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11/25/2006
OU Blogs, a blogging solution that combines the company’s OmniUpdate CMS solution with the WordPress open source blog publishing system. Offered as an optional module to OmniUpdate, OU Blogs allows entries in WordPress blogs to be monitored for appropriate content, using OmniUpdate’s workflow and approval system. E-mail notification is automatically sent when blog entries are ready for approval. Pricing starts at $5,000.Cdigix, a provider of digital media services to the college marketplace, has announced Clabs 2007, the latest version of its digital media educational platform. New features include: Clabs Library, a repository of more than 125,000 video titles, with a search interface that allows university administrators to purchase media for processing into their own Clabsservice; Clabs Podcasting, allowing campus-produced content to be posted into Clabs in MP3 or MPEG-4 format; and Clabs Community, enabling a participating university to post institution-owned media into a shared pool that is available to other Clabs partner institutions. Pricing includes a yearly license and one-time per-title encoding fee, based on the volume of titles per year.
Unified collaborative communications vendor Polycom has introduced the PowerCam Presenter, a wireless tracking camera solution, compatible with any videoconferencing system, that uses patent-pending ultrasonic technology to wirelessly track, automatically focus, and zoom in and out as an instructor moves around the room. Additionally, Polycom’s new HDX and VSX Ceiling Microphone Arrays provide 360-degree room coverage and stereo audio from a single array. Together, the solutions enable freedom of movement for instructors in distributed learning environments. MSRP: $7,999 for the PowerCam Presenter; $1,195 for the microphone arrays.
eCollege, a provider of value-added information services, has announced the upcoming release (in phases, beginning this winter) of Content Manager v3.0, the latest version of its solution for centrally managing, standardizing, and reusing content across multiple programs, courses, and sections. Advancements include: selective publishing, allowing faculty and administrators to change and update content items for future terms without affecting current course content; added roles for rights functionality, providing more options for assigning course development responsibilities; and version control, easing the content authoring and editing process. Priced per enrollment.
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