Millions of Samsung users gain access to
Ormiboard for connected whiteboarding, collaboration, and device
management.
MONTREAL, Sept. 27, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - EXO U Inc.
("EXO U" or the "Corporation") (TSXV: EXO), a software development
company focused on effective collaboration and classroom
management, today announced its agreement with Samsung Electronics
America, Inc., to be an authorized referral partner to promote,
bundle, and refer EXO U's Ormiboard to new and current Samsung
customers.
As part of the partnership announced today, Samsung will bundle
Ormiboard with new and current educational packages, and also offer
it as a standalone feature to current Samsung customers. Samsung
will incorporate Ormiboard functionality on large-format displays,
interactive displays, Chromebooks, Android devices, and more.
"All of us at EXO U are excited to provide Samsung users with a
mobile collaboration tool that facilitates 21st-century
learning," said Jim Kirchner, the
CEO of EXO U. "Ormiboard can help schools make better use of the
technology they have in classrooms to engage students today—and
also grow with them as classroom technology evolves. Our
partnership gives educators using Ormiboard on Samsung devices the
freedom to incorporate whiteboarding into any lesson, creating a
seamless teaching and learning experience in the classroom and
beyond."
Ormiboard is a first-of-its-kind, device-agnostic digital
learning environment that transforms any device into an easy-to-use
whiteboarding tool, extending collaboration beyond a board or panel
on the wall to all 1:1 or BYOD devices.
"Samsung and EXO U share a commitment to delivering ed tech
solutions that dramatically improve student outcomes and engagement
in learning," said Ted Brodheim, the
Vice President of Vertical Business at Samsung Electronics America.
"By equipping our classroom hardware with the power of Ormiboard,
we look forward to helping teachers and students unlock the power
of anytime, anywhere collaboration and whiteboarding in their
classrooms."
With Ormiboard, teachers can easily create and customize lessons
and activities using a floating toolset to insert more than 500
vector clip art images, pictures, shapes, text, tiles, sounds,
actions, and more. Teachers can instantly push content and
activities to students' devices, jump to external content,
simultaneously view multiple student sessions on one screen, and
select any student's activity to appear on the front-of-class
display. Ormiboard's expanding library of templates and searchable
content covers all subject areas and includes quick quizzes,
click-and-drag assignments, and games.
Ormiboard also features a robust suite of device-management
tools that have been customized for Samsung. Educators will be able
to lock and unlock students' Samsung devices, specific pages, and
more—helping keep students on task during lessons while still
personalizing their experiences with content and activities.
Ormiboard is also available directly to teachers worldwide. To
sign up for a free trial or for more information, please visit
Ormiboard.com.
About EXO U
At EXO U, we believe that people learn
best with instructional technologies that support and don't
interrupt the momentum of teaching, learning, and
collaboration—whether they are learning in person, remotely, or
across an evolving device landscape. That's why our web-based
whiteboarding and classroom management solutions for educational
institutions and corporations work on any device with any OS,
anytime and anywhere, solving important mobility issues such as
security, privacy, real-time collaboration, and management of
application and content. EXO U's shares trade on the TSX Venture
Exchange under the ticker symbol EXO.V. For more information about
Ormiboard, visit Ormiboard.com and follow us on Twitter
@ormiboard.
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