CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
FOR EDUCATION
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Company
Competentum operates in eLearning market in USA, Europe, and Russia
Established in 1993 with specific focus on eLearning
Successfully completed over 350 projects and released over 50
products
Production facilities – CEE: Russia and Belarus
Representatives and support offices – Seattle and New York
Working with freelance SMEs across the United States
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with ISV and IW competencies
Central & Eastern Europe Partner of the Year - 2008 and 2009
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Areas of expertise
eLearning
software
and multimedia
content
Math, sciences,
business
economics, IT
courseware
Learning
Management
Systems
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Pearson – Competentum long term collaboration
Started working with Pearson in 1995 with Active Physics.
Began work with Mastering for EET in 1998. Dedicated Development
Team for Pearson Mastering established in Moscow in 2005.
Developed over 100,000 content items in math, science, economics,
finance, accounting.
Provide software and content QA services.
Specific strengths: Algorithmic questions, interactive problem types,
grading, parsers, converters, adaptive learning, scientific tools, HTML5
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Pearson Mastering
Assumed the responsibility for ongoing maintenance from the customer and developed biannual improvements releases
Redeveloped answer engines in modern technologies: Flex, HTML5
Successfully completed a number of content conversion projects and authored over
100,000 content items
Created complex grading designed
specifically for STEM disciplines
Applied UI design and implementation
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Competentum: Key Differentiators
Why Our Customers Are Satisfied
Staff
Agile
Professional
educators with
high level
computer skills
effectively
interact with
customer staff
A number of
industry awards
Developed
products and
solutions officially
recognized as
innovative
worldwide
Innovation
Promptly adapt to
changing
customer needs
and advise on best
development
practices
‘Preferred
vendor‘ and
Educational
Partner statuses
Quality control
certified
Worldwide Trust
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Team
Over 150 on staff and 50 freelancers:
• Software developers
• Content editors
• Subject matter experts
• Instructional designers
• Artists
Unique combination of computer skills and advanced degrees in:
• Sciences
• Math
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Management
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Competentum Services
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Content Development and Quality Assurance
Mathematics
Business &
Economics
Sciences
Information
Technology
Languages
& Arts
Soft Skills
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Software Development
LMS, CMS
Development
Platform
Native Mobile
Educational Apps
Virtual Labs,
Simulations
Native
Mobile
Interactive
LOs
Integrations
Conversion
Rich
Internet
Applications
Custom Systems
Integrations
Automated Content
Conversion Tools
Flash to HTML5
Complete Courseware
Products
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Software Development
CONSULTING
SPECIFICATIONS
• Prototyping
• Product evaluation
and comparison
• Market research
• Project planning
DEVELOPMENT
QA
• Functional
• Technical
• GUI
• Server applications
• Client-side tools
• Custom integration • Functional testing
• Conversion tools
• Automated testing
• Load testing
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Technology Development for Assessment
Authorware
Striking a balance
Provide users with the flexibility they
demand while retaining the control
you require
Gradebook Development
+
Answer Types
Development
Built to engage
Improves user engagement
Slice and dice as you want
Complex reporting on-demand
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Subject Matter Expertise +
Computer Skills
You won't need to explain how to draw a
sinusoid and which parameters can affect
its position
Subject matter review is conducted in QA
Provide suggestions on how to improve or
better define the requirements when
guidelines are unclear
More efficient work flows with quicker
turnarounds
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XML & Conversion
Competentum
Advantages
• Authoring
experience
• Platform
development
experience
• Partnership with
platform owners
Current
Results
Technologies
• Over 50 conversion
project and tools
• Over 200,000 items
converted
• 20 major platforms
covered
• C++/Java
• MS Word/Excel
macros
• MathType
translators
• sed, awk
• XSL
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Multimedia
Theory-based real phenomena computer models
Advanced graphics and interactivity
Precise math calculations
Compact size for online and offline usage
Integration with the assessment systems
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Interactive Learning Object Development
Storyboarding
Sketching
SMEs with programming
skills interact with
customer’s authors
Development
Functional
and SME QA
Deployment
and Support
Minimal delays
in production
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Experience in HTML5 development
Advanced UI development (CSS 3 + JavaScript)
Advanced graphics and interactivity (Canvas, SVG,
WebGL, etc)
Extensive data operations and business intelligence
types of online applications
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HTML 5 Development Capabilities
Flash and ActionScript conversions
JavaScript problem types
Animated graphics and interactives
Complex computations and scientific simulations
Interactive widgets in eBooks
Graphing tools
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HTML5 Examples
JavaScript Answer Types Engines
Simple Interactives
Hotspot, Labeling, Crossword, Dragn-Drop, Sorting, Ordering, Puzzle,
Flash Cards,…
Discipline Specific
+
Graph
Graph Transform, Graph Sketch,
Show Your Work
Proof Reading, AccountingPT,
Physics Vector Diagrams
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Applications in Education
VECTOR GRAPHICS
Create through HTML Markup or
JavaScript
Export from graphic software,
Flash, Google Docs,…
Render through inline SVG
SVG filters, masks on HTML5
video
Export as images
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Applications in Education
ANIMATED GRAPHICS AND INTERACTIVES
Converted from Flash
Created using JavaScript or CSS3
Synchronized animation and
audio
Interactive analytics, graphs,…
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Applications in Education
COMPLEX COMPUTATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SIMULATIONS
Based on JavaScript
Code can be reused from Flash
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Applications in Education
Interactive Widgets in eBooks
Supported in ePub3 and iBooks
Embed JavaScript frameworks
Communicate with websites
SCORM integration with LMS
3D Collada support in iBooks (50K polygon limit)
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Intellectual Property
MobiCon – Mobile Conversion & Development Platform
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Competentum IP
Conversion of ActionScript
Use similarities between ActionScript and JavaScript
Use OOP JS frameworks to replicate AS code structure
Directly reuse code snippets
Rebuild Flash/Flex UI components with reusable HTML/JS
alternatives
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Competentum IP
JavaScript Answer Types Engines
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Common
Core
Specific
Engines
Events
Platform Specific Initiation
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Client & Server Grading
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Serialization / Deserialization •
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User Interface
Interactions
Grading Logic
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Mouse
Touch
Keyboard
Feedbacks and Hints
Media Support
Accessibility
UI Widgets
Animations
Skinnable UI Objects
Localization
Mobile View
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Video/Audio Play
SVG/VML Animations
Platform Specific
Fixes
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Intellectual Property
3D Rendering Library
High level Math objects
Adaptive technologies for best performance
Extensible set of objects and animations
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Competentum IP
REUSABLE OBJECTS AND CODE MAINTENANCE SPECIFICS
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Initial programming template
with common objects as building
blocks
Reusable animations and
animating techniques
Reusable UI components
Reusable algorithms (scientific,
math, economical, etc)
We built a growing searchable library
of reusable objects and “know-how”
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Quality Assurance
Editorial QA
Multiple
disciplines
Accuracy and
pedagogy
verification
Student bounty
hunt
Product/Web
Testing
Requirements
verification
Cross Platform
Compatibility
Custom QA
All operating
systems
Interoperability
testing
All browsers
and plug-ins
Localization
testing
Mobile version
QA
Content
conversion
results testing
GUI testing
Performance/
load testing
Automated/
unit testing
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Content Quality Assurance
Content QA services:
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Subject matter QA
Functional tests
Styleguide compliance QA
Algorithms checking
Proofreading
Automated testing
Class Testing –
Internal production stage
Competentum supervises
eLearning Center of MIPT,
thus we have capabilities
and experience to
perform content testing
on real students
includes 1 to 6 quality control steps:
 Standards compliance inspection
 Pedagogical correctness verification
 Algorithms checking
 Display and format checking
 Subject matter quality control
 Bounty hunting (students testing)
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Thank you!
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