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Interactivity Leader Raptivity Announces New Version

Redmond, WALearning NewsHarbinger Group

Includes Productivity Enhancement Options like Efficient Group Collaboration, Global Settings and Many More

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Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced a significant major release 5.5 of Raptivity, the award-winning eLearning software. This release includes several productivity and efficiency enhancement features such as export of interactions to XML or Excel file for easier collaboration and review among groups, ability to leverage external text editors and one-time global setting option for fonts, colors and backgrounds.

This release also includes enhanced sound recorder for high-quality voiceover and narration recording. For those who want to provide external web reference through their interactions, now web hyperlinks are available in Raptivity interactions. The export to XML option is also very useful when the course creator wants to create interaction once and translate it to multiple languages - quickly and easily.

"Raptivity introduced the paradigm of rapid interactivity to the eLearning creators and has now been accepted as the one-stop solution for meaningful interactivity. With our sound thought leadership in interactivity, we strive to continue delivering value to the state of the art in eLearning. Through this release, we have provided smarter solutions to the needs of global users who are convinced about the crucial role of interactivity in their eLearning for true learning outcomes", said Vikas Joshi, Chairman and Managing Director, Harbinger Group.

With this new release 5.5, the export to XML, snap utility for external text editors and web hyperlink options are available for all the interactions that are shipped with Raptivity Essential and Raptivity Zest. Very soon, this option will be available for interactions in other packs as well. We have announced attractive upgrade plans for our users so that it becomes easy and affordable for them to take advantage of this new release.

"Worldwide, thousands of interactivity passionate course designers appreciate Raptivity for taking their training to the next level. We are committed to deliver them the best in the class in interactivity. I am glad that through this release, we are keeping the fast pace of product enhancement and innovation while delivering the true value to the eLearning community. I am sure our users will appreciate it", said Seema Chaudhary, President, Harbinger Knowledge Products Inc.

About Raptivity

With Raptivity, users can create interactivity rapidly and add it conveniently to their eLearning content. With interactive content, learning experiences become memorable and drop-out levels go down.

Raptivity provides a pre-built library of rapidly-customizable interaction models. These interaction models are based on best practices in instructional design. Users can customize them to create any number of variations. The content published by Raptivity is a single flash file so it fits right into hundreds of eLearning tools and can be used anywhere. With its patent-pending technology and open architecture, Raptivity is at the forefront of rapid interactivity technology.

In 2007, Raptivity was winner of the eLearning Guild Platinum Award for highest user satisfaction in Simulation tools category. Raptivity also won the Gold Award under Games tools category.

Raptivity was voted number one in two categories Time to proficiency and Complex practice and assessment interaction building, according to a global survey by eLearning Guild. Another Guild survey ranked Raptivity number one in ease of use and integration with e-Learning tools.

Raptivity also won the prestigious Technology & Learning's 2007 Award of Excellence, adjudged by a panel of eminent educators in San Francisco.

For more information on Raptivity, visit http://www.raptivity.com.