Dive Brief:
- Kadenze Inc. first provided a platform for arts-based massive open online courses and is now offering its purpose-built learning management system, Kannu, which was also designed for the media-rich content of arts and creative technology education.
- The company announced the launch of the LMS Thursday, but early adopters of the technology have been using the product for a year and include the California Institute of the Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Stanford University, OTIS College of Art and Design, and Goldsmiths University of London.
- Kannu offers a custom design for each school, analytics tracking opportunities for institutions and individual faculty members, and a public-facing portfolio element for students in a fully responsive platform across operating systems.
Dive Insight:
Kadenze was created by arts and creative technology educators Ajay Kapur and Perry R. Cook. They discovered the limitations of traditional MOOC platforms when offering a computer science course to art students in 2012 and learned of even more limitations when trying to create their own platform.
In the end, Kadenze was custom-built from scratch. They have a full production studio and a dedicated director, producer, designer, writer, musician, and video editor for each course they develop. The new LMS will expand Kadenze’s focus on the needs of arts-based programs across the industry, giving schools an alternate option for internal use.