SaaS (Software as a Service) and Cloud Computing - Rapid Intake Unison
Product/Technology: Rapid Intake Unison
Hardware or Software? Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Launched: February 2008 (New)
What it does? Built on the Rapid Intake collaborative eLearning development platform Unison is a web-based solution that lets designers and subject matter experts (SMEs) collaboratively capture storyboard develop review test and publish Flash-based courses without having to know Flash. Novice users and content owners simply fill out form-based templates to create interactive Flash-based courses while advanced users and communities create reusable custom templates by accessing the Flash source code (.fla). Project-based subscription enable entire teams to work together at less cost. All output is SCORM compliant (an e-learning interoperability standard) rich-media compatible and works on most PC and Mac browsers.
What makes it Innovative? Competing tools are desktop based Unison is a rich-client web-based application built in Flex. Designed for collaboration multiple people can work on the same project at the same time. Other tools are single-user oriented. Based on Flex/Flash/XML any Flex/Flash developer can customize and extend Unison to fit specific needs.
Targeted Users: Corporate Training Departments Higher Education and Government Training.
