CM Group promotes Microsoft prize winner after success of Luminosity

Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:47:23 GMT

Following the successful launch of the new elearning publishing platform Luminosity, CM Group has this month promoted Tom Randell to the role of technologist. A former Microsoft student partner, during Tom's final year of university, he took part in the Imagine Cup, a student competition organised by Microsoft. The competition encourages students to develop technology-based solutions that tackle real-world problems. His team won the UK final and went on to represent the UK at the worldwide finals in India. One of the highlights after winning the UK final was the opportunity to travel to the Microsoft Campus in Redmond and meet Bill Gates. Tom started work for CM Group in September 2006 after completing a four-year course at the University of Hull, where he gained a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Distributed Systems Development. Tim Buff, managing director of CM Group, comments, "I'm over the moon at Tom's promotion. He's been with us for two years now and, even as a graduate, he's been an integral part of the team. His steady progression has underlined the success of the Company's graduate recruitment programme. "With our new business division Luminosity taking off so rapidly, we're keen to attract and retain the best of the best in order to maintain our reputation for exceptionally high standards." Tom adds, "When I left university, I told myself that I had to enjoy my work. I have achieved that goal here at CM Group. I'm working on the very latest technologies and my work changes from project to project, which provides me with many interesting challenges and opportunities."

CM Group Announces Luminosity courses are now available on your phone

Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:45:42 GMT

CM Group is excited to announce a mobile publication option for their Luminosity rapid eLearning course creation and management platform. Using the mobile publisher functionality within Luminosity, authors can output content to mobile phones and PDAs for offline study. Once downloaded to the mobile device, users can view the content in their own time and do not require a network connection. The Luminosity mobile publisher supports the full range of Luminosity templates and component types - repackaged specifically to suit the mobile phone. Authors can create non-interactive video or audio based ("show and tell" style) presentations or they can choose to add elements of interactivity including click tables, tab tables, walkthrough components, interactive graphics, assessment questions and more. Authors can also customise their mobile output by using different skins, which control the look, feel and branding of the mobile course or presentation. Accompanying the mobile publisher is a mobile catalogue application, which helps users manage and keep track of the content on their phone. The application displays all of the Luminosity content on their device in a condensed list. With a single tap or click, users can launch and display their selected course. The mobile solution is ideal for many different scenarios including company briefings for employees, new product briefings for sales staff, technical updates, help guides, and more. Luminosity Mobile output supports the main phone and PDA devices and additional specific ones can be easily added on request.

CM Group announces full SharePoint integration for eLearning management system, Luminosity Content Server

Published: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:46:15 GMT

CM Group is today announcing another major new component to complement the Luminosity rapid eLearning course creation and management platform. Using the SharePoint Connector, courses from the Luminosity Content Server (LCS) course catalogue can be hosted within a company's existing SharePoint site. This enables organisations to deliver relevant learning content directly to their target audience via a SharePoint portal. Users no longer need to navigate to separate sites to find learning content. Instead, they can access the content that applies to them, straight from the SharePoint sites they use for their everyday work. Tim Buff, managing director of CM Group, comments, "Because the eLearning courses are managed by the Luminosity Content Server, the learning management capabilities of this system ensure that learner progress and assessment results are tracked. "This is great news for managers who can use the full range of LCS reports to increase their visibility of employee development and identify potential skills shortages effectively." The Luminosity suite of products enables large organisations to easily and quickly create and then update engaging eLearning materials themselves, then deliver them to delegates in a wide range of formats. The SharePoint Connector is available as an optional, add-on component for LCS and works with Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 systems.

New Features Blitz by Luminosity

Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:59:23 GMT

The new Luminosity platform has already been recognised as a dramatic step forward and now we are about to see a string of new feature announcements surrounding the product. Watch this space.

Research Underlines Need for a New Way

Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:02:37 GMT

Research by CM Group has identified three main barriers to the greater adoption by large corporates of eLearning. Time to create, cost to create and ease of updating. Luminosity solves all three and makes a radical difference to how people think about eLearning in their organisations. The full report is available to selected CM partners only and gives an inside view into what large companies really think of eLearning.

Luminosity Launched to Applause in Houston

Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:03:33 GMT

CM Group's new rapid eLearning authoring and management platform Luminosity was launched to acclaim at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston in July. Conference attendees were able to see just how quick and easy it is to create eLearning with the new product and try their hand at creating some real pieces of eLearning on the exhibition stand.