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ANN: Online-Learning.com presents Course Authoring & Delivery Process
Online-Learning.com (OLL) will share details from its very
effective Course Authoring and Delivery Process at SIGDOC '02,
October 20-23 in Toronto, Ontario. Through research and a
collaborative methodology, OLL has been able to balance cost-
effective course development that has reduced authoring costs by
50% with delivery techniques that have seen student completion
rates increase to 80%.
OLL has identified a number of problems associated with course
authoring and has developed a six-stage authoring process to
facilitate the development of its online courses.
OLL's proven mentored-learning model for delivering courses has
seen student dropout rates decrease to an average low of 17% in an
industry whose eLearning dropout rates range up to a high of 70%.
OLL has been delivering courses online since 1995.
Jack the trade show participant wandered through the endless aisles,
gazing in wonder at the impressive booth displays.
But the words " . . . and this is a great timesaver for technical writers
. . . " caused him to halt to a stop.
"You're probably familiar with the Print Screen key, and how it prints the
entire page, so you have to edit it down. SnagIt," the exhibitor
continued, "lets you skip that step completely."
"How does it work?!" Jack heard the skeptical gallery murmur.
"With SnagIt, you have 42 different ways to capture your screen, so you
can capture just the section of the screen you want - whether it's a
window, a region, just a menu, or only a toolbar. You can also send it
to various places besides the Clipboard, like to the printer, as an e-mail
attachment, and to the Web.
But what I want to make sure you understand, is that you set your options
- and then SnagIt captures that way every time!" the exhibitor finished
enthusiastically.
Jack's mouth gaped open, and he charged forward to order a copy.
As he walked away with SnagIt clenched in his hands, he heard the
exhibitor's words ringing in his ears. "A timesaver! Save time! Do it
today!"
Jack rejoiced that with all this time he'd save, he'd have even more time
to collect promotional gewgaws at trade shows. A man, he reflected, can
never have too many screen capture options or cups with a company name on
them.
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ANN: New training sessions at PDF Conference in Las Vegas
FREE ADOBE AND ACTIVEPDF TRAINING CLASSES OFFERED AT PDF CONFERENCE
Phoenix, AZ, September 24, 2002 - Two leading PDF software companies will
offer free training sessions on their product lines during the November
PDF Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Adobe Systems, Inc. and activePDF
will hold the special training classes on Saturday, November 23rd, from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Adobe Forms Designer Training
Saturday, Nov. 23, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Adobe will offer a free one-hour, hands-on training session in Adobe Forms
Designer (formerly known as Adobe Accelio Capture Designer). Attendees
will learn:
~ how to create a Form from "scratch"
~ how to work with a scanned image
~ how to design from an Acrobat PDF form
~ how to add advanced form intelligence through scripting
Requirements: The session is limited to 25 registered attendees of the PDF
Conference. Each attendee must bring a laptop running Windows 98 or
higher. Adobe will supply the software to load, as well as a box lunch.
activePDF Toolkit Training
Saturday, Nov. 23, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
In addition, activePDF will offer a free one-hour training session for
their highly popular activePDF Toolkit product. This session will focus on
how companies can benefit from dynamic server-based PDF generation and
manipulation. Attendees will learn:
~ how to dynamically populate a PDF form template with information from a
database
~ how to stamp text and images and add page numbering
~ how to merge multiple PDF documents
~ how to add 40-bit or 128-bit encryption to ensure document security
~ how to add linearization (fast web view) to a PDF document
Requirements: The session is limited to 25 registered attendees of the PDF
Conference. Each attendee is required to have rudimentary knowledge of
Visual Basic and must bring a laptop running Windows NT, 2000 or XP.
activePDF will supply each attendee with a box lunch as well as an
activePDF T-shirt and evaluation CD.
Individuals may sign up for either of the special training classes at the
same time they register for the PDF Conference, either online at
www.pdfconference.com or by calling 1-877-278-2131. The upcoming
conference will be held Nov. 22-24, 2002, at the Alexis Park Resort in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
About PDF Conference: The PDF Conference, produced by DigiPub Solutions
Corp., is a skill enhancement event for creators of *.pdf (portable
document format). Held twice a year, it features over 30 sessions on all
aspects of creating and managing PDFs in government, enterprise,
educational and non-profit settings. For more information, contact
www.PDFconference.com or call toll free 1-877-278-2131.
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