Informetica is a SCORM

SCORM

Sharable Content Object Reference Model is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. It defines communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time environment, which is commonly supported by a learning management system...

 compliant Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed specifically for corporate and government markets. It is primarily used by pharmaceutical companies

Pharmaceutical company

The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs licensed for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to deal in generic and/or brand medications and medical devices...

 but also used within various other industries including telecommunications, health care

Health care

Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...

, call-centers, athletic organizations as well as post-secondary

Higher education

Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...

 schools.

Development

The software was developed by Sencia Canada Ltd in 2001 and is continually evolving to meet current standards and criteria. The base system has several standard modules but also allows for custom modules and reports.

Features

Informetica Features:


• Online reporting and tracking

• Meeting Room (chat) capabilities

• Document Share (Mark-Up Tool) and online revisions (Wiki Tool)

• WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...

 and HTML source editing

• Extensive file, audio and video upload compatibility: Word, Excel, Power point

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint, usually just called PowerPoint, is a non-free commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system...

, Adobe PDF

Portable Document Format

Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....

, Flash, HTML, TIFF, JPG, GIF, MOV, AVI and more

• AICC and SCORM compliant

• Able to enforce time restrained activities

• Superior virus protection

Computer virus

A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability...

 and data back-up practices

• Certification issuing and monitoring

• Testing engine offers over six different question formats

• Skills assessment tools and surveys

• Assign different access rights

Access rights

Access rights can refer to:*Access to Information Act, a Canadian act that allows public access to government information*Disability rights movement, disabled access to public and private locations is a key issue...

 for different users and User Groups

• Calendar tools specific to User Groups

• Web page

Web page

A web page or webpage is a document or information resource that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser and displayed on a monitor or mobile device. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format, and may provide navigation to other web pages via hypertext...

s and navigation can be created for visitors and prospective students to view before logging in

• Customizable templates and branding

• Optional E-mail

E-mail

Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...

 utility

• Optional Webinar and GoToMeeting

Citrix Systems

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a multinational corporation founded in 1989, that provides server and desktop virtualization, networking, software-as-a-service , and cloud computing technologies, including Xen open source products....

 functions

External links

• http://www.informetica.com
• http://www.ontariocanada.com/ontcan/page.do?page=5922 Sencia Canada Ltd awarded by the Ontario Government
  Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
  
  for Market Expansion at the 2005 Global Traders Awards