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Elluminate News: Press Release

  • Elluminate Press Relations:
    Cathy Planchard
    Jennifer Avrhami
    Mindspace
    480.941.8497
    pr@elluminate.com

Elluminate and Desire2Learn Announce Seamless Integration

Provides Single-click Access to Powerful, Real-time, Interactive Virtual Classroom from Learning Environment

Pleasanton, California — July 10, 2009

News Facts:

  • Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of web, audio, and video solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration, and Desire2Learn Incorporated, a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise eLearning solutions, announced today the integration of the Elluminate Live!® virtual classroom environment with the Desire2Learn Learning Environment.
  • Seamless integration of Elluminate technology enables Desire2Learn users to easily add synchronous distance learning and collaboration to course work using the best-in-class Elluminate Live! real-time virtual classroom with two-way VoIP, multipoint video, interactive whiteboard, application sharing, file transfer, breakout rooms, and more.
  • On an organizational level, the Elluminate integration with Desire2Learn allows institutions to leverage existing technology investments, meet the needs of today’s students, increase enrollment, and improve student outcomes. 
  • The integration pack will be available for general release from Desire2Learn at FUSION 2009, the Desire2Learn Users’ Conference being held in Minneapolis-St. Paul, July 13-17.  
  • This offering enables users to perform a variety of activities from within their familiar Desire2Learn environment, with no additional IDs or passwords required.  These include the ability to:
    • Schedule and deliver Elluminate Live! sessions
    • Attend Elluminate Live! Sessions with a single click
    • Create, store, and view Elluminate Live! interactive recordings

Quotes for Attribution:

We have had positive feedback from our clients about the Elluminate Live! environment. By leveraging the extensibility of our growing framework for integrating third-party technology, we are making it easier for our joint clients to tightly integrate Elluminate’s capabilities to our award-winning platform. Tighter relationships and integrations with partners have been a theme of our latest Learning Environment release and will continue to be a key driver in creating value for our clients in the future.

- John Baker, President and CEO, Desire2Learn

For many organizations, a successful eLearning solution means a blended approach using both asynchronous and synchronous technology. We are extremely pleased to be partnering with Desire2Learn to provide this opportunity for academic institutions of all levels. The integration of Elluminate Live! enables even more educators to add synchronous distance learning and collaboration to their learning environments.

Maurice Heiblum, President, Elluminate, Inc.

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