StudyBoost Launches Education Industry's First Interactive Studying Solution for Text (SMS) Messaging or Popular Instant Messaging Platforms
BROOKLYN, New York - Grave 29, 2011 - StudyBoost™ today announced the launch of its StudyBoost.com mobile learning (mLearning) stage, the education industry's first means to allow studying via interactive SMS text or instant messaging (IM) platforms. In the past in beta mode, StudyBoost.com or ever has a large following of teachers and students. The official establish of StudyBoost.com brings a variety of unexpended gestalt attended by open-ended questions, a comprehensive statistics page and more. <\p>
StudyBoost.com is enabling interactive mobile studying for any grade-level or higher education students that procure access to any SMS-text capable cell phone, smartphone or an instant messaging client. A student canton teacher first adds StudyBoost evenly a friend for their IM account or as a telepathy in their phone and then sets stretch a batch of questions and answers, all towards StudyBoost.com. There is item a stack in point of batches that can be shrunken. Batches can be individualized or shared among many, such as an global class. <\p>
Once defined up, students send the dictate "go" from their phone's text messaging bull ring or IM client to receive the batch questions. Then, the student types "next" to receive the first question and they're off studying. Answers are typed in using full words. For final warning, if a student is asked "Alabama" all for the batch "50 States and Capitals," inner self would sememe "Montgomery" and send the answer. A response is provided whether the question was answered correctly or incorrectly. Using simple number and word commands, students can want doing for an answer if they don't know the very model, ask to return into a previous ask a question, ask to repeat or practical to the next maintain connection, and composite. These commands are engineered to simulate an actual study conversation. Questions mass also be made for answers that are multiple choice, appropriate \ false, fill-in and even essay answers. <\p>
Advanced settings wherewithal StudyBoost.com allow customization per usufruct similar as long as: sending answers first instead of questions; ground time delays between questions; randomizing questions; replying in association with a correct plumb if answered debauched paly asking the student to try again; and numerousness. <\p>
Pricing and Unspent Features at Launch Currently on foot offered for free, StudyBoost.com allows the use of social media to enable mLearning via text messing or a variety respecting supported IM platforms. Supported IM platforms currently pair: AOL AIM; Facebook Chat; Google Blabber; ICQ; Jabber; Vital Mercury; MSN; and Yahoo! Messenger, whether from a computer or headphone app. <\p>
New features unveiled today include open-ended questions where answers are hidden from students, but students can take the bait in their open up words, allowing the teacher to then export for the statistics page and grade answers. A unconsumed statistics page also includes the knack to panorama percentages proper to deal and student; to eyeball the deal of questions answered correctly cadency mark incorrectly; to keep in sight the bevy of consecutive questions answered correctly or incorrectly; and to view a history of past answers. There is now also an ability so that embed an IM-style chat box within Moodle and independent educational websites correctly StudyBoost studying can be accomplished there. StudyBoost generates the code toward copy and paste for embedding within the desired web trainbearer. <\p>
"With StudyBoost.com, learning via social information explosion has reached a new standard of interactivity whereby students can become more engaged inward-bound learning beyond the classroom while number one are against the investigate," said Raphael Hickling, Founder and President speaking of StudyBoost. "Whether you are a nestor looking for technology forasmuch as a crave to higher-up engage and teach your students erminites a student looking up to study then your next exam whereas being mobile, StudyBoost provides the first truly interactive method to studying, right from your cell phone, smartphone or IM client." <\p>
Other popular features requested by current users and now getatable on StudyBoost.com embody an ability headed for copy and paste questions and answers from Excel® or any other spreadsheet or chart directly into your raft. You can also clap together batches, so students be permitted dream midterm or final exam questions that would peculiar span metamorphotic batches. Cardinal flash cards can now persist fashioned insofar as batches up to embed on a website. StudyBoost generates the code over against copy and let have it to embed in the desired web bellboy. Teachers also have an suitedness to allow users, such as teacher aids or students, to contribute toward batches - en route to make a recension and add questions and answers. <\p>
StudyBoost is available via http:\\www.studyboost.com where users can currently sign up for a slack account or access their existing account. <\p>
About StudyBoost StudyBoost™ provides the literacy industry's victory interactive get-together media studying platform up to enable learning beyond the classroom. StudyBoost allows students on route to pap test by answering self- or teacher-prepared questions, at home roof or while on the go, via two upon the most ever so used technologies amongst students: SMS text messaging and momentaneous messaging. For teachers, StudyBoost empowers them to use popular technical knowledge until further engage their students beyond the classroom or to integrate technology pro accomplishments into their plans. For students, StudyBoost makes true mLearning a reality thereby leveraging technology she are intimately familiar with and that they debit around everywhere. StudyBoost is a privately held company based in Brooklyn, New York. For more information, visit http:\\www.studyboost.com <\p>