XStream Software Wins its Second Silver Excellence in E-Learning Award
Award recognizing Performance Analyzer™ technology
is XStream’s sixth brandon-hall.com award.
OTTAWA, Canada, October 19, 2004 - XStream Software Inc. today announced that its Performance Analyzer assessment technology has received the Silver Award in the category of "Innovative Technology" from the 2004 Brandon Hall Excellence in E-Learning Awards program. This award, which is a powerful recognition of Performance Analyzer as a unique e-learning technology, is the second Silver Award presented to an XStream software technology in the Excellence in E-Learning Awards (with the first Silver Award having been earned by XStream's RapidBuilder™ simulation technology in 2003). It also represents the sixth brandon-hall.com award earned by XStream Software since 2001.
Performance Analyzer enables developers to create, customize, and deploy simulation-based performance assessments. A user taking a performance assessment goes through a series of steps within an interactive software simulation, and the actions performed by the user are measured, tracked and scored by the system (in order to determine the user's knowledge of particular applications tasks). Performance assessments are created by recording live tasks from any desktop or web application, and the recorded files may be customized with splash screens, login screens, introduction & ending screens, prefabricated user reports, and a wide variety of interactivity and multimedia elements, including appended/inserted step screens and content screens, text, graphics, audio, video, hyperlinks, animations, visual effects, and much more. Performance Analyzer files may be saved in a variety of formats (RPE, Flash, XML, EXE, SCORM, SCO), deployed on CD-ROM, Network (LAN/WAN) and Web (Internet, Intranet, or Extranet), and also integrated with interactive simulations/courses (created with XStream's RapidBuilder technology) and question-based exams/assessments (created with XStream's RapidExam™ technology).
"We are extremely pleased to receive this award for Performance Analyzer," says Sunil K. Sethi , XStream's President and CEO . "The simulation-based performance assessment capabilities of Performance Analyzer add a truly unique dimension to e-learning, and it is gratifying to have this innovation recognized in such a well respected forum."
The Excellence in Learning Awards are presented by brandon-hall.com, one of the e-learning industry's leading research and consulting firms. Now in its tenth year, the awards program showcases exceptional work by providing feedback and benchmarking to entrants in an overall effort to help advance the e-learning industry.
"The winning entries this year show that innovation in our field is continuing at full speed. The winners are excellent both in terms of creativity and range of application," said Brandon Hall, Ph.D., of brandon-hall.com and chairman of the Excellence in Learning Awards program. "These winners are the new cutting edge."
Performance Analyzer was recognized during an Awards ceremony and dinner held on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 in San Francisco, Calif., as part of the 2004 Training Fall Conference & Expo, held October 11-13. Winners are listed at www.brandon-hall.com.
This year, entries were submitted in three categories: Outstanding Learning Programs and Initiatives, Custom Content, and Innovative Technology. Entries were evaluated by judges with expertise in instructional design, online learning and the implementation of e-learning.
About XStream
XStream Software, a 6x brandon-hall.com award winner, has designed and developed next-generation, 100% programming-free e-learning, authoring, administration/tracking, and communication & collaboration technologies. RapidBuilder ® and RapidExam™ are used for creating interactive Software Simulations, WBT, Presentations, Assessments, and Certifications. Linux Simulator™ is used to create interactive software simulations for Linux-based applications. Performance Analyzer™ is used for creating Performance-based Evaluations, which measure, track, and evaluate/test users' performance through software simulations created for Windows-based applications. RapidGuide™ offers next-generation learning by creating 'live', step-by-step, in-application guidance and 'Show Me' simulations. RapidSVG™ is XStream's vector-based SVG authoring application, which enables developers to create SVG web sites, graphics, animations, and other authored content. XStream RapidShare™ is XStream's web-based, enterprise-wide communication and collaboration digital workspace, which brings together information, people, and tools for purposes of working on projects, sharing files and documents, participating in discussion and chat forums, and conducting meetings, demos, training/support sessions, classes, and seminars. On the back end, RapidManager™ provides full tracking and administration capability for RapidBuilder, RapidExam, Performance Analyzer, SCORM, and RapidGuide files, and RapidPortal™ provides browser-based portal accessibility for complete web-based administration and deployment of RapidBuilder, RapidExam, Performance Analyzer, SCORM, and RapidGuide files. XStream's products are in use by thousands of internationally known clients representing businesses across all market sectors.
To learn more, please visit www.xstreamsoftware.com , or call 613-731-9443, or send an e-mail to info@xstreamsoftware.com .
About brandon-hall.com
The Excellence in Learning Awards program is chaired by one of the leading authorities on e-learning, Brandon Hall, Ph.D. Dr. Hall is the CEO of brandon-hall.com and author of the groundbreaking Web-Based Training Cookbook. Since 1992, brandon-hall.com has been providing independent expert advice in the form of published reports and consultations on the tools and best practices of e-learning. Dr. Hall participates regularly as a featured speaker at the Training Fall Conference & Expo. He earned his doctorate in educational psychology and has served on the faculty of San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, Inc, and many other publications.
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