http://www.faculte.com/blog This Blog is about Faculte's vision, story, products, and customers Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:48:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I joined Faculte as an intern about a year ago, one of my very first assignments was going through the product and updating - and as it would turn out, practically recreating - all the product tutorials. A little bit further down the road I was also assigned putting ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=583 The last few months we have put a lot of effort into improving the structure around Broadcasts; we have introduced Series, Channels, Q&A feature, new Payment flow and Collaboration settings - just to mention some of it. So we figured it was about time to take a look at the core ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=568 Last night our Studio saw yet another release, and yet again we have new, exciting features for you! The main change this time around is a new and improved version of our Collaboration feature. Up until now, Collaboration could be ON or OFF for an account. If Collaboration was ON, you ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=544 New Purchase Process Usually we will focus on our own users, existing or potential, when we develop new and tweak old features. This time around however, the main change of our latest deployment is not for our customers - but for our customers' customers! We saw that when you found a Broadcast ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=520 Communication is one of the most interesting topics we know. There are thousands of theories, systems and philosophies, and yet when it comes down to it, even though theories are interesting, there are no definite answers. No matter how clear you are in delivering your message, no matter how fine-tuned ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=501 A Broadcast is composed of one or several multimedia pages and viewed like a video. A Series is a group of a few Broadcasts, in a specific order. A Channel is a user-branded web page containing a collection of broadcasts and series, along with a browseable category hierarchy (which is easily administered ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=486 Early this morning we deployed the latest version of our platform - with many small tweaks, and a total makeover of one of our renowned features. Annotations Our praised annotation pen - used for highlighting your message - has gone through a major makeover. Some people are good at free-hand drawing with ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=471 Today, we released a new exciting feature in the Faculte Broadcast Studio: "Series". Now you can bundle several broadcasts into a single container, and share them together as a unit. When your viewer clicks on the "broadcasts series", he or she will be able to browse through all the broadcasts ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=430 "Vernon, please help me. Can you figure out a way I can teach from home? Pleeeease?", Donna Kato claims she whined to her husband, after being delayed for hours at a desolate airport, trying to make her way back home after teaching a class. "I love to teach, it's just ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=383 For a student - and for most professionals - being able to give a good presentation or pitch is a key element of success. Some elements can be learned through reading theory; how much text should you use per slide? How many slides are appropriate? How should your slides be structured? ... http://www.faculte.com/blog/?p=360