MARVIN is an international multi-award winning training, education and presentation program from the Northern Territory Institute for Community Education and Development (NTICED) that uses customised 3D animated characters to communicate important information to community and school based audiences.

Through the integration of real voice, computer generated voice, written text, images, video and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, users can quickly and easily create or customise presentations that accurately reflect the cultural, lingual and social attributes of target audiences.

By communicating to different groups in their own language and with their own cultural meaning, communications become relevant, engaging and interesting. Microsoft’s Partners in Learning initiative is pleased to support NTICED to provide access to MARVIN software licenses for all Australian schools from 2008.

Applying for access to MARVIN software

We know that schools often vary in their IT infrastructure and support requirements. NTICED believe that some implementation training is necessary to ensure that schools get the most out of MARVIN from day one. Regional and state based MARVIN implementation training courses are currently being scheduled for 2008.

For MARVIN training in your state click here. Schools who attend MARVIN training will receive a copy of the MARVIN software for a small administration and training fee. The copy can be registered to provide unlimited copies for educational use by teachers and students at the school.

Can’t make it to training?

Should your school be unable to attend MARVIN training NTICED will work with your school to find the best way to provide access and support.

Start the registration process

To find out more about MARVIN and register your school’s online select one of the flags below that corresponds to your country of origin.

Disclaimer

Only microsoft agent Marvin characters downloaded through this site and through the Microsoft Marvin Partners in Learning scheme will be provided with full technical support for the characters themselves and all builds of the Marvin program.

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An online version of the brouchure (.pdf) is now available.
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1,363,929 school users from 31 countries are using Marvin.