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ConnectYard Partners with Pearson to Better Engage and Retain At Risk
Students
WAYNE, N.J., March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ConnectYard, Inc., the
leading provider of social engagement and analytic solutions,
announced today the launch of enhanced analytic and reporting features
at Pearson's upcoming premier Cite conference taking place in Fort
Worth, Texas, April 1st-April 3rd, 2014.
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ConnectYard has been working closely with Pearson since May 2013 to
deliver its private and secure social engagement platform to Pearson
LearningStudio customers, enabling them to reach students with
course-level and campus-wide notifications via Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, personal email accounts, institutional email accounts and
text messaging.
ConnectYard's social messaging service enables instructors to
instantly notify students about important announcements, discussions,
reminders and grade updates via their preferred communications
channels. ConnectYard's two-way communication capabilities allow
students and Faculty to engage with each other and with classmates
from any device or network without having to sign into Pearson
LearningStudio, yet the dialogue is still captured and tracked.
Through ConnectYard's robust analytics and reporting that tracks,
among other things, who views messages, when and for how long, less
engaged students who may be in need of private reminders or personal
follow-ups can be identified and helped.
"ConnectYard is a perfect complement to Pearson LearningStudio and
lets us better assess student engagement in our classes and serves as
an early warning system", said Deborah Riemer, Vice President,
Assessment & Academic Quality at Ashford University.
"Today's students and instructors expect to be able to access
everything from any device and platform. Partnering with ConnectYard
enables us to deliver an engaging and more convenient online learning
experience that directly helps with student engagement and retention",
said Erica Tuohy, Director of Technology Partnerships at Pearson.
"We are excited and honored to be partnering with Pearson and our
joint customers to help students stay engaged and ultimately help with
the larger goal of improving learning outcomes", said Don Doane, CEO
of ConnectYard.
Celebrating its 15th year, Pearson Cite brings together more than 500
Higher Education online learning program executives, faculty and
administrators. The event takes place April 1st through April 3rd in
Fort Worth, TX.
About ConnectYard
ConnectYard provides a completely private and secure, social
engagement platform that allows for anytime, anywhere communication
and collaboration across a variety of social and mobile technologies,
including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, text messaging, voice messages
and email.
ConnectYard, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Wayne,
New Jersey. For more information on how ConnectYard can help your
organization increase student engagement and retention, please visit
www.connectyard.com or contact us at 973.494.8063.
If you require more information about this press release, or to
schedule an appointment with Mike Norris, please call 973.494.8041 or
email Mike.
CONTACT: Mike Norris ConnectYard, Inc. 508 Hamburg Turnpike, 105D
Wayne, NJ 07470 973.494.8041 Email
www.connectyard.com
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