FAIRFIELD, NJ--(Marketwire - October 1, 2007) - Timecruiser Computing Corporation today
announced that three of its CampusCruiser® clients have selected
CruiserAlert™ to deliver critical news and direction to students,
faculty and staff in an emergency. Ocean County College in New Jersey,
Western Iowa Technical Community College in Iowa, and Westmoreland County
Community College in Pennsylvania, have all added CruiserAlert to their
CampusCruiser portal.
A new, Web-based notification service, CruiserAlert gives administrators
the ability to reach people on and off campus in an urgent situation. In
addition to broadcasting information via SMS text message to mobile
devices, the service simultaneously directs the message to email and RSS
feeds. Voice messaging will be available in an upcoming release. For each
channel they subscribe to, faculty, students, and staff select their
preferred methods of delivery. Because all three institutions use
CampusCruiser, their alerts will also be delivered as portal-wide
announcements.
"Urgent situations that arise will require different modes of
communication, so it is important that we have a variety of modes at our
fingertips -- ranging from older methods to technology-based options," said
Dr. James McGinty, Vice President of Instructional Technologies, Ocean
County College. "We expect Cruiser Alert to be a pivotal component for
immediate, multilayered emergency communication with our students and
staff. CruiserAlert adds yet another vital service to our CampusCruiser
portal."
In the event of a crisis, colleges can now reach their key publics quickly
and directly. To activate an alert, administrators simply type a message
and send it with just one click. CruiserAlert provides real-time reports
providing college administrators with critical alert status information,
subscriber details, usage data, and alert history.
"The need for high-priority communication channels on campus has never been
clearer than it is today," said Allen Wang, president, Timecruiser
Computing Corporation. "CruiserAlert helps users like Ocean County College,
Western Iowa Technical Community College, and Westmoreland County College
deliver a consistent message with a definitive course of action in
minutes."
A product demonstration and more information about CruiserAlert can be
found on the company's Web site:
www.timecruiser.com/cruiseralert.
About Timecruiser Computing Corporation
Since 1995, institutions of higher education have relied upon Timecruiser
to deliver innovative enterprise management solutions, backed by unrivaled
customer service and technical support. Timecruiser's award-winning
products are used by over 2.5 million students, faculty, and administrators
at 90 institutions to
-- Improve Campus Communication
-- Implement Effective Course Management
-- Streamline Faculty Workload
-- Build Cohesive Campus Communities
-- Increase Efficiencies Campus-wide
The company's flagship product, CampusCruiser® was launched in 1999. In
recent years, Timecruiser has expanded to include CourseCruiser™
Learning Management System, which assists faculty in efficiently managing
and delivering learning content and resources to students.
Contact Information: For More Information:
Janet Pinto
Director of Marketing
Timecruiser Computing Corporation
(973) 244-7856 x168