Thanksmas 2017 was In-Tents

Thanksmas was in-tents!

It’s been a week since our annual Thanksmas (Thanksgiving + Christmas, or what we affectionately call our end-of-year holiday party) celebration, and I’m finally caught up on lost sleep and neglected work and have the drink refrigerator restocked (that poor thing took a big hit…

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How we reduced clicking in the release of content controller v2.0

How we reduced clicking in Content Controller v2.0

We've gotten a lot of feedback about Content Controller since we started working on it back in 2015: feature requests, bug reports, criticisms and praise. We also have conversations with customers and potential customers about what problems Content Controller solves for them and where it…

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Managing your courses is easier with Content Controller v2.0

Most eLearning content providers send their courses off into the world with no ability to manage them once released. Content Controller lets you centrally host your content so you can automatically make updates, gain insight into usage and enforce licenses. And in Content Controller v2.0,…

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Join us at I/ITSEC in 2017

Come join us at I/ITSEC

I/ITSEC is going to be here before we know it! Rustici Software will be exhibiting again this year--booth 413--and are looking forward to heading to Orlando in November. If you’re not familiar with I/ITSEC, it’s an incredible conference that showcases the latest training tools and…

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Rustician Spotlight: Sam Cayford

Rustician Spotlight: Sam Cayford

We thought it would be fun and interesting to spotlight some Rusticians and present you an interview-style conversation about what it’s like to work at Rustici Software. We started with Joe Donnelly earlier this year, who is someone that we fondly like to refer to…

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From BAA to DODI: How we've been involved in xAPI

From BAA to DoDI

Acronym Alert! There will be many referred to in this post. See glossary below for easy reference. Two years ago we answered a BAA from ADL to conduct research for updating the DoDI 1322.26- “Development, Management, and Delivery of Distributed Learning.” Spoiler Alert- ADL accepted…

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DevLearn 2017: Tim is speaking and We're attending

DevLearn 2017: Tim is speaking and we’re attending

We’re looking forward to DevLearn 2017 in Las Vegas (and HR Tech in Vegas tomorrow!). Our CEO, Tim Martin has a DevLearn session about the “Jobs to be Done” by L&D software. I’ve had a sneak peak of the upcoming content and I have to…

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Content Controller won a CLO award for technology innovation

Excited to win a CLO award for technology innovation!

We are thrilled to share that Chief Learning Officer (CLO) magazine announced the winners of the 2017 Learning in Practice Awards and Rustici Software won a Bronze Award for Excellence in Technology Innovation! Our submission recognized the work the SANS Institute has done using Content…

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How we decide to do work

How We Decide to Do Work

A couple of days ago, I wrote about the state of ADL and Rustici Software’s take on it. One of the real community leaders, Aaron Silvers, then shared his perspective, partially in response. If you read them both, you’ll see some overlap and gaps in…

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Responding to recent news regarding ADL's funding

Responding to recent ADL funding news

I’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks learning about some things that are happening with ADL (the governing body for SCORM and closest thing we currently have to a single steward for xAPI right now). My first tl;dr Some funding…

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cmi5 and Expanded PENS Support in SCORM Engine 2017.1

One thing we love about supporting eLearning standards is that by helping others comply with the specifications that best suit their needs, we get to watch them be more impactful in the space. To that end, we’re happy to include cmi5 and expanded PENS support…

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