IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Even though most employees’ contact with IT is the help desk, it goes a lot deeper than that. But what about training employees for all those systems and processes when IT rolls out new software and processes? IT training helps employees use new technology or bridges the knowledge gap for current technology.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 3, 2018

For many workplaces, the educational argument for integrating authentic assessments into their eLearning experiences is powerful. Provides appropriate opportunities for learners to rehearse, practice, consult resources, get feedback on, and refine performances and products. What type of knowledge do you require your learners to have?

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PT: Beyond Diversity: Fostering Team Inclusion and Belonging Through Activating Awareness (Free for ATD members) Explore how to help teams shape diversity and equity into inclusion and belonging, by applying the game changer of activating awareness. You're sure to find one or more of these tools very helpful in your own work.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

But, finding the best provider will help guide your organization towards excellence. The Importance of Corporate IT Training Before even diving into what to look for to choose the best corporate IT training provider, it’s helpful to know why training is essential in the first place. Is training needed?

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

An effective instructional design company will help you figure out if training is the issue or if there’s something else you can do to solve the problem. A thorough analysis of your organization, the project goals, and workforce will help tell a bigger story. It could be as simple as a strategic email or a motivation issue.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With some lively writing for eLearning and weaving some scenarios into training, scenario-based learning can work wonders. Instead of sitting through hours of lectures or completing monotonous eLearning modules, employees can partake in realistic scenarios where they can apply their knowledge and skills in a hands-on manner.

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IT Training Department Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Employees can get up to speed faster with more relevant knowledge that helps them be more productive at their jobs. A custom solution means no more irrelevant content or struggling to apply generic concepts to your company’s software. Custom online training is the perfect match for training employees on company software.

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IT Training Department Blog

MAY 15, 2023

My guess is that you looked for a help article. Or perhaps if you were at work and it was company software you called the helpdesk. But of course that never negates the need for help in some other form also. But of course that never negates the need for help in some other form also. That’s pretty evil, right?

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

There is a solution that can help bridge this gap and empower both individuals and organizations to thrive in the digital world – technical training. Helping employees embrace technology and narrowing the digital skills gap for them is essential. Technical training reduces those gaps in digital literacy and helps employees work better.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 14, 2022

Seeing it before practicing allows people to build some familiarity with the process and helps eliminate some of that “just getting started” anxiety. In an online course, the task is usually some sort of simulated decision-making. This e-learning 101 series and the free e-books will help. Do the task.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

That comprises self-paced courses (eLearning), training videos, in-app support, and even performance support that’s delivered digitally. At the center of modern digital training is eLearning. For the sake of this article and ease of cost analysis, I’m going to use eLearning as the standard training type for this article.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

That comprises self-paced courses (eLearning), training videos, in-app support, and even performance support that’s delivered digitally. At the center of modern digital training is eLearning. For the sake of this article and ease of cost analysis, I’m going to use eLearning as the standard training type for this article.

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IT Training Department Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Corporate technical training is a powerful tool to help employees adapt and usher them through the change process. Technical training provides employees with the necessary skills to help them make the transition from one system to another. There are many benefits associated with technical training.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

Approaching training solutions based on generations is neither helpful nor beneficial to employees. For example, many surveys of employees we’ve seen from organizations say that employees prefer self-paced eLearning courses more than instructor-led training. Let employees practice learning the software. The ideal solution?

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Upskill your current workforce to help them help you. Understanding the skills gap will help you know exactly to what level. This will help you identify areas where there is a gap between the required skills for their roles and their existing skills. So, what’s the alternative?

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IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

I used it so I can build things to help others people do their job better. So, I learned how to use a software application so I could help others use other software applications for their job. Good custom software training is an essential part of helping employees succeed at their work and feel happy with their workplace.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

If you look at LinkedIn you’ll find thousands of different help carousels about how to use ChatGPT. Some who accept the new software, find the best way that works for them using it but ultimately don’t care about the best way to use it, and therefore, mess things up or just don’t care about using it right.

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IT Training Department Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Indeed, there exists a better alternative for learning software that also helps put things into real life context with real situations relating to how employees work they must do with the software. Get ready to uncover the secrets of effectively helping non-techie employees learn company software. How cool is that?

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

It’s also what rapid development tools have done for some eLearning. It’s easy to think corporate technical training involves grabbing a tool like Stepsy or iorad and making many software tutorials. Software tutorial videos aren’t ideal for learning company software.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

But that’s not even good enough for many because the preference is switching to eLearning and for good reason, especially for technical training. eLearning is preferred by most employee and it’s also the most effective way to train employees in most circumstances.

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Our specialty is training for IT systems and for helping employees get up to speed on new and updated IT software. We’re a strong promoter of software training that’s tailored to your organization and systems. Why not just help them do it in the first place rather than having to try to replicate someone else?

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

If you look at LinkedIn you’ll find thousands of different help carousels about how to use ChatGPT. Some who accept the new software, find the best way that works for them using it but ultimately don’t care about the best way to use it, and therefore, mess things up or just don’t care about using it right.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 13, 2019

This short blog is meant for newbies, and is (again) due to what I hear/read on the forums, during (intermediate) training and consultancy job. The last one reports a serious bug in the Help documentation, the first one is more a lack in that documentation. I started blogging about 10 years ago because of lacks and bugs in the Help.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 18, 2024

That’s why it’s helpful to work with an instructional design consultant to help figure out the right approach to your company’s technical training. eLearning This one is a favorite of ours for training. The required resources for eLearning are minimal, as most employees already have everything they need.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Anything that will help employees regularly remember or even better use the information they’ve learned will maximize performance improvement and make sure training is contributing to projects and organization growth. Fortunately, there are ways to ensure employees don’t forget their training and help them retain more.

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

How you write the content for both eLearning and training videos makes all the difference in how engaging and relevant the content is. We created an eLearning course on office ergonomics that you could otherwise say is an inherently boring topic. It’s not true, though. So, the training must be dry and boring, right?

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Spaced repetition can be used to help employees learn better but there are more important tactics. They’ll make courses and classes more effective and help employees perform their jobs more accurately and effectively. Workplace training is geared towards helping employees perform better. Why’s it different?

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IT Training Department Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

How you write the content for both eLearning and training videos makes all the difference in how engaging and relevant the content is. We created an eLearning course on office ergonomics that you could otherwise say is an inherently boring topic. It’s not true, though. So, the training must be dry and boring, right?

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Clive on Learning

JULY 4, 2007

With the script now 1/3 complete and with a session agreed at the eLearning Guild's DevLearn 2007 in San Jose in November, my mind is turning to how I can convert this script into a half-decent piece of e-learning to show all those folks who come along to take a look.

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IT Training Department Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

But we’re not here to talk about content overload in eLearning or any other type of training. There’s nothing worse than going into a training session that’s supposed to help you only to lead to train brain. Maximizing employee performance is the goal and high retention from training helps get them there.

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IT Training Department Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

What Is A Self-Paced Course You may know it as a self-paced course, digital course, eLearning, or something else entirely. Then there are things like software simulation courses that allow you to learn a new system at your own pace and may have additional information about that software.

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IT Training Department Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

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

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

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

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eLearningArt

AUGUST 2, 2017

As a presentation and communication specialist, she helps clients build high quality presentations, from basic slide design to complex animations and infographics. Here’s a quick and easy one I share in my PowerPoint for eLearning 101 classes: Want to move something just a smidge using the arrow keys?

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