ZEMNOTT - Education and Edutainment

ZEMNOTT has worked on some of the largest brands in the edutainment market. Brands like, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Carmen Sandiego, The Oregon Trail, and Storybook Weaver. We have also worked on productivity titles like Print Master, The Print Shop, Creative Keepsakes Scrapbook Designer, and Digital Blue’s Digital Movie Creator. We understand the balance between educational outcomes and student fun, and we create great products that students want to use, but that also provide maximum curriculum retention.

"ZEMNOTT's reputation as extremely competent industry veterans was immediately proven. We can trust them with a major brand like Mavis Beacon. ZEMNOTT's expertise allows publishers to relax and concentrate on the next project at hand."

(Bill Romer, Executive Producer for Riverdeep)

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing v20

Type Better - Email Faster - Work Smarter With a complete re-design, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 20 may not look familiar, but we promise that Mavis Beacon still provides guaranteed improvements in only 2 weeks. Mavis Beacon's unrivaled typing training program has great features that will benefit any user, from students just starting out to professionals looking to squeeze a few more emails into the work day.

Creative Keepsakes Scrapbook Designer

ZEMNOTT was hired to create a new version of Creative Keepsakes Scrapbooks designer. ZEMNOTT enhanced some features, removed obsolete features, and created new installers. We also created thousands of new clip art assets and project templates for the new release. ZEMNOTT used its stable of artists and designers to handle this massive task in a very short timeframe.

Print Master 17

ZEMNOTT was hired to create thousands of new clip art assets and project templates for the new release. We also created a new batch of animated greetings. ZEMNOTT used its stable of artists and designers to handle this massive task in a very short timeframe.

Reader Rabbit® Reading Builder EEV

ZEMNOTT created the Enhanced Educator version of Read Rabbit Builder for Riverdeep. ZEMNOTT modified the code and created the EEV Teacher Application for the product.

The Oregon Trail® 5th Edition EEV

ZEMNOTT created the Enhanced Educator version of The Oregon Trail 5th Edition. ZEMNOTT built the product to be network accessable and report back to Riverdeep's Learning Management System.

Storybook Weaver Deluxe

ZEMNOTT created a new version of Storybook Weaver for Riverdeep. We rebuilt the entire product in a cross platform code library and redesigned the entire interface. We also added thousands of new assets to the clip art libraries. ZEMNOTT then enhanced this new version to be network deployed and able to integrate into Riverdeep’s Learning Management System.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

ZEMNOTT ported the Windows version to a Mac/Windows cross platform code base. We also reprocessed the development environment to be Mac/Windows cross platform and used asset management tools to build cross platform resources. ZEMNOTT rewrote the entire code base and reprocessed all the art and sound assets. We also reprocessed the video tutorials to increase quality. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is the number one selling typing tutorial ever.

Xcel Energy Conservation Station Kiosk

Xcel Energy, a power company, needed an update to their Mall of America Kiosks for both the hardware and the software. ZEMNOTT provided programmers and artists to produce the software for the Mall of America "Conservation Station" kiosks. In addition, we provided system specification for the machines that would be used in the kiosks. ZEMNOTT created a “You Don’t Know Jack” style trivia game that needed to compete in the crazy environment of the Mall of America. This kiosk was able to keep and hold peoples’ attention for five years in the mall. This project also won a Silver Medal AiME award.