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Lumens version 5.0 development begins
Portland, OR – June 28, 2004

The Augusoft development team, in coordination with Product Manager Chad Losee, have begun building version 5.0 of the Lumens Lifelong Learning Management System. This newest version of Augusoft's flagship product is in the definition phase, where Losee and the development team have started to assemble product improvement suggestions gathered from the Augusoft customer support and sales teams.

Following the suggestions that were gathered on customer wish lists, Losee and Augusoft programmers have defined the new version to include three new modules in addition to other usability changes. The three new major modules slated for development in version 5.0 are:

• CEUs will allow Lumens staff users to define custom (or use industry standard) formula for calculating Continuing Education Units (CEUs), and award them to students who complete the recommended contact hours for a class. Class CEUs display on student transcripts and on Lumens grades and attendance reports.
• The Contract Training module will give Lumens administration and staff users the ability to create and manage a completely separate set of classes for use in contract training.
• The Class Profitability module will allow Lumens administration users to track actual expenses against budgeted expenses for individual classes and the ability to track individual expenses

Development of version 5.0 will progress through the summer to create and be ready for Beta release in early fall 2004.

About Augusoft
Augusoft, Inc., the #1 leader in non-credit education software market, develops and maintains Lumens - the first complete, entirely Web-based, customizable on-demand Lifelong Learning Management System (LLMS). Complementing and integrating with traditional academic and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Lumens is specifically designed for the unique needs of continuing education, customized contract training and workforce development programs.

Augusoft Lumens allows non-credit education programs the ability to outsource the liability, security, hosting and compliance issues that are analogous with online commerce. Augusoft Lumens users benefit from non-credit best practice features, comprehensive financial program analysis tools, greater user satisfaction, increased student registrations, 24/7 user access and improved program ROI. For more information about Augusoft, visit augusoft.net or call (612) 605-1200.

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