CourseMill by Trivantis Meets Demand for an Affordable Learning Management System

October 15, 2003

Cincinnati, OH – Trivantis Corporation, the leader in content authoring and publishing software, today announced the introduction of CourseMill 3.0, a SCORM-conformant learning management system (LMS) designed specifically for organizations whose enterprise-wide elearning initiatives have been blocked by the high cost of LMS software and installation. In a product category dominated by systems that cost a minimum of $100,000 and, often up to seven figures, CourseMill delivers an affordable elearning management solution for under $30,000. Coursemill is installed and operating within a single business day on a standard Microsoft-based server environment.

Trivantis observed three trends in the elearning market that led to the introduction of CourseMill 3.0:

1. The growing number of training and human resource professionals that said the high costs for a learning management system was a barrier to achieving a reasonable return on investment.
2. A growing number of concerns about the complexity of implementing an enterprise-level LMSs.
3. The growing demand for conformance to SCORM elearning standards. Trivantis responded to these trends with the introduction of an affordable “100% lean” elearning management that supports SCORM.

CourseMill features include:

Centralized Hosting and Learning Environment

A server-based single secure system that hosts any SCORM conformant elearning content including courses, lessons, assessments, quizzes, and surveys.

SCORM Standards

Supports all content that meets Shared Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) elearning standards.

Customizable Graphic User Interface

Mirrors the look and feel of an organization’s identity by customizing the graphic interface.

Customizable Student Data

Customize data fields for collecting student information such as department, location, ID number, etc. Data can be viewed, sorted, and tracked using any category.

Robust Reporting

Unlimited reports including course and lesson status, pass/fail results, individual question results, course interactions and more. Data can be exported to Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet software. Custom reporting feature supports third party reporting tools such as Crystal Reports by Crystal Decisions.

Automated Self-Registration

Students can self-register using a password provided by the instructor and can extend to chat and email groups if the instructor prefers.

Bulk Registration

Instantly upload the names of thousands of students, employees or members.

Communications

Both real-time chat email for online discussion groups and forums if the instructor prefers.

Bookmarking

Automatically sets bookmark for the last page viewed by the student.

Administration Toolkit

Easy to use tools to set up course structure and configure options to set up automatic registration, disable chat, permit retaking tests and more.

Security

Multiple levels of security for administrators, instructors, and students.

Simple Installation

Requires less than a day to be fully operational.

CourseMill enables chief learning officers, training officers, trainers, and educators to quickly, effectively, and affordably launch an e-learning program for their organizations. “CourseMill is the ‘on ramp’ for companies, schools, and governments that thought they would never be able to afford an LMS,” said Tim Loudermilk, Trivantis’ founder and chief executive officer. “There are no hidden fees, user fees or publishing fees and installation is fast and easy. CourseMill delivers great value from day one.” Loudermilk adds.

CourseMill hosts content created in Trivantis’ world-class, best-of-breed authoring tool, Lectora Publisher, and custom content published by other tools as well as commercial SCORM-conformant courseware. With CourseMill, the number of courses and number of students are unlimited.

“Lectora Publisher opened the door to authoring elearning content to educators around the world,” said Loudermilk. “CourseMill will do the same for learning management by to making it easy and affordable for organizations to host and manage elearning content.”

About Trivantis

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Trivantis Corporation provides world-digital authoring and publishing software, learning management systems, and content development services that enable the creation and management of multimedia educational content. Trivantis’ authoring tools feature near-zero learning curves that provide educators in the business sector, government, and academia the capabilities to create and publish high-quality multimedia educational content quickly, easily, and independently. Trivantis solutions are designed to help overcome the technical barriers traditionally associated with publishing to a variety of digital media including the Internet, intranet, CD-ROM, DVD, and wireless.

The Trivantis flagship product, Lectora Publisher Enterprise LMS Edition, helps subject-matter experts within an organization to start creating courses immediately, collaborate with colleagues and convert content to provide the rapid transfer of knowledge across the enterprise so that organizations can shorten time to productivity. For more information, visit www.trivantis.com.

Trivantis and Lectora are trademarks of the Trivantis Corporation.