by CYPHER LEARNING

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1. Company overview
NEO is a world class, award winning LMS for use by schools and universities. The platform is
known for its easy-to-use and beautiful user interface, comprehensive set of innovative features,
and pricing that provides great value for money. With NEO its easy to create great classes that
students will enjoy anytime, everywhere.

Combining knowledge gained from years of experience working with schools, districts, and
universities, NEO provides a complete solution that incorporates all the tools educators and
students need in their activities.

NEO is a product of CYPHER LEARNING, a company that specializes in providing e-learning

platforms for organizations around the world. CYPHER LEARNING provides a similar LMS for
use by businesses called MATRIX. Both NEO and MATRIX are used by over 20,000
organizations, support 40+ languages, have millions of users, and have won several awards.

NEO is used by organizations ranging from large universities such as STI in the Philippines,
school districts such as Santa Barbara Unified School District, to small schools with 20 students
in Spain.
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NEO was launched in 2007 by Graham Glass, the CEO of CYPHER LEARNING and a serial
entrepreneur with a track record of innovation.

Our mission is to make teaching and learning an enjoyable experience from beginning to end.
Our goal is to help clients get the best results by providing them with a beautiful, easy to use, and
comprehensive solution.

Our vision for the future captures the essence of who we are, which is our passion for education
and our commitment to bring the best user experience to our clients around the world.

Awards
EDTECH DIGEST AWARDS PROGRAM 2016 FINALIST
NEO was selected as one of the finalists for the EdTech Digest Awards
Program 2016 in the Learning management systems category.

GESS AWARDS FOR EDUCATION 2016 FINALIST

NEO was selected in January 2016 as one of the finalists for the GESS
Awards for Education in the category Best Paid for ICT / App Product.

TOP 3 LMS FOR HIGHER ED IN THE

TOP 50 LMS 2016 RANKINGS REPORT
NEO was selected as one of the best education LMSs by famous
e-learning blogger Craig Weiss in his reports Top 50 LMSs for 2016
and Top 50 LMSs for 2015.
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2. Why choose NEO?

NEO is unique in its offerings. Here are some of the reasons for which schools choose NEO:

An intuitive user interface that keeps users engaged

A comprehensive set of features that enhances learning and teaching activities

Cloud-based architecture designed for easy implementation

License fees that are half the price of other vendors

Extensive support at every step of our collaboration

WHY DO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FIND NEO VALUABLE FOR LEARNING?

Teachers enjoy using NEO at school because it makes their lives easier. They can organize
all their classes and respective learning materials in a central repository, where students
can find them easily. The analytics and reporting tools offer teachers clear insights on
where students fall behind, or who could take up some extra-points activities. Last but not
least, NEO's gradebook makes teachers forget that they ever used Excel spreadsheets for
assessing students.

Students love NEO LMS especially for its gamification features and
collaboration tools. Points, badges, and leaderboards make learning more fun
and engaging, while chats, forums, and groups provide a safe environment for
online participation in a class. Also, being able to access NEO from the app on
their mobile devices, makes students more self-directed learners and involved
in academic activities even when they are not at school.
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EASY TO USE

Every single aspect of our LMS is designed with the user's needs in mind, whether theyre
teachers, students, or admins. NEO is designed to boost student productivity and teacher
utilization. Students are more engaged when using NEOs intuitive user interface, while
educators can spend more time focusing on teaching and connecting with their students.

EASY TO IMPLEMENT

Our platform is designed to ensure an easy implementation. Most customers are able to
configure and customize their site with their site within a few hours, not months. Our support
staff is always ready to help with any concerns and web design consulting if needed. Here are
the typical steps in an implementation https://www.neolms.com/info/implementation.

SUITED TO YOUR NEEDS

NEO can be personalized to fit the specific needs of different users, from young children through
college students, from small K-12 schools to districts of universities, for students that speak
different languages, and more.

REDUCES COSTS

Our pricing is driven by your campus enrollment

and deployment needs. NEO helps you save
money, by providing a solution that will actually
be used by teachers and students. Training and
support costs are minimized and our license
fees are half the price of other vendors.
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3. Features that improve the learning process

NEO offers a centralized environment for creating classes, assigning and submitting homework,
taking assessments, collaborating with classmates, and analyzing results.

SUPPORT FOR CLASSES

Educators can choose the type of class that best suits their teaching style such as instructor-led,
blended, or self-paced.

BUILT-IN CONTENT AUTHORING

Our content authoring tools allow you to create rich, engaging lessons without any technical
knowledge.
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GRAPHICAL DASHBOARDS

We provide graphical tile-based dashboards which allows users to get access to the most
important information for each user type.

GRAPHICAL CLASS CATALOG

Display classes in an attractive graphical catalog that helps keep them organized and provides
an overview of useful information for students.
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GAMIFICATION

Students enjoy gamified elements and earning rewards, which leads to increased student
retention and higher completion rates.

LEARNING PATHS

Inspire students to achieve goals by enrolling them in learning paths and reward their
accomplishments with certificates and badges.
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ASSESSMENT

Teachers can get valuable data on where students fall behind, or who could take up some
extra-points activities to improve results. You can evaluate students effortlessly and track their
progress at any point in the learning process.

GRADEBOOK

We provide a powerful, reliable gradebook that makes keeping track of grades easier and offers
a centralized view of all students results.
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CURRICULA AND PROFICIENCIES

Create your own curricula or use the preloaded US common core standards and Next
Generation science standards. You can align content and assessments with proficiencies in a
curriculum, then view a coverage analysis to see how well your class covers the curriculum. You
can track student progress on a proficiency basis and get a detailed view of how students are
understanding the concepts.

ANALYTICS AND REPORTING

Get access to valuable insight for each user type and all levels, whether its class-wide,
school-wide, or district-wide. Teachers can see immediately performance results, where
students fall behind, or who could take up some extra-points activities to improve results.
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COLLABORATION TOOLS

We provide a safe environment for collaboration in a class. Communication between teachers

and students is considerably improved using tools such as groups, chats, and forums.

CUSTOMIZABLE

Customize NEO to match your schools identity by adding a personalized logo, color scheme,
terminology, and more.
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PARENTS

Parents can use NEO to communicate with school staff and access their childrens grades and
track their progress.

MOBILE ACCESS

All users can seamlessly access class information anytime, anywhere. Use our mobile apps for
iOS and Android to enjoy the full functionality of NEO on the go. Students can easily keep track
of their schedule and become more involved in academic activities even when they are not at
school.
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INTEGRATIONS AND STANDARDS

We help users save time and increase their productivity by offering seamless integration with
their favourite third-party tools.
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4. 2016 Roadmap highlights

We have a huge number of features that will be added over the course of this year, here are just
a few of them:

More district-wide analytics;

Ad-hoc reporting;

Annotate assignment submissions using FlexPaper;

Integration with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn;

Lots of community content via our built-in library system;

Peer assessment;

Section 508 compliance;

Windows mobile app;

Adaptive learning;

UK, Australian, and US state curriculum standards.

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5. Summary
NEO is a powerful e-learning solution that helps schools achieve their academic plans, cut costs,
and even improve profit. We are happy to provide a live demo of our LMS if you require additional
information. For more details about NEO, please contact us at [email protected].

www.neolms.com