IT Training Department Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Legacy software is getting replaced, systems from Excel are being formalized into software, and even old paper-based reports are being transitioned into a digital format. One of the most in-demand types of training is hard skills, especially technical training. That’s why digital training is essential.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Locking the navigation of an eLearning course is a huge mistake; don’t do it. Even for compliance training, don’t lock it if it doesn’t expose the company to lawsuits. Learning isn’t something you can force, nor will locking eLearning navigation encourage learning. That’s going to anger some people.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

With the proper guidance and training, employees can level up how they do their jobs. Imagine the transformation as employees embrace effective training for company technology instead of user guides and boring training sessions where technical trainers talk at you for an hour.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Some say training is essential while others say it’s useless. Some people will jump right into new software and start exploring how to use it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a business partner or product owner say their application is easy to use and doesn’t need training. Pretty simple right?

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this post, we’ll explore training employees in the beginning as a strategy for reducing calls and chats rather than relying on when they have a problem. While it’s true that a comprehensive knowledge base is crucial, the key lies in training employees right the first time and educating them on the resources available.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

I’m sure you’ve read it or saw it somewhere: There are X number of generations in the workplace and each one should be trained in a specific way. Yes, companies should invest resources in corporate training programs to ensure their workforce is up to date. Now back to training and how generations play into it.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Have you ever taken boring training? Training doesn’t have to be that way, though. Corporate technical training can be so much better and the quality can vary so much. I see people say technical training is easy to create. We like creating a safe environment to learn with software simulations.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It’s also a losing battle trying to train employees based on generations which are typically irrelevant for training. There is a solution that can help bridge this gap and empower both individuals and organizations to thrive in the digital world – technical training. What Is the Digital Skills Gap?

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 3, 2018

For many workplaces, the educational argument for integrating authentic assessments into their eLearning experiences is powerful. Provides appropriate opportunities for learners to rehearse, practice, consult resources, get feedback on, and refine performances and products. Custom Solutions. Wiggins, Grant.

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IT Training Department Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Corporate technical training is a powerful tool to help employees adapt and usher them through the change process. Communication is at the core of change management but without training, communication can only do so much. There’s a hidden cost of inadequate software training. So, all of them.

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

So, I learned how to use a software application so I could help others use other software applications for their job. Many organizations are missing good technical training that shows employees not only how to use an application, but how to use it in the flow of work. to know the ins and outs of the software.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 14, 2022

In an online course, the task is usually some sort of simulated decision-making. That can be something like a role-play activity or even software simulation where the user inputs data. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Practice the task. Free E-Learning Resources.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

There are as many ways to train someone as there are people. Sometimes we have to make do with standardized training that’s made for the content rather than each person. But digital training is typically more expensive if you only look at it from a dollar perspective. Even a webinar is technically digital training.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

There are as many ways to train someone as there are people. Sometimes we have to make do with standardized training that’s made for the content rather than each person. But digital training is typically more expensive if you only look at it from a dollar perspective. Even a webinar is technically digital training.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PT: Back to the Future: Revisiting the Fundamentals of Learning To prepare for an AI-enabled future, you need to revisit the foundations of our learning strategies, including how to skill your people and train your leaders. Preparing leadership for the new age of disruption. Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 9 a.m.–10 PT: Look Who's Talking!

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you’re familiar with our work even at a surface level of our digital training solutions from our website, you’ll notice instructor-led training isn’t anywhere to be listed. We don’t provide contract trainers, we don’t do virtual training sessions or anything like that.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Technology is constantly changing and employees need and deserve good training for it. Onboarding, training, and recruiting costs can quickly eat into your budget, leaving you with limited resources to invest in other areas of your business. Invest in your employees by providing them good training in company technology.

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

Quality determines the cost and time it takes to create corporate technical training. There are tools available that make creating software tutorials easy and quick; the problem is that their quality is lacking. It’s also what rapid development tools have done for some eLearning.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And for software tutorials one of the worst solutions for anything longer than a very quick task is videos. Yes, I said it, videos are a horrible way to learn software, especially complex company software if they’re not broken up into very specific short micro-videos, aka a form of microlearning.

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LearnDash

MAY 27, 2012

For those of you that haven't heard, Articulate has came up with a new eLearning authoring tool called Storyline. In every consulting gig that I have been apart of, the client always (yes, always) wants Adobe Captivate as part of their online learning strategy. Let me explain. So the end result?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The net result is that you cannot record the screen, either in software simulation or in video demo recording mode. Even after all that, many developers report that while recording works, the Captivate software itself becomes so teeny-tiny that it's impossible to use. If yes, all is right with the world. Jennie has an M.A.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

From the beginning, workplace training has gone through many evolutions from not many formalized processes before World War 2 to the more formalized processes we have now thanks to instructional design and the processes behind it. Even with technical training such as software training things have changed a lot.

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 1, 2017

Moreover I am busy as a Consultant and a Trainer (for Captivate and other Adobe applications), both in live and online classes. This observation is based on the many problems popping up in forums and social media, on my experiences with consultancy and while offering basic training. Bonus for me: less questions on the forums.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Training employees is kind of useless if they either forget or go back to doing things the way they always have, isn’t it? So, if your organization is creating training that’s being forgotten then you’re wasting people’s time, time developing training, and a whole lot of money. Ever heard that?

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

How you write the content for both eLearning and training videos makes all the difference in how engaging and relevant the content is. The real relevance of training comes in by performing a good needs analysis and designing using a good process to cut out content that doesn’t contribute to employee growth.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Few things can derail any type of training quite like too much information. Not only is it the most common reason training is ineffective but it’s way more common than it should be. An instructional designer isn’t experienced and allows the subject matter expert or product owner to overload the training.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 13, 2019

This short blog is meant for newbies, and is (again) due to what I hear/read on the forums, during (intermediate) training and consultancy job. Be careful with the Blank master slide: it is meant to be used for PPT import, and for Software simulations. The post Themes Q&A appeared first on eLearning.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Have you ever attended a training session or workshop at work, only to find yourself forgetting most of what you learned within a few days? Did they fall asleep in training? The Impact of Forgetting on Workplace Learning What happens if people forget what they learned in workplace training? Was it useful to them?

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

How you write the content for both eLearning and training videos makes all the difference in how engaging and relevant the content is. The real relevance of training comes in by performing a good needs analysis and designing using a good process to cut out content that doesn’t contribute to employee growth.

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There are a lot of moving parts with training and self-paced courses typically aren’t the only time employees spend at work. What Is A Self-Paced Course You may know it as a self-paced course, digital course, eLearning, or something else entirely. Self-paced courses can also be known as digital learning or eLearning.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

I used to use the built-in tools that Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate come with for building software simulations. The purpose of this article is here to change your mind so hopefully you keep an open mind and at least weigh the options of ditching the old worn-out software simulation tools of Storyline and Captivate.

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Best of eLearning Learning. Instructional Design and E-Learning Blogs - Experiencing eLearning , July 6, 2010 Back when I wrote my instructional design careers series in 2007, I was only aware of a few blogs by instructional designers. Subscribe to the Best of eLearning Learning for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.

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eLearningArt

AUGUST 2, 2017

Do you struggle to hold your participant’s attention – especially when your training topic is dull and boring? Here’s a quick and easy one I share in my PowerPoint for eLearning 101 classes: Want to move something just a smidge using the arrow keys? PowerPoint software and hardware setup tips.

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