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April 15, 2011 04:50 pm GMT
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Online Education Startup Instructure Raises $8M From Eric Schmidt's Tomorrow Ventures, Tim Draper
Instructure, a startup that develops and open-source online learning management system, has raised $8 million in Series B funding led by OpenView Venture Partners, EPIC Ventures, Eric Schmidt's Tomorrow Ventures, and Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurveston. This investment brings Instructure's total funding $9.2 million. Instructure's software, Canvas, presents a more streamlined online course management product than competitors like Blackboard. The hosted SaaS solution features an integrated gradebook, assessment tools, discussions, multiple assignment submission types, rubrics and web chat. The SaaS also includes drag-and-drop file uploads, HTML5 video and automatic speech-to-text conversion. And it integrates with Google Docs and Facebook.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YfO64zRD0BE/
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