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try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message lyryx learning type private industry online learning and assessment founded 2000 headquarters calgary alberta canada area served global key people claude laflamme co founder ; keith nicholson co founder ; bruce bauslaugh chief technology officer products open source textbooks and content for the higher education market online formative assessments website lyryx learning lyryx learning inc. lyryx is a privately held educational software company founded in 2000 at the university of calgary in the province of alberta . contents 1 history 2 lyryx with open texts 3 features of lyryx learning products 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1997 claude laflamme and keith nicholson professors in the department of mathematics and statistics at the university of calgary began work on the design of online tools to support student learning in their classes . laflamme and nicholson developed and implemented a system which provided substantive feedback to students based on their work creating an effective formative assessment system . the system goes well beyond the typical right wrong summative grading technique of multiple choice style programs . in 2000 laflamme and nicholson together with two key contributors bruce bauslaugh and richard cannings decided to build a company to offer this platform to students in a number of quantitative disciplines . by 2010 lyryx supported approximately 100 000 students and 2 000 instructors per year in canada alone . in 2013 lyryx became a fully independent publisher supporting open educational resources . 1 lyryx with open texts edit after several years of developing formative online assessment for content from various publishers including mcgraw hill ryerson in canada and flat world knowledge in the us 2 lyryx returned to its roots in 2013 and launched lyryx with open texts a complete and adapted open content and support service for introductory service courses in mathematics & statistics and business & economics . the solution includes adapted open texts open texts adapted to the course content distributed at no cost . formative online assessment homework and practice to help students learn the material . course supplements any materials the instructor needs slides solution manuals test banks etc. user support all the assistance instructors and students need 365 days year . features of lyryx learning products edit adapted open texts lyryx provides editorial services to adapt open texts to specific courses . formative online assessment question bank each question generated algorithmically and automatically graded with individualized feedback to support learning . instructor tools lyryx helps instructors manage and monitor students participation and progress . user support daily lyryx support assists instructors with course set up and editing creating assignments handling all student inquire and assists students throughout their course . references edit math professor provides open texts to students and instructors across canada . university of calgary . utoday . retrieved 11 march 2016 . flatworld knowledge . marketwired . external links edit lyryx official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lyryx learning inc & oldid 733966204 categories educational software companieshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from may 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from october 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityorphaned articles from august 2016all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 07 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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