CourseMill LMS 6.0 Adds Mobile eLearning Support

Support for Smart Devices, Calendar Integration and User Role
Configuration Included in Major LMS Enhancements 

Cincinnati, OH   – Trivantis Corporation, the leader in elearning software solutions, today announced the release of CourseMill LMS 6.0, with Mobile Learning Support featured among major enhancements for this popular learning management system. "With this release we build on the strength of the CourseMill LMS platform by giving customers greater flexibility and control," explained Tim Verrelli, Senior Vice President of Learning Management and Integration Products for Trivantis. "Customers have more options than ever before in administering training programs with features such as calendar support and user role configuration and we’re excited about the addition of mobile device support, which is an area of increasing interest with our customers."

CourseMill 6.0 Helps Training Departments Harness Mobile Computing 

Taking advantage of the proliferation of mobile handheld devices is one of the biggest opportunity areas for training organizations hoping to capture the mobile audience and deliver training to a new generation of workers. CourseMill 6.0 capitalizes on this trend with new features for delivering training content on Smart phones, including the popular Apple iPod and iPhones platforms. CourseMill 6.0 product updates include:

Training Delivery Enhancements 

Mobile Support – Now students can take courses on the go by accessing them directly from their iPhone/iPod, Android, Palm WebOS, Garmin Nuvi, Maemo Tablet and most smart phones (excluding Blackberry).

System Announcements – Add your own custom messages within CourseMill for all your users to read upon login.

Resend System Generated Emails – Keep students informed by resending course enrollment and completion notifications as necessary.

Student Management Enhancements 

Customizable User Data – Conveniently categorize CourseMill users into 16 dependent or
independent categories based on your organization’s structure. Use these categories to filter user data within reports, enroll groups of users in courses and curriculums, and make courses available to specific sets of users.

Curriculum Prerequisites – Add curriculum prerequisites, which require students to take specific courses prior to moving onto new curriculums.

Enhanced Report Cards – Report cards now include the number of credit hours earned through the successful completion of each course.

Enhanced Bulk Registration – Save time and effort by using additional user data in bulk
registration such as physical addresses, phone numbers, sub-org categorizations, reporter
assignments, course enrollment specifications and completion scores.

Administration and Reporting Enhancements 

Personal Calendar Integration – Instructors and students can configure their CourseMill calendar to send course schedule information to personal calendars such as Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo, Google, Lotus Notes, and iCal.

User Role Configuration - Determine each user’s responsibilities and experience by adding and removing rights based on the desired role in CourseMill.

Enhanced Web 2.0 Interface – Quickly modify interface colors, terminology and logos to match your company’s brand by taking advantage of CourseMill’s use of style sheets. Students and instructors experience greater ease of use and faster load time with the new Web 2.0 intuitive interface.

Automatic Data Archiving – Save time when pulling reports by only sorting through your most recent data. Older records are automatically archived, making it faster to run reports.

Manage System Parameters – Administrators can make instant changes to system-wide parameters from within CourseMill without having to restart the system.

Online Audit Trail - For more efficient troubleshooting, administrators can now track who makes changes to components such as courses, curriculums, gradebook items and student registrations.

Session-Specific Notification Information – Conveniently include session-specific information such as session notes and meeting days in automatically delivered course notifications.

Metadata Search – Students can search for and find courses more quickly and easily by using popular key words and phrases (requires that courses include metadata).

Discussion Board Monitoring & Approvals - For added security, administrators and reporters can control discussion board content by approving posts before they are made visible to other discussion board participants.

Advanced Quick Search – Quickly find whatever you’re looking for by filtering your course,
curriculum and user lists using various search terms.

Online Help – Find answers to your CourseMill questions by accessing the online help. Click the Help button where available to access contextual help information as you explore CourseMill features and functionality.

“The enhancements in CourseMill LMS 6.0 underscore our commitment to listening and responding to customer needs,” said Peter Bray, Chief Marketing Officer for Trivantis. “And, with this release, we’ve also responded to emerging customer trends with leading edge solutions for mobile learning. CourseMill LMS 6.0 continues the evolve as the most scalable, affordable and easy-to-use learning management system available.”

Learn more about CourseMill LMS at www.Trivantis.com where you can request your own 14-day trial version and experience CourseMill LMS 6.0 firsthand.

About CourseMill LMS
CourseMill LMS is a feature-rich learning management system that enables training departments to get elearning programs up and running quickly, easily and cost-effectively. CourseMill LMS is designed to be simple to use and focused solely on the delivery, management and tracking of elearning coursework. CourseMill is available for purchase and use behind the firewall or as a hosted subscription service. 

About Trivantis Corporation
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Trivantis Corporation creates world-class elearning software and services that enable the creation, distribution, and management of elearning content.  Designed to help overcome the technical barriers traditionally associated with electronic publishing, Trivantis solutions provide educators, the business sector, and government agencies the ability to create and publish high-quality content with multi-platform publishing capabilities. Trivantis Corporation produces Lectora, the world’s leading elearning software used by most Global 2000 companies and all five branches of the United States Military. Trivantis also creates CourseMill, a world‐class learning management system for deploying, hosting, and tracking elearning content. Visit our Web site at: www.Trivantis.com. Trivantis, Lectora and CourseMill are trademarks of Trivantis Corporation.