Knowledge Publisher

Next Generation Rich Media Solution
Interactive Communications Platform
Without Rich Media IT Bandwidth Issues

Knowledge Publisher is a web 2.0 based “Interactive Communication Platform” for assembling, delivering, viewing, tracking and managing rich media content. The solution enables a non-technical producer to simply and quickly assemble and upload video, audio PowerPoint slides, photos, Flash simulations, with test and polling questions into a common user interface creating an engaging synchronized show. Can be video, audio, Flash or Shockwave-based or all 4 may be used.

Knowledge Publisher (KP) Shows are used for:

Training & E-Learning
High Impact Communications
Change Management & Application Rollout
Broad Agency Announcements
Employee Notifications
Disaster Recovery Announcements
Capture ILT for distribution to all
Marketing, Demos & Customer Training/Support

KP is a critical communications application for geographically dispersed or a large centralized audience.

Dramatic Increase in User Acceptance and Retention

Because these shows include high quality rich media with other interactive features and play as a synchronized show, the end-user’s viewing experience is greatly enhanced and more compelling than our competitors or video alone. The dramatic results achieved by our users enables our clients the ability to provide powerful rich media and video-based shows to the users desktop at a fraction of the cost and effort required of traditional solutions. Our clients report user rates of 80% or higher due to the acceptance of courses, training and communications viewed on the Knowledge Publisher solution. Retention rates of material viewed on Knowledge Publisher are also reported at significantly higher rates of 70% or better.

Knowledge Publisher is a Non-technical Solution

No downloads are needed nor do you need programming expertise to create a show using the KP platform. KP is simple to learn and users can quickly utilize KP to create rich media shows/courses. All a producer needs is a web browser to access KP. Producers can select the existing content e.g. video, audio files, Flash, PowerPoint files, etc. that they want to use and rapidly create a show that is easily published to the World Wide Web from anyplace for viewing at anytime around the world. The assembly of a show is measured in minutes, not hours and days that traditional video solutions require. Changes can easily be made to any show.

Core Modules of Knowledge Publisher:

Knowledge Publisher Studio – Rapid Assembly
The Knowledge Publisher Studio enables rapid assembly, management and publishing of rich media eLearning and communications using existing content. A simple non-technical, web2.0-based content assembly tool is used to develop shows. The KP Studio takes existing assets such as Video, PowerPoint slides, Flash, Animation, Photos, created Chapters, Test/Poll Questions as well as URLs and uploads them to the delivery servers. This content is then easily placed along a time line by a producer enabling the synchronization of the various content files with video, audio or Flash content with simple clicks of the mouse. The show or course is then published to your secure learning channel with a single click and is ready for viewing anywhere anytime. KP Studio is SCORM conformant and is certified by leading Learning Management System companies.

Key capabilities of KP Studio:

- Content asset management
- Prescriptive assessment questions
- Key word or subject content search
- Data mining
- Extensive reporting and tracking
- Personalization and profiling
- Live URL links
- Add attachments
- Streaming formats: Windows Media, Real, QuickTime
- Show/Course searchable library

Knowledge Publisher Viewer – Engaging End User Experience

The Knowledge Publisher Viewer provides a compelling user experience by being able to simultaneously display a series of assets (listed below) in a common interactive interface. This experience is further enhanced by the ability to dynamically customize content or course material based on user profiles or responses to test questions either at the beginning of a show or interwoven into each show or course. These assessments enable our clients to measure learning and overall ROI.

Content, Capabilities and Features of KP Viewer:

- Video/Audio and Flash
- Synchronized PowerPoint Slides
- Graphical Animation and Simulation
- Polling and Assessment Questions
- Attachments, save to user’s computer
- Key Word Search
- Take Notes within the User Interface - email to user
- Email the Presenter and Chat
- URL linked Slide Hot Spots and other interactive features
- Built-in FTP tool

Knowledge Publisher Admin – Built-in Mini LMS

The Knowledge Publisher Admin provides capabilities found in an LMS. These include email notifications, forming of groups to segment content and user (e.g. only finance can have access to finance shows), schedule shows, create profiles, create categories of shows for use with groups and sub-categories, user profiles, show library and other LMS features.

Knowledge Publisher Live

Same capabilities as on-demand however requires a video server and a moderator to push content such as slides out as show is presented live. The end-user merely needs an Internet connection and browser to view the live show.

Reporting

KP has extensive data mining capabilities for reporting. The reports can be exported in different formats including Excel. The reporting feature includes the ability to drill down on users assessment/polling results, individual compliance show use etc.

Built-in Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Politeview can provide a built-in Content Delivery Network (CDN) to deliver these shows to the user’s computer where they will play back as an integrated, synchronized show without any technical knowledge required on the part of the user. This is a single “click to publish” capability built into Knowledge Publisher on the backend, enabling any authorized user to publish the show/course to their secure Internet-based branded channel.
Note: KP is also “CDN agnostic” enabling our clients to turn our CDN off and use any CDN or their Intranet to deliver shows.

Knowledge Publisher can be Deployed:

As a standalone solution or integrated with our other solution (POD & LMS) creating a robust solution.
For “Live” “On-Demand” or “Offline solutions”.
As a hosted application solution or installed behind the customer’s firewall on their servers.

Experience the Knowledge Publisher Advantage:

-Eliminate IT bandwidth issues associated with rich media when used with POD
-Dramatically reduce the cost and time of creating rich media courses, training and communications
-Through the use of prescriptive delivery reduce the time to take courses and training
-Dramatically increase user acceptance of training, E-learning and communications
-Significantly increase your users retention rates of training and communications material
-Replace travel with an interactive, affordable experience
-View Training, E-learning and communications offline
-Empower customers with deep product knowledge and visualizations
-Connect with employees and customers who cannot easily be reached face-to-face
-Accurately target employees and customers by analyzing tracking and feedback data
-Reinforce the corporate value system through high-impact messages
-Target and tailor communication materials through customized branding
-Provide employees with powerful knowledge search, retrieval and reference tools
-Measure the effectiveness of your training through assessments and polling
-Track user activity to determine compliance for legal or compliance enforcement
-Assess employee interests, concerns, and competency through polling and tracking capabilities.
For more information please contact Randy Combs at (202) 554-0922