Isoph Blue is a Web-based application developed in Microsoft’s .NET Framework. It provides a highly extensible environment that can take full advantage of XML for data exchange and modular XML Web services--features that greatly increase the potential for cost-effective enhancements to the learning center and integration with legacy systems used for activities such as donor, fundraising, and member management. At its core is a sophisticated SQL database that provides a platform for a wide range of functionalities developed in ASP.NET.

Isoph Blue is generally offered on an application service provider (ASP) basis, meaning our fees take into account not only licensing and purchase costs but also ongoing costs for hosting, maintaining, and supporting the application. You don't need to purchase additional servers or hardware or set aside additional staff time to maintain the software. Our application is managed through a browser-based administrative panel, so the software, hardware, and IT staffing requirements to use Isoph Blue are minimal. End users access the Isoph Blue learning environment from a standard Web browser.

Isoph Blue Web Services

Using Web services, Isoph clients can access much of the functionality of the Isoph Blue application while controlling the presentation of these functionalities in a Web environment of their choosing. Examples of why a client may use Web services include:

• To pull course catalog listings, enrollment, and assessment functionality into an existing Web site or portal application

  Isoph Blue Web services enable you to present a catalog of courses, complete course enrollment transactions, and offer a personalized menu of courses and assessments to each user--in your existing Web site or portal. While controlling the flow of data and the presentation of interactive screen elements, client administrators continue to have full access to the Isoph Blue administrative panel, where they can author content and manage aspects of the user experience. Client example: WebJunction.org

• To enable single sign-in for an existing password-protected intranet, extranet, or Web site and the Isoph Blue portal environment

  Users who register and log in at a client’s intranet or extranet site are automatically recognized and authenticated when they click through to the client’s Isoph Blue learning portal. Client example: Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Isoph makes it Web services information available so clients can easily access the correct methods for portal and application integration. A comprehensive list of general Web services methods and descriptions is publicly available, and the secure Web services methods can be reached only through a secure sockets layer (SSL). The WSDL for general Web services and secure Web services can be generated by going to the appropriate link and saving the files.

Access to Isoph Web services extends your access to Isoph Blue features. It also facilitates automatic server-to-server communications and data transfer between your servers and the Isoph Blue server. Isoph Web services are compliant with simple object access protocol (SOAP) 1.2 standards, and Isoph Blue is a Microsoft .NET Connected™ application.

Data Reporting and Export

Isoph's clients own all their content and data either developed in or uploaded into the Isoph Blue system. Your data can be easily exported from the Isoph Blue system. HTML and other content files can be downloaded via FTP. Isoph's clients also control the type and amount of registration data that is collected from their users. Standard reports include site usage, course activity, survey and assessment reports, and learner progress and can be run at any time from the Isoph Blue administrative panel. The Isoph Blue reporting function is powered by Crystal Reports, enabling Isoph to configure custom reports as needed.

In addition, Isoph can export data in a wide range of formats to meet your requirements. We can transform the data from our database to fit the needs of the destination database and then have it delivered, or published, on a set schedule. Isoph Blue supports XML, as well as tab- or comma-delimited files. Examples of supported formats include:

• Flat files: comma- or tab-delimited, Excel, and Access
• Databases: AS/400, Visual Foxpro, Paradox, Oracle, and dBase
• Any database supporting OLE DB
• XML

Learn More about Isoph Blue

To learn more about Isoph Blue, call 866.969.9260 (toll-free) to discuss your needs, or contact us via the Web. You can also read more about Isoph Blue and how organizations are using it:

• Isoph Blue overview
• Isoph featured clients
• Isoph Blue features
• E-learning Success Team
• Professional services

The following documents provide more detailed information about Isoph Blue and Isoph. (Documents are PDFs and require Adobe Reader, which you can download for free at www.adobe.com.)

• Isoph Blue Overview (PDF, 182 KB)
• Isoph Blue Enterprise (PDF, 90 KB)
• Teach. Train. Communicate. (PDF, 156 KB)

Isoph Blue in Action: Take a Tour

Visit our demo site, built on Isoph Blue, to see the software in action.

Set up as an online learning community for the fictional Conservation Collaborative, the demo site showcases many features of the Isoph Blue software, including self-paced courses, facilitated learning, Web conferences, polls, and surveys.