e-Learning

The Client:

Al-Quds Open University started in 1975 based on the needs of the Palestinians for higher education. UNESCO General Conference has approved the university project in 1980. It adopts the Open Distance Learning (ODL) model.

The Problem:

Due its model, the Open Distance Learning, QoU decided to accelerate the adoption and best use of ICT-assisted Open Distance Learning (ODL). Demand for ODL in the region and societies already exist.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft, through its domain expert Dr. Ezz Hattab, developed an e-learning module that has been used to computerize courses offered by the university. Based on the suggested pedagogical model, MenusSoft developed a rich multimedia module in video/audio, synchronized with animated slides. Online exams and exercises have been introduced as well. The module is capable of being expanded and scaled as future needs dictate.

The Benefit:

QoU through its e-learning achieved the following:

-         Cost-Effectiveness: No need for students to loose travel time or expenses. Students can take as many courses as often as they need.

-         Flexibility: Students can choose from a variety of courses, and they can take advantage of an extensive reference library.

-         Customization: eLearning content can be tailored to the interests and career objectives of individuals.

-         Variety: Hundreds of in-depth courses can be available instantly; covering everything from business skills and to workplace safety.

Technologies & Skills used:

-         SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language)

-         RealProducer

-         Flash

-         DHTML

-         ASP/ADO .NET and

-         JavaScript

Educational software

The Client:

Students.jo is a local (Jordanian) web community for university, college, high school students, and teens. It offers all what students need. It offers free services and entertainments.

The Problem:

Students at universities, colleges, and high schools face problems due to unavailability of the material, e-courses, textbooks, tutorials, previous exams and exercises. Entertainment and digital devices are offered at higher prices that do not meet the financial capabilities of this segment of the society.  Demand for such products and services in Jordanare already exists.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft developed a framework for the educational software as services and commodities. The educational software includes most of the common courses (numbered as 101) for the universities. Previous exams of the general secondary exam are also automated and offered through a database with powerful search engine.   The offered courses have a canonical pedagogical model that does not have switching cost for the students. The framework is capable of being expanded and scaled as future needs dictate.

The Benefit:

Students.jo has the following features:

-         Brand Loyalty: By connecting members to a community, they are more likely to return on a regular basis. These repeat visits help develop a strong relationship.

-         Unified Resources: All resources will centralize information and records and make them easily accessible.

-         Distributed Content Generation: An empowering student to create their own content is a low-overhead alternative to manual data collection and reporting.

-         Dynamic, Up-to-Date Information: Because all of the information is dynamically generated, any changes members make to the community are reflected instantly across the system.

-         Web-Based: Because Student.jo is on the Web, it is accessible from anywhere, easy to update and customize, and platform independent.

Technologies & Skills used:

-         SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language)

-         RealProducer

-         Flash

-         DHTML

-         ASP/ADO .NET and

-         JavaScript

Electronic Medical Record

The Client:

The Royal Health Awareness Society (RHAS) promotes health awareness among a wider public, focusing on comprehensive access to information, and helps raise healthy and socially responsible citizens.

The Problem:

RHAS would like to offer Jordanians a full access to information related to health awareness. A comprehensive Health Management Information System should provide this information.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant Dr. Ezz Hattab proposed an EHR system that enables information sharing and interoperability through adopting e-health standards. The EHR system will be available for both public and private sectors through a national portal with necessary safeguards to protect patient privacy.

The Benefit:

EHR will have the following features:

-         Patient information is available at any point of care (Information Accessibility and Availability)

-         Reduce preventable medical errors and offer better healthcare (Effectiveness)

-         Enhance clinical decision-making (Competence)

-         Minimize printing, faxing, mailing, scanning, duplicate data entry, and shredding (Paperless environment)

-         Empower patients through a quality healthcare system (Responsiveness)

-         Cost reduction (time and money)

-         Provide continuous medical education for healthcare providers

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Consultation

Search Engines

The Client:

EurObjects is a European company. It offers various software products and services. It localizes web sites and portals in Europe and specifically in Greece .

The Problem:

EurObjects has clients with e-commerce and e-business systems. They have vast content with inefficient searching tool. Users usually face problems in searching the products catalog and their previous orders.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant Dr. Ezz Hattab developed a framework for search engines based on the PageRank algorithm proposed by Google search engine. Pages are indexed based on the inlink and outlink of the pages. Content stored in the databases are also retrieved based on efficient SQL queries. The framework is capable of being expanded and scaled as future needs dictate. Further, MeusSoft suggested a technique to optimize web sites to position their URLs at top ten of the searching results. Each keyword is optimized for a generic search engine (e.g., Google, yahoo, MSN, etc)

The Benefit:

The framework has the following features:

-         Efficient and accurate search results

-         Makes use of Google's Search Webservice.

-         Very easily customized to fit client’s needs.

-         Optimize web sites to rank higher positions at generic search engines. 

Technologies & Skills used:

-         C# Code

-         ASP/ADO .NET 

-         JavaScript

E-portfolio

The Client:

Applied Solutions and Knowledge Management Experts (ASKME) acts as a commercial umbrella and integrator for a variety of local, regional and international service and product providers.  ASKME operates by matching supply to demand from our comprehensive data/knowledge base of service and product suppliers.

The Problem:

ASKME started its business in event management and training market. They would like to follow up their employees and salespersons. They also promised their clients to follow up their competencies through an electronic portfolio accessible via the net.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft developed an electronic portfolio that track employees and customers through a web-based management system. MenusSoft suggested a number of techniques that makes ASKME able to generate intelligent reports to track performance and give feedback in the right time.

The Benefit:

The e-portfolio has the following features:

-         Generating intelligent reports

-         Drill up/down data.

-         E-Portfolio artifacts provide direct evidence of learning, and rubrics provide direct assessment of training.

-         This assessment system increases communication and coordination of firm and staff. 

Technologies & Skills used:

-         C# Code

-         ASP .NET

-         ADO .NET

Biometric Access Control System

The Client:

SafeAccess® is a development and marketing company of a fused biometric access control system. It develops a system that combines multiple technologies (i.e., Iris recognition, facial recognition, fingerprint identification) in a single unit. The system capable of recognizing individuals' unique physical characteristics, and using those characteristics as the basis of identification and verification.

The Problem:

SafeAccess is a research and development firm that would like to commercialize its products and findings using machine languages. They needed a quality assurance engineer to test the products and produce embedded systems that are integrated into real-time applications.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft supported SafeAccess by implementing its algorithms and scientific findings. Usually, MenusSoft uses C# to implement algorithms of Iris recognition, facial recognition, and fingerprint identification.

The Benefit:

The system has the following features:

-         To let authorized people, not just their credentials, into specific places.

-         Biometric devices verify who a person is by what they are, whether by hand, eye, fingerprint or voice characteristic.

-         Proven performance and reliability

-         One of the most attractive features of this biometric identification is its efficiency

Technologies & Skills used:

-         C# Code

-         ADO .NET

The Client:

IdealAccountant is a service company that offers tax calculation, sales taxes, auditing bookkeeping and accounting. It offers accounting information systems for SMEs in Jordan and Gulf area.

The Problem:

IdealAccountant has hundreds of clients. It offers them various accounting and taxes services. Each client has its special case, which made it difficult for IdealAccountant to adopt commercial of the shelf application to satisfy its clients’ need.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft offered IdealAcccountant a framework of accounting application system with a wizard that makes it easier for IdealAccountant to customize the product for large variety of firms. The framework is capable of being expanded and scaled as future needs dictate.

The Benefit:

The system has the following features:

-         Efficiency and Reliability of Accounting Department

-         Internal Controls

-         Costing

-         Management Information

-         Taxation

-         Raising Capital

Technologies & Skills used:

-         C# Code

-         ADO .NET 

Corporate Portal

The Client:

Al Jazy is a shipping and forwarding company established in 1975.  It provides a service to meet the client requirements and offers a complete package in the highest standards of the profession.

The Problem:

Al Jazy needs an application to have a secure accessing information (access right and audit manager), to provide online daily reports to other departments/branches and to access online daily reports from other departments/branches. It also needs to access important application/ links like Nurashia system.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft offered Al Jazy a web portal that is accessible from Intranet of the firm and outside the company as well. ·We supported the web site with a content management system CMS. The portal is connected to the Nurashia using XML parameters. ·We redesigned the desktop application to be a be web-enabled and activate the needed modules.· The framework is capable of being expanded and scaled as future needs dictate.

The Benefit:

The system has the following features:

-         Achieving economies of scale in developing more than one portal through use of the same infrastructure and technology. (For example, a B2E Al Jazy portal may also be utilized as a B2C portal, where the user’s profile controls which functionality and information they have access to.)

-         Cutting rollout MenusSoft by eliminating expensive applications

-         Avoiding nonstandard (proprietary) infrastructure through the use of standardized tools and technologies

-         Reducing IT staff in the area of user support--whether the users are internal or external--by developing self-service capabilities and easy access to applications

Technologies & Skills used:

-         ASP .NET

-         ADO .NET

-         JavaScript

-         XHTML/XML 

Graphic Design

The Client:

Albayina Co. provides multimedia CDs and educational software. It also localizes and distributes custom educational software in the middle east and Arab world.

The Problem:

Albayina needed a partner to outsource graphic design and multimedia production. They decided to have a sustainable relationship with MenusSoft to support them in the high quality graphic design and Mutlimedia production.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft offered Albayina graphics design and multimedia, from image processing for original and attractive presentation to cutting edge multimedia technologies (sound and video streaming, Flash, etc.)

The Benefit:

The system has the following features:

-         Cutting rollout MenusSoft by eliminating expensive applications

-         Reducing IT staff at Albayina

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Flash

-         Adobe

-         JavaScript

-         XHTML/XML

Feasibility Study

The Client:

Jeddah College for Information Technology is under construction. The ongoing preparation and strategic implementation of innovative and reliable technologies play a key role in enhancing educational systems in information technology.

The Problem:

Jeddah college need to accomplish a feasibility study to outline in depth the various alternatives examined and the implications and strengths and weaknesses of each. The project leaders need to study the feasibility study and challenge its underlying assumptions.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant/academician Dr. Ezz Hattab offered the college stakeholders a feasibility study with detailed implications, strengths and weaknesses.

The Benefit:

The feasibility study has answered the following questions:

-         Provide Stakeholders Go/No-Go Decision

-         Gives focus to the college project and outline alternatives

-         Enhances the probability of success by addressing and mitigating factors early on that could affect the project

-         Provides quality information for decision making

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Consultation

Medical Informatics Training

The Client:

InfoMD is a consulting organization dedicated to providing IT consulting services to the Healthcare industry, from hospitals to clinics and physicians offices.

The Problem:

InfoMD, which is a US-based company, looked for a local partner to hold training courses in medical informatics. Fortunately, MenusSoft made a partnership to offer such courses in Jordan and Gulf Area.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant Dr. Ezz Hattab offered many seminars/consultations and training courses with cooperation of speakers and consultants offered through InfoMD.

The Benefit:

The training courses and seminars have the following benefits:

-         To achieve a sufficient understanding of the basic of healthcare informatics and how it can help professionals and decision makers deliver better quality healthcare

-         The trainees gained an insight into how to best utilize information technology and productive in day-to-day activity of hospitals and clinics.

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Consultation and training

Medical Informatics Training

The Client:

Arab Medical Informatics Association (ARMIA) is an independent organization established in 2005. ARMIA plays an educational role in the application of information sciences and technology in the fields of healthcare and research in health informatics.

The Problem:

ARMIA is looking for group of consultants in the field of medical informatics to give consultation and training services.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant Dr. Ezz Hattab offered many proposals and curricula of medical informatics courses with cooperation of international speakers and consultants.

The Benefit:

The training courses and seminars have the following benefits:

-         To achieve a sufficient understanding of the basic of healthcare informatics and how it can help professionals and decision makers deliver better quality healthcare

-         The trainees gained an insight into how to best utilize information technology and productive in day-to-day activity of hospitals and clinics.

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Consultation and training

Medical Informatics Training

The Client:

Arab Medical Informatics Association (ARMIA) is an independent organization established in 2005. ARMIA plays an educational role in the application of information sciences and technology in the fields of healthcare and research in health informatics.

The Problem:

ARMIA is looking for group of consultants in the field of medical informatics to give consultation and training services.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant Dr. Ezz Hattab offered many proposals and curricula of medical informatics courses with cooperation of international speakers and consultants.

The Benefit:

The training courses and seminars have the following benefits:

-         To achieve a sufficient understanding of the basic of healthcare informatics and how it can help professionals and decision makers deliver better quality healthcare

-         The trainees gained an insight into how to best utilize information technology and productive in day-to-day activity of hospitals and clinics.

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Consultation and training

MIS Training

The Client:

The Ministry of Education in Jordan introduced “Informatics” as an educational stream in the secondary cycle. Dr. Ezz Hattab authored and supervised books like e-commerce and management information systems.

The Problem:

It is required to do training to the teachers who are going to teach courses of the informatics stream.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant Dr. Ezz Hattab offered a proposal and curricula of training courses with a schedule to offer training with cooperation of local speakers and consultants.

The Benefit:

The training courses and seminars have the following benefits:

-         To achieve a sufficient understanding of the basic of MIS stream and its learning outcomes.

-         The trainees gained an insight into how to best utilize information technology and productive in day-to-day activity of organization.

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Consultation and training

Knowledge Management

The Client:

The ministry of finance has a mission of meeting the development needs of the kingdom through securing financial resources, setting spending priorities, managing publics debt and providing suitable services for both public and private sectors.

The Problem:

It is required to do train employees in knowledge management to capture and transfer knowledge among employees and solve the problem of the turnover.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant Dr. Ezz Hattab offered a proposal and curricula of training courses with a schedule to offer training with cooperation of local speakers and consultants.

The Benefit:

The training courses and seminars have the following benefits:

-         Create a more knowledge aware, knowledge friendly culture, and Community of Practice(s) better suited to the emerging knowledge-based economy context

-         Allow more leveraging of knowledge assets through Knowledge Arbitrage strategies

-         Have better Knowledge Transfer occur in the execution of projects

-         Extend the global Reach, Richness, and Scope of the enterprise

-         It can be a tremendous Enabler allowing the organization and knowledge workers to share ideas and collaborate in ways that would not have been possible previously.

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Consultation and training

Feasibility Study

The Client:

HESI— for Economic Studies and Informatics is a Jordanian Company. It has been established in 2005, primarily as an international profit firm in Jordan . HESI expands its capabilities by building strategic alliances with International Business Advisors. Namely, in Swiss, France , German, and Greece .

The Problem:

HESI needs to outsource some issues related to feasibility study in the middle east and the region. Like any feasibility study, it should to outline in depth the various alternatives examined and the implications and strengths and weaknesses of each. The project leaders need to study the feasibility study and challenge its underlying assumptions.

The MenusSoft Solution:

MenusSoft through its consultant/academician Dr. Ezz Hattab offered the HESI many feasibility studies with detailed implications, strengths and weaknesses.

The Benefit:

The feasibility study has answered the following questions:

-         Provide Stakeholders Go/No-Go Decision

-         Gives focus to the college project and outline alternatives

-         Enhances the probability of success by addressing and mitigating factors early on that could affect the project

-         Provides quality information for decision making

Technologies & Skills used:

-         Consultation