Online Subject eLearning Training

Preparing for the Praxis II Subject Assessments This course is designed to prepare you for The Praxis II Subject Assessments by concentrating on three keys to success: understanding the exams, preparing for the exams, and developing a Praxis State of Mind. Students learn to read test questions critically, prepare targeted study plans, and get tips that will improve their chances of passing.  more...

Electronic Commerce: Strategies Professional Level One of the most detailed courses available on the subject. This course covers several strategies related to building the small or full scale e-commerce enabled business enterprise.  more...

Framing the Problem ...hat objectively makes up the problem itself but also what subjective tendencies influence your view of the situation. This course is designed to help you effectively frame problems so that you're sure your line of sight is aimed straight toward the solution. You'll discover how to recognize and gather information about a problem so that all contingencies are accounted for and all subtleties  more...

The Foundations of Creativity and Innovation ...vity and innovation. Of course, creativity is not a "dry" subject. The human mind must be stimulated, excited, and nurtured to produce creative thinking. In short, people need the right climate and culture for creativity and innovation to flourish. Starting with an examination of the barriers to fostering a creat This course is for anyone who wants to be more creative and innovative at work.  more...

An Essential Guide to Giving Feedback The performance of any business depends upon the performance of everyone within the organization. To ensure that all staff are meeting their potential it is essential that there is a culture which enables feedback to be given and received. This course enables you to become familiar with the key aspects of giving candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to  more...

E-mail and Internet Use E-mail and Internet technologies are rapid communication and information tools that spell success for any person or business that knows how to take advantage of them. However, there are dangers in the use of this advanced technology. This course outlines the pitfalls involved in using e-mail and accessing the Internet through a company's network, and the policies that are often implemented to  more...

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act U.S. firms seeking to do business in foreign markets must be familiar with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The act prohibits corrupt payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business. This course provides an overview of the FCPA. It illustrates how the act can impact your business and gives advice on the steps you can take to make sure that your business  more...

Intellectual Property Overview Management is often confronted with the responsibility of protecting a company's intellectual property rights, while still communicating the company's identity or ideas to internal and external customers. How does management perform this function effectively while keeping the law on its side? This course explains the basic types of intellectual property, the legal protections in place, and the  more...

Trade Secrets A trade secret is information that is of proven economic value to its owner, is actively protected, and is not generally known to competitors. Trade secrets are important because they provide a competitive advantage to their owners and may be the only viable form of legal protection available. They are protected under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), in those states that have adopted it, and  more...

Doing Business with the Government This course explains how to identify, win, and manage contracts with the largest consumer of goods and services in the world--the U.S. government. Each year the federal government awards contracts worth over $200 billion to businesses of all sizes and diversity. Of the 20 percent of contracts designated for small businesses, one quarter are aimed at women-owned businesses and another quarter for  more...

Insider Trading Illegal insider trading is harmful to the marketplace. The ethical arguments against insider trading draw attention to the disparity of information between the two parties to the transaction, the violation of property rights, and the undermining of investors' confidence in the market. This course will provide examples of illegal insider trading and list the main provisions under law governing  more...

Independent Contractors and Temporary Employees Many companies are hiring contract or temporary employees to meet their changing staffing needs. Before hiring an independent contractor or temporary employee--also referred to as a contingency worker--companies should be aware of the costs involved along with the relevant legal and taxation issues. It is important that both parties have a clear understanding of the terms of their agreement with  more...

Union Awareness According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2004, 12.5 percent of wage and salary workers were union members--down from 12.9 percent in 2003. Why is membership declining? Perhaps the growing number of laws in place to protect workers prevents the necessity of unions, or perhaps the nature of the work itself has changed. Regardless of the decline, workers still have  more...

Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Protection Following the Enron collapse, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed into law in an effort to prevent or reduce the incidence of corporate and securities fraud. Significantly, the Act (technically named "The Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002") provides protection to, and even encourages, employees who would report such fraud. Sarbanes-Oxley provides the most forceful protections  more...

Employee Sexual Harassment Awareness Sexual harassment can have a disastrous impact on victims, offenders, and the company in which the offense occurs. Training employees in the essentials of prohibited conduct is an important part of reducing liability and maintaining a professional work environment. This course helps participants identify two types of sexual harassment, and recognize behaviors that may be considered sexually  more...

HIPAA Privacy Rules Personal privacy is now a major issue to people, particularly where medical information is concerned. This course presents an overview of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), outlining the main components and identifying who is covered by the act. The course examines the privacy provisions under HIPAA for patients and employees involved with covered entities. Under  more...

HIPAA Electronic Health Data Transactions Congress designed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Rules to create shared data standards for health care providers, health plans, and information clearinghouses. These common standards make it easier to provide adequate care for patients, process insurance claims, and send and receive payments for health services. By using a  more...

HIPAA Securing Protected Health Information Congress designed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Rules to make it easier for healthcare providers, insurance companies, and information clearinghouses to provide adequate care for patients. By using a single set of standards for exchanging electronic data, healthcare organizations can send and receive health information more  more...

Americans with Disabilities Act ADA This course explains the concepts, requirements, and practical application of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA of 1990 makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability. The Act requires all private, state, or local government employers with 15 or more employees to make sure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to apply  more...

Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes specific minimum requirements in relation to employees' wages, hours of work, overtime entitlements, and payroll records. The act was passed to set and enforce federal requirements on minimum wages and overtime. The FLSA became federal law in 1938 as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal--its primary aim was to respond to growing concerns about poor  more...

Antitrust--Overview Antitrust laws legislate against business practices that undermine competitiveness or are considered to be unfair. The term "antitrust" derives from U.S. legislation that was originally formulated to combat business trusts--now commonly known as cartels. There are three major federal antitrust laws: the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act. Essentially,  more...

Antitrust--Talking with the Competition Collaboration is an agreement to engage in some form of economic activity with another party. In modern markets, competitors may decide to collaborate for a number of reasons. These include funding innovation projects, sharing marketing or distribution costs, or implementing best practices in production or services. Collaborating with a competitor can help your company to cut costs and deliver a  more...

Win2000 Professional Managing Hardware Devices ... to optimize disk speed and disk performance are also the subject of this course. Finally, the course teaches you about the various storage types supported by Windows 2000 Professional. It explains how to set default quota values, audit user disk space, and manage disk quotas on a remote computer. It describes usin The course addresses the training needs of system administrators, network  more...

Win2000 Network Infrastructure Implementation Administering DNS This course introduces you to the concept of Domain Name System (DNS) and explains the benefits of using DNS. You will learn how to install and configure a DNS server and DNS client computers, as well as how to monitor a DNS server and troubleshoot problems related to DNS servers and clients. The course also discusses the concept of zones that are used to store this information. You will learn how  more...

Win2000 Server Managing Hardware Devices Drivers ... to optimize disk speed and disk performance are also the subject of this course. Finally, the course teaches you about the various storage types supported by Windows 2000 Professional. It explains how to set default quota values, audit user disk space, and manage disk quotas on a remote computer. It describes usin The course addresses the training needs of system administrators, network  more...

Legal Ethical Social Global and Taxation Issues This WestNet e-Learning module provides a look at some of the legal and social issues to consider in your work as a Web professional. As the Web has become more entwined with our personal and professional lives, the laws, rules, and customs of the day-to-day real world have necessarily followed. In some cases, this has meant applying existing laws and customs to the Internet. In others, new laws  more...

Building a Data Warehouse The Building a Data Warehousing WBT is the second course in the Data Warehousing curriculum. It provides students with an overview of the core technologies, concepts, architecture, and various features of data warehouses, models, and data extraction tools. People who have a fairly good knowledge of the concepts of database systems, relational database management systems, and their architecture.  more...

Hearing Conservation This one-hour training course will provide information to help you prevent noise-induced hearing loss. It will also explain the purpose and components of a hearing conservation program including the proper fitting, use, and care of hearing protectors. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. describe the effects of noise on  more...

Searching the Internet The Searching the Internet WBT is meant for acquainting the students with the basic concepts of searching on the Internet and the proper usage of various search techniques. End-users who want to search the Internet effectively.  more...

Dynamic Site Technologies Each lesson in this module presents a general overview of a technology that can make dynamic sites possible. Each of these technologies is a complex subject in its own right so this module provides only a broad description of what they can do.  more...

Business Code of Conduct - Bribery and Kickbacks This course defines bribery and kickbacks giving concrete examples of each and guidelines for employees who find themselves the subject of bribery or kickback overtures. This course also covers the consequences of taking a bribe or a kickback.  more...

Grammar Skills - Writing Effectively Professionals are required to communicate effectively. In doing so they must have a good understanding of proper grammar skills. This course covers the fundamentals of effective sentence construction including such things as subject-verb agreement the active versus the passive voice and phrases and clauses.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 2: IP Model This is the second course in a five part series that presents students with instruction in the subject of the IP model. It covers the features and functions of several layers in the OSI model - including the network access layer, the Internet layer, and the transport layer. The student will also learn how to use various TCP/IP troubleshooting tools.  more...

MS SQL Server 2000: Database Administration Part 1: Installing SQL Server 2000 This is the first course in a five part series that presents the students with both theoretical and practical instruction in the subject of installing SQL Server 2000.  more...

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server - Part 1: Installing This course presents the students with both theoretical and practical instruction in the subject of installing Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. This instruction will cover initial installs and upgrades from Exchange 5.5. The bulk of the instruction will relate to the issues of planning and executing a server install. Considerably less emphasis will be placed on deploying different varieties of  more...

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server - Part 5: Growth This course presents the key subject areas that must be covered within this course, and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of required content. It covers areas such as Monitoring and Managing Exchange 2000 Services, and Indexing and Search Capabilities.  more...

CIW Internetworking Professional Part 2: IP Model This is the second course in a five part series that presents students with instruction in the subject of the IP model. It covers the features and functions of several layers in the OSI model - including the network access layer the Internet layer and the transport layer. The student will also learn how to use various TCP/IP troubleshooting tools.  more...

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Querying with Transact-SQL Part 1: Manipulating Data This course presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction in the subject of manipulating data with Transact-SQL.  more...

MS SQL Server 2000: Database Administration Part 1: Installing SQL Server 2000 This is the first course in a five part series that presents the students with both theoretical and practical instruction in the subject of installing SQL Server 2000.  more...

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server - Part 1: Installing This course presents the students with both theoretical and practical instruction in the subject of installing Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. This instruction will cover initial installs and upgrades from Exchange 5.5. The bulk of the instruction will relate to the issues of planning and executing a server install. Considerably less emphasis will be placed on deploying different varieties of  more...

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server - Part 5: Growth This course presents the key subject areas that must be covered within this course and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of required content. It covers areas such as Monitoring and Managing Exchange 2000 Services and Indexing and Search Capabilities.  more...

E-mail Etiquette: Using E-mail to Communicate Successfully E-mail Etiquette: Using E-mail to Communicate Successfully gives students an overview of the essentials of communicating via e-mail. The program covers how to take advantage of both the header and text box when creating an e-mail message the benefits of considering your recipient how to manage e-mail volume and the importance of following netiquette guidelines. The program focuses on how to write  more...

Systems Analysis Using the Client Server Model Part 1: Client Server Environment This is the first course in a three part series that presents the students with instruction in the subject of fundamental client server concepts. This course will cover client server computing fundamentals client server environment development in the client server environment and migrating to client server environment.  more...

Business Intelligence ...olutions are also discussed. Due to the complexity of the subject matter this section focuses on the basic principles of business intelligence itself and not on how it interacts with related areas. The second section takes a more detailed look at the concepts discussed in the first section. Specific aspects of design and architecture are considered and possible Business Information Warehouse  more...

QC Tools - Check Sheets A check sheet is a tool to collect data associated with the process. It is one of the seven basic quality control tools defined by Ishikawa. The data collected from a check sheet is often used as input into other quality tools. This is one of eight courses on the subject.  more...

Introduction to Semiconductor Devices A conceptual course on the subject of semiconductors and semiconductor devices.  more...

Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) ...built in WWW102-Basic HTML we will continue on with the subject of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Upon completion of the course the student should know: How to link to external style sheets How to create embedded stylesheets How to use inline style sheets What are CSS selectors Understand classes and pseudo-classes Hyperlinks in CSS Units of measure for  more...