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Online Training Course FeaturesSkill
Assessment:
Generates a customized
learning path based on the results of a pre-test of your skills before taking a
course. The pre-test identifies individual strengths and weaknesses, allowing
you to take only the units you havent mastered.
Allows testing at any
time and is available from within each course.
Tracks your scores by
unit. Initial, current, and best scores are tracked. Scores are available to
view on screen or for administrators to print immediately.
Provides a post-test.
You'll know how well you've mastered the material once this test is completed.
Allows any course to
be taken and your best score to be compared with the Mastery Level Score.
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Questions:
Challenge you with a
variety of question
formats, including
multi-step simulations,
true/false, multiple
choice, and
fill-in-the-blank.
Provide constructive
feedback for both
correct and incorrect
responses.
Simulations:
Use the free
Macromedia Flash Player plug-in,
enabling you to run the
existing optional
simulations found in the
courses.
Are multiple-step,
with realistic screen
representations, so you
can see how the
application really
works.
Include hints and
step-by-step
instructions to assist
you through the
simulation.
May be replayed
multiple times for a
better understanding of
the illustrated
concepts.
Animated procedural
simulations created with
Flash provide an
interactive, structured
walk-through of a series
of steps.
Exercises:
Give you valuable
hands-on experience.
Can be combined with
the supplied sample
files, allowing your new
skills to be tested by
completing an exercise
within the actual
application.
Include pre-bundled
sample applets to run in
Visual Basic (for our
Visual Basic courses).
Flash and Audio:
Provide animated,
interactive Lesson
Introductions,
Activities, and
Simulations.
Supply an aural
feedback mechanism when
questions are answered
correctly.
Present new concepts
in Lesson Introductions.
Supplied Sample Files:
Include sample
documents, application
files, programs, and
programming code.
Can be copied into a
document or compiler,
enabling you to practice
with these files and
save time by using them
in a document or program
of your own.
Allow code analysis
and provide sample
output, enhancing your
learning experience.
Course Topics and
Master Topics:
Provide a quick
reference tool allowing
each course to remain
useful to you. Each item
in the Course Topics
list is an active
hyperlink, permitting
quick access to specific
topics.
Permits quick access
to the tables of content
and indexes for the
entire course library.
This makes it easy to
locate specific
information to study or
reference.
Complement the course
glossary, a great
reference for
definitions of
unfamiliar terms.
Search:
Allows you to research
a topic of interest in
any or all of the
courses you can access
Enables you to rapidly
search all text,
including text within
coding examples, to
easily retrieve the
information you require.
Allows you to expand
your search to include
looking for synonyms.
Includes stemming
technology that
automatically includes
related variations of
your search term in the
search tool.
Find-A-Word:
Allows a learner to
select a word or phrase
in the course content
and perform one of four
searches. (1) Search the
Glossary; (2) Search
this Course; (3) Search
the Web; and (4)
Dictionary.
Accessibility:
Allows vision-impaired
students to use a text
reader program to read
the text-only version of
a course.
Enables students to
access the various
course features by using
command keys to
navigate, search the
glossary, answer course
questions, and more.
Fully compatible with
JAWS 3.7 and 4.5.
Complies with all
Federal 508 regulations
and W3Cc WCAG
guidelines.
Global Bookmarking:
Tracks your progress
in a course. The next
time you access the
course, you will return
to the same location
within the course. You
dont need to remember
either where you stopped
or how to return to
where you stopped.
My Preferences:
Allow you to modify
the course environment
to your personal
preferences, including
permitting you to change
text size or graphical
themes, and turn certain
multimedia lesson
components on and off.
Description of New
Course Features:
Provides a listing of
whats new in the
courses from a link on
the My Courses page.
Presents features in a
tabular format with the
most recent product
release listed first.
Course Completion
Certificates:
Allow a learner to
choose and print a
certificate when he or
she has mastered a
course. Completion
certificates now
indicate the estimated
number of hours it takes
to complete the course.
Delivery:
No downloading of
course files is required
before, during, or after
you take a course. This
keeps your local hard
drive free of
unnecessary files.
Each course page is a
separate HTML file,
making it easy on
network bandwidth, and
making it possible to
navigate within a course
one page at a time on
demand.
Small page size
(average of only 16k)
ensures fast response
time through the
Internet, intranets, and
local area networks
without negatively
impacting production
network performance.
Global Navigation:
Provides you with the
same easy-to-use and
intuitive course
presentation through a
Web browser (i.e.
Microsoft Internet
Explorer).
Provides ready access
to key information, from
a course glossary, to
tips on using the
courses, to technical
support information. All
of these are accessible
using the Feature Tabs.
Allows a student to
navigate through a
course, answer
questions, and take the
Skill Assessment using
keyboard shortcuts.
Flexible Timing:
Means courses are
ready when you are - 24
hours a day, 7 days a
week.
Allows you to control
the pace. Learn quickly
or take your time.
Allows you to focus on
what you need. Skip what
you know or dont need,
or take courses
repeatedly. Its your
choice.
One of the best values in online
computer training; you'll get
unlimited access to
our high-quality online
courses for a full 12 months! |
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