New Release of LearnLinc® 6.0 to Lead the Live Learning Market With Enhanced Functionality and Groundbreaking Features

Mentergy™, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MNTE), a leading global provider of blended e-Learning solutions, announces the release of LearnLinc® 6.0 scheduled for the end of this month. LearnLinc 6 presents an integrated virtual classroom platform that paves the way for a successful and robust e-Learning experience for students and instructors alike. The instructor-led virtual classroom platform will be released with several new significant features and makes e-Learning easy to implement and use. Born from a vision of software that would concentrate on the effective transfer of knowledge from instructor to student, and merged with a strong instructional design focus, LearnLinc’s award-winning platform is proven to be the most effective and engaging virtual classroom on the market today.

Exciting new LearnLinc classroom features include:

• One-click, automatic Classroom preparation when joining a class (no more advance installation required!).
  
  
• Two-way video over the Internet, enhancing e-Learning with “face-to-face” communication.
  
  
• LearnLinc Meetings – one click from e-mail gets invited guests into the meeting.
  
  
• A full set of markup tools to use on PowerPoint slides during class presentations.
  
  
• The Sync2Async editor, providing “post production” editing of Classroom recordings to create asynchronous content from a synchronous event.
  
  
• Application synchronization improvements that let instructors focus on the materials they are presenting instead of the technology of delivery.
  
  
• A new modern look for the LearnLinc Classroom that lets users customize the Classroom experience on-the-fly.

The new features compliment the extensive feature list that has already made the LearnLinc platform an industry leader. LearnLinc is known for having:

• The fastest, split-screen Application Sharing available
  
  
• High-quality, reliable, full-duplex audio over the Internet
  
  
• TestLinc – seamlessly integrated web-based testing and assessment
  
  
• Full-featured, synchronized multimedia content support (Quest, ToolBook, Authorware, Director, HTML)

Gayle Steinman, Distance Learning Product Manager for Sabre Technologies and a LearnLinc client for over 3 years, discusses the benefits of the new LearnLinc 6, “We are very excited about the new PowerBoard function because it will help us reduce browser conflicts during class; our globally dispersed students and clients use many different browsers and now we can display presentations easily and quickly. The ability to annotate the slides directly as we progress in class will engage the students and give instructors flexibility. The finishing touches; such as loading image message, will benefit students at slower connection speeds by keeping them in touch with the class and the slide navigator; which allows the instructor to move to a specific slide for reference in class.”

Mentergy’s LearnLinc has a legacy of powerful technology and instructional design with a simple interface that makes it easy for a student new to interactive applications to join class and participate. LearnLinc’s award-winning live platform has incorporated adult learning techniques and principles to create the most effective and engaging virtual classroom on the market today. The virtual classroom platform earned its noteworthy reputation for developing interactive features that simulate the environment of a classroom, such as powerful application sharing, interactive text chat and two-way voice audio, feedback, and surveys. LearnLinc has enhanced its Instructor features and content tools with new components such as presentation mark-up ability, automatic synchronizing technologies, editing capabilities for self-paced courses, and improved collaborative meeting software built in to the virtual campus.

Adam Stewart, Vice President of Global Research and Development, said, “LearnLinc is truly a unique learning platform and our clients are always impressed with LearnLinc’s ease of use. We passionately strive to maintain a user-friendly environment, while incorporating enhancements and competitive changes to our features. In addition to our outstanding customer service practices, we feel we have the best live learning environment in the market. LearnLinc delivers a stable and hassle-free live learning environment.”

The advantages of using a live virtual classroom include being able to reach a widely dispersed sales force or employee sites at once, allowing students to participate and interact just as they would in a traditional classroom, and enabling students/employees to stay on the job longer while training. LearnLinc can be accessed anywhere and anytime by anyone who has a 28.8k Internet connection or higher, and classes can be recorded and played back by students and instructors at a later date for reference and to review skills. LearnLinc’s distributed architecture allows a virtually unlimited amount of students to simultaneously participate in class from anywhere in the world.

Mr. Stewart adds, “With the LearnLinc platform, organizations get exactly what they need, instead of a standardized enterprise platform that does not address their needs. We provide the building blocks for the successful implementation of live e-Learning.”

LearnLinc live learning assists corporations in reducing travel costs, reducing the need for retraining, and improving employee productivity. LearnLinc is available as a concurrent user-licensing package or as a hosted solution, and is used throughout enterprise corporations worldwide such as Aetna, WorldCom, Standard Register, and Williams Scotsman to gain business profits and quick return on investment.

To find out more about the new LearnLinc and how it can make your e-Learning initiative easier, visit www.mentergy.com or call 1-800-325-7850.

Note to Editors and Analysts: Mentergy will be demonstrating LearnLinc 6 live on the web the week of May 13, 2002. To reserve a time to preview the new LearnLinc platform, please contact Melanie Endsley at melaniee@mentergy.com or 1-800-325-7850.

About LearnLinc

The LearnLinc live e-Learning platform assists corporations in reducing travel costs, reducing the need for retraining, and improving employee productivity. LearnLinc is available as a concurrent user-licensing package or as a hosted solution, and is used throughout enterprise corporations worldwide such as Aetna, WorldCom, Standard Register, and Williams Scotsman to gain business profits and quick return on investment.

The advantages of using a live virtual classroom include being able to foster communication and education (for example, a widely dispersed sales force or different employee sites around the world) by allowing students to participate and interact just as they would in a traditional classroom, and thus enabling students/employees to stay on the job longer while training. LearnLinc can be accessed anywhere and anytime by anyone who has a 28.8k or higher Internet connection, and classes can be recorded and played back by students and instructors at a later date for reference and to review skills. LearnLinc’s distributed architecture allows a virtually unlimited amount of students to simultaneously participate in class from anywhere in the world.

LearnLinc works with other Mentergy learning offerings, including the new FastFLEX rapid content deployment process, and Designer’s Edge, the industry leading instructional design content tool. LearnLinc 6 supports Windows XP, can be easily integrated with other leaning infrastructures, and has been tested successfully with over 100,000 users to support enterprise-wide use.

To find out more about the new LearnLinc and how it can make your e-Learning initiative easier, visit www.mentergy.com or call 1-800-325-7850.

About Mentergy

Mentergy, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MNTE), formerly Gilat Communications, Ltd. (NASDAQ: GICOF), is a global e-Learning company, providing e-Learning products, consulting, and courseware development services for large enterprises. With over 21 years of expertise in the learning industry, Mentergy assists businesses worldwide to make a cost-effective shift from traditional learning to a blended e-Learning approach. Mentergy Ltd.’s North American operations comprise of the Allen Communication Learning Services division and the LearnLinc Live e-Learning division (Mentergy, Inc.), in addition to John Bryce Training in Israel and Europe, and a global sales and marketing operation that includes Mentergy Europe.

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