February 28, 2007 

HunterStone Launches SCORM Conversion and Validation Services

New Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Columbia, SC – HunterStone, announced today it has started delivering content conversion and validation services in conjunction with THESIS Librarian. The successful breakthrough application, THESIS Librarian, provides subject matter experts and learning content authors with an environment where they can share Learning Objects and collaborate to develop SCORM conformant course content. The new SCORM conversion and validation services will offer to its client’s conversion services for “legacy” content into the THESIS Librarian solution or the conversion of legacy content that a customer will use in their own learning environment excluding the Librarian.

THESIS Librarian can store any content that is SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004 compliant whether created by THESIS Professional or by any other SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004 compliant tool. The THESIS Librarian is a dynamic set of web parts contained within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS2007) and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and provides a rich set of tools to enable content creators, educators, and users to easily find and utilize learning material in the enterprise. The Librarian builds upon the features of the MOSS2007 suite and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

THESIS conversion services can:

• Convert course packages when migrating from one platform to another;
• Upgrade lower version course packages to higher version course packages, when upgrading to a higher version;
• Transform Legacy formats to SCORM 1.2  conformant or 2004 packages to enable distribution of content to other products;
• Delivering course back-up file to clients or deploy the final course files on client LMS for general storage and archiving.

“We need to find better ways to reuse, share and recycle our instructional products”, says Neil Richards, CEO, HunterStone, Inc.  “THESIS Librarian with conversion services gives users much greater flexibility and power to share and collaborate content, yet still remain easy-to-use, allowing anyone to rapidly create e-learning courses.  We believe THESIS Librarian with conversion services will give our customers a reusable, accessible, interoperable and durable content system with the ability to overcome the greatest challenge…mastering content”.

THESIS Librarian Requirements

• THESIS Librarian requires any version of Windows Server 2003 with any versions of the Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or MOSS2007.
• THESIS Librarian is a standalone product that can be used to store any SCORM content, however, in order to utilize THESIS Librarian to its fullest potential, it is recommended that THESIS Professional is used in conjunction with THESIS Librarian to fully exploit all function and features.

A LITE version of THESIS Librarian is currently available on a download trial basis.  Users of THESIS Librarian LITE will experience the ease of preparing SCORM learning objects for their Learning Management Systems.  THESIS 3.5 extends this usability into a whole new realm and provides capabilities to add content authoring packages other than Office, and adds multimedia, interactivity, questions and tracking. HunterStone, Inc. THESIS 3.5 remains easy-to-use to rapidly create fully functional SCORM compliant e-learning courses.

About HunterStone

HunterStone is an innovative provider of eLearning and IT tools for Microsoft environments. The company designs, implements and maintains business applications that help organizations increase productivity and decrease operating costs. In addition to THESIS, HunterStone develops knowledge management systems and services for collaboration, migration and conversion within email environments. HunterStone is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with competencies in ISV and Information Worker proficiencies.  Headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, privately held HunterStone has offices at Colchester in the United Kingdom and international resellers in Europe and Asia. 

For more information visit www.GetTHESIS.com or www.HunterStone.com; or call (803) 749-8980.  HunterStone and its logo as well as the THESIS logo are trademarks of HunterStone, Inc.