Challenge:


With core focuses in 7 countries and services in many more, Reach Out needed the ability to share their Ministry's knowledge world-wide through engaging and interactive media. Improving the manner in which Reach Out distributes and markets their ministry and it's resources would inevitably promote ongoing learning and growth.

Scope:

• Project Management
• Requirements Analysis and Design
• Application Development
• Automated Data Export
• Portal Development
• e-Learning Courseware
• Implementation & Testing
• Performance Analysis and Reporting
• Search Engine Optimization

Solution:


In keeping with current Ministry initiatives, our development team, created and implemented an international portal with focus on promoting youth ministry resources, while establishing communication lines between parents, students, and youth leaders.

Next, our team equipped Reach Out to sell resources and products online via an online shopping cart system coupled with a real-time sales, reporting, and inventory system.

We then created a high-impact multimedia training course based on their flag-ship product which serves as the core of their ministry. To maintain the viewer's attention, this SCORM compliant course consisted of learning interactives and quizes, guided by a narrator with over 5 hours of audio and video.

nGravis then created a custom Online Learning Management System (LMS) to register participants, provide book-marking functionalities, perform course scoring, and generate progress reports. This LMS, in addition to this course, provided the ability to manage subsequent courses and participants, collecting all participant data in one centralized location.

Process:


The nGravis team collaborated closely with a director-level executives to thorougly learn Reach Out's Ministry and actively engage their organization as a technology partner. This helped our group creatively develop, implement, and promote the portal, online shopping site, and their new e-learning system with a uniform and concise message.

Following well-defined technology guidelines and course requirements, nGravis tested the platform extensively to ensure solution integrity at the end of the developmental process. The outcome was a delivery of a fully integrated portal with a centralized management tool for reporting, access control, and learning management.

Upon launch, nGravis created new marketing avenues through online infomercials and email blast campaigns, utilizing their new, centralized contact management system.

Impact:


NGravis successfully implemented the online portal while launching the custom shopping cart, Inventory Management System, and Online Learning Management System providing key benefits such as:

Centralized repository for company, store, and course data
Improved knowledge transfer
e-Learning Course Participant Registration, Login, Bookmarking, and Scoring
Web-based access to clients and all course participants
Administrative reporting to compile client and participant activity


Technologies:


Microsoft ASP.NET
VB Script
JavaScript
SCORM Data Modeling
XML
Macromedia Flash MX
Windows Media
Web Services


Testimonial:


"The work of nGravis speaks for itself. Just visit www.reach-out.org and you'll see that our portal, secure shopping cart system, and infomercials are first class. Our online identities continue to shine and we can't wait until we're done converting our flagship product into an e-learning course. However, most important to me is that their group took the time to become familiar with our mission and vision and embraced it before they took us on as a client. They are partners!"

Joe Ludwikowski
CEO

Links:


Live Web Portal
Online Shopping Cart & Inventory Management System
Online Infomercial
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