Who is Platte Canyon?
A Company Profile in Words
Platte Canyon Multimedia Software Corporation is focused on Microsoft Power Platform consulting to include development/training, agile product management, product owner, change management, and similar engagements. The company also has some legacy applications and tools in support of online training. These include learning management systems, authoring tools, training, plug-ins, and books aimed at e-Learning developers. Platte Canyon's Tracker.Net™ is used around the world to manage SCORM courses. SCORM Watch™ helps developers "build the perfect SCORM." AICC Watch™ helps developers perfect their AICC content. Our "Learning & Mastering ToolBook" series of training CD's are still available for ToolBook developers around the world. Visit our YouTube Channel and consider our popular Creating Business Applications with Microsoft 365 book.
Consulting
Platte Canyon's president, Jeff Rhodes, is now available as a consultant for Microsoft Power Platform development/training, agile product management, product owner, change management, and similar engagements. Jeff's resume is available at this link. Reach out to him at jrhodes@plattecanyon.com if you want to discuss possible consulting work.
Learning Management
Our legacy flagship product is our Tracker.Net™ Learning Management System. It tracks any SCORM-compliant
content.
Training
We excel in creating training classes for Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, Teams, OneDrive, and similar tecnologies. Contact us at sales@plattecanyon.com to discuss options.
We created the popular Learning & Mastering ToolBook series on CD-ROM that
provides in-depth, professional training on ToolBook. While ToolBook is no longer sold, please let us know if you have a copy and need training.
Tools
ToolBook:
While ToolBook is no longer sold, our Platte Canyon® Storyboarder and Plug-In Pro allow you to export the content and images within your books for reuse in other tools.
VBTrain.Net:
Platte Canyon was the first company in the world to advance the vision and
bring products to market that exploit the power of Microsoft®'s .NET
for e-Learning. This spawned Tracker.Net and other products. Please go to vbtrain.net for details.
SCORM/AICC
Platte Canyon created SCORM Watch in 2005 and it is still used by developers around the world to help "create the perfect SCORM" content.
We created a similar product for the AICC standard, AICC Watch as well.
Books
We are exciting to announce the new edition New Edition of Creating Business Applications with Microsoft 365: Techniques in Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint, and Power Automate by Jeff Rhodes has been published by Apress. Order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or other retailers.
As Platte Canyon Press, we published Programming for e-Learning Developers: ToolBook®, Flash®, JavaScript™, and Silverlight™
in 2009, VBTrain.Net™:
Creating Computer and Web Based Training with Visual Basic®.NET in
2002, and The ToolBook® Companion:
Solutions, Techniques, Expert Information, and OpenScript® Tips in 2001. The former two were written by Jeff Rhodes while The ToolBook Companion was written by Jeff Rhodes and Chris Bell.
Company History
Jeff Rhodes and Chris Bell founded Platte Canyon in 1996. The original Platte
Canyon team was completed in 1998 with the addition of Cindy Kessler. Chris
left in 2006 to become IT Director at the University of Colorado Law School. Prior to Platte Canyon, Jeff, Chris, and Cindy
were key members of Titan Corporation's Multimedia Training Division, where
they spent many years developing sophisticated CBT programs for major
telecommunications companies, the Utah Court System, the Alaska Court System,
and other customers. Jeff put Platte Canyon on the back burner in 2015 to join the U.S. federal workforce.