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Teaching online is efficient and simple with OB3.

Get your content online

You should be in control of your online content. OB3 is simple because it works like software you are already know: copy and paste, drag and drop, using OB3 is a snap [Video]. And because courses are often a team effort, OB3 makes it simple to work with colleagues.

OB3 is efficient: you can update courses, you don't have to wait for central IT, and OB3 will automatically tell students. OB3 will tell you how engaged students are with the course through summaries of their annotations and collaborations.

Collaborate with your students

Graduate students value quick responses and discussion of their questions.  Yet it takes time to check forums, clear email, type replies.

We think there's a better way: mobiles. OB3 Connect (for iPhone/iPad and Android) will show you students’ activity and give you the choice of easy-to-use audio, video or text responses. Simple and efficient.

We are excited about the possibilities with OB3 and the richness of the experience for both student and teacherJohn Grigg, The University of Sydney

The Discipline of Ophthalmology and the Save Sight Institute Sydney University have used Oceanbrowser since 2003 in delivery their distance learning postgraduate programs. We have been impressed with the flexibility of the system to facilitate an engaging academic program between both academics and students. Oceanbrowser has evolved over the last 8 years in response to our feedback and research performed by the company. We are excited about the possibilities coming online with OB3 and the increasing richness of the experience being presented to both student and teacher.

John GriggHead Discipline of Ophthalmology
Save Sight Institute, Sydney Medical School
The University of Sydney
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OB3 beta 4 released

We're excited to announce the release of OB3 beta 4, the web application for online study. OB3 is the result of over 3 years of research and development, we're ...

OB3 beta 4 released

We're excited to announce the release of OB3 beta 4, the web application for online study. OB3 is the result of over 3 years of research and development, we're committed to improving the way graduate and professional education is delivered online.

Significant features of this release include:

  • Document sharing: share OB3 files or folders with colleagues, or publish to groups & courses with options to control what people can do within your content.
  • Discussions: all  OB3 documents now support discussions which are attached to any element within a document.
  • OB3 Powerpoint (PPT) converter (Windows) - Migrate your PPT content into OB3 with a single click converter. Supports multimedia presentations with video, audio, annotated images. Flexible options control how your presentation is converted. Perfect for converting Medical PPT presentations to OB3.
  • Export/Import: backup your OB3 documents for an offline copy of your work (saves as XML).
  • Document history: all changes to documents are recorded. Use the history menu to review changes or undo mistakes. History is available on each element within a document (e.g. a paragraph) as well as the whole document.
  • In-browser audio recording. From the element control bar select More -> Audio, then click the Microphone tab. Record audio and upload directly into OB3 without any additional software (other than Flash).
  • Many minor enhancements (such as support for superscript and subscript), layout improments, help message improvements, printing, linking between OB3 documents.
  • Support for Chrome Frame for older Internet Explorer browsers.

Earlier releases of OB3 provided:

  • A fully featured multimedia document authoring editor.
  • Intuitive editing features: click on anything in your document to edit, your changes are saved as you work.
  • Copy and paste compatability between web pages, MS Word documents and OB3. Use copy and paste to import text with ease.
  • Support for a wide variety of modern web browsers.
  • Drag and drop integration between the desktop and OB3 in your browser: add files, images, videos etc to your documents via drag and drop.

Rodney Tamblyn | CEO & Founder | oceanbrowser.com  email: rodney at oceanbrowser.com
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