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| Why
buy the Inter@ctiveLearning Series from Azimuth: [go
to top] |
| Quality: |
Rich
interactive media. No talking heads. Not just text on screen. |
| Learn
by doing: |
Fully
interactive software simulations, with detailed feedback. |
| Easy
to use: |
Point
and click, self-explanatory interface and navigation. |
| Effective: |
Step-by-step,
skill orientation. University-proven pedagogy. |
| Business
skills: |
Not
just “How”, but also “Why”. Covers software AND
business skills. |
| Built-in
testing: |
Review
questions and quiz questions |
| Fast
to deploy: |
Just
install and go. |
| Flexible: |
Learn
24x7x365. |
| Multi-purpose: |
Provides
training, testing, and Help for all desktops. |
| Multi-platform: |
Web,
LAN and Intranet versions, training CDs and books. |
| Affordable: |
Far
less expensive than trainers. |
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| Azimuth
launches CoursePak products for professional training: [go
to top] |
| Azimuth's
CoursePaks provide business professionals with the skills they need to succeed
in today's business software environment. The CoursePak contains both a
highly interactive CD ROM train program PLUS a an easy-to-use book that
reinforces learning and provides a useful reference manual. This is the
fastest and most effective software learning tool. |
| Azimuth's
Inter@ctiveLearning Series CoursePak provides a comprehensive eight-hour
training program. The Series is designed for business professionals who
need to learn software tools effectively in the shortest possible time.
The interactive CD ROM provides detailed full video and audio demonstrations
plus immediate interactive feedback. You learn while actually practicing
skills in a simulated software environment. The step-by-step instructional
book reinforces the CD program, and takes you further into advanced skill
areas. The book also acts as a very handy desktop reference guide with a
complete index and glossary for more than one hundred software skills. |
| Who
should take a self-paced course? |
- Professionals looking
for a convenient way to update skills and/or information on a specific
topic in their field.
- Professionals
who need to keep their licenses and/or credentials current by satisfying
a specific continuing education need that does not require academic
credit.
- Adult learners
who wish to update their knowledge in a specific subject area and require
instructor feedback or networking opportunities.
- Adult learners
who have the discipline to study at their own pace and who prefer to
work independently
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| Interested
in training with the new CoursePak system? Visit our Software
Training Product list. |
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| Azimuth
Launches RichStream™
Media Training Technology:
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| On
February 28, 2000, Azimuth released RichStream Media, a Web-based edition
of its popular training system: the Inter@ctiveLearning Series new technology
for streaming media over the Web. The RichStream™
Media training system achieves up to 100:1 compression ratios for video
and audio streamed over the Web. This new technology makes it possible to
use full screen video simulations, interactive exercises, and audio in training
sessions. Training becomes much more entertaining for users, attention spans
increase, and comprehension soars. |
| The
bottom line for corporations is more cost effective training, when compared
to expensive traditional instructor-led training, or when compared to simple
text-on-screen training typical of html Web-based products. |
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Ken Laudon, Azimuth's Chairman, said "it took quite a bit of tweaking to
squeeze video and audio content into an acceptable 56.6 kbps package, but
we did succeed in the end. Of course, businesses and homes with anything
greater than 56.6 will experience faster downloads and playback. For instance,
the product just screams over a lite DSL line with 192 kpbs bandwidth, or
an office LAN with 10 mbps. In the next few years bandwidth capacity will
explode, and Azimuth plans to provide the leading training products that
take full advantage of the new technology. ". [go
to top] |
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| New
Courses Developed with RichStream Media [go
to top] |
| Azimuth
has released new Web-based titles in its Inter@activeLearning Series. The
new titles include all of Office 97 and Office 2000, including Outlook,
FrontPage, Internet Explorer and other desktop productivity tools. |
| The
new Web-based Edition of the Inter@ctive Learning Series using full motion
video, simulations, and audio to teach software and business skills required
to effectively use Office 2000 and Office 97. |
| If
you want to experience the leading edge of tomorrow's full bandwidth training
systems, then click here
for a demonstration of the Windows 98 Rich Media Edition. You CAN see the
future now. [go to top] |
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| LOOKING
FOR A JOB? [go
to top] |
| Read the
help wanted section of your local newspaper and you'll realize that computer
skills are one key to landing a higher paying job. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
are as necessary to work today as knowing how to use a phone or a fax. |
| If you
are looking for a job, what software do you need to know? At a minimum,
you should be familiar with MS Word and MS Excel. MS Word is the word processing
program used in most offices to write letters and prepare reports. MS Excel
is the spreadsheet program that is used to create budgets, make forecasts,
and analyze business opportunities. |
| PowerPoint?
While fewer jobs require PowerPoint proficiency to get in the door, knowing
PowerPoint can be what sets you apart from other applicants. MS PowerPoint
is used to make presentations. Azimuth Interactive will teach you how to
use PowerPoint to present information effectively. |
| If you
go into an interview without knowing how to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint,
you are selling your self short. Explore our training library. |
| By teaching
you the skills you need to land a higher paying job or to advance in your
current one, Azimuth Interactive's courses can pay for themselves in as
little as one week. If you or someone you care about are looking for a better
job, visit our training library today! [go
to top] |
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| NEW
PRODUCT LAUNCH: |
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| MS
Office 2000 is Here! [go
to top] |
| The InteractiveLearning
Series MS Office 2000 training book combines our best selling titles Word2000,
Excel2000, Access2000 and PowerPoint2000, plus a bonus section on Office
Integration and Web Features all in one spiral bound book. |
| Our training
program is the visual interactive way to develop and apply software skill.
This skills-based approach coupled with its highly visual, two-page spread
design allows the student to focus on a single skill without having to turn
the page. A running case study is provided through the text for each Lesson,
reinforcing the skills and giving a real-world focus to the learning process. |
| Currently
all Office 2000 products have been converted for distribution and online
training. To view a demonstration version, click
here.[Go to top] |
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| IN
THE NEWS |
| (As appeared
in Human Resource Executive) |
| Educating
Everyone [go
to top] |
| Azimuth
Interactive's CD-ROM series helps Lifelore employees learn to use computer
desktop tools. Marilyn Day may have found the perfect teacher. It helps
students find the correct answers, never tires or gets mad and patiently
encourages them to learn many software programs. |
| Day is
president of Lifelore Ltd., a training and development firm in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. For the past 30 years, she has been on the lookout for
educational tools to help her customize client programs. Her search ended
last fall when she began using a series of CD-ROMs developed by Azimuth
Interactive, a designer of interactive training and educational products
in Peekskill, N.Y. |
| For eight
months, she tested the software, which teaches people how to use more than
30 popular computer desktop tools like Microsoft Office 97 or Windows 98.
"Sometimes, you get programs that are so detailed that people who aren't
used to doing academics or reading a lot and understanding abstract ideas
get so scared they quit coming after two or three days," says Day, adding
that simple programs also bore her advanced students. "I was really looking
for balance and this has a nice coverage of balance and detail." |
| Flexibility
was also crucial. Since her students range from foreign professionals with
limited English writing and reading skills to semiliterate unskilled laborers,
she needed software that would appeal to people on all educational levels. |
| The main
reason the software has been so successful is because it offers cognitive
interactivity, says Kenneth Laudon, president of Azimuth Interactive. Instead
of people just clicking on commands, he says, its interactive nature makes
them feel as if a teacher is in the room with them. |
| "Every
five or six minutes in our training series, we ask users to wake up and
do something intelligent just like a real professor would do in a real classroom,"
he says. "It's a chance for them to immediately apply what they've learned
and feed it back to the teacher wizard, a software agent that monitors a
user's every action." |
| He adds
that many companies install the program on their network server so that
it's available as an icon on each employee's desktop. When workers need
additional help or training, all they do is click on the icon to access
the self-paced software. In some cases, he believes, it even acts as a helpdesk
substitute. |
| Students
at Lifelore also use it in creative ways. While they're working on simulated
job tasks, the software still runs on their computer, although its screen
is minimized. So when questions pop up about how to perform a specific task,
all they do is open the application, find the answer, then complete the
assignment. |
| Day also
finds many of the technology's other features just as valuable. A bookmark
enables lessons to be stopped and restarted without repeating material.
Students can also preview different ways that data can be manipulated or
displayed in charts, for example, before completing projects. Likewise,
a smart quiz, which requires them to accomplish a real job task, tests their
software skills. |
| Each module
is broken down into three or four lessons, which contain 15 to 20 different
how-to topics. This is a great approach, says Day, because students can
select topics they need to learn while skipping others they already understand.
Approximately 60 students at Lifelore have used the software. "It's very
user-friendly," says Day, adding that the program design and content, combined
with graphics, sound, and colors, make students feel as if they're working
with a private tutor. |
| "I have
yet to find anyone who feels afraid of it. That's rare because I have a
lot of people who don't know how to turn on a computer." She points to one
young woman who initially was so fearful of failing that she was crying
and couldn't even fill out Lifelore's enrollment forms. But after working
with the software and one of the firm's instructors, her attitude completely
changed. Day recalls her saying that she was no longer a failure, no longer
stupid and could learn anything. "Adults and youths like to feel in control
of learning and that's what happens all the way through this program," Day
says. "When you get people coming into your classroom excited because they
know they're in charge and will learn what they want to know, it's a joy
to teach." |
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| INDUSTRY
REPORT |
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2000
Training Highlights |
| 1. |
$62.5 Billion
- Total Dollars budgeted for formal training this year by U.S. organizations. |
| 2. |
$15 Billion -
Amount that will go to outside providers of training products and
services. |
| 3. |
95% of US organizations
teach employees to use computer applications. |
| 4. |
28% of US organizations
that pay to teach some employees a foreign language. |
| 5. |
9% of US organizations
that will send some employees to an outdoor experiential program. |
| 6. |
14% of all formal
training is currently delivered via computer. |
| 7. |
36% of all training
that is delivered online allows the students to interact with other
humans. |
| 8. |
33% of all formal
training is devoted to teaching computer skills. |
| 9. |
74% of all computer-skills
training is delivered in a classroom by live instructors. |
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(Source: Training
Magazine Industry Report 2000)[go
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NEWS STORIES: |
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| Tennessee
Workforce Board launches Azimuth across three counties |
| After reviewing
our new LAN based software training version of the Inter@ctiveLearning Series,
the Tennessee Workforce board has choosen Azimuth as their preferred supplier
of eLearning materials. The shootout took several months and teamed our
product line up against some of the biggest industry competitors. The bottom
line, our products are easier to use, offer a more qualified educational
experience, interact directly with the user and the entire system is cost
effective. |
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| Azimuth
Interactive retrains displaced workers |
| Azimuth
Interactive, in conjunction with Lifelore Inc., and the Canadian Government
, is teaching workers the computer skills they need to find jobs in the
highly automated warehousing industry. With its simple interface, highly
interactive practice sessions, and powerful assessment tools, Azimuth Interactive
is the ideal training tool for workers with minimal computer backgrounds.
For more information, read the article in September's issue of Human Resource
Executive.[go to top] |
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| Azimuth
Interactive's software is a top seller in India |
| Tata/McGraw-Hill
is distributing a private label version of the Azimuth Interactive Software
Training Series in India. In a short time, has become the leading software
training package in India's colleges and universities. Simplicity, ease
of use, and effectiveness are the three most cited reasons for the software's
success.[go to top] |
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| Lancaster
City Council adopts The Azimuth Inter@ctiveLearning Series |
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The City of Lancaster
adopted the Azimuth Interactive Software Training Series as a cost effective
training solution. Deployed over a network, at a single training center,
the Azimuth Interactive Software Training Series provides consistent,
standardized training to all the city government's employees. [go
to top]
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