IBM United States Announcement 207-314, dated November 27, 2007 IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning builds on core Lotus Learning Management System capabilities Description .................................................2 At a glance Reference information ............................... 3 Education support ......................................4 IBM Workplace Collaboration Learning V2.7 Offering Information ...................................4 Publications ............................................... 4 • Based upon Portal 6.0 Technical information .................................5 • Student and Administrative User Interface refresh Software Services ......................................9 • Usability enhancements to core administrative areas such as Course Ordering information ..................................9 Management and Results Terms and conditions .............................. 10 • Addition of the ability to add critical learning information such as IBM Electronic Services ...........................12 course, users, results, masters, and offering in bulk Prices .......................................................12 For ordering, contact: Order now ................................................13 Your IBM representative or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001 Overview IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning™ (WCL) 2.7 is a portal-based learning management system that provides learning services to help organizations manage their training programs more efficiently and integrates learning resources on the desktop. Integration with Workplace Collaborative Learning delivers blended learning experiences and provides students with enhanced tools such as course discussion areas, document sharing, Web conferencing, and chat rooms. IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning is a scalable, highly configurable platform for creating and managing classroom-based and e-learning activities, curriculums, and courseware across the enterprise. Whether the training is to be delivered online or in person, IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning helps organize and track the materials, students, and resources required. IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning is also designed to integrate seamlessly with other Lotus® products, such as IBM Lotus Quickr, IBM Lotus Sametime®, and Web conferencing features of IBM Lotus Sametime so that the learning environment can be enhanced with valuable collaborative tools. What's new in IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.7 IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.7 addresses various customer requests to further enhance the user interface (UI), usability, stability, and reliability of the application. A few feature enhancements are also available such as: • Administrative and student UI refresh • Usability enhancements to core administrative areas such as course management and results • Integration with IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5 for instant messaging and IBM United States Announcement 207-314 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1 Web conferences • Integration with IBM Lotus Quickr for course collaboration capabilities • Support for multiple content servers to house content near users for enhanced performance • Capability to add critical learning information such as course, users, results, masters, and offering in bulk It is IBM's current intent to provide support for additional operating systems and platforms; if and when developed these will be available to active Maintenance customers through the IBM Fix Central at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/ as follows: • Oracle, Linux™, AIX®, Solaris • iSeries™ and MSQL Product plans may change at any time at IBM's sole discretion based on market opportunities or other factors. All information is provided on an "as is" basis, without any warranty of any kind. Expectations on timing should not be construed as a commitment by IBM to deliver the specified software. Key prerequisites Refer to the Hardware requirements and Software requirements sections. Planned availability dates • November 30, 2007 (electronic software delivery) • December 21, 2007 (media and documentation) Description IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning is a scalable, highly configurable platform for creating and managing classroom-based and e-learning activities, curriculums, and courseware across the enterprise. Whether the training is to be delivered online or in person, Workplace Collaborative Learning helps organize and track the materials, students, and resources required. Workplace Collaborative Learning is also designed to integrate seamlessly with other IBM Lotus products, such as IBM Lotus Quickr, IBM Lotus Sametime, and Web conferencing features of IBM Lotus Sametime so that the learning environment can be enhanced with valuable collaborative tools. What's new in Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.7 As the next release of the product, Workplace Collaborative Learning 2.7 addresses various customer requests to further enhance the UI, usability, stability and reliability of the application. A few feature enhancements are also available such as: • Administrative and Student User interface refresh • Usability enhancements to core administrative areas such as course management and results • Integration with Lotus Sametime 7.5 for instant messaging and Web conferences • Integration with Lotus Quickr for course collaboration capabilities • Support for multiple content servers to house content near users for enhanced performance • Addiction of the ability to add critical learning information such as course, users, results, masters, and offering in bulk. Accessibility by people with disabilities IBM is committed to providing accessible Workplace products for use by people with disabilities. IBM United States Announcement 207-314 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2 Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act IBM Workplace Collaborative Learning is capable as of December 21, 2007, when used in accordance with associated IBM documentation, of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates with it. A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), containing details on the products accessibility compliance, can be requested at http://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html IPLA and Subscription and Support considerations IPLA licenses can be transferred from one machine to another within, but not limited to an enterprise. You may aggregate the capacity for all the processors the product is operated on to achieve a more economic price. This will result in a single Proof of Entitlement (PoE). It is your responsibility to manage the distribution of Value Units within the limits of the entitlement of the product license. Subscription and Support must cover the same capacity as the product license entitlement. Subscription and Support will be available in the country in which the agreement is made. Reference information Refer to 206-007, dated January 17, 2006. Availability of national languages Product description Language GA date IBM Workplace Collab Learn Multilingual December 21, 2007 V2.7.0 (English International, Portuguese, French, Danish, Catalan, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Chinese — Simplified, Ukrainian, Spanish, Portuguese- Brazilian, German, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese — Traditional, Hungarian, Norwegian Nynorsk, Romanian, Slovenian, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Czech, Slovakian, Italian, Finnish, Polish) Trademarks Workplace Collaborative Learning and iSeries are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Lotus, Sametime, and AIX are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in IBM United States Announcement 207-314 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 3 the United States or other countries or both. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Education support The following educational offerings are available as listed below: IBM training provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM training Web site http://www.ibm.com/services/learnin g/ites.wss/tp/en?pageType=tp_search Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs, schedules, and enrollments. IBM Software Services for Lotus® Education provides education to support many Lotus offerings. For a complete list of offerings visit the Web site at http://www.lotus.com/education Technical Skills Software Workshop No-fee technical skills training workshops (English only) for this product are offered to customers and business partners to gain hands-on skills for installing, configuring, operating, and supporting this product. The workshops are ideal for customers and business partners who are in the process of evaluating, or have already purchased it. Workshops are modeled to be 50 to 70% hands-on labs and are continually updated to current product release. Workshops are delivered in multiple formats, traditional classroom, Self-Paced (self-study) and instructor led e-learning, all formats have the same content. Traditional classroom workshops are scheduled and delivered in-person worldwide at IBM and non-IBM locations throughout the year.