WebStudy Releases Enhanced LMS User Interface and Features

Changes to the WebStudy Learning interface simplify the LMS timeline and add enhanced features/functionality to streamline instructors’ workflow

Wynnewood, Pa. – September 6, 2011 – WebStudy (www.webstudy.com), a technology service and learning management system (LMS) provider, today announced several major enhancements to its WebStudy Learning LMS, most notably a new, streamlined, easier-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) for its timeline.

The GUI redesign gives WebStudy’s popular timeline a crisp, fresh form without sacrificing function. Features such as drag-and-drop ordering streamlines an instructor’s workflow, improving an instructor’s ability to customize and organize course sessions and materials to meet the needs of a variety of courses and learners. It also features:
• The ability to expand and collapse the timeline sessions for a customizable view
• A toolbox in the timeline editor that puts useful shortcuts at instructors’ fingertips

“WebStudy has differentiated itself not just with our intuitive LMS, 24/7 support and zero downtime, but also by creating long-term relationships with users,” says WebStudy President Gisele Larose. “The new timeline look and feel incorporates our User Group’s request to simplify course navigation and editing. Plus, we’re pleased to release new features our customers have asked for.

New WebStudy Learning features that meet the needs of faculty and students include:
• Grading Rubrics functionality, giving instructors the ability to create grading rubrics for a specific course, shared between all courses or shared at an institutional level. These are easy to create and edit for many types of assignments, including essay questions.
• Speed-Dater©, a one-of-a-kind feature that allows schools to adjust all dates in a replicated course – all at once rather than one at a time – so that they align with the new semester.

“Course replication can be a point of difficulty for instructors and wasted time for LMS administrators,” says Curt Corbi, WebStudy’s Chief Technology Officer.” Typically LMS administrators handle course replication, but in the past new course session dates had to be updated one at a time – either by the administrator or the instructor. Speed-Dater streamlines this process, allowing them to change all course session dates at one time.”

Further design enhancements and new features will be rolled out throughout the 2011-2012 school year, as WebStudy continues its commitment to support instructors in engaging students. To request a product demo, use this form: http://www.webstudy.com/wordpress/get-started/webinars/

About WebStudy
WebStudy, Inc., (www.webstudy.com) is a technology service provider committed to maximizing student engagement and retention in higher education. The company’s flagship learning management system (LMS) product, WebStudy Learning, has its roots in a student-professor collaboration and an educational consortium. Because of its academic origins, WebStudy Learning mimics the way teachers teach and students learn. The WebStudy Learning LMS seamlessly integrates technology both in and out of the classroom to empower faculty, engage students and enrich learning.
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