OutStart, the leading provider of software solutions for learning and knowledge-sharing, today announced the release of OutStart Evolution LCMS 2006, a premier learning content management and assembly platform that is transforming learning. With significant new enhancements, such as Microsoft PowerPoint authoring capabilities and SCORM 2004 support, OutStart Evolution LCMS 2006 addresses the market need for a comprehensive LCMS that delivers immediate value by facilitating the creation and delivery of training, maximizing content reuse and ensuring ongoing investment protection.
In a recent report entitled “What Works® in Learning Content Management Systems: Industry Trends, Best Practices, and Vendor Profiles,” Bersin & Associates outlined three stages of content creation: rapid content development, enterprise content development and enterprise learning content management. With its new capabilities, OutStart Evolution LCMS 2006 provides a platform to support each of these stages, enabling OutStart to meet the content creation needs of any organization, regardless of their current stage or the stages of different departments or groups within the company. As a result, organizations are able to protect their learning investments, while having an easy and flexible path to grow as their needs change.
“Companies today are looking to eliminate redundancy of content development and more easily share knowledge assets across courses and programs,” said Chris Howard, principal analyst for Bersin & Associates, a research and advisory firm focused on corporate learning. “Evolution LCMS provides very strong support for content creation, management, and delivery. It allows for reuse of learning objects, content portability, incorporation of third-party content and personalization based on learners’ existing mastery of the topic. This powerful combination greatly improves author productivity and learner proficiency.”
OutStart Evolution LCMS 2006 includes numerous enhancements that reduce course development time and make it easy to incorporate desktop authoring, simulation and external content. With support for SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 and FLASH and NETg content integration, OutStart Evolution LCMS 2006 can import, manage and assemble any learning content regardless of the source, allowing for optimal reuse. The latest release can be configured based on each individual’s role to increase user adoption. New configuration and personalization features enable users to change the look and feel of training materials without reworking content.
“Challenged with making employees more efficient and effective through the delivery of just-in-time, just-for-me training, organizations face a wide-range of learning content needs,” said Massood Zarrabian, president and CEO of OutStart. “OutStart Evolution LCMS can immediately address the content creation and delivery needs of any organization, from rapid content development to enterprise learning content management. At the same time, it provides companies with the ability to evolve over time with the complete assurance that their existing learning investments will be protected.”
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About OutStart
OutStart software powers solutions that help make people more effective in a fraction of the time and cost. Unlike traditional training or knowledge management approaches that take too long, cost too much and fail to address the entire need, OutStart’s applications address the way people learn through a combination of formal training, knowledge sharing and expert collaboration that is available on-demand. Customers like Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Elsevier Health Sciences , Steelcase, the U.S. Navy, Verizon and Westland Helicopters rely on OutStart to increase individual and organizational performance, improve knowledge transfer and lower operating costs. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., OutStart has offices throughout the US and Europe and can be found on the Web at www.outstart.com.
