SHIFT, our rapid eLearning authoring tool, has won three coveted Brandon Hall Silver awards for technology excellence in the Rich Media, Rapid Authoring and Evaluation or Testing categories.

SHIFT changes the models of eLearning development.   SHIFT allows the development of a rich, interactive and engaging learning experience with no need for advanced technical skills.  It’s a one-stop solution for instructional design, media recording, media editing, immersive scenarios and simulations, testing, collaboration and workflow management, all integrated into one cloud-based environment.   All processes integrated and managed within the system, including media management, work assignments, reviewing, project documentation and even RFQ’s for outsourcing from external third party vendors.  SHIFT’s database driven architecture also makes content reutilization, localization and subsequent changes simple.

“We firmly believe that we have created an authoring environment that changes the way eLearning is done.  SHIFT is opening up markets for thousands of organizations and individuals that considered eLearning development either too complex or too costly.  One single development environment that can produce rich media courses with the resource investment of rapid development” said Randolf Kissling, CEO of Aura Interactiva, the developers of SHIFT.

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards are presented by Brandon Hall Group, a leading research firm in training and development. The Learning Technology Awards program showcases innovations in the products in the marketplace for creating and managing learning, talent, and performance.

“These excellent tools and systems are the cutting edge of learning technology,” said Tom Werner, chief research officer and director of the Awards program. “They really change for the better how people learn in the workplace.”

About SHIFT

SHIFT is used by organizations that need to get more eLearning done, faster and more efficiently.  SHIFT is an award winning authoring system that has the necessary elements to empower a user to create rich, interactive courses, with no technical knowledge, rapidly.  By using SHIFT, the user has access to all the necessary elements to create an effective and great looking course anywhere at anytime. Automated, smart interface interactions, games, simulations, media recording, and scenario builders, available in one integrated package. SHIFT allows for specialization of labor, collaboration, review, update and content reutilization that will make large eLearning development teams dramatically more effective and more productive. For more information visit: www.shiftelearning.com

About Brandon Hall Group

Having worked with more than 5,000 clients globally and after 17 years of delivering world-class solutions, Brandon Hall Group is the preeminent research and analyst organization focused on developing research-driven solutions to drive organizational performance for emerging and large organizations. Through the recent merger of Brandon Hall Research and AC Growth, Brandon Hall Group has an extensive repository of thought leadership, research, data, and expertise in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Sales, Marketing, and Executive Management.  For more information visit: http://www.brandon-hall.com

The latest updates to SHIFT have been released and recorded for you to view on demand.

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Support in Portuguese

SHIFT is now available in Portuguese as well as in English and Spanish.

This new improvement will help you develop your courses in Portuguese quicker and easier.

Select the language you want to use by clicking on the drop down menu called Interface’s Language in SHIFT’s main screen.

Doing so will change the course’s parameters, buttons, navbars and other elements to Portuguese.

Reports

Knowing the details of the courses created in your server will now be easier with SHIFT’s new reports.

To see your course’s details go to the Admin View (Only available for users with an Administrator profile) and click on either one of the reports available.

Current Courses (General)
Shows a list of all the courses created inside the server, their Code, Name, Screen Count, Creation Date and Weight.

Current Course (Detail)
Presents a detailed description of the courses, as well as their Code, Name, Screen Count and the date of the User’s Last Login.

Built Courses
The Built Courses report allows you to see courses that were built during a specific time period. You will see the courses that were built, their corresponding amount of screens and if they’re marked “For Reviewing” or not.

The report that shows if a course is marked “For Reviewing” or not is important when the user is being charged by published screen because it allows you to have a record of all the screens that were built.

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The latest updates to SH!FT have been released and recorded for you to view on demand.

Hosted by Rick Beaudry, CEO of MindMuze Inc.

View The Latest Release Webcast

SH!FT RELEASE UPDATES

New Bullet Screens

Use the two new bullet screens located in the Informative category.

This screens are useful when adding shorter text that needs bullets such as, objectives, ideas, classifications, characteristics, etc.

These screens have 5 text boxes. We advise you to use a minimum of 3 so that it can work properly. Each box accepts up to 40 words.

Click here to see an example of these new interfaces.

Recording Alert in the Scenario Builder

Record your audio inside the Scenario Builder in a more precise way, thanks to the recording alert inside the screen which will pop up when you begin the recording process.

This will prevent characters from moving their mouths and lips before the audio starts or finishes.

TTS Engine

The TTS Engine will now be activated only by a user with an administrator profile.

Next to the Enable TTS field you will see a message which will indicate that this functionality has additional charges.

Shift took top honours at DemoFest in the Onboarding / Employee Orientation category. Rick Beaudry, CEO of Mindmuze, demonstrated the winning technology again during the “DemoFest Highlights Webinar”

See Shift and the rest of the DemoFest 2010 Winners in The DemoFest Highlights recorded webinar below.

DemoFest Highlights Webinar from The eLearning Guild on Vimeo.

Nov 29, 2010, Toronto: SH!FT, a rapid eLearning authoring tool, won top award at DemoFest in the Onboarding / Employee Orientation category. Rick Beaudry, CEO of Mindmuze and Randolf Kissling, CEO of Aura Interactiva, demonstrated the winning technology to conference attendees during the two hour event.

SH!FT’s entry in the OnBoarding / Employee Orientation category was entitled Green Your Office, a web-based guide narrated by celebrated environmentalist Dr. Suzuki. The fully interactive eLearning module helps organizations see the benefits of going green at work and learn how to influence behaviour within the organization.

Rick Beaudry, co-presenter said “It was exciting to demonstrate how environmental content was transformed into a highly engaging and entertaining learning module. Attendees walked away with a clear understanding of how fast, flexible and powerful the SH!FT authoring tool is.”

The 90 minute course was built in 30 development hours in SH!FT. It is packed with a wealth of content and tools, as well as an avatar of Dr. Suzuki to help users navigate through the program.

“We are very pleased with this recognition by the eLearning Guild members,” said Randolf Kissling, co –presenter at the DemoFest event. “But we’re most pleased of leveraging David Suzuki’s vast knowledge pool through SH!FT to reach thousands of users and really make a positive change.”

About the David Suzuki Foundation
The David Suzuki Foundation works with government, business and individuals to conserve our environment by providing science-based education, advocacy and policy work, and acting as a catalyst for the social change that today’s situation demands. Learn more about them at their website. http://www.davidsuzuki.org/

About SH!FT
SH!FT is an award winning authoring tool that is all about automating repetitive, non-value-adding steps involved in the development of eLearning. SH!FT is a complete eLearning factory in a box. It has the necessary elements to empower an instructional designer to create rich, interactive courses all by himself, with zero technical knowledge. By using SH!FT, the instructional designer has access to all the necessary elements to create an effective and great looking course. Automated smart interface interactions, games, simulations, media recording, scenario builders, everything at the tip of their fingers, all available in one integrated package. At the same time, it’s not unusual to save 50% on development hours and speed to market. Maintenance and update savings are even greater.

SH!FT is also used by large eLearning organizations that need to get more done, faster and more efficiently. SH!FT allows for specialization of labor, collaboration, review, update and content reutilization that will make large eLearning development teams dramatically more effective and more productive.

About DevLearn 2010
DevLearn 2010 Conference & Expo is, by far, North America’s leading e-Learning event. This event caters to seasoned eLearning professionals who are out on the leading edge of the emerging technologies. Attracting between 1,600 and 1,800 participants, it is a highly technical audience of senior managers and practitioners who gather each year to explore the latest and greatest technologies for learning.

Toronto, Canada – November 10, 2010 – Scenario based learning allows educators to engage students in the eLearning environment creating an enriched and ingrained learning experience.

Aura Interactiva and MindMuze announced the release of the Scenario Builder as part of their award-winning SH!FT eLearning authoring technology. Aura Interactiva, based in San Jose, Costa Rica and MindMuze, based in Toronto, Canada have partnered in the distribution of SH!FT in North America.

“We continue to listen to global educators and instructional design professionals, so that we can help deliver unprecedented efficiencies in eLearning authoring. The Scenario Builder is a whole new way of creating eLearning that boosts engagement and retention with animation, image and sound,” said Rick Beaudry, CEO, MindMuze. “Our goal is to provide corporations, governments and schools with the most efficient platform in the building of complex eLearning interactions,” Beaudry added.

Randolf Kissling, CEO, Aura Interactiva, commented, “With the Scenario Builder, trainers and educators with zero graphic design or programming skills can create complex learning scenarios that can be delivered to students in minutes.”

Traditionally, producing eLearning programs has been a time-consuming, expensive task that involves a team of instructional designers, graphic designers and developers. SH!FT has removed the need to be technical and transferred the power of creating rich eLearning content to the educator. Now, anyone is able create the ultimate eLearning environment.

About SH!FT
SH!FT (www.shiftelearning.com) is more than an eLearning authoring tool, it is an eLearning ecosystem. SH!FT allows you to create eLearning courses collaboratively. Browser-based, SH!FT’s development team continues to work toward building optimum efficiency in the design and build of complex eLearning interactions for today’s learner.

In 2009, Aura Interactiva (www.aurainteractiva.com) formed a North American distribution partnership with MindMuze (www.mindmuze.com), one of the most innovative eLearning companies in the world. MindMuze used its own unique training processes to create the best of breed mentoring and training for SH!FT users. Together, Aura Interactiva and MindMuze are continuing to develop and improve SH!FT. Both feel that SH!FT is exactly what the market needs right now, and are thrilled to be a part of it.

CONTACT:
Rick Beaudry, CEO
SH!FT Distibution North America
Rick.beaudry@mindmuze.com
1.416.910.3457

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We here at MindMuze we are really excited about a new web-based authoring system called Shift being added to our repertoire of tools.  It represents a real departure from the traditional client-based applications because it allows anyone to create an eLearning course. And I mean anyone! Basically, if you can use Powerpoint, you can use Shift.

It really is an amazing piece of technology. It lets you create completely professional content. You can create drafts, and reviewers can add comments right in the learning materials, where they can be aggregated with other comments. It can therefore be as collaborative and interactive as you like. It also includes a powerful gallery of content templates that cover everything from straightforward presentations to complex scenarios and software simulations.

We recently used Shift to put together a special H1N1 awareness package. Our clients were stunned by how quickly we were able to put it together — it went online during the first wave of news reports, when people were only just hearing of H1N1 and few people yet knew what to do about it. As a public service, we quickly began offering the course as a free download (it’s still available), all thanks to this amazing system.

And if we were able to rush together an eLearning course of such importance in so short a time, imagine how easily it will be for anyone to create similar packages in response to frequently asked questions, even if those questions are constantly changing.

Shift will be officially launched very soon. Having worked with it myself, I can tell you this will be a huge, potentially game-changing event. Stay tuned!