Simplicity Galore

Launched no more than six months ago in December 2011, Coursekit is an online application that re-imagines the education experience for the Internet age by combining simple course management tools with social networking. Over 600 institutions use the service where teachers students can have discussions, share resources, and give and receive grade assignments on the spot. Yesterday, Coursekit announced it would change its name to Lore — co-founder and CEO Joseph Cohen explains that it “gives us freedom to grow, and reflects our belief that learning is about connecting people.” A very nice parallax scrolling microsite explains the name change and defines Lore as “knowledge shared between people.” The design was done in-house, led by Aaron Carambula. The process