Also in the new software is a "Quick Start" button which automatically creates a course from scratch in less than 10 minutes, complete with graphics, backgrounds, buttons, navigation and everything required to get the first time user up and running instantly.

Atlantic Link Managing Director, Mike Alcock explains the significance of the new developments, "Listening to our customers, we were aware that while our products were second to none for authoring capability, there was a growing demand for LCMS functionality within our product suite. We are focused exclusively on building the best rapid e-learning authoring tools available, so our objective with this new release has been to ensure that we can provide LCMS functionality as part of our authoring capability."

The new release also adds numerous minor enhancements, of which Active Directory integration is particularly convenient. This allows organisations to integrate Atlantic Link systems into their corporate networks without the need for mass import of user names, passwords or separate login IDs for e-learning.

Alcock says, "We believe that the combination of rapid authoring features, server side collaborative remote authoring and now enhanced LCMS functionality makes the Atlantic Link suite of products the front runners in the marketplace for rapid authoring software. Our development plan is driven by our customers and new requests are already being put into our next release, which is being developed even now. We are committed to continual improvement and functionality leadership."