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Tegrity Reports Record Growth and Student, Faculty Usage During 2008
Tegrity —Monday, March 09, 2009
New Features, Industry Awards, Partnerships and Certifications Underscore Tegrity’s Market-Leading Position
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(via BUSINESS WIRE)--Tegrity, provider of the leading class capture Web service for higher education, today announced another year of record growth in sales and service usage during the fiscal year 2008. The company reported 33 percent growth year-over-year and the addition of scores of four-year institutions, community colleges and graduate institutions, including medical, law and business schools, to the Tegrity client roster, most of which are using Tegrity campus-wide.
Despite the economic downturn, Tegrity has seen more institutions embrace class capture technology as a means by which to improve student retention, student satisfaction and student recruitment through greater student academic achievement. During 2008, Tegrity Campus usage doubled, with five million student views and more than two million student study hours spent accessing Tegrity.
“At Coppin State University, we’re constantly seeking ways to improve the learning experience through innovative technologies, and Tegrity has proven an invaluable tool for our students by providing Learning on Demand, and to our faculty by providing a platform for pedagogical innovation,” said Dr. Ahmed El-Haggan, Ph.D., vice president for Information Technology and chief information officer for Coppin State University.
Tegrity Campus 2.0 enables students to access and search class lectures anywhere, anytime they choose, including from a laptop, iPod, MP3 player, or smartphone. The Web service, which allows schools to easily scale for increased student use, continues to positively impact student performance, retention and course satisfaction.
“As a company, we’ve experienced two watershed years of record-setting customer recruitment and retention, Tegrity Campus 2.0 sales and soaring campus-wide usage,” said Isaac Segal, president and CEO of Tegrity. “The positive impact we’re having on student achievement has also been the impetus for industry accolades and partnerships with other industry leaders, further testament to our innovation. While we celebrate company growth and product success, we remain dedicated to the mission of helping institutions achieve increased student achievement, satisfaction and retention.”
Additional Tegrity milestones achieved during 2008 included:
Selection for “Best in Category” for class capture solutions for the third consecutive year by the IMS Learning Consortium, and selection as a 2009 CODiE Awards finalist by the Software & Information Industry Association for “Best Education Solution” and “Best Post-secondary Solution”
Significant new enhancements to the Tegrity Campus 2.0 Web service, solidifying its position as the leading lecture capture system that is student-centric and scalable across the entire campus with minimal cost of ownership
Extremely high rate of customer renewals as customers continue to expand usage
A strategic partnership with McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a premier provider of teaching and learning solutions for the post-secondary and higher education markets worldwide
Selection for the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program
Achievement of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status with competencies in ISV/Software Solutions
In late spring, Tegrity held its third annual Tegrity User Conference, showcasing successful college implementations and soliciting product-related input for future upgrades and enhancements. Attendance by college and university administrators, faculty and IT professionals from across the country increased 50 percent over the previous year, highlighting the growing pool of enthusiastic Tegrity customers.
About Tegrity
Tegrity Campus 2.0 is the leading class capture Web service, impacting learning, student satisfaction and retention across the entire institution. Requiring no hardware or software installation, and fully integrated with the institution’s data-set, Tegrity Campus 2.0 makes class time available all the time by automatically capturing, storing and indexing every class on campus for replay by every student. Educators know that the more students can see, hear, and experience a class, the better they learn. With patented Tegrity “search anything” technology, students instantly recall key class moments for replay online, or on iPods and mobile devices. Tegrity is based in Santa Clara, California with offices throughout the United States. For more information, visit http://www.tegrity.com/tegrity_demo/.
Contact: LEWIS PR for Tegrity, Inc., Becky Quinlan, 415-992-4400, tegrity@lewispr.com
