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.

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