CHICO, Calif. Oct 28, 2001/PRNewswire/ -- OPTX International's ScreenWatch™ software teams up with San Diego State University's Public Health and Nursing Programs to train nurses and other health professionals online. In Chico, California, for ten years, OPTX is a leader of streaming screen recording technology for classrooms. ScreenWatch software is acknowledged as the best solution for incorporating high-quality recordings of screen activity into streamed presentations.
     Robert L. Seidman, associate professor of public health uses ScreenWatch for the distance learning offerings by San Diego State University's Public Health and Nursing Programs. "We provide training for different types of health care workers," reports Seidman. "It is this part of our education project that harnesses information and sends it over the Internet targeting working nurses and other health care professionals."
    Before ScreenWatch, Seidman could not find easy-to-use software with the same capabilities. "ScreenWatch is the only software that allowed us access to full-motion capabilities. But the major benefit of using ScreenWatch is that this software allows us to develop tutorials that demonstrate how to use complicated software so public health pr ofessionals learn new programs quickly. I like the streaming capabilities that ScreenWatch offers, and I really appreciate their technical support. It has been superb."
    ScreenWatch is ideal for incorporating computer graphics, including full-motion video, into web-based tutorials. This software streams live or archived content, and makes it easy to Webcast screen activity and PowerPoint presentations simultaneously. ScreenWatch's new Classroom Edition automatically launches, PowerPoint, Corel Presenter, and StarOffice Presenter, and the advanced mimio® whiteboard system. The Classroom Edition contains a microphone, the mimio system, RealProducer, a ScreenWatch recorder and CD-ROM kit, and a USB video capture device.
    "What makes this Classroom Edition a great choice is our new Click and Stream™ Wizard," comments Brian Meyerpeter president and CEO of OPTX. "This wizard takes educators step-by-step through a simple recording process. ScreenWatch blends screen capture, audio, video, whiteboard, and streaming functions and publishes presentations in one step. The new mimio whiteboard offers the advantage of capturing everything written or drawn to a computer in color and real-time. With the new Click and Stream Wizard, educators are no longer mired in production details," adds Meyerpeter.
    This multiplatform software supports screen playback on Windows, Linux, Sun and Macintosh computers. ScreenWatch supports RealServer™ on Linux®, Solaris™, and HP-UX as well as Windows 2000 and Windows NT servers.
    OPTX is used by organizations requiring high-quality screen recording and playback for workplace communications, training, and education. Harvard University Business School, Stanford University, the University of Maryland, the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense/Defense Intelligence Agency, Oracle, Verizon, Avaya, the National Medical Library, and Tivoli Systems have adopted ScreenWatch. ScreenWatch is distributed worldwide. Visit www.screenwatch.com, call 530/899-2100 or e-mail sales@optx.com.

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NOTE: RealNetworks is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. ScreenWatch is a trademark of OPTX International. Solaris is the trademark of Sun Microsystems. ------Windows Media Player 7 is a trademark of Microsoft. Mimio is a registered trademark of Virtual Ink. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.