Dual Code Inc. Releases PowerFlash Plus™ eLearning Service

Service gives clients the ability to leverage their existing training material and easily convert it to SCORM-compliant eLearning modules with 3D avatars.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - April 15, 2009. Dual Code Inc., a leading developer of custom, SCORM-compliant eLearning solutions, released today its much anticipated PowerFlash Plus™ eLearning service.

Much like the standard PowerFlash™ service, PowerFlash Plus converts existing training material, such as Microsoft® PowerPoint® files, to SCORM-compliant, multimedia eLearning modules with voice-overs. Courses developed via PowerFlash Plus also enjoy 3D avatars – animated characters with lip-synching capabilities – a feature not present in Dual Code’s regular PowerFlash service.

Avatars engage students by speaking, interacting, and helping guide the learning experience. These animated characters can be designed to resemble a real person within a company such as your CEO or instructor, your corporate mascot, an expert in the field, or simply an anonymous character. The personality is brought to life through visual impact, choice of language, attitude, and a real human voice.

Avatars can also inject humor in courses, which is extremely important with the ever-decreasing attention span of learners.

Not only are these animated characters cool, they’re also very effective. Studies show that using 3D avatars in eLearning modules increases course completion, learning, and retention.

“The overall cost of courses developed using the PowerFlash Plus service is very affordable when compared to other alternatives” stated Luc Richard, President and CEO of Dual Code. “The fact that our clients get to reuse their existing instructor-led training material saves them tens of thousands of dollars that would have otherwise been spent in the development of new material.”

PowerFlash Plus is the latest in a series of products and services released by Dual Code in an effort to provide the eLearning community with easy, affordable, and innovative online training solutions.

About Dual Code

Dual Code Inc., headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, is a "one-stop” eLearning shop that designs, develops, and hosts eLearning content for organizations that understand the value of well-trained employees and clients. Dual Code offers an award-winning hosted learning environment, eLearning course design and development, eLearning 2.0 tools and other eLearning-related professional services. Dual Code provides services to all levels of government as well as private companies, educational institutions and not-for-profit organizations. For further information about Dual Code, please visit www.dualcode.com or call 1.613.686.5873.