Mentergy™, Ltd. a global provider of blended e-Learning solutions, today announced the immediate availability of TrainNet 5.0, a new version of the company's highly scaleable, broadband virtual classroom application that provides video transmission, voice over IP, robust student/instructor interaction and other advanced tools to deliver any kind of instructional material over geographically dispersed e-Learning environments. TrainNet 5.0, unique in its ability to support multiple, live, instructor-led classrooms of both PC- and TV-based training on different levels of bandwidth connectivity, now also provides greater access to live and recorded classes for students with access to the TrainNet virtual campus, in addition to incorporating several self-paced learning enhancements, greater functionality, and ease-of-use improvements.
Designed to reach large numbers of geographically dispersed learning participants, corporations, government organizations and universities can implement TrainNet 5.0 without sacrificing the value of two-way communications together with a high level of interactivithy. Business-units throughout current customer organizations provide programs ranging from collaborative product development and product training to live broadcasts from the executive staff.
"With TrainNet 5.0, Mentergy makes video intensive IDL more affordable by enabling the use of less bandwidth and expanding the reach of the system to Web-based participants," said Ron Zamir, senior vice president, Mentergy Ltd. "This new version provides significant video engine and self-paced study enhancements, in addition to several other improvements, in response our customers' need for an easy-to-use, cost-effective, broadband IDL system."
New to TrainNet are several features/benefits, including:
- StudyNet / Expanded Internet Access - Access to TrainNet from a Web-based student interface provides greater access to live and recorded classes for students with Internet connections or behind firewalls, enhancing an organization's ability to re-use courses in a self-paced manner. Through this browser-based interface, students can add themselves to TrainNet student lists, attend synchronous training sessions, and view reports.
- MPEG-4 Audio/Video Engine - Responding to customer need for the international de facto video standard which allows for higher quality video using lower bandwidth, TrainNet 5.0 incorporates the MPEG-4 Audio/Video Engine for low bandwidth video broadcasting. The new audio/video engine will allow bandwidth settings to be set between 28KBPS to 500KBPS, depending on the video quality required.
- Record & Playback (Asynchronous Training) - Enhancing 24x7 self-paced study, this new feature gives instructors the ability to record classes (including video) in a static file (that permits stop, pause and random access) so that students can view the course at anytime.
- Course Builder PowerPoint Conversion - Improving TrainNet's functionality is Course Builder with a new and easy-to-use interface and import feature to enable the conversion of PowerPoint presentations into HTML content for use in the TrainNet PC environment.
- Ease-of-use Improvements - TrainNet 5.0 includes improvements to database, instructor, and administrative control to provide for easier installation, management, and participation.
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