Just came out of a session on upgrading to Centra 7.6 SP1. Lets see if its worth the effort and time and money. Here are the main take aways just with the core 7.6: UI Refresh, Recording Studio Enhancements, Virtual Labs and Integration with MS Office and Outlook.
Now with the SP1 what goodies does it offer? Here is a short summary, feel free to print out and stick to your office wall: Batch user management (enroll groups and designate presenters, recognize duplicate events, add users to one or more groups). Audible Alerts - just add a .wav file (why not mp3?) and mix. Add mark-up to PowerPoint animated slides and changes stay intact despite moving graphics.
This is one I liked most - setup events or recordings as RSS feeds ;-) RSS is a simple way to syndicate content quickly and automatically. If you like it you subscribe. Other highlights...publish to Saba Knowledge Base - great if you have connnected Centra with Saba (easy when you know how). I just bumped into someone from Deloitte who is about to do the mission impossible project. She was happy for some tips and advice. Anyway back to the summary...Evaluation Enhancements (do we ever use Evaluations in Centra?) - you can now add scoring, pass marks, adjust fonts and even do an AICC launch so the results get ported to the Saba LMS (needless to say both systems should be on speaking terms). Finally, Centra has more Report Options for Evaluations. Thats it. In a nutshell a few kind of interesting (but maybe not thrilling) reasons to think about upgrading. No doubt we will be hearing from you.
Now with the SP1 what goodies does it offer? Here is a short summary, feel free to print out and stick to your office wall: Batch user management (enroll groups and designate presenters, recognize duplicate events, add users to one or more groups). Audible Alerts - just add a .wav file (why not mp3?) and mix. Add mark-up to PowerPoint animated slides and changes stay intact despite moving graphics.
This is one I liked most - setup events or recordings as RSS feeds ;-) RSS is a simple way to syndicate content quickly and automatically. If you like it you subscribe. Other highlights...publish to Saba Knowledge Base - great if you have connnected Centra with Saba (easy when you know how). I just bumped into someone from Deloitte who is about to do the mission impossible project. She was happy for some tips and advice. Anyway back to the summary...Evaluation Enhancements (do we ever use Evaluations in Centra?) - you can now add scoring, pass marks, adjust fonts and even do an AICC launch so the results get ported to the Saba LMS (needless to say both systems should be on speaking terms). Finally, Centra has more Report Options for Evaluations. Thats it. In a nutshell a few kind of interesting (but maybe not thrilling) reasons to think about upgrading. No doubt we will be hearing from you.
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