Technology Integrations
Pearson LearningStudio focuses on interoperability with a range of education technologies.
Acxiom
Acxiom Identify-X is a software-as-a-service solution that verifies a student’s identity. Prior to a student taking an online assessment, Identify-X will deliver unique personal challenge questions to the student. By answering these questions, the institution has evidence and documentation of a student’s participation and identity at this critical point in an online course.
Ambassador College Bookstores
Ambassador provides premier book fulfillment services to colleges and universities. Their comprehensive range of services includes the management and operation of brick and mortar bookstores, virtual bookstores or any combination of the two. Throughout the years, Ambassador has made significant investments in personnel and technology to achieve its clients' objectives and, in the process, earn a sterling reputation in the academic and publishing industry. Pearson eCollege has partnered with Ambassador, offering Educational Partners an online bookstore application that can be integrated into your portal.
Biometric Signature ID
Biometric Signature ID, Inc. (BSI) provides solutions to reduce identity fraud through its patented BioSig-ID™ online biometric gesture technologies that can identify a student who logs in from any computer or portable device based on how they move their mouse, touchpad or touch screen.
BioSig-ID provides a software-only solution that verifies student “signatures” and, combined with an additional layer of security called Click-ID, provides a robust, multi-factor authentication process that complies with US Department of Education regulation on student identity.
BioSig-ID is integrated with Pearson LearningStudio and is accessible from within a course.
CourseSmart
CourseSmart provides eTextbooks and digital course materials that improve the educational process by offering students and instructors a unique combination of the right course material, anywhere/any-time access at a low cost, as well as user tools, such as search, highlighting, note-taking and print capabilities that enhance productivity.
CourseSmart provides instant access to eTextbooks (at up to 60% of the cost of printed books) as well as to the largest selection of eResources, all available from directly within the Pearson LearningStudio platform.
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Design Science develops software used by educators, scientists and publishing professionals, including MathType, Equation Editor in Microsoft Office, MathFlow, MathDaisy and MathPlayer, to communicate on the web and in print. DSI provides Pearson eCollege with a variety of mathematics authoring tools, which are integrated into the Pearson eCollege system.
Elluminate
Elluminate is a leading provider of Education-focused solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration. Their flagship product, Elluminate Live!®, provides both a highly interactive virtual classroom and web-conferencing environment to be used in conjunction with online classes, meetings, collaboration, training, professional development and instruction.
The Elluminate solution supports the synchronous (live) component of education, professional development and collaboration online - scaling easily from department or campus level to complex, multi-campus enterprise-wide deployments.
Foliotek™
Developed by LANIT Consulting in Columbia, MO, Foliotek is the next generation in portfolio management and assessment systems that introduces a new level of customization, capability and ease-of-use, designed to adapt to the specific needs of organizations, portfolio administrators and students. Pearson eCollege offers the Foliotek portfolio as one of several products supporting its Learning Outcome Manager (LOM). Portfolios allow institutions and students to align certain artifacts (e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat and HTML) with state, national, and school standards and objectives. In addition, students may create presentation portfolios to showcase their work.
Genius SIS
Genius SIS is a robust Student Information System, designed specifically for small to medium online and virtual institutions. In addition, Genius offers a flexible, simple and configurable registration system.
Genius SIS is fully integrated with Pearson LearningStudio, automating the enrollment process and grade reporting. Students can use a dedicated portal to track academic progress, request new courses, make payments and much more. Teachers and administrative staff can use Genius SIS to track students’ performance, communicate with students, run detailed and highly customized reports that show the increased student retention and completion rates.
Link Systems International
The NetTutor® online tutoring service provides a student-friendly and affordable online tutoring environment, conducted by tutors who work from company headquarters in the US and who are managed by onsite PhD's.
When integrated into Pearson LearningStudio, NetTutor offers students the ability to access just-in-time, customized tutoring assistance that has been optimized for success in a particular course at a particular institution. NetTutor provides both live and asynchronous tutoring value that improves student success, student retention and student persistence.
Respondus
Respondus, Inc. develops testing, survey and game applications for eLearning, making it easier for instructors to create and manage online materials. Tens of thousands of instructors at more than 2,000 institutions worldwide use Respondus products to enhance their online courses. Respondus software allows instructors to upload exams to the Pearson LearningStudio system.
SmarterServices
The mission of SmarterServices is to organize and analyze data that empowers people to make smarter decisions by helping obtain data about students, faculty, teachers, employees and courses. Data-driven decisions create strong strategic plans, maximize efficiency and foster an environment of learning - learning from our mistakes, learning about best practices and learning how to do things better.
For further information on partnering with Pearson eCollege, please contact TechnologyPartners@ecollege.com.
