymetrix 3D F/X, and Digital Video Producer are registered trademarks and Asymetrix Web 3D, Asymetrix WebPublisher, SuperCede, ToolBook II, ToolBook II Instructor, and ToolBook II Librarian, are trademarks of Asymetrix Corporation, Inc. All other company and/or product names are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Asymetrix Corporation Ann Bagley, 206/637-5859 annb@asymetrix.com Dennis L. Sullivan, 206/637-2458 denniss@asymetrix.com http HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. ://www.asymetrix.com |
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