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CAN-8 VirtuaLab
Interactive Virtual Language Classrooms

By Sounds Virtual Inc

     




Give them the power of Languages
CAN-8 VirtuaLab
Interractive Virtual Language Classrooms

By Sounds Virtual Inc

     

Give them the world




CAN-8 VirtuaLab
Virtual Language classrooms

By Sounds Virtual Inc

.
     

About CAN-8 VirtuaLab

The CAN-8 VirtuaLab is a cloud-based language learning solution specializing in oral production for any world language via the delivery of dynamic teacher-led curriculum.

The CAN-8 VirtuaLab is a cloud-based language learning solution specializing in oral production for any world language via the delivery of dynamic teacher-led curriculum.

A Personalized Study Program

Each student, school-age or adult, has different individual academic needs and challenges that standardized curriculum does not address. The CAN-8 VirtuaLab allows teachers to easily customize the curriculum to target these needs and focus on specific challenges such as pronunciation, comprehension, intonation, rhythm patterns, expressions and dialects.

An Adaptable Pace

The software is designed to provide students with the closest experience possible to a language immersion course through exercises that simulate conversations and group discussions. Each student is given the opportunity to express themselves individually and practice their new language at their own pace - as often as they want and for as long as they need to achieve proficiency.

Reduced Workloads

With teachers' workloads in mind, CAN-8 is designed to simplify the evaluation of student work. Answers are loaded automatically, organized in an easy-to-read colour-coded table and available to the instructor instantly as the student progresses through their work, thus saving valuable time.

A Versatile Tool

Teachers can engage with their students, participate in group discussions and give oral feedback providing valuable assistance and encouragement to each student on their individual continuum of learning.
Much more than just a practice tool, the CAN-8 VirtuaLab allows for the creation of placement tests, quizzes and evaluations.

Enhanced Security

Sites with curriculum materials that must be kept confidential, such as government departments or corporate offices, may easily implement a private in-house cloud server. This ensures the highest level of security for training materials, as they are not accessible outside the internal network.
Multiple levels of protection exist within CAN-8 to ensure that users' names, responses and marks are only available to authorized personnel as specified by the system administrator.
The design of CAN-8 also limits the ability of users to copy material from the lessons, keeping your curriculum securely stored on the server and preventing students from sharing it with their peers.

A Cost Saving Solution

A Cost Saving Solution

Institutions can easily share the CAN-8 platform among several departments and campuses and use it for multiple languages.
CAN-8 sites can sell or trade their developed material with other CAN-8 clients to maximize returns on investment.
Network based licenses allow cost-effective sharing of resources with no per-student or per-station restrictions on utilization.

Institutions can easily share the CAN-8 platform among several departments and campuses and use it for multiple languages.
CAN-8 sites can sell or trade their developed material with other CAN-8 clients to maximize returns on investment.
Network based licenses allow cost-effective sharing of resources with no per-student or per-station restrictions on utilization.

Features



The CAN-8 VirtuaLab includes 4 main components which allow teachers to design their curriculum, register and group their students, monitor, encourage and score them, and a component for students to access this curriculum.

The Planner

Design your curriculum

Easily develop or change your customized curriculum. From simple practice templates to advanced per-item timers for assessments (...)

CAN-8 includes templates with easy to use drag-drop features for text, graphics and audio. Instructors may incorporate existing material or make new recordings directly into CAN-8 to rapidly create lesson items. The audio can be edited within the template, removing the need to manipulate the file in a 3rd party software before.

CAN-8 also provides advanced features such as listening limits, synchronized text and audio, and a variety of feedback options for proficiency evaluations, placement tests or assessments.

The Planner

Easy to use drag-drop features for text, graphics and audio with templates to simplify the development of customized curriculum material. An integrated audio editor removes the need to learn 3rd party software. Instructors may incorporate existing material or make new recordings directly into CAN-8 to rapidly create lesson items.

Advanced features such as listening limits, synchronized text and audio, and a variety of feedback options are also available to develop proficiency evaluations, placement tests or assessments.

The Tracker

Monitor and give feedback

Students' answers, written or oral, are organized and displayed for the instructor as soon as a student selects the next question (...)

The students' answers, written or oral, are instantly available to the instructor from the Tracker screen as soon as the student moves to the next question. They are organized automatically per student and can be reviewed in real time or later, from anywhere. Instructors can leave personalized oral feedback, assign marks to each answer and export them from within that interface.






The Tracker



The Tracker eliminates the need for students to manually submit their work for evaluation. The students' answers, written or oral, are instantly available to the instructor as soon as the student moves to the next question. They can be reviewed in real time or later, from anywhere. Personalized oral feedback, and exportable marks can be given for each answer.

The Manager

Organize your system

Customize your system layout to fit your organization's needs. Organize student and curriculum access by language or level (...)

Manage your students in a secure and organized way. Group them into classes and assign specific lessons based on the language or level they are learning.
This component allows the teacher to have full control over student registration, ensuring that all work and marks are kept confidential with only authorized staff members able to access the students' material.
CAN-8 provides full reports to evaluate the usage and verify the completion of the assigned work.

The Manager



Manage students in a secure and organized way. Group students into classes and assign specific lessons based on language or level. This component allows the teacher to have full control over student registration, ensuring that all work and marks are kept confidential with only authorized staff members able to access the students' material.

CAN-8 provides full reports to evaluate the usage and verify the completion of the assigned work.

The Player

The student Work area

When logged into the site, students can access their lessons, listen to instructor feedback or complete assigned tests (...)

When logged into the site, students can access their assigned lessons, take tests, and participate in group conversations that can be recorded.
Students are advised at login of any feedback left by the teachers and can click on these alerts to open the activity that includes the message.






The Player





When logged into the site, students can access their assigned lessons, take tests, and participate in group conversations that can be recorded.
Students are advised at login of any feedback left by the teachers and can click on these alerts to open the activity that includes the message.

Applications

Different ways to use CAN-8

CAN-8 VirtuaLab is not only a powerful language teaching platform, it is also:

CAN-8 VirtuaLab is not only a powerful language teaching platform, it is also:



Language Training

Since 1993, CAN-8 has been used as the language training tool in many colleges and universities in North America and around the world.
Understanding that practice is the key to fluency, CAN-8 offers a wide variety of tools and options to facilitate students' oral production and comprehension, which combined with traditional in class teaching, results in a complete learning experience.


Our clients say:

Seneca college, Toronto, Ontario
"The English Language Institute (ELI) at Seneca College makes extensive use of CAN-8 to enhance the language learning experience for hundreds of students every semester. CAN-8 adds hours of customized out-of class practice that helps ELI students improve essential language skills, including grammar and vocabulary development, in a safe, non-threatening, learner-centred environment.
In class, CAN-8 is an effective support to ELI faculty in curriculum delivery, allowing professors to easily develop meaningful and relevant activities for students. The software is also invaluable for in and out of class assessments."
... Martine Allard, director of the ELI department


Faculté des Arts et des Sciences, Université de Montréal
Since 2000, CAN-8 VirtuaLab (developed by Sounds Virtual) has revolutionized the language learning experience for students and teachers alike in the Faculté des arts et des sciences at the University of Montreal. Not only does CAN-8 allow teachers to provide training material and real time interaction with their classes, it also gives the opportunity for students to learn independently and at their own pace.
The services offered under the support and maintenance agreement provided by Sounds Virtual have been exceptional, not only because we get the latest features and possibilities offered by CAN-8 with the maintenance updates, but mostly for their wonderful support. I can now run the Faculty's computer labs with absolute peace of mind, knowing that when needed, I receive immediate assistance from my support contact - as if she were right next to me!
... Djouher Hanifi - Responsable de laboratoire

Our Clients Say:

Seneca college, Toronto, Ontario "The English Language Institute (ELI) at Seneca College makes extensive use of CAN-8 to enhance the language learning experience for hundreds of students every semester. CAN-8 adds hours of customized out-of class practice that helps ELI students improve essential language skills, including grammar and vocabulary development, in a safe, non-threatening, learner-centred environment. In class, CAN-8 is an effective support to ELI faculty in curriculum delivery, allowing professors to easily develop meaningful and relevant activities for students. The software is also invaluable for in and out of class assessments."
... Martine Allard, director of the ELI department
Faculté des Arts et des Sciences, Université de Montréal
Since 2000, CAN-8 VirtuaLab (developed by Sounds Virtual) has revolutionized the language learning experience for students and teachers alike in the Faculté des arts et des sciences at the University of Montreal. Not only does CAN-8 allow teachers to provide training material and real time interaction with their classes, it also gives the opportunity for students to learn independently and at their own pace.
The services offered under the support and maintenance agreement provided by Sounds Virtual have been exceptional, not only because we get the latest features and possibilities offered by CAN-8 with the maintenance updates, but mostly for their wonderful support. I can now run the Faculty's computer labs with absolute peace of mind, knowing that when needed, I receive immediate assistance from my support contact - as if she were right next to me!
... Djouher Hanifi - Responsable de laboratoire

Placement tests and exams

CAN-8 includes all the tools necessary to create government mandated assessments and exams, self-correcting quizzes, placement tests and timed evaluations.

Our clients say:

McGill University, Montreal, QC.

"CAN-8 has offered our institution a consistent and reliable means of delivering language evaluations for years. It is easy to leave feedback for students and allow them to view their results after a test has been graded. In addition, the Sounds Virtual customer support team is phenomenal. They are readily available to answer questions and provide support when needed."
... Jennica Grimshaw
Educational Technology Consultant | Consultante en technologie éducative


Canadore College, North Bay Ontario
As a long time using CAN-8 for our ESL / EAP program, working with the Sounds Virtual Team has been an absolute joy. Their expertise and ability to relate to the problems we face as teachers and helping us solve complex issues has proven invaluable to the success of our program. We are thankful for their professionalism and look forward to continuing our collaboration with them using CAN-8.
... Ksenia G.
B.F.A., M.A., TESL Ontario, ESL/EAP technologist

McGill University, Montreal, Qc.

"CAN-8 has offered our institution a consistent and reliable means of delivering language evaluations for years. It is easy to leave feedback for students and allow them to view their results after a test has been graded. In addition, the Sounds Virtual customer support team is phenomenal. They are readily available to answer questions and provide support when needed."
... Jennica Grimshaw
Educational Technology Consultant | Consultante en technologie éducative


Canadore College, North Bay Ontario
As a long time using CAN-8 for our ESL / EAP program, working with the Sounds Virtual Team has been an absolute joy. Their expertise and ability to relate to the problems we face as teachers and helping us solve complex issues has proven invaluable to the success of our program. We are thankful for their professionalism and look forward to continuing our collaboration with them using CAN-8.
... Ksenia G.
B.F.A., M.A., TESL Ontario, ESL/EAP technologist

Language preservation

Currently CAN-8 is being used by several First Nation groups to preserve and teach Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, Cayuga, Interior Salish, Mi'kmaq, and other languages and dialects. CAN-8 is the perfect solution to preserve oral traditions threatened with extinction due to a declining population of native speakers. At the same time, it can be used to teach languages where there is little or no existing teaching material. Non-Roman and syllabic characters are fully supported with customizable virtual keyboards to facilitate typing text in these less common languages.


Our clients say:

Akwesasne Economic Development Agency (AEDA) - Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Since 2005, AEDA has been developing courseware using the CAN-8 VirtuaLab program. This wonderful tool is used to assist with language acquisition and language maintenance. It can also be very helpful in providing additional support to learners in the classroom.

Multiple languages can be input simultaneously on similar subject matters. This is very important for Haudenosaunee language learners because a learner can see and hear the modifications that occur from Mohawk, to Oneida, to Onondaga, to Cayuga and to Seneca.
AEDA's CAN-8 based curriculum includes stories, songs, speeches, our history and culture, and any other content imaginable. This is an excellent source of knowledge.
In Akwesasne, the program is being used in the local schools, government offices both on the Canadian and U.S side, in the library and in the comfort of people's homes.
The CAN-8 VirtuaLab is a great way to preserve our language and culture for future generations and it is an economicly-viable solution to preserve, protect, and revitalize First Nation's Languages.
... Karen Mitchell - Executive Director


University College of the North (UCN) - Thompson, Manitoba, Canada

The University College of the North (UCN) in northern Manitoba uses CAN8 to deliver university-level Cree language courses to campuses in Thompson, The Pas and Regional Centres throughout northern Manitoba. Students enrol in the course from their local community and the instructor can teach and monitor from any location. UCN is an institution devoted to community and northern development and reflects the Aboriginal reality and cultural diversity of the regions.


Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo Private School - Six Nations, Ontario, Canada
"In our community we use the CAN-8 VirtuaLab as a new tool in our endeavour to preserve our heritage languages. Our elder speakers are passing on and our language and cultural resources pass with them.
In the language lab, the students engage with their teachers and this has been a great aide to the language instructors and the students' learning. As well, teachers use the CAN-8 lab to assign homework. The students then use the lab from home. Parents and/or community members can engage in, and benefit from, language learning along with the students, after hours from their homes.
Currently, we are creating audio, video and text-based curriculum materials in CAN-8 in order to enhance the cultural component of the lab experience, for both school and home."
... Donna Bomberry, Coordinator of the Language Preservation Project

Our clients say:

Akwesasne Economic Development Agency (AEDA) - Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Since 2005, AEDA has been developing courseware using the CAN-8 VirtuaLab program. This wonderful tool is used to assist with language acquisition and language maintenance. It can also be very helpful in providing additional support to learners in the classroom.

Multiple languages can be input simultaneously on similar subject matters. This is very important for Haudenosaunee language learners because a learner can see and hear the modifications that occur from Mohawk, to Oneida, to Onondaga, to Cayuga and to Seneca.
AEDA's CAN-8 based curriculum includes stories, songs, speeches, our history and culture, and any other content imaginable. This is an excellent source of knowledge.
In Akwesasne, the program is being used in the local schools, government offices both on the Canadian and U.S side, in the library and in the comfort of people's homes.
The CAN-8 VirtuaLab is a great way to preserve our language and culture for future generations and it is an economicly-viable solution to preserve, protect, and revitalize First Nation's Languages.
... Karen Mitchell - Executive Director


University College of the North (UCN) - Thompson, Manitoba, Canada

The University College of the North (UCN) in northern Manitoba uses CAN8 to deliver university-level Cree language courses to campuses in Thompson, The Pas and Regional Centres throughout northern Manitoba. Students enrol in the course from their local community and the instructor can teach and monitor from any location. UCN is an institution devoted to community and northern development and reflects the Aboriginal reality and cultural diversity of the regions.


Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo Private School - Six Nations, Ontario, Canada
"In our community we use the CAN-8 VirtuaLab as a new tool in our endeavour to preserve our heritage languages. Our elder speakers are passing on and our language and cultural resources pass with them.
In the language lab, the students engage with their teachers and this has been a great aide to the language instructors and the students' learning. As well, teachers use the CAN-8 lab to assign homework. The students then use the lab from home. Parents and/or community members can engage in, and benefit from, language learning along with the students, after hours from their homes.
Currently, we are creating audio, video and text-based curriculum materials in CAN-8 in order to enhance the cultural component of the lab experience, for both school and home."
... Donna Bomberry, Coordinator of the Language Preservation Project

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About our Licenses

CAN-8 is sold with a license that allows a specific concurrent number of connections to the cloud. This number depends on the needs of the site. These connections are not limited to specific workstations, to geographical location, or to individual users. CAN-8 can be installed on any number of workstations, can be installed for remote access (home users) or for in-lab use and you can register up to 65000 users within CAN-8.

When a user starts CAN-8, the software first checks to see if a license is available to use. If yes, a license is removed from the pool of licenses and assigned to that user. When the user exits the application, or the license is idle for a period, the license goes back into the pool, becoming available to other users.

This Licensing method offer several advantages:

  • Cost-effective. The initial cost of the license is divided by the number of students and the number of years the system is being used, thus quickly becoming a much more affordable solution than individual or per-station licensing.
  • Complete licensing control: The licensing distribution is customizable by the client. Organizations can choose whether students can access the licenses online or in specific classrooms or labs. Use of licenses can also be scheduled for certain periods of time and within certain labs. Once on-line users are deleted from the software, they no longer have access to your licenses.

This Licensing method offer several advantages:

  • Cost-effective. The initial cost of the license is divided by the number of students and the number of years the system is being used, thus quickly becoming a much more affordable solution than individual or per-station licensing.
  • Complete licensing control: The licensing distribution is customizable by the client site. Sites can make their licenses available online or not, can reserve these licenses for lab use only for part of the day and make them available online at evening time, or on specific days. Once on-line users are deleted from the software, they no longer have access to your licenses.

Licensing can be purchased permanently or annually. For details regarding the difference between both, or for an estimate of the number of licenses that would best serve your site's needs, please contact us at info@can8.com

Other services we offer

Cloud hosted solution

As the developers of the CAN-8 system, we understand how to manage systems so that they are always operational. The Sounds Virtual Cloud is like having your own datacenter without having to purchase or manage it:
  • Safe and secure installation
  • Fast and reliable connection
  • Daily backup and monitoring
  • Professionally managed servers

Training

Sounds Virtual Inc organizes a free group training once a year in Canada. All clients are welcome to participate to these workshops. Additional on-site training can be purchased from Sounds Virtual Inc. for a group of users, targeting the specific needs of the site. For details about pricing and to evaluate the needs of your site, contact us directly.

training@can8.com

Support and maintenance

Sounds Virtual includes one full year of free support and maintenance when you purchase a CAN-8 system. During the support term, our technical experts will give you dedicated assistance with using the CAN-8 system, resolving technical issues with data management tasks such as server backups, or migrations to other server hardware. The maintenance aspect provides your site with the most recent versions of the CAN-8 software include all enhancements and fixes made at no extra cost. This service can be renewed on a yearly basis.


We are proud to be Canadian! All our services are offered in English and in French.

About Sounds Virtual Inc.

Our commitment

Our Experience

Sounds Virtual Inc. released its first version of CAN-8 VirtuaLab in 1993. Since then, our team has entirely dedicated itself to put CAN-8 at the forefront of language teaching technology.

Our Goal

To help students reach language proficiency with a virtual immersion learning system that complements the class curriculum, and provide teachers with tools that facilitate their teaching and monitoring workload.

Development

Since the initial concept of CAN-8 VirtuaLab, we are constantly adding new innovations, capabilities, and support for hardware as it becomes available. In consultation with our clients, we regularly incorporate their requirements, making CAN-8 an outstanding solution for language training.

Support

We believe that our commitment to our clients goes beyond the delivery of the software. Our in-house support team consists of experienced specialists who can assist technically and with the use of the software. We take pride in providing knowledgeable, friendly support that is widely recognized for its dedication and efficiency.

Contact us

General Enquiries

For CAN-8 general enquiries about our products, to request an onsite demonstration, to organize onsite training

               416 968 7155
          Toll Free in North America:
                1 855 305 9937
          info@can8.com

         
416 968 7155
Toll Free in North America:
1 855 305 9937
         
info@can8.com


Sales and Administration

To order CAN-8 or one of the services offered, for a quotation, or an invoice:

                416 968 7155 ext.505
          Toll Free in North America:
                1 855 305 9937 ext.505
          sales@can8.com


416 968 7155 ext.505
Toll Free in North America:
1 855 305 9937 ext.505

sales@can8.com

Support

For software technical support, software assistance, bug reports, to renew or to enquire about the status of your maintenance agreement:

                416 968 7155 ext.502
          Toll Free in North America:
                1 855 305 9937 ext.502
          support@can8.com


416 968 7155 ext.502
Toll Free in North America:
1 855 305 9937 ext.502

support@can8.com

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