CD-RS^sm Technology

Didasko^sm Animation Studios - CD-RS^sm Technology

The Internet is particularly well suited to distance learning. It provides an organization with the ability to reach its employees virtually anywhere in the world, and to record their progress in a central location. This remote accessibility still has a handicap though … the cost and limited availability of high bandwidth connections.

The situation is slowly improving, but many users are still limited to dial-up connections or cable Internet (a connection type that is often shared with other households in the same neighborhood). DSL has a limited range, preventing large areas (even in major cities) from receiving this service, and T1 or fiber connections are far too expensive for the average user to afford.

Many e-training systems respond to this limitation by limiting their content to text and audio. Some use Flash to include animations and more complex graphics, but that requires the download and installation of Macromedia's Flash Player. Those that use video are often forced to sacrifice much of the quality and limit the clips to "talking head" footage in order to make their service available to dial-up users.

It was into this environment that Didasko^sm Communications introduced CD-RS^sm technology, effectively enabling us to deliver high quality, full-motion video and full-color graphics, while still taking advantage of the power of the Internet.

Here is How it Works:

	Didaskosm Communications takes the video and graphics you specify, and assembles them into a 20 to 40 minute module covering your desired training topic(s).
	The module is then prepared for use by CD-RSsm, and written onto a CD-ROM disc.
	The student inserts this disc into their computer, and it establishes a connection to the training system running on our server, identifying itself and the course(s) it contains.
	The student logs in and begins the training. The course on the disc is now associated with the employee for the duration of the training session. Material normally requiring high-bandwidth is retrieved from the CD, while the interactivity and real-time tracking features are managed by the training application on our server.
	The entire process is seamless to the student. All the video, audio, slides, questions, and supporting material is presented in one compact, easy to use interface. Screenshots of the system in operation are available.