precis - higher-education and technology products

Matrix: The Magazine for Leaders in Education, Sept, 2000

Higher-Education and Technology Products, Projects, and Services

COLLEGIS, Inc., a provider of IT solutions to the higher-education market, has launched I-Campus Solution to help clients develop their institutional vision and implement, manage, and control technology.

I-Campus Solution builds on COLLEGIS' management of client information technology resources and extends those skills into several new areas including remote hosting of administrative application software, the e-Support Center, the COLLEGIS hosted help-desk support system, and strategic services in support of planning for the I-Campus Solution. To learn more about COLLEGIS, Inc., visit http://www.collegis.com. Circle #196 for more information

Danka has introduced its D Publisher system for the university market.

The new Internet-based publishing system gives college print shops the ability to obtain the latest research on the Web and print it in one automated process that pays the publishing fees and secures copyright approval.

Essays, research papers, and books can be stored on a computer network and printed on demand. With D Publisher, colleges can also market their professors' works over the Internet.

Demand printing shifts the printing paradigm from a "print, then sell" model to a "sell, then print." This eliminates the need to inventory large numbers of materials, which are now only printed when there is a demand for them. For additional information, visit http://www.danka.com. Circle #195 for more information

Academic Systems Corp. has introduced academic.com, a new source for Web-based college-level content, tools, and services. The academic.com offering has four key components: Active Content--a library of learning modules that provide interactive, multimedia content; ActiveContent Course Builder--a collection of third-generation, easy-to-use, course-building tools that lets classroom instructors without Web programming skills create interactive course material; a platform with basic Web course components that enables faculty to build an online syllabus, discussion boards, online chat, and e-mail; and professional training and technical support.

Academic Systems will use the Blackboard CourseInfo teaching and learning environment to make the academic.com suite available over the Internet. For more information, visit http://www.academic.com or call (800) 694-6850. Circle #198 for more information

1414c, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PictureTel Corp., has launched eVideo Application Server, a Web-enabled software streaming solution that allows educational institutions to create, distribute, and manage streamed video broadcasts over the Internet and corporate intranets. eVAS sits on top of IP-based streaming technology.

The solution enables mass dissemination of announcements, training sessions, classes, lectures, videoconferences, and other events. Users access live or stored content via Web-enabled PCs, video-enabled meeting rooms, or AV presentation systems.

eVAS automatically delivers the same event across different bandwidths, networks, and players, to best match endpoint capabilities. It requires minimal technical intervention--participants log into the event using a standard Web browser. Rather than just offering online chat, eVAS allows users to view not only the speaker, but the speaker's presentation as well, whether it's Excel, PowerPoint, or other types of presentations, eVAS also offers a class polling feature that allows the lecturer to poll the class to assess their views or their understanding of the presentation. Users can access presentations live or on demand at a later date. For information, call (610) 325-6551. Circle #197 for more information

Editor's Note:

The products, services, and projects included in Precis are intended solely to inform our readers. Information has been provided by company or institution press releases, Web sites, or other related material.

Matrix has not tested or evaluated the items mentioned and reference to them does not constitute endorsement by Matrix.