Noteflight Learning Edition Integrates Online Notation Tools with Web-based Course Management

SAN ANTONIO – February 12, 2009 – Noteflight, LLC today unveiled its new Noteflight Learning Edition software product at the 2009 Technology Institute for Music Educators conference, applying its innovative online score editing technology to music teaching and learning online. Noteflight Learning Edition is based on the Noteflight Score Editor, a full-featured notation tool that displays, edits, prints and plays back music notation in any standard Web browser.

Noteflight Learning Edition includes a full notation editor, enabling students to do more than merely read and listen to music online: it actively engages students in making music. Noteflight Learning Edition’s online nature makes it nearly effortless for teachers to publish and share musical teaching materials with students, and for students to share their class work with teachers; there is nothing to copy, convert, upload or download. Students can access their resources and assignments from any Internet-enabled computer, and instructors can review and mark up work from anywhere.

Alex Ruthmann, assistant professor music education at University of Massachusetts – Lowell, says, “Noteflight Learning Edition provides a lot of value to subscribers. The product is always up-to-date and works on any computer with no installation hassles. And students have access to their school’s Noteflight Learning Community at home and at school – a big plus educationally.”

Noteflight Learning Edition provides a secure online space in which a school or organization’s members can freely create and share musical scores and resources. It integrates seamlessly with popular Web-based course management systems such as Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai and Haiku LMS. While these systems provide a general framework for building online courses and managing class rosters, Noteflight Learning Edition enables educators to work with music notation for the first time, much as they already handle text, videos and other Web-friendly media.

The product also makes life very simple for school IT personnel. Since it is a fully hosted online service, there are no burdensome software installations or upgrades. Its single sign-on integration means that students need only sign into their existing school website in order to access their Noteflight account.

For K-12 music teachers and schools in need of a course management system, Noteflight has partnered with Haiku Learning Systems to integrate Noteflight Learning Edition directly into Haiku LMS. Haiku LMS is a fully hosted, on-demand learning management system that offers an elegant, simple feature set aimed at the music teacher who wants to teach music, not learn about technology.

About Noteflight
Noteflight is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., a city where music, technology and education intersect every day. The company continues to develop both its signature music notation editor and website for online musicians, composers and educators, and offers a range of consulting and implementation services for custom applications built on the Noteflight platform. More information is available at www.noteflight.com.