Westinghouse Rail upgrades to CourseMill 4.1 from Trainer1

Leading railway technology producer Westinghouse Rail has renewed it’s contract with Trainer1, one of the UK’s leading learning consultancies, to supply Trivantis’ CourseMill: version 4.1, a SCORM-conformant learning management system (LMS) designed for organisations whose enterprise-wide e-learning initiatives have, up to now, been blocked by the high cost of LMS software and installation.

Trainer1 also provides other services to Westinghouse Rail to give its staff guidance and support on the most effective and efficient uses of e-learning, including Context Sensitive Learning, Trainer1’s own delivery system for informal learning.

According to Neil Lasher of Trainer1: “CourseMill 4.1 represents a major step forward in learning management. The product runs in Java on the server side but without the need for a client side applet.

“This version of CourseMill offers advantages over its predecessors in that there are better cataloguing and ‘search for courses’ facilities. Moreover, courses now run in ‘sessions’; it has user calendars, allowing you to see what programs learners have been using; it includes a ‘classroom booking system’; copes with multiple instructors on one course, and the product handles SCORM, AICC and non-compliant courses.

“It also allows courses to run in ‘SCORM disconnected’ mode,” Lasher added. “This allows users to sign up for a course, download it, work on the course off-line and, when they next connect to the internet, their scores are automatically uploaded to the learning management system.

“Among the benefits of using CourseMill 4.1 is that its front end – which the user sees – is fully editable via Lectora, allowing complete customisation and ‘branding’ of the interface.

“The commitment from Westinghouse to their staff for both formal and informal e-learning has been a priority for many years. We are delighted to be continuing this relationship for a further period,” said Lasher.

”Impressively, CourseMill can be installed and operating within a single business day on a standard Microsoft-based server environment.”

About CourseMill 4.1
CourseMill Learning Management System allows the delivery, management, and tracking of online learning across your organisation. CourseMill is up and running in a day and delivers immediate results.

About Westinghouse Rail
Westinghouse Rail Systems is a principal member of the extensive, worldwide Invensys Rail Systems group of companies, which itself is part of Invensys plc, a global leader in automation and control, employing 35,000 people. With over 140 years experience, Westinghouse is firmly at the cutting edge of railway technology.

Westinghouse is based in the UK, with offices at Chippenham, Birmingham, Croydon, Glasgow, Swanley and York.

About Trainer1
Trainer1 is one of the UK’s leading independent e-learning specialists, creating sophisticated courseware for learning. It works in a number of areas including:
• Creating custom-built e-learning solutions
• Supplying e-learning training and consultancy to make clients self-sufficient in servicing their e-learning needs – especially in terms of embedded and workflow learning
• Operating as a ‘tools warehouse’ for tools used by Trainer1’s clients

Further information from:
Neil Lasher, Trainer1, 00 44 (0) 20 7624 4844; www.trainer1.com
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, 00 44 (0) 1727 860405