Enables Educators to Organize, Script, and Package Content and Activities to Simplify and Facilitate Live Online Delivery

Pleasanton, California (August 20, 2009) –

News Facts:

* Elluminate, Inc., the leading provider of web, audio, and video solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration, announced today general availability of the latest version of Elluminate Plan!(TM), which enables educators to organize and package content and activities before the live, online session, automating routine tasks and allowing instructors to focus on delivering material, facilitating interaction, and optimizing the online learning experience.
* With Elluminate Plan! V2, users can decrease session plan development time by 50%. TheElluminate Learning Suite(TM), which includes Elluminate Plan! as well as flagship product ElluminateLive!® for real-time interaction and collaboration and Elluminate Publish!(TM) for creating post-session content for mobile learning, supports the entire online instructional cycle.
* Unlike other products designed for self-paced exploration, Elluminate Plan! was specifically developed for use in a multi-user, instructor-led, real-time eLearning environment. Instructors or course designers organize, script, and package content and activities ahead of time. Then during the Elluminate Live!session, each action, like advancing to the next slide, creating breakout rooms, loading and presenting a quiz, web touring, or playing a multimedia file, is triggered with a single click.
o Elluminate Plan! V2 enhancements include:
o Significantly expanded command set to build in even more interactivity
o Ability to set session parameters for easy automatic setup before class begins
o Drag-and-drop construction and editing that facilitates plan development
o Plan validation tool that enables self-service troubleshooting and cuts development time
o Support for Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese in addition to English
* Elluminate Plan! ensures that content is delivered consistently across multiple sessions by multiple presenters. Institutions can package content and methodologies for real-time delivery by a wider group of instructors to facilitate the use of live eLearning and collaboration system wide.
* Elluminate Plan! is sold as part of the Elluminate Next>(TM) bundle, which also includes ElluminatePublish! for creating standalone files or industry-standard video files from Elluminate Live! recordings. In addition, Elluminate Professional Services offers the Next> Boot Camp, an intensive, one-day, onsite training session for Elluminate Plan! and Elluminate Publish!

Source: Elluminate