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Teams That Work This complete course will teach you practical methods for establishing and maintaining teams that maximize the collective strengths of their members. Learners will also acquire valuable team leadership skills. In addition, valuable information about building teams from drafting the initial team charter to making teamwork part of the corporate culture is a point of focus. Topics range from  more...

How to Find Legitimate Home Employment Explore the rewarding aspects of working from home by using a how-to guide that will make your efforts easier. If you are looking to work at home and are looking for a guide that will show you step-by-step how to accomplish this goal, this is it. You?ll learn how to find a legitimate business, where to look, what you will do to start the business, and what is involved after that. The course is  more...

How to Become a Technical Writer You CAN Earn a Great Living as a Writer NOW!  more...

Teaching Math: An Individual Thing Puts forth a sequence of strategies which will provide teachers with an orderly plan for approaching the learning problems learners bring to the classroom that significantly impede their abilities to have successful experiences in mathematics.  more...

MS Word 2000 eBook Course A visual, interactive way to develop, learn and apply software Word skills.  more...

Learn MS Explorer 2000 online with eBooks! Practice sessions and Hot Tips help you each step of the way. The Series has trained over 650,000 students throughout North American universities, colleges, and business schools where it is distributed by McGraw-Hill; the largest, most reputable book publisher in the world. The product you are about to purchase is the same high quality software training system proven in thousands of classrooms  more...

Learn MS Access 2000 online with eBooks! Clear instructions demonstrate how to build typical business documents, spreadsheets, slides and databases. The Series has trained over 650,000 students throughout North American universities, colleges, and business schools where it is distributed by McGraw-Hill; the largest, most reputable book publisher in the world. The product you are about to purchase is the same high quality software  more...

Learn MS Excel 2000 online with eBooks! Detailed exercises teach you MS Excel 2000. The Series has trained over 650,000 students throughout North American universities, colleges, and business schools where it is distributed by McGraw-Hill; the largest, most reputable book publisher in the world. The product you are about to purchase is the same high quality software training system proven in thousands of classrooms and hundreds of  more...

Learn MS PowerPoint 2000 online with eBooks Leads you through all essential software tasks of PowerePoint 2000  more...

Dreamweaver 8 Series Dreamweaver is a popular and powerful tool to build rich, professional Web sites and Web applications. These courses introduce the new features found in Dreamweaver 8.The student will have access to this course for 1 year. This self-directed course can be completed within 90 days or sooner depending on time and learning capabilities of the student. This is not for a beginner. For PC use. Welcome  more...

Flash 8 Series ...plication files, programs, and programming code that enable learners to practice with these files, enhancing the learning experience. Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, in a dictionary, or in MindLeaders Reference Library (for subscribers). n addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course. Search text enables  more...

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Series This series replaces course 3462 and 3463. It is developed to educate managers and non-managers about the causes and effects of sexual harassment in the work environment. It looks at the elements that define behavior as harassment, methods that can be used to prevent it from occurring, as well as ways to deal with the situation if it happens. As of 8/17/07, this course complies with the following  more...

Spanish for Health Professionals (Intermediate) Self-Directed A su salud! (To Your Health!) is an exciting and groundbreaking intermediate-level Spanish program for students and practicing health-care professionals. A su salud! promotes Spanish competency in language as well as cultural awareness of the Latino immigrant community through the use of broadcast-quality dramatic video and numerous imaginative interactive exercises. ?A su salud! (To Your  more...

Six Sigma Green Belt Personal Training Library Six Sigma Green Belt Library gives one learner access to four core Green Belt courses: Six Sigma Start-Up, SPC Workout, DMAIC Problem-Solving, and Mistake-Proof It! The Green Belt Library is a prerequisite to the Black Belt Library. Many organizations use our courseware for their yellow belt, green belt, and black belt programs handling the project components internally on real life (versus  more...

Office 2007 Series (Fast Track) Learn quickly the basic details of Office 2007. The new Office package is changing the old interface with new features on an interface now known as the Ribbon. How do you find the commands you already know? What new commands are available in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access? Take a look at the changes in Office 2007 and learn how to make the most of them. This self-directed course can  more...

Internet Explorer 7 Series This series introduces the new look and features of Internet Explorer 7. Learners will be able to securely use this updated web browser to perform searches, print documents, and access streaming content. The student will have access to this course for 1 year. This self-directed course can be completed within 90 days or sooner depending on time and learning capabilities of the student. Welcome to  more...

Instructional Design Series This series will teach the learner the basics of the instructional design process. Learners will discover how to identify the need for instruction and analyze the content to be taught. Best practices for designing, planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction will help prepare the learner to create instructional programs. This self-directed course can be completed within 90 days or sooner  more...

How To Master Business Writing This series teaches the writing skills learners will need to effectively communicate in a business setting. They`ll learn how to prepare for a writing task, and about strategies and skills for effective word choice, sentence building, and paragraph design. How To Master Business Writing This course provides students with a review of the skills needed to write effective letters, memos, minutes,  more...

Effective Business Communication Series This series teaches the writing skills learners will need to effectively communicate in a business setting. They`ll learn how to prepare for a writing task, and about strategies and skills for effective word choice, sentence building, and paragraph design. Effective Business Communication Series This series teaches the writing skills learners will need to effectively communicate in a business  more...

Doing Business in China In everyday business, it s more and more common to meet, hold conference calls, and travel overseas. When you re working with people from an unfamiliar country, how can you gain the knowledge to ensure smooth communication and to avoid an offensive faux pas? Our Doing Business India courses will quickly give you the background to confidently reach across any cultural divide. In the Doing  more...

Doing Business in India In everyday business, it s more and more common to meet, hold conference calls, and travel overseas. When you re working with people from an unfamiliar country, how can you gain the knowledge to ensure smooth communication and to avoid an offensive faux pas? Our Doing Business In India courses will quickly give you the background to confidently reach across any cultural divide. In the Doing  more...

Advanced Certificate in Technical Writing A Certificate Program that allows students to engage in a robust course of study that they create and that is specific to their individualized learning needs. Students enrolled in this program will be able to choose from over 20 different topic areas specific to Technical Report Writing and work with a seasoned Senior Technical Writing Practitioner/Educator who will serve to help guide and  more...

Accounting In An Hour Whether you re new to the subject or just looking for a good refresher, this course demystifies accounting and financial concepts by providing the basics in just 60 minutes. It prepares non-financial learners to understand and get involved in financial discussions and to make better decisions on financial matters. It is suggested that the student realistically consider their abilities and  more...

Organizational Scope of Critical Thinking "In any complex environment systems are necessary, but they must serve an organization rather than become its masters." This is how Ralph S. Larsen, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson, describes both the need for systems and their inherent risk. Organizational systems, with complex and intricately interrelated components, demand the application of critical thinking to avoid  more...

The Automotive Industry Overview Version 2 Trends in the automotive industry are considered a barometer of a mature economy. The industry has been going through some dramatic changes in the last few years, and major manufacturers, including the Big Three (General Motors, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler) and their suppliers, are reorganizing to be competitive in the global marketplace. In the unrelenting push for lower costs, operational  more...

The Oil and Gas Industry Overview Version 2 Has there ever been a more flourishing time in the history of the oil and gas industry? The continued growth in demand and an industry struggling to meet this voracious demand have pushed oil prices to an all-time high. Big oil companies, even while investing heavily in exploration, technology, operational improvement, and research and development, are still left with huge surpluses in an industry  more...

The Pharmaceutical Industry Overview Version 2 Billions of people around the world depend on the pharmaceutical industry to help them live longer, healthier, and happier lives. However, the pharmaceutical industry is continually tasked with alleviating its own ailments, including slow growth and declining profitability owing to pricing, safety, marketing and regulatory issues. In order for companies to remain competitive in a highly regulated  more...

The Food and Beverage Industry Overview Version 2 "The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star," says Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in his famous work, The Physiology of Taste. However, when leading food and beverage manufacturers introduce more than 15,000 new products every year with an average success rate of only 25 , such happiness can be fleeting. Few industries have as much pressure placed upon  more...

The Health Care Industry Overview Version 2 There is growing evidence that the current health systems around the world will be unsustainable if they go unchanged over the coming years. The health care industry is under constant pressure to streamline operations and cut extraneous spending, while providing quality, safe, and cost-effective care to its patients. In addition, operating in a highly regulated environment, industry players need  more...

The Telecommunications Industry Overview Version 2 Connecting the globe, the telecommunications industry is an essential element of the modern business world. It is also one of the most volatile. Plagued by regulatory discord and economic uncertainty, telecom carriers have struggled to maintain sound footing and a competitive edge, all the while endeavoring to provide crucial, uninterrupted service to their customers. In an age of rapidly  more...

The Insurance Industry Overview Version 2 The insurance industry has its share of risks and opportunities. While providing risk coverage to individuals and businesses, insurers are striving hard to manage their own risks in the wake of natural and human-made disasters, financial setbacks, and governance scandals. As margins are squeezed in the face of low underwriting profitability and the cushion of investment returns begins to shrink,  more...

Successfully Coaching Relationships Coaching is a set of practical skills and a style of relating that develop the potential of both the individual being coached and the coach. For this development to take place, there must be a working relationship between a coach and a willing coachee, a relationship based on mutual trust, respect, commitment and confidentiality. Within this collaborative framework, the coach uses a repertoire of  more...

The Key Stages of Coaching Coaching has many uses in organizations, and the sequence of coaching activities is similar in all of them. This course will involve learners in the continuous process of discovery, goal setting, action planning, and follow-up that distinguishes coaching from other development methods.  more...

Customer Service Procedures Failing to realize the importance of customer service and effective complaints handling leads to increasingly dissatisfied customers. Organizations need to be able to address the needs of customers in an effective and efficient manner. This course is intended to show the proper procedures and processes needed to provide effective customer service: how to properly support a customer, how to provide  more...

Managing the Quality of the Customer Support Service Center Customers who experience problems with your service represent a significant challenge to your company. If the support center is able to deal with incidents efficiently, your company can benefit enormously. Reputation and customer satisfaction can be restored and procedures can be established to recognize and prevent future incidents. This course examines the processes involved in incident  more...

Management Tools and Metrics Customers contacting Support Centers expect the same level of professionalism each time they interact with a Customer Support Specialist (CSS). To ensure this consistently high level of service, the CSS can draw an array of management tools and processes that both guide and measure his performance. This course is intended to demonstrate the management and measurement tools a professional CSS is  more...

Interacting with the Customer Failing to realize the importance of customer service and effective complaint handling leads to increasingly dissatisfied customers. Organizations need to be able to address the needs of customers in an effective and efficient manner. This course is intended to show the proper procedures and processes needed to provide effective customer service: how to properly support a customer, how to overcome  more...

Effective Communication Skills Effective communication is essential to the success of any customer-oriented business. Each customer will have their own style of communication as well as an emotional response to contacting a support center. In order to effectively communicate, the Customer Support Specialist (CSS) must understand how to adapt to these different styles and emotions before the customer's problems can be dealt  more...

Managing Conflict Stress and Time Each customer wants her problem to be the most important problem to the Customer Support Specialist (CSS). For the CSS, adapting to each customer's communication style, understanding each customer's emotional response, and solving each customer's problem can be an enormously stressful and time-consuming process. This course is intended to show the proper methods needed to resolve conflicts, manage  more...

ITIL The Service Desk and Incident Management Organizations that provide IT services to internal or external customers need to provide excellent services to increase the quality of, and the profits for, the organization. The IT infrastructure library (ITIL) can help organizations achieve these goals. At the same time, ITIL can help organizations to increase external and internal customer satisfaction.The delivery and support of IT services  more...

ITIL Configuration and Release Management Organizations make substantial investments in their information technology infrastructures. That investment pays off only if the organization uses its information resources to increase productivity. Information technology planners and managers must understand how the components of the IT infrastructure interact if they want to eliminate waste and improve service to the users of the system. The  more...

ITIL Service Level and Capacity Management IT service can be a balancing act. For example, organizations must achieve and maintain a balance between the quality of IT service given and received in a manner that is both customer focused and cost effective. Simultaneously, organizations need to provide the required capacity for data processing and storage, at the right time and in a cost effective way.The delivery and support of IT services  more...

ITIL Problem and Change Management Every information technology (IT) system suffers unexpected problems and errors. These unexpected interruptions can be extremely costly in terms of lost productivity and lost customer satisfaction. The IT infrastructure library (ITIL) is the most widely accepted approach to IT service management (ITSM), and it can help organizations set up rigorous processes to identify, classify, and resolve  more...

ITIL Financial and Security Management IT organizations face numerous challenges every day. Two of the biggest challenges are to become and stay profitable and to protect their systems from unauthorized access. The IT infrastructure library (ITIL) is the most widely accepted approach to IT service management (ITSM), and it can help IT organizations set up rigorous processes to aid in their efforts to become and remain solvent and to  more...

ITIL V3 - Service Design Processes IT organizations require information to create the design specifications necessary to provide IT services to their customers. Service Design processes are important because they provide organizations with information that will affect their decisions on designing solutions for new or changed services. This course is intended to introduce learners to the Service Design processes.  more...

ITIL V3 - Service Transition Processes and Principles IT organizations need to transition their service designs into operations. Service Transition processes are important to provide companies with information to ensure that their service design solutions will achieve their expectations. This course will help learners understand Service Transition processes.  more...

ITIL V3 - Service Operation Principles and Functions IT organizations must manage their day-to-day service operations according to their business objectives, so that their services are aligned with their business needs. Within the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Service Operation is a phase of the Service Lifecycle that helps IT organizations manage their daily operations to provide these IT services. This course is intended to help learners  more...

ITIL V3 - Service Operation Processes IT organizations need to ensure that their services are operating properly. Service Operation processes are important because they enable organizations to correctly perform, manage, and control their day-to-day operations. This course is intended to help learners understand the Service Operation processes within the ITIL Service Lifecycle.  more...

ITIL V3 - Continual Service Improvement Fundamentals IT organizations should incorporate service improvement continually throughout the lifecycle of every service they provide to their customers. Within ITIL, Continual Service Improvement (CSI) is a phase of the Service Lifecycle that provides IT organizations the tools and processes necessary to continually improve their services. This course is intended to help learners understand how CSI will  more...

Preparing a Business Case Why put time and effort into preparing, writing, and presenting a business case for new projects? Why not just talk to the manager and get his approval for the project? The answers to these questions lie in the fact that organizational budgets for new projects are typically very tight and, as such, your project will be competing against other projects for funding. Without a written business case,  more...

Avoiding Grammatical Errors in Business Writing Grammar: the very word strikes terror into the hearts of learners everywhere. For many people, it recalls the most difficult or most boring classes they can remember from childhood. Yet using correct grammar is one of the key skills for any business writer. Poor grammar skills interfere with communicating a clear message; moreover, they may suggest that the writer is careless and perhaps  more...

Perspectives on Conflict in the Workplace What is meant by the term "conflict," and what are the general attitudes towards it in the workplace? In this course, three prevailing attitudes towards conflict are compared. These are that: --Conflict is always a bad thing --Conflict is always a good thing --A certain level of conflict is productive, but too much is undesirable. This last view informs the rest of the course, which goes on to  more...

Managing Business Risk - Developing a Risk Management Plan Managing Business Risk: Developing a Risk Management Plan teaches learners about the various risk management models as well as factors that influence the risk management function in organizations. Students will also learn about the risk management environment that organizations face and the methods used to assess those risks.  more...

Managing Business Risk - Risk Assessment and Control In "Managing Business Risk: Risk Assessment and Control" teaches learners about risk identification and environmental scanning. Students will also learn about evaluation and control of risk within organizations and the methods for classifying various organizational risks.  more...

Managing Business Risk - Financing and Contingency Planning Managing Business Risk: Financing and Contingency Planning teaches learners how to identify the dimensions of risk financing and to identify the various categories of risk financing tools. Students will also learn about the major responsibilities of contract management and the importance of developing a business contingency plan.  more...

Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management Any project requires good communication to manage day-to-day activities and ensure success of the project--project managers need to understand what a communications model is, and how it helps promote success and resolve differences. They need to plan out a strategy to ensure that needed information is gathered and produced efficiently. Finally, the project manager is responsible for distributing  more...

An Introduction to Project Management Imagine trying to control the unexpected and unpredictable through processes in such a way that you meet the cost, quality, and time expectations of all invested parties in order to accomplish a temporary endeavor. This is the mission of project management. Challenging? Yes. Impossible? No. All industries employ project managers to implement processes as a way to control business. In fact, the  more...

Project Life Cycles and Stakeholders Every project has a beginning and an end, but what happens in between is less predictable. The project life cycle will most likely involve uncertainties, and it's how these uncertainties are handled that determines the outcomes of the project. The more familiar one is with project phases and stakeholders, the more easily one can keep the project on track and on budget.Organizations might "fast  more...

Introduction to Project Process Groups and Initiating a Project In a relay race, the baton handoff from one runner to the next has a dual purpose. For the first runner, the handoff represents the end of his phase of the race. For the second runner, the handoff represents the beginning. The baton handoff is both a result and an input. In any project, there are many baton "handoffs" that must happen, making the whole project highly interactive. During this  more...

Project Planning In the early planning phases, project managers and team members have the most potential influence on the outcomes of a project. Yet, lots of planning does not guarantee successful planning. Just as project success can be planned, project disasters can be predestined if team members are not careful about the assumptions they make. A project management team that can balance the need for  more...

Executing Monitoring Controlling and Closing a Project ...escribe the processes. The goal of the course is to provide learners with up-to-date knowledge that can either assist in preparing them for the PMI?? Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam or prepare them to be more effective, hands-on project managers.This course is aligned with "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK?? Guide) - Third Edition, published  more...

Communications Planning and Information Distribution Any project requires good communications to manage day-to-day activities and ensure success of the project. Project managers need to understand the processes of Project Communications Management, and how those processes help promote success and resolve differences among project stakeholders. Project managers need to plan out a strategy to ensure that needed information is gathered and produced  more...

Overview of Project Managing a PRINCE2-aligned Project Project-based operations have become the norm in today's business world. In essence, almost every work effort is a project, from constructing a new building to designing and delivering a new information management system. As projects become the primary method for getting things done and effecting organisational change, it is crucial to choose a good and proven method for managing projects. This  more...

Core Concepts in Business Analysis Business analysis is a set of knowledge, tasks, and techniques used to identify business needs and determine solutions to business problems. These solutions can be the specific development of a new system component or, more significantly, the redesign of a process or organizational structure. Those who practice business analysis are typically known as business analysts. In this course, learners  more...

Enterprise Analysis and Making a Business Case Enterprise analysis is a key knowledge area in the practice of business analysis. During enterprise analysis, the business analyst identifies business opportunities, builds a business architecture framework, and determines the best project investment path for the enterprise. From this, the business analyst puts forward a business case, which provides an overall justification for the project. In  more...

Eliciting Requirements Requirements elicitation is the gathering or ? "drawing out" ? of system requirements. This is done by communicating with users, customers, and any other stakeholders in the development of a system. It is a pivotal knowledge area of business analysis and, as such, the business analyst must be able to elicit requirements that are complete, clear, correct, and consistent. In this course, learners  more...

Advanced Project Management - Building Productive Stakeholder Relationships Advanced Project Management: Building Productive Stakeholder Relationships teaches learners how to classify stakeholders as primary, strategic, and operational sponsors and how to determine stakeholders' needs and expectations. It covers how to create a formal communication plan, how to resolve conflict with stakeholders, and what steps are commonly used to control change. Finally, it teaches  more...

Advanced Project Management - Project Estimating Techniques Advanced Project Management: Project Estimating Techniques teaches learners how time-box and analogous estimates are used, how to use life-cycle projections, and how the Modified Delphi method is used. It also teaches how to calculate PERT estimates and how function point analysis and forecasting are used. In addition, it covers how to avoid common estimating mistakes and how orders of magnitude  more...

Advanced Project Management - Managing Accelerated Projects Advanced Project Management: Managing Accelerated Projects teaches learners the limitations of project management scheduling packages, schedule compression techniques, and the risks of using the different techniques. It also covers how ERP benefits project management, how to calculate the percent efficiency of resources, and what elements project managers should consider when planning for  more...

Tools for Planning and Managing Six Sigma Project Opportunities In many situations your results are only as good as the tools you use. Knowing which tools to use, and how to apply them effectively, is the key to any endeavor's success. This assertion holds true for process and quality improvement strategies, and Six Sigma and quality improvement teams throughout the world use a set of management and planning tools to analyze and understand a variety of issues.  more...

Using Six Sigma Analysis Tools and Metrics for Project Decisions Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology that begins by comparing the current state of a company's products and processes to their desired levels. The goal of the Define phase in the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology is to identify improvement opportunities that have the maximum potential for return on time, money, and resource investments. Knowing what projects to select for improvement requires  more...

Modeling and Analyzing Processes in Six Sigma "If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you are doing," says W. Edwards Deming, a well-known American quality advocate, statistician, and educator. During the Measure stage of the Six Sigma methodology, you need to identify and map processes and procedures for problem areas identified during the Define stage, and present them to the Six Sigma team for a closer  more...

Statistics and Probability in Six Sigma Six Sigma bases its analysis and findings on the facts and figures at hand. Statistical studies and probability are the key tools that Six Sigma teams use to measure and analyze issues that are identified in the early stages of Six Sigma projects. This course explores basic statistical concepts that apply to Six Sigma. It distinguishes between enumerative and analytical statistics and population  more...

Data Classification and Collection in Six Sigma "Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so" said Galileo Galilei, the famous Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Measuring the key characteristics in your current processes is a very significant step in any Six Sigma improvement journey. As such, sample data from existing processes needs to be identified, collected, presented, and analyzed.  more...

Summarizing and Presenting Data in Six Sigma Six Sigma teams use measures of central tendency and dispersion to reveal key facts about process data and the existing processes. They summarize data and put forth the relationships between various data components for further analysis. The teams then present these relationships in easy-to-understand graphical forms that facilitate comparison and help to identify possible trends. This course deals  more...

Probability Distributions and Measurement Systems Analysis in Six Sigma Probability distributions are an essential part of descriptive statistics that Six Sigma teams can use to assist in fitting collected data into various types of distributions. Probability distributions help to ascertain specific probability values in the distribution and lead the Six Sigma teams down the hypothesis testing roadmap to the next stage of the Six Sigma DMAIC process. Of course, all  more...

Measuring Process Capability and Performance in Six Sigma Businesses exist to meet the needs of the customers they serve. As such, you must listen to the voice of your customers and build processes that deliver products and services to them. It is also necessary to review processes to ensure they remain within the targets and specifications set by your customers. Measuring the capability and performance of a process is an important activity in Six Sigma  more...

Six Sigma and Lean in the Organization Six Sigma is a highly disciplined, data-driven improvement program that helps companies focus on eliminating defects in any process and delivering near-perfect products and services. Six Sigma has been globally accepted as a profitable and winning business strategy. More and more companies are embracing Six Sigma in a time when competition and sluggish markets have left operational efficiency and  more...

Design for Six Sigma in the Organization Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is often called the future of Six Sigma, as it is emerging as a strategy that better serves the current innovation initiatives of many industries. DFSS uses a "pay me now or pay me later" approach by spending more effort and time on process or product design up front to avoid spending time and effort in those areas later. Whereas Six Sigma just focuses on improving  more...

Processes and Customer Analysis in Six Sigma Projects A process is a means of creating and delivering products and services needed by customers. According to Takashi Osada, Japanese author and quality pioneer, "if the process is right, the results will take care of themselves." By Six Sigma standards, a "right process" is one that creates and delivers precisely what the customer needs. By this logic, no Six Sigma effort can start without having a  more...

Developing Employees HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications of employee training and training program development. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet  more...

Strategic Approaches to Workforce Planning and Employment HRCI SPHR In order to remain competitive in the business world, organizations must ensure that they employ the right people in the right numbers at the right time. Workforce planning and employment involves the processes of planning, developing, implementing, administering, and ongoing evaluation of recruiting and hiring to ensure that the workforce will meet the organization's strategic goals and  more...

The Online Branding Environment When a new marketing medium emerges, in this case, the Internet, marketers have to adapt. No matter how marketing savvy they may have been in the use of traditional media, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, the Internet is a whole new world. In this course, marketers will be brought up to speed in the fast-paced world of online branding by a thorough examination of the  more...

Knowledge as Strategy Performance Improvement In the 21st century--the Knowledge Age--corporations will see workers as intellectual capital. Workers themselves, rather than just information, will become the resources that allow organizations to respond quickly and effectively to rapid change. Learning is at the core of these demands--whether it's learning a new skill, knowing how to manage existing and new knowledge, or creating  more...

The Potential of Self-directed Learning How often have you heard these buzz words of the '90s: self-directed learning; continuous learning; the learning organization; the knowledge worker? If you wonder what these terms really mean, why they are so important, and how you rate as a worker for the 21st century, this course is for you. Find out what you can do to take control of your own skill and career development. Learn to identify  more...

Hypothesis Tests for Variances Proportions ANOVA and Chi-Square in Six Sigma The hypothesis test is one of the most important tools used in the Analyze stage of the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology. A hypothesis test helps to determine whether or not an observed relationship or difference truly exists between inputs and outputs identified in the earlier stages of the process. Six Sigma teams are interested in determining whether this relationship or difference is due to random  more...

Design of Experiments and Validation of Solutions in Six Sigma "We are, I think, in the right road of improvement, for we are making experiments," said Benjamin Franklin. In the Improve stage of the DMAIC process, Six Sigma teams design and conduct experiments to study the nature of relationships between input variables and the response variable(s). They do this by controlling and changing the input variables and observing the effects on the response  more...

Statistical Process Control and Control Plans in Six Sigma In the final stages of the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology, once process improvement opportunities are identified and implemented, you need to make sure that the improved processes are controlled to sustain the process improvement gains. Statistical process control (SPC) provides tools which can be used to ensure that the processes are continuously monitored, that results are evaluated through the use  more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 2 - Marketing to Your Key Players This course covers the aspects of marketing that are essential to marketing an e-learning solution within an organization. It focuses on the required change of organizational mindset to one that supports anytime, anywhere learning. The three important marketing channels are covered - through a champion, culture change and communication plan. The course then looks at each of the key player groups  more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 3 - Deploying and Measuring Your Solution The third course in this curriculum focuses on issues of deployment and measurement of an e-learning solution. Regarding deployment, technological, interoperability and multi-site challenges are addressed, as well as using the Internet, choosing the right platform, managing learners and learning objects. The final area to be covered is that of measuring the e-learning solution, integrating  more...

Managing High Performers - Creating a Retention Strategy Managing High Performers: Creating a Retention Strategy asks what a company needs to do to attract and then retain high performers. It assists learners in developing an effective retention strategy by creating an awareness of the importance of managing organizational talent and by teaching strategies for retaining this talent.  more...

Managing High Performers - Implementing Recognition Programs Managing High Performers: Implementing Recognition Programs, takes the learner through the importance of developing effective recognition programs which will ensure the retention of your company's high performers. Effective coaching, mentoring, and feedback delivered in tandem with a recognition program are the focus in this course, and learners will find invaluable guidelines for each.  more...

Exploratory Data Analysis in Six Sigma In the Analyze stage of the Six Sigma DMAIC process, you closely examine the output variable (known as y) and its possible causes or input variables (known as x's) collected in the Measure stage to get a deeper understanding of their relationships. The goal of this analysis is to narrow down the many possible x's identified earlier during the Measure stage, to a few probable ones. This analysis is  more...

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and Testing for Means in Six Sigma The Analyze phase in Six Sigma closely examines the many process inputs identified in the Measure phase to determine if they are related to outputs, and if a relationship does exist, if it is statistically significant. An important tool for this analysis is hypothesis testing. Hypothesis testing uses statistical analysis to determine if the observed relationship between two or more samples is real  more...

HTML 4 Part 2 Advanced Topics Course Overview This is the second course in a two part series that teaches advanced topics in HTML 4.01. The course covers enhancing web pages, introduces interactivity in web pages, and DHTML and CSS. Learn To • Identify the guidelines for designing and developing a Web site. • Identify the types of image maps used to link images both at the client-side and server-side.  more...

HTML 4 Part 2 Advanced Topics Course Overview This is the second course in a two part series that teaches advanced topics in HTML 4.01. The course covers enhancing web pages, introduces interactivity in web pages, and DHTML and CSS. Learn To • Identify the guidelines for designing and developing a Web site. • Identify the types of image maps used to link images both at the client-side and server-side.  more...

HTML 4 Part 1 HTML Fundamentals Course Overview This is the first course in a two part series that presents learners with the basic concepts and skills in HTML 4.01. The course covers World Wide Web basics, formatting web pages and creating links, images and multimedia, tables and frames, and placing information online. Learn To • Identify the concepts of HTML. • Create different types of lists. •  more...

HTML 4 Part 1 HTML Fundamentals Course Overview This is the first course in a two part series that presents learners with the basic concepts and skills in HTML 4.01. The course covers World Wide Web basics, formatting web pages and creating links, images and multimedia, tables and frames, and placing information online. Learn To • Identify the concepts of HTML. • Create different types of lists. •  more...

CIW Security Professional Intrusion Detection Threat Analysis The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats, developing counter measures using firewall systems, and attack-recognition technologies. Learn To: Identify key aspects of intrusion detection. Identify key  more...

CIW Security Professional Security Auditing Attack Techniques The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats, developing counter measures using firewall systems, and attack-recognition technologies. Learn To: Match auditor roles with associated approaches. Identify  more...

CIW Security Professional Operating System Security The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats, developing counter measures using firewall systems, and attack-recognition technologies. Learn To: Identify features of security levels. Identify features  more...

CIW Security Professional Network Security Firewalls The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats, developing counter measures using firewall systems, and attack-recognition technologies. Learn To: Identify the layers of the TCP/IP protocol stack and trace  more...

CIW Security Professional Network Security Introduction The CIW Security Professional series focuses on the management and deployment of e-business transaction and security solutions. These courses teach learners to implement e-business security policies by identifying security threats, developing counter measures using firewall systems, and attack-recognition technologies. Learn To: Identify the elements of a security infrastructure.  more...

Directory Technologies Part 3 Active Directory Integrating Technologies Course Overview The is the third course in a three part series that introduces the features of Windows 2000 and its purpose, and the features and benefits of Active Directory. It also covers how to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and how to configue Active Directory. It identifies common Active Directory management tasks, as well as covers how to manage and troubleshoot Active Directory.  more...

Directory Technologies Part 2 NDS eDirectory Course Overview This is the second course in a three part series that teaches the purpose, features, and benefits of eDirectory. It covers how to install and configure eDirectory. It also covers common eDirectory management and troubleshooting tasks. It also discusses the relationship between NDS eDirectory and the Full Service Directory model. Learn To • Understand the concept of NDS  more...

NDS 8 0 Advanced Tools Diagnostics Part 3 Course Overview This is the final course in a three part series and instructs the learner how to resolve common NDS issues. Beginning with hard disk upgrades, the course covers time synchronization and schema issues, as well as how to recover from server and communication failure. Learn To • Covers the server operations performed for NDS maintenance. • How to remove a server,  more...

NDS 8 0 Advanced Tools Diagnostics Part 2 Course Overview This is the second course in a three part series that teaches server background processes, as well as how to perform partition and replica operations within the Novell NDS environment. This course will cover how to remove a server, how to amend the properties of a server, how to verify process completion and synchronize replicas. Learn To • Cover NDS design guidelines,  more...

NDS 8 0 Advanced Tools Diagnostics Part 1 Course Overview This is the first course in a three part series that instructs the learner how to use NDS health check tools to proactively maintain a network by performing regular system checks. The course teaches why and how to maintain server logs, as well as a test environment and it introduces learners to the features of NDS and troubleshooting tactics. Learn To • Identify the  more...

NDS 8 0 Advanced Tools Diagnostics Curriculum The Advanced NDS Tools and Diagnostics Curriculum instructs the learner how to use NDS health check tools to proactively maintain a network by performing regular system checks. The curriculum teaches why and how to maintain server logs, as well as a test environment and it introduces learners to the features of NDS and troubleshooting tactics. It teaches server background processes, as well as how  more...

Oracle9i Database Admin Manage Security Course Overview This course is the last in a five-part series covering the database administration strategies and procedures provided in Oracle9i. In this course you will learn the concepts and methods associated with implementing security and resource consumption in an Oracle9i database. Learn To • Define and maintain the five components of the security domain of a user in a given  more...

Oracle9i Database Admin Manage Data Storage Course Overview This course is the fourth in the series covering the database administration strategies and procedures provided in Oracle9. This course covers the concepts associated with tables, maintaining data integrity, clusters and index-organized tables, and methods for loading and reorganizing data. Learn To • Identify the row storage method used by the various tables and the  more...

Oracle9i Database Admin Manage Storage Structures Course Overview The Oracle 9i Database Administration: Manage Storage Structures course is the third in a five-part series covering the database administration strategies and procedures provided in Oracle9i. In this course, participants learn the concepts associated with storage structure components. In addition, this course teaches users the procedures for managing segment free space, undo  more...

BizTalk Server 2000 Part 5 Secruity Optimization Course Overview This is the last course in a five part series that deals with the securing of the BizTalk Server 2000 environment and the configuring of servers and groups of servers and optimization of server group performance. This course covers the use of tools and utilities to monitor the status of the BizTalk Server 2000 environment. Learn To • Identify Microsoft Windows 2000 and  more...

BizTalk Server 2000 Part 4 Components Solutions Troubleshooting Course Overview This is the fourth course in a five part series that presents the knowledge and skills necessary to create application integration components (AICs) for use with BizTalk Messaging Services. It also covers the deployment and management of an automated business process between trading partners using BizTalk Server 2000. In this respect, it presents a type of practical application  more...

BizTalk Server 2000 Part 2 Documents Mapping Managing Submitting Course Overview This is the second course in a five part series that deals with the mapping and managing of document flow. This course covers creating maps using BizTalk Mapper, creating objects in and managing BizTalk Messaging Manager, and the submission of documents to BizTalk Server. The course continues to build upon the scenario companies that form the scenario core of the curriculum,  more...

BizTalk Server 2000 Part 1 Intro to BizTalk Server 2000 Course Overview This is the first course in a five part series that introduces the learner to the context of BizTalk operations, identifying the main challenges of EAI and B2B communications. BizTalk is contextualized in terms of a solution to these various challenges. This course covers the BizTalk administration model and its tools and services. It also covers the installation requirements  more...

BizTalk Server 2000 Curriculum Course Overview This curriculum introduces the learner to the context of BizTalk operations, identifying the main challenges of EAI and B2B communications. This curriculum covers creating maps using BizTalk Mapper, creating objects in and managing BizTalk Messaging Manager, and the submission of documents to BizTalk Server. Additionally, it covers the tracking of interchanges and business  more...

ISA Server 2000 Part 2 Enterprise Deployment Considerations Course Overview This is the second course in a two part series that presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on installing, configuring, troubleshooting and administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. The course covers server security, configuring packet filtering and IP routing, and configuring application filters and server  more...

ISA Server 2000 Part 2 Enterprise Deployment Considerations Course Overview This is the second course in a two part series that presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on installing, configuring, troubleshooting and administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. The course covers server security, configuring packet filtering and IP routing, and configuring application filters and server  more...

ISA Server 2000 Curriculum Course Overview This curriculum presents instruction on installing, configuring, troubleshooting and administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. The curriculum will focus on ISA features, installing ISA, and installing and configuring ISA server clients. Additionally, this curriculum will cover how to create access policies, enabling secure Internet access,  more...

ISA Server 2000 Curriculum Course Overview This curriculum presents instruction on installing, configuring, troubleshooting and administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. The curriculum will focus on ISA features, installing ISA, and installing and configuring ISA server clients. Additionally, this curriculum will cover how to create access policies, enabling secure Internet access,  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 5 Course Overview This is the final course in a five part series that covers operators, properties, and attributes. The learner will understand how to implement operators, delegates, and events, and how to use properties to enable field-like access and indexes to enable array-like access. The course also teaches how to create custom user-defined attributes. Learn To • Identify  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 5 Course Overview This is the final course in a five part series that covers operators, properties, and attributes. The learner will understand how to implement operators, delegates, and events, and how to use properties to enable field-like access and indexes to enable array-like access. The course also teaches how to create custom user-defined attributes. Learn To • Identify  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 4 Course Overview This is the fourth course in a five part series that covers inheritance and aggregation within the Microsoft C# programming language. Users will learn how to use inheritance in C# to derive classes and to define virtual methods. This course will also teach how to make code accessible at the component or assembly level. Learn To • Identify the syntax for extending a  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 4 Course Overview This is the fourth course in a five part series that covers inheritance and aggregation within the Microsoft C# programming language. Users will learn how to use inheritance in C# to derive classes and to define virtual methods. This course will also teach how to make code accessible at the component or assembly level. Learn To • Identify the syntax for extending a  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 3 Course Overview This is the third course in a five part series that introduces the essentials of object-oriented programming. You will learn the terminology and concepts required to create and use classes in C#. The course also teaches how to use reference-type variables and how to create and destroy objects in C#. Learn To • Identify characteristics of a class. • Identify  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 3 Course Overview This is the third course in a five part series that introduces the essentials of object-oriented programming. You will learn the terminology and concepts required to create and use classes in C#. The course also teaches how to use reference-type variables and how to create and destroy objects in C#. Learn To • Identify characteristics of a class. • Identify  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 2 Course Overview This is the second course in a five part series that teaches statements and exceptions, methods and parameters, and arrays within the Microsoft C# programming language. The course introduces common statements and exception handling, as well as, how to use methods and parameters and how to create, initialize, and use arrays. Learn To • Identify characteristics of  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 3 Course Overview This is the third course in a five part series that introduces the essentials of object-oriented programming. You will learn the terminology and concepts required to create and use classes in C#. The course also teaches how to use reference-type variables and how to create and destroy objects in C#. Learn To • Identify characteristics of a class. • Identify  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 1 ...an introduction to the Microsoft .NET platform in which the learners use the C# programming language. This course teaches how to compile, run, and debug a C# application and how to use value-type variables in C#. Learn To • Identify characteristics of the .NET platform. • Identify characteristics of the .NET Framework. • Identify characteristics of the languages that are  more...

C Programming for the Microsoft NET Platform Part 1 ...an introduction to the Microsoft .NET platform in which the learners use the C# programming language. This course teaches how to compile, run, and debug a C# application and how to use value-type variables in C#. Learn To • Identify characteristics of the .NET platform. • Identify characteristics of the .NET Framework. • Identify characteristics of the languages that are  more...

ASP NET Part 3 Web Services Web Apps Course Overview This is the final course in a three part series that covers Web services and enhancing the functionality of Web applications by using ASP.NET. The learner will be introduced to the concept of Web services, learn to call and use a Web service and to create a Web service using Microsoft Visual Basic. Topics also covered are enhancing Web application functionality, technologies  more...

ASP NET Part 3 Web Services Web Apps Course Overview This is the final course in a three part series that covers Web services and enhancing the functionality of Web applications by using ASP.NET. The learner will be introduced to the concept of Web services, learn to call and use a Web service and to create a Web service using Microsoft Visual Basic. Topics also covered are enhancing Web application functionality, technologies  more...

ASP NET Part 2 ADO NET Partitioning Tracing Course Overview The is the second course in a three part series that provides the learner with instruction on using ADO.NET to access data, on separating code from content, and on using the ASP.NET trace feature. The course will cover using ADO.NET to access data from various data sources and allows the learner to practice displaying and customizing data display. The course then describes the  more...

ASP NET Part 2 ADO NET Partitioning Tracing Course Overview The is the second course in a three part series that provides the learner with instruction on using ADO.NET to access data, on separating code from content, and on using the ASP.NET trace feature. The course will cover using ADO.NET to access data from various data sources and allows the learner to practice displaying and customizing data display. The course then describes the  more...

ASP NET Part 1 Intro Web Controls Course Overview This is the first course in a three part series that presents the learner with a broad overview of ASP.NET and gives a comprehensive introduction to Web Controls. This course introduces the learner to the .NET framework and also the differences between ASP and ASP.NET, coverage of the ASP.NET platform and features, core elements of ASP.NET - Web Forms, ASP.NET script code, and  more...

ASP NET Part 1 Intro Web Controls Course Overview This is the first course in a three part series that presents the learner with a broad overview of ASP.NET and gives a comprehensive introduction to Web Controls. This course introduces the learner to the .NET framework and also the differences between ASP and ASP.NET, coverage of the ASP.NET platform and features, core elements of ASP.NET - Web Forms, ASP.NET script code, and  more...

SQL Server 2000 Design Implement Databases Part 5 Dist Data Locks This is the final course in a five part series that teaches how to manage SQL Server 2000 transactions and locks. This course will cover how to import and export data, and how to transform data with DTS. Additionally, users will learn how to manage distributed queries and linked servers, create transactions, manage locks, and how to troubleshoot transactions and locking. Learn To: o Identify  more...

IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1--Administration Course Overview This course will provide database administrators with the specific skills and knowledge needed to be successful with DB2 Universal Database (UDB) V6.1 database administration in a UNIX, Windows, or OS/2 environment. This course will teach students the critical skills needed for designing a new DB2 implementation and maintaining an existing database. L earn To: Implement  more...

IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1--Administration Course Overview This course will provide database administrators with the specific skills and knowledge needed to be successful with DB2 Universal Database (UDB) V6.1 database administration in a UNIX, Windows, or OS/2 environment. This course will teach students the critical skills needed for designing a new DB2 implementation and maintaining an existing database. L earn To: Implement  more...

IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1 Admin Curriculum Course Overview The Complete IBM DB2 Universal Database V6.1 Administration Curriculum includes the courses needed to prepare for IBM Certified Solutions Expert certification exams 509 and 510. Students will learn fundamental DB2 v6.1 skills and knowledge, such as creating and modifying database objects, creating indexes and views, managing basic database operations, and the basics of SQL.  more...

IBM DB2 Universal Database V6 1 Admin Curriculum Course Overview The Complete IBM DB2 Universal Database V6.1 Administration Curriculum includes the courses needed to prepare for IBM Certified Solutions Expert certification exams 509 and 510. Students will learn fundamental DB2 v6.1 skills and knowledge, such as creating and modifying database objects, creating indexes and views, managing basic database operations, and the basics of SQL.  more...

Oracle PL SQL Database Programming Course Overview This course is the third in a series of three titles, and discusses the features of stored subprograms and packages. This course explains how to create and execute stored procedures and functions as well as how to create stored packages. This course also discusses built-in server-side packages and their use in debugging stored subprograms. This course covers how to manage stored  more...

Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures Part 5 This course focuses on designing Enterprise wireless networks, IP telephony solutions, content networking solutions, and storage networking solutions. Case studies facilitate applied learning wherever appropriate. Learn To: Identify features of Cisco wireless communication architecture. Identify components of a Cisco wireless solution. Identify radio frequency design considerations  more...

Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures Part 4 This course focuses on designing Enterprise wireless networks, IP telephony solutions, content networking solutions, and storage networking solutions. Case studies facilitate applied learning wherever appropriate. Learn To: Identify ways in which QoS answers network requirements. Match QoS architectures with their functions. Identify the classification of a Cisco QoS solution.  more...

Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures Part 3 The four main areas that are covered by this course are: designing QoS, designing IP multicast services, and designing Virtual Private Networks. Case Studies support the instruction in each of these areas. Learn To: Identify features of network security policies. Identify the steps involved in the network security process. Identify elements of a Cisco security solution. Identify  more...

Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures Part 2 Designing Network Management services is covered in the first unit. The course then covers in detail designing for high availability and designing security services. The instruction is supported with case studies in each of the areas of instruction. Learn To: Identify features of network management. Identify features of the CiscoWorks network management solution. Identify features  more...

Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures Part 1 The course starts with an overview of the Cisco AVVID network. It then gives in-depth coverage to the design of Enterprise Campus networks and Enterprise Edge networks. The instruction is solidly supported with real-world scenario examples and the learner has the opportunity to apply acquired concepts in case studies. Learn To: Identify features of the Cisco Architecture for Voice, Video  more...

Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting Part 2 ...etwork Troubleshooting. The courses are designed to prepare learners for the CCNP CIT exam 642-831. This course will cover commands and guidelines for problem isolation and resolution at the network, transport, and application layers of the OSI model. Learn To: Identify symptoms of problems occurring at the network layer. Identify functions of network layer commands. Identify  more...

Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting Part 1 ...etwork Troubleshooting. The courses are designed to prepare learners for the CCNP CIT exam 642-831. This course will cover baseline configuration and documentation of networks and end-systems, support resources for troubleshooting, and troubleshooting approaches. It covers commands and guidelines required for problem isolation and resolution at the physical and data link layers of the OSI  more...

Windows 2000 Upgrading from Windows NT 4 0--Part 2 Course Overview This course provides learners with instruction in the systematic process of accomplishing an upgrade to Windows 2000 from NT 4.0. An important distinction should be made between the content which this course covers and the content covered in Part 3 - Restructuring. This course covers a domain upgrade, sometimes referred to as 'in-place upgrade' or 'upgrade'. As used in the  more...

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 3 This is the third course in a 3 part series that prepares learners for the Cisco CCNA ICND exam 640-811 - Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices. The course describes Network Address Translation (NAT) and port address translation (PAT). This course also covers how to configure serial interfaces using PPP and High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) encapsulation. Frame Relay operation is introduced  more...

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 This is the second course in a 3 part series that prepares learners for the Cisco CCNA ICND exam 640-811 - Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices. The course introduces fundamental routing concepts. It describes the features, operation, and configuration of Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and Open  more...

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 This is the first course in a 3 part series that prepares learners for the Cisco CCNA ICND exam 640-811 - Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices. The course shows you how to configure a catalyst switch for basic operations. Topics covered include switching, spanning tree protocol, and access layer switch configuration. This course also describes the features and operation of VLANs, and shows you  more...

Designing Cisco Internetwork Solutions Part 3 ...co Internetworking curriculum, which is designed to prepare learners for the CCDA DESGN exam 640-861. It covers IP addressing, including IPv6, and routing protocol selection criteria, features, and deployment. Learn To: Identify characteristics of the IPv4 address structure. Identify characteristics of the IPv6 address structure. Distinguish between static and dynamic routing.  more...

Designing Cisco Internetwork Solutions Part 2 ...co Internetworking curriculum, which is designed to prepare learners for the CCDA DESGN exam 640-861. It covers Campus design methodology and models, Enterprise Edge WAN design methodology, WAN technology, and IP addressing, including IPv6. Learn To: Identify factors to consider when designing an Enterprise Campus. Match types of transmission media with their characteristics.  more...

Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions Part 1 ...rnetwork Solutions curriculum, which is designed to prepare learners for the CCDA DESGN exam 640-861. It covers organizational network policies and procedures, network design methodology, assessing project scope and requirements, and examining existing networks. It will also cover design implementation, modularizing networks, and evaluating network services and solutions within modular  more...

Oracle8i Backup and Recovery Strategies Backups ... backup and recovery strategies. This course introduces the learners to the backup and recovery goals and functions of the various structures and processes in the Oracle architecture. In addition, participants learn to manage archive processing and maintain a recovery catalog. This course also identifies the concepts associated with performing physical backups with or without Recovery Manager  more...

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Developing Flash Applications This course covers how to build a rich Internet application with Macromedia Flash MX 2004. The course has three units. The unit Object-Oriented ActionScript 2.0 introduces learners to object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts used in ActionScript 2.0. Connecting to External Data provides information for sending and retrieving data to and from a Flash file. The third unit, Components, enables  more...

Windows NT 4 0 Core Technologies Support - Part 3 ...rate, and troubleshoot Windows NT 4.0 which will enable the learners to successfully take Microsoft's 70-67 certification exam: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0. L earn To: Identify the subsystems responsible for supporting applications. Manage the applications with Task Manager and the Command Prompt. Identify the common application-related problems in  more...

Windows NT 4 0 Core Technologies Support - Part 2 ...rate, and troubleshoot Windows NT 4.0 which will enable the learners to successfully take Microsoft's 70-67 certification exam: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0. L earn To: Describe the Windows NT file systems, manage partitions and configure the hard disk. Manage disk resources by creating and securing the resources. Protect Server data using various  more...

Windows NT 4 0 Core Technologies Support - Part 1 ...rate, and troubleshoot Windows NT 4.0 which will enable the learners to successfully take Microsoft’s 70-67 certification exam: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0. L earn To: Describe the Windows NT environment, its architecture and the network models. Install the Windows NT Server 4.0 as a Primary Domain Controller in a Single Domain Model.  more...

Oracle Database 10g Administration Workshop II Part 4 This course will teach learners to configure an Oracle database for multilingual applications and distributed database access. Learners will learn how to use various database technologies, such as Resource Manager, the Scheduler, and materialized views. Learn To: Identify features of Automatic Storage Management (ASM). Identify features of Automatic Storage Management (ASM)  more...

Oracle Form Builder R6 Including Reusable Oracle Components ...ased on Oracle Developer Release 6. This course will enable learners to implement methods to use additional data sources, to work with Oracle8 objects, and to integrate charts, reports, and timers in form modules. In addition, the course covers the procedures to reuse components, objects, and code and to modify the relations between two associated blocks. Finally, the course provides  more...

Oracle Form Builder R6 Controlling the User Interface Programmatically Course Overview This course is the fifth in a six-part Oracle Developer series based on Oracle Developer Release 6. This course enables learners to create Key triggers, to write code that responds to mouse events, to manage windows and canvases, and to use the Object Navigator. In addition, learners work with multiple form applications, record groups, and list items. L earn To:  more...

Oracle Form Builder R6 Project Builder and Menu Modules Course Overview This course is the fourth in a six-part Oracle Developer series based on Oracle Developer Release 6. This course describes the features and benefits of Oracle Project Builder, how to create and deliver projects, and how to create new file types. In addition, the course describes how to create and manipulate menu modules, and how to manage menu modules. L earn To:  more...

Oracle Form Builder R6 Writing and Debugging Code ...that is based on Oracle Developer Release 6. In this course learners will create and control alerts, debug PL/SQL code, and process queries in form modules. In addition, the course will cover transaction processing, Form Builder application customization, and writing flexible code. L earn To: Identify the communication formats used by Form Builder. Write the code to handle errors,  more...

Oracle Form Builder R6 Enhancing the User Interface Course Overview This course is the second in a six-part Oracle Developer series based on Oracle Developer Release 6. This course describes how to create input and non-input items, how to create lists of values (LOVs) and editors to support text items, and how to create forms using multiple windows and a variety of canvas styles. Additionally, this course covers ways to add functionality to  more...

Oracle Form Builder R6 Forms Fundamentals Course Overview This course is the first in a six-part Oracle Developer series that is based on Oracle Developer Release 6. This course introduces the learner to the key features, components, and capabilities of Oracle Developer. In addition, this course helps learners to run, create, and customize a form module. L earn To: Identify the key features, components and capabilities of  more...

Evaluating E-Commerce Options This course is intended for students who wish to consider some of the costs as well as the potential benefits of e-commerce. A survey of e-commerce strategies and an overview containing implementation descriptions will help the student better understand the basis of costs associated with e-commerce. Learn To: The Market Environment. External Factors. Core Developer Technologies.  more...

Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web ...ies that require the use of the Web and a Web browser. Some learners may benefit from taking Introduction to PCs and Application Software (course 12994), and Microsoft Windows 95 Fundamentals (course 70011) or Microsoft Windows 98 User Fundamentals (71011) prior to taking this course. Learners who complete this course will be prepared to take a browser-specific course. T otal Learning Time  more...

Microsoft Visio 2003 Expert User ...vanced features in Microsoft Visio 2003. This will help the learners create specialized diagrams by using different shapes and wizards provided by Visio 2003. Learn To: Identify drawing operations that you can perform to create new shapes from existing shapes in a Microsoft Visio 2003 drawing. Assign a shape to a new layer in Microsoft Visio 2003. Identify options for modifying  more...

E-Learning Essentials Part 2 Marketing Your Solution This course covers the aspects of marketing that are essential to marketing an e-learning solution within an organization. It focuses on the required change of organizational mindset to one that supports anytime, anywhere learning. The three important marketing channels are covered - through a champion, culture change and communication plan. The course then looks at each of the key player groups  more...

E-Learning Essentials Part 3 Deploying Measuring Your Solution The third course in this curriculum focuses on issues of deployment and measurement of an e-learning solution. Regarding deployment, technological, interoperability and multi-site challenges are addressed, as well as using the Internet, choosing the right platform, managing learners and learning objects. The final area to be covered is that of measuring the e-learning solution, integrating  more...

Managing Business Risk Developing a Risk Management Plan Managing Business Risk: Developing a Risk Management Plan teaches learners about the various risk management models as well as factors that influence the risk management function in organizations. Students will also learn about the risk management environment that organizations face and the methods used to assess those risks. Learn To Identify the differences  more...

Managing Business Risk Risk Assessment Control Managing Business Risk: Risk Assessment and Control teaches learners about risk identification and environmental scanning. Students will also learn about evaluation and control of risk within organizations and the methods for classifying various organizational risks. Learn To Identify typical information sources used in an environmental scan.  more...

Managing Business Risk Financing Contingency Planning Managing Business Risk: Financing and Contingency Planning teaches learners how to identify the dimensions of risk financing and to identify the various categories of risk financing tools. Students will also learn about the major responsibilities of contract management and the importance of developing a business contingency plan. Learn To Identify the categories  more...

Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Proficient User This course will address the core features of FrontPage 2003, giving learners a solid foundation in essential FrontPage 2003 skills. Learn To: Match elements of the FrontPage 2003 environment with their functions. Identify the Web editing views. Identify functions of the basic toolbar buttons. Identify methods for formatting text. Identify the different text alignments. Match  more...

Oracle 11i10 System Admin DBA Activities In this course, learners will be introduced to different tasks and duties a DBA and a system administrator perform to administer Oracle Applications. The tasks and duties discussed in this course are Application DBA duties, folder administration, custom program addition, help customization, and document sequencing. Learn To: Identify the steps for assigning resource consumer groups.  more...

Oracle 11i10 System Admin Workflow Applications Manager ...performed to set up Oracle Workflow. It also introduces the learners to Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) and its benefits. In addition, it explores options to monitor system performance, critical activities, and business flows of an organization. Finally, it covers features that help in diagnosing and resolving system issues. Learn To: Identify the mandatory steps for setting up  more...

Oracle 11i10 System Admin Application Function Data Security In this course, learners will be introduced to the concepts and fundamentals of Oracle Applications Security. This course will also cover various layers of access control in Oracle Applications Security. In addition, it will provide detailed information on two core security layers of access control, Function Security and Data Security. Learn To: Identify features of Core Security layers  more...

Oracle 11i10 System Admin User Management Resource Auditing In the Oracle 11i10 Sys Admin: User Management and Resource Auditing course, learners will be introduced to the concepts and implementation of Oracle User Management and resource auditing. Learn To: Identify privileges of different types of users in Oracle User Management. Identify steps in different phases of Oracle User Management implementation. Identify features of roles.  more...

Oracle 11i10 System Admin Personalization Workflow Components ...zations at different levels. The course also introduces the learners to the benefits of the workflow process and describes different types of workflow components. Learn To: Identify features of personalizations. Match the profile options configured to enable or disable page personalization with their features. Identify steps to perform administrator-level page personalization.  more...

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Getting Started This course introduces learners to the basics of Macromedia Flash MX 2004. The course has two units, Flash MX 2004 Fundamentals and Movie Clips and ActionScript. The Flash MX 2004 Fundamentals covers the toolbar, menu bar, frames, layers, colors, and tweening. The Movie Clips and ActionScript unit introduces the concept of movie clips and covers the basics of ActionScript. Learn To:  more...

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Fundamentals of ActionScript This course introduces learners to the basics of ActionScript. The course has four units. Understanding ActionScript introduces learners to the new features of ActionScript 2.0 and provides them with a broad-level framework. Working with ActionScript covers the main aspects of ActionScript namely, handling events, using the ActionScript syntax, and working with data. Working with Functions and  more...

Oracle Database 10g Adminsitration Workshop I Part 3 ...rvers is also covered. After going through this course, the learners would be able to tune the system for best performance by configuring automatic alerts and thresholds. Learn To: Identify security practices and principles that are implemented in Oracle Database 10g. Identify advantages of revoking unnecessary privileges from the user group PUBLIC. Identify guidelines for  more...

Oracle Database 10g SQL Fundamentals I Part 1 ... Oracle Database 10g database technology. Additionally, the learners will be introduced to the powerful SQL programming language and its features. Learn To: Match the different phases of system development life cycle (SDLC) with their features. Identify features of an Entity Relationship (ER) model. Identify features of Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Identify the  more...

Oracle Database 10g Administration Workshop II Part 2 This course will teach learners to use RMAN and explain the various RMAN commands. Diagnostic sources, non-critical recovery, and incomplete recovery concepts are also covered in this course. Learners will also learn how to perform incomplete recovery. Learn To: Match various RMAN commands with their features. Distinguish between the methods for issuing RMAN commands. Identify  more...

Oracle Database 10g Administration Workshop I Part 4 Learners will gain a conceptual understanding of the Oracle database architecture and how its components work and interact with one another. Learners will also be taught about undo management, lock management, and backup and recovery techniques. Learn To: Identify benefits of undo data. Identify features of undo segments. Identify undo management tasks that a DBA should perform to  more...

C Programming - Part 4 ...which is based on ANSI C++. This course is designed to give learners some of the practical skills needed to be able to write and compile user-ready C++ applications. Learners will acquire skills needed to perform runtime exception handling, incorporate standard libraries, and create well-designed class hierarchies. L earn To: Implement the C++ exception-handling mechanism to enable  more...

Oracle SQL Specifics Creating and Managing Database Objects Course Overview This course is the second in a two-part series on Oracle SQL Specifics that will teach participants how to use commands, functions, and operators supported by Oracle as extensions to standard SQL. Users will learn how to create and manage tables, build integrity constraints, and use the COMMIT and ROLLBACK statements to control transactions. Learners will create and maintain  more...

Oracle SQL and SQL Plus Advanced SELECT Statements Course Overview This course is the first course in a two-part series which covers advanced SQL and SQL*Plus. This course introduces the learner to the advanced SELECT statements and the use of subqueries in Oracle Statements. In addition, this course explores the functions used in Oracle and covers the use of set operators to combine two or more queries. L earn To: Write single-row  more...

Oracle SQL and SQL Plus SQL Plus and Reporting Course Overview This is the second course in a two-part series which covers advanced SQL and SQL*Plus. This course introduces the learner to the fundamental concepts of SQL*Plus and queries using SQL*Plus runtime variables. In addition, this course explores saving customizations and enhancing query output. L earn To: Identify the fundamental concepts of SQL*Plus and write queries  more...

Office 2000 - Web Integration Course Overview This course will teach experienced Microsoft Office users the skills and knowledge necessary to be able to take advantage of the enhanced web integration capabilities of Microsoft Office 2000. At the end of this course students will be able to create, publish, edit, share, and collaborate on web documents using Microsoft Office 2000 applications. L earn To: Create Web  more...

Microsoft Visio 2003 Proficient User ...undation in essential Visio 2003 skills. This will help the learners create simple and specialized diagrams by using different shapes and wizards provided by Visio 2003. Learn To: Identify features of various interface elements in Microsoft Visio 2003. Identify features of different types of drawing templates available in Microsoft Visio 2003. Identify Page Setup options in  more...

Lotus Notes 6 New Features of IBM Lotus Notes 6 This course assumes some background knowledge of Lotus Notes 4 or 5 and it focuses on teaching the new features and enhancements to Lotus Notes in the new Version 6. It covers the new Lotus Notes 6 Interface, new features of Bookmarks and Messaging, as well as document and replication functionalities and enhancements. Lotus Notes Help has been greatly enhanced in this release so learners will find  more...

Microsoft Works Suite 2005 Creating Documents ...e learners with a basic understanding of Microsoft Word, which is integrated with the Microsoft Works Suite 2005 software. It will also cover the basics of document creation such as creating and saving a document as well as editing, formatting, moving, and aligning text in a document. This course will also cover various options to enhance a document. Learn To: Start Microsoft Word  more...

Introduction to Microsoft Works Suite 2005 ...e learners with a basic understanding of Microsoft Works Suite 2005. It will enable them to use Works as a handy all-in-one tool that has an option for every task. With the basic knowledge of Works, learners will be able to accomplish various tasks using the collection of programs provided by Works. Learn To: Open the Works Task Launcher from the Start menu. Identify features of the  more...

SQL and PL SQL DML and DDL Course Overview This course is the third in a three-part Oracle SQL series that is based on the Oracle ILT course, Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL. Using the Oracle SQL*Plus environment, this computer-based training course uses Structured Query Language (SQL) to create and populate Oracle database tables. Learners create tables and other database objects and learn to maintain and modify  more...

Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions Part 4 ...co Internetworking curriculum, which is designed to prepare learners for the CCDA DESGN exam 640-861.. It covers traditional voice architectures, voice architecture integration, voice technology requirements, and capacity planning using voice traffic engineering concepts. Learn To: Identify guidelines for network security risk assessment. Identify threats to network security.  more...

Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks Part 4 This is the last course of a four-part series that prepares learners for the Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks Exam (BSCI 642-801). This course teaches the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and about manipulating routing updates. With multiple connections, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an alternative to using default routes to control path selections. Configuring and troubleshooting BGP can  more...

Java for Procedural Programmers Java Concepts This course explores Java language syntax. The Websphere Studio Application Developer is introduced. You will learn the concepts of statements such as non-functional statements, conditional statements, and iterative statements. In the Using Existing Classes section, features of Java objects, classes, and containers are discussed. The Creating Your Own Class section covers creating a class, class  more...

Project 2000 Fundamentals ...As the first in a two-part series, this course will provide learners with a foundation for using Project 2000. Learners will be given a thorough overview of the features of Project. Learners also will be taught how to create, communicate and track a Project plan. L earn To: Identify the uses of the new features in MS Project 2000. Create a project file. Create and schedule tasks  more...

Oracle Database 10g Administration Workshop II Part 1 This course will teach learners to configure an Oracle database for multilingual applications and distributed database access. Students will also practice various methods of recovering the database, using RMAN, SQL, and Flashback technology. Learn To: Match goals of Oracle Database 10g manageability features with the methods of achieving them. Identify features of the Oracle Database  more...

Oracle Database 10g Administration Workshop I Part 1 Learners will gain a conceptual understanding of the Oracle database architecture and how its components work and interact with one another. Learners will be taught to create an operational database and properly manage the various structures in an effective and efficient manner including performance monitoring, database security, user management, and backup/recovery techniques. Learn To:  more...

Red Hat Linux Part 1 User Fundamentals Course Overview The first course in the Linux Essentials series provides users with background knowledge about Linux and a solid introduction to typical user tasks using the CLI, KDE, and Gnome. These tasks include navigating GUI desktops, managing files and directories, and launching applications. The learner will also discover how to get help and print files in Linux. L earn To:  more...

Red Hat Linux Part 2 Advanced Topics for Users Course Overview The second course in this Linux Essentials series provides more detailed information about working within the Linux shell environment. This includes customizing the Shell environment and shell functionality. It also covers standard input, output, and file compression. The course examines data backup processes and procedures. The learner will also learn how to control processes  more...

XML Programming--Part 1 Components Style Sheets Course Overview This first course in the series will teach learners why XML is useful for developing Web and enterprise applications and the basics about how to write XML well-formed documents. It will cover the history of XML, the features and benefits of XML, writing XML documents, and using style sheets, including Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and the Extensible Style Language (XSL). This  more...

XML Programming--Part 1 Components Style Sheets Course Overview This first course in the series will teach learners why XML is useful for developing Web and enterprise applications and the basics about how to write XML well-formed documents. It will cover the history of XML, the features and benefits of XML, writing XML documents, and using style sheets, including Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and the Extensible Style Language (XSL). This  more...

Office XP-New Features Curriculum ... Audience The audience for this curriculum would include learners who work in an office environment producing documents/spreadsheets and/or databases/Web pages. The audience for this curriculum may have job titles such as, Secretary, Clerk, Typist, CSR, Office Manager, Web Designer-Developer, System Administrator, Database Administrator. Content Emphasis Skills-Based Deployment Options  more...

Office XP New Features Part 1 Overview Word Excel PowerPoint .... Audience The audience for the course would include learners who work in an office environment producing documents/spreadsheets and/or databases/Web pages. The audience for this course may have job titles such as, Secretary, Clerk, Typist, CSR, Office Manager, Web Designer-Developer, System Administrator, Database Administrator. This course presents the learner with the first of two  more...

Oracle 11i Procure to Pay Part 2 This course provides an understanding of the procure-to-pay cycle and key implementation issues in Oracle Sourcing, Requisitions, iProcurement, and Purchase Orders. The student's will also learn to make basic implementation decisions involved in launching the Procure-to-Pay process. Learners will learn how these applications fit into Oracle's e-Business Suite of applications. Learn To:  more...

Office XP New Features Part 2 Access Outlook FrontPage ...u. Audience The audience for this course would include learners who work in an office environment producing and working with databases, e-mail, or Internet software. A high level of computer skill is not required for New Features Part 1 but learners will have had some prior experience with Microsoft Office software. However, New Features Part 2 requires a higher level of skill as its  more...

Access XP Fundamentals Course Overview This course presents the learner with the fundamentals of Microsoft Access 2002. This course guides the learner through the basics of Access databases and covers topics such as creating and modifying databases, and establishing relationships between tables. Learn To • Identify advantages of a relational database. • Identify the basics of a relational database.  more...

Oracle 11i Procure to Pay Part 3 This course provides an understanding of the Procure-to-Pay cycle and key implementation issues in Oracle Purchasing, iProcurement and Payables applications. This course covers creation and security of documents. This course will prepare student's to make basic implementation decisions involved in launching the Procure-to-Pay process. Learners will learn how these applications fit into Oracle's  more...

Access XP Proficient User Course Overview This courses covers more advanced features of Access 2002. Individuals will learn how to make different types of data queries, work with forms and link data to other databases. Learn To • Create a single-table query in Design view. • Create a multiple-table query in Design view. • Create a simple query by using the Simple Query Wizard. • Identify  more...

Access XP Expert User Course Overview This course covers the more complex aspects of working with data using Access 2002. Assuming the learner is already proficient in Access, the course covers advanced features of database queries, and enhancing forms and reports. Learn To • Create an update query. • Create a delete query. • Create an append query. • Create a form in Design view.  more...

Excel XP Fundamentals ...ge of Microsoft Windows 9x or later operating systems. Some learners may have a basic knowledge of either Microsoft Office 97 or 2000 programs. Content Emphasis Informational Deployment Options Internet / Intranet, Download, LAN, Workstation Accreditation NASBA credits: 4 CPE Credits Language Options American English Total Learning Time 6 to 8 hours 74030  more...

Excel XP Proficient User ...ge of Microsoft Windows 9x or later operating systems. Some learners may have a basic knowledge of either Microsoft Office 97 or 2000 programs and should have taken Microsoft Excel 2002 Fundamentals course 74030. Content Emphasis Skills-Based Deployment Options Internet / Intranet, Download, LAN, Workstation Accreditation NASBA credits: 4 CPE Credits Language Options  more...

Excel XP Expert User Course Overview This course covers skills particular to the expert user of Excel 2002. The course teaches template and database integration, shared workbooks, and consolidating data across workbooks. This course also teaches, Data Analysis and Automation, data importing and querying, pivot tables, macros, and data analysis tools. Learn To • Create a new template file. • Modify  more...

Outlook XP Fundamentals Course Overview This course presents the learner with the basics of Microsoft Outlook 2002. Individuals will learn how to open and reply to e-mail messages, insert attachments in messages and schedule appointments in the Outlook Calendar. Learn To • Start and exit Outlook 2002. • Identify the components of the Outlook 2002 interface. • Obtain help by using the Outlook  more...

Outlook XP Proficient User Course Overview This course teaches common utilities within Outlook 2002 and will enable the learner to become proficient in using Outlook. The course covers the advanced skills of scheduling meetings, Tasks, and working with Outlook Journal and Notes. Learn To • Plan a single meeting by inviting attendees and booking a resource. • Plan a recurring meeting. • Invite an  more...

Outlook XP Expert User Course Overview This course teaches the advanced features of Outlook 2002 and will enable the learner to become an expert user. Message formats and templates, security tools and network configuration newsgroups, instant messaging and working remotely topics are covered in the course. It assumes the learner has taken the Outlook Fundamentals and Proficient User courses. Learn To •  more...

PowerPoint XP Curriculum Course Overview This curriculum presents the learner with the skills to both become proficient and master advanced skills in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002. Topics covered include the basics of PowerPoint, how to create and modify presentations, add graphics, presentation enhancements, how to insert charts and tables, import objects and make the final presentation as professional as possible. This  more...

PowerPoint XP Proficient User Course Overview This course presents the learner with the skills to become proficient at Microsoft PowerPoint 2002. This course guides the learner through the basics of PowerPoint presentations with the emphasis on learning by doing. Learners will be presented with topics such as creating and modifying presentations. The course will also cover adding graphics to presentations and preparing a  more...

PowerPoint XP Expert User Course Overview This course builds on the skills acquired in the PowerPoint 2002 Proficient User course (74041), and enables the learner to master advanced skills in PowerPoint. The course covers presentation enhancements, using and inserting charts and tables, importing objects and making the final presentation as professional as possible. Learn To • Modify a Slide Master. •  more...

Word XP Curriculum Course Overview This curriculum introduces the learner to the fundamental, advanced and expert user elements of Word 2002. Topics covered include the creation of documents, use of Word Help, document enhancement, table and column management, in addition to visual enhancements to include WordArt, and graphics. This curriculum consists of three Skill Builder courses: Course 74020 Microsoft Word  more...

Word XP Fundamentals Course Overview This course introduces the learner to the fundamental elements of Word 2002. The Word interface is covered along with the creation of documents and use of Word Help. Working with documents as well as document formatting and management and organization are covered. Learn To • Start Word 2002. • Identify features of the Word 2002 interface. • Change the  more...

Word XP Proficient User Course Overview This course covers more advanced skills of working with documents in Word 2002. Learners will deal with document enhancement, table management, and column management. This course also covers visual enhancements including WordArt, graphics, and diagrams. Lastly, learners will cover mail merge and workgroup collaboration. Learn To • Insert page numbers into a document.  more...

Word XP Expert User Course Overview This course covers skills particular to the expert user of Word 2002. Advanced text and document handling is covered along with document styles and macros. Learners will cover group editing and document distribution, advanced workgroup collaboration and forms. Lastly, this course will cover tables, indexes and referencing, advanced document navigation and data tables. Learn To  more...

XML Building XML-Based Web Applications Part 2 Course Overview This is the second course in a five part series that presents an introduction to the treatment of validation technologies within XML. DTDs are covered, presenting detail on DTD elements and attributes and entities. XML Schemas are then introduced, emphasizing the advantages of schemas over DTDs and then covering data types and namespaces within XML Schemas. The course then  more...

XML Building XML-Based Web Applications Part 2 Course Overview This is the second course in a five part series that presents an introduction to the treatment of validation technologies within XML. DTDs are covered, presenting detail on DTD elements and attributes and entities. XML Schemas are then introduced, emphasizing the advantages of schemas over DTDs and then covering data types and namespaces within XML Schemas. The course then  more...

XML Building XML-Based Web Applications Part 3 Course Overview This is the third course in a five part series that presents a detailed treatment of Styling within XML, concentrating on XSL. The evolution from CSS to XSL is covered in detail. XSL transformation mechanisms are dealt with, along with linking technologies, XML filtering and sorting, language constructs and creating new XML elements, and a coverage of XSLT. The course then  more...

Java for Procedural Programmers Java Concepts This course explores Java language syntax. The Websphere Studio Application Developer is introduced. You will learn the concepts of statements such as non-functional statements, conditional statements, and iterative statements. In the Using Existing Classes section, features of Java objects, classes, and containers are discussed. The Creating Your Own Class section covers creating a class, class  more...

Crystal Reports 8 5 Introductory Report Design Part 2 Course Overview This is the second course in a two part series that builds on the information taught in the first course, Crystal Reports 8.5: Introductory Report Design Part 1 (13889). Learners will be working with formulas, linking reports, working with Cross-tabs, formatting sections, creating charts, and creating geographical maps. After completing this course, learners will be able to use  more...

WebSphere MQ Integration Message Broker ...e learners with a general overview of the WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker product. The course introduces the business and technical reasons for a message broker, and the main features of WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker are then outlined. Students are given a basic understanding of how the product works and what tasks can be done with it. Learn To  more...

Java for Procedural Programmers Life Cycle This course explores software life cycles and methodologies such as waterfall, spiral, incremental, and iterative, and the RUP. In the Requirements and Analysis section, you will learn about requirements and analysis workflow and modeling relationships. This includes associations, multiplicity, and inheritance. The Design and Implementation section covers design associations and models, and  more...

Windows XP Professional User Curriculum The Microsoft Windows XP Professional User Curriculum builds on the learner's existing knowledge of the Windows XP operating system by teaching the more skilled facets of XP's functionality and features. It builds from some basic assumptions about the learner's previous experience within the Windows environment (particularly with Windows XP) and it comprehensively guides the learner through the  more...

Windows XP Prof User Fundamentals This course presents the learner with the skills to become proficient at Microsoft Windows XP. It builds from some basic assumptions about the learner's previous experience within a Windows environment and it comprehensively guides the learner through the basics of using this latest version of Windows with the emphasis on learning by doing. Learn To: o Match Windows XP new features with their  more...

Java for Procedural Programmers Life Cycle This course explores software life cycles and methodologies such as waterfall, spiral, incremental, and iterative, and the RUP. In the Requirements and Analysis section, you will learn about requirements and analysis workflow and modeling relationships. This includes associations, multiplicity, and inheritance. The Design and Implementation section covers design associations and models, and  more...

WebSphere MQ Essentials System Administration I This course begins with WebSphere MQ installation and Queue Manager configuration. WebSphere MQ queues and commands are also introduced. The MQI is discussed in brief. Learners are stepped through triggering. Integrity, message persistence, and recovery are also covered. Distributed queue management is one of the major benefits of WebSphere MQ and this course covers the key concepts. Learn To  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 2 Networks Desktops This is the second course in a five part series on the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. This course discusses how to troubleshoot the boot process, and the different stages of the boot process. It also covers system restore and Automated System Recovery process as a means of returning the computer to its previous state, and how to install and support computers  more...

WebSphere MQ Essentials System Administration I This course begins with WebSphere MQ installation and Queue Manager configuration. WebSphere MQ queues and commands are also introduced. The MQI is discussed in brief. Learners are stepped through triggering. Integrity, message persistence, and recovery are also covered. Distributed queue management is one of the major benefits of WebSphere MQ and this course covers the key concepts. Learn To  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 2 Networks Desktops This is the second course in a five part series on the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. This course discusses how to troubleshoot the boot process, and the different stages of the boot process. It also covers system restore and Automated System Recovery process as a means of returning the computer to its previous state, and how to install and support computers  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 3 TCP IP NOS Environments This is the third course in a five part series on the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. It introduces the concepts behind TCP/IP, and teaches how to support TCP/IP on computers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. The course also covers the TCP/IP name resolution process, and provides an introduction to installing and configuring Internet Information Server,  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 3 TCP IP NOS Environments This is the third course in a five part series on the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. It introduces the concepts behind TCP/IP, and teaches how to support TCP/IP on computers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. The course also covers the TCP/IP name resolution process, and provides an introduction to installing and configuring Internet Information Server,  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 4 Remote Mobile Computing This is the fourth course in a five part series in the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. It covers how to configure inbound and outbound connections and authentication protocols for Microsoft Windows XP Professional. It discusses how to configure and use Remote Desktop. Topics teaching how to configure and support Microsoft Windows XP Professional for mobile  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 4 Remote Mobile Computing This is the fourth course in a five part series in the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. It covers how to configure inbound and outbound connections and authentication protocols for Microsoft Windows XP Professional. It discusses how to configure and use Remote Desktop. Topics teaching how to configure and support Microsoft Windows XP Professional for mobile  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 5 Disk File Mgt This is the final course in a five part series in the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. It covers how to work with basic and dynamic disks, manage drive letters, paths and defragmenting volumes on computers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. It also teaches how to configure and manage various file systems, manage data compression, and secure data by using EFS  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 5 Disk File Mgt This is the final course in a five part series in the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. It covers how to work with basic and dynamic disks, manage drive letters, paths and defragmenting volumes on computers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. It also teaches how to configure and manage various file systems, manage data compression, and secure data by using EFS  more...