Lectora is so easy to use that many people can be up and running within minutes. But for those needing a helping hand, we have a range of training solutions.

E-learning/Lectora enablement service
Many Lectora users are new to e-learning. So why not exploit our e-learning experience? Transition provides a unique coaching service designed to help new Lectora users develop their e-learning development skills & methodologies.
Find out more about our e-learning/Lectora enablement service.

Lectora product training
Lectora courses designed to help you get the most from Lectora. Read course overviews for:Lectora Fundamentals, Lectora Intermediate, Lectora Advanced.

E-learning and Lectora Enablement

Prerequisites: none, other than possessing both a copy of Lectora and a desire to create great e-learning.

• Initial planning and preparation, reviewing your proposed courses and the course development process.
• Training workshop covering
  • Lectora fundamentals and features necessary to meet course design aims
  • Fundamentals of course design, basic understanding of learning theory and design for e-learning as distinct from classroom
  • Basic process guidelines and document templates

There is then a gap of approximately one month, so that students can apply their skills and develop prototypes. During this period we provide coaching on a 1:1 basis to advise on solutions, help solve problems and assist with good practice feedback.

This is then followed by a one-day review workshop to identify opportunities to improve the course design and production process; this will be extended to incorporate basic training on tracking and how to apply this to the prototype course materials. If required, some more advanced features can also be covered at this stage such as variables, forms and simple sequencing.

Further coaching will be provided following the second workshop, supporting the development process through to testing and deployment.

Programme outcomes:

• Your e-learning developers become productive and competent in the development of courses using Lectora to an introductory/intermediate level.
• Confidently use Lectora, appropriate to the needs of the organisation, and be able to explore new facilities with confidence - and with minimal support.
• Understand and be able to apply appropriate self-paced learning theory principles.
• Understand and be able to address the unique challenges for learners and learning styles when undertaking e-learning.
• Utilise a standardised process for the development of e-learning self study courses to underpin efficient development and project management.
• Be able to deploy and manage courses in your intended environment.
• Have a template of design standards which can be applied to subsequent course designs to ensure consistency and quality.
  

Deliverables:

Training is provided in a workshop format with the emphasis on 'learning by doing'. We also provide coaching remotely using collaboration technology or back-to-back with workshop sessions. This enables people to learn more effectively and build confidence quickly - by providing a responsive service which allows the students to maintain momentum on their projects and discover quick answers to real-world problems.

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Lectora Fundamentals

Prerequisites: you should have a basic knowledge of Windows, including file management, minimising and maximising windows, and copy and paste functionality.

• Introduction
• Wizards and custom templates
• Create a new course
• Cover all menu selections
• Book metaphor
• Inheritance
• Edit, Run, and Preview Modes
• Add text, navigation, background image, TOC, hyperlink
• Add motion to objects
• Create pop up windows
• Create a form
• Import (drag and drop) document, image, audio, video, ipix, external document, animation
• Add actions
  • show/hide toggle states
  • text links
  • transparent buttons (image mapping or hotspot)
  • book marking
• Use variables - change contents
• Add test assessment/discuss properties and features
• Publish to HTML/AICC/SCORM/CD/Single File Executable/CourseMill
• View in browser window
• Best practices, hints and tips
• Pro-suite Editors
  • Image Editor
  • Animation Editor
  • Audio Editor
  • Screen Capture
  • Screen Recorder

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Lectora Intermediate

Prerequisites: you should have taken the Lectora Fundamentals course or have the equivalent experience with Lectora.

• Standards overview
  • AICC overview
  • SCORM
• LMS publishing
  • Error Handling
• How to identify and correct errors
• Title Manager
  • What is it?
  • Why is it needed?
  • Where does one find it?
• Bandwith issues
  • What is bandwidth?
• Form objects/elements
  • How to create form objects and variable data
• MetaData
  • What is it?
  • How to create and assign metadata
• Template creation
  • Best practices
  • Glossary
  • Pop-Up windows
  • Surveys
• Variables
  • Modifying
  • Actions
  • Conditional
  • Multiple

What we provide:

• Creative design
• Instructional design
• Navigation and tracking
• A content ready template
  

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Lectora Advanced

Prerequisites: you should have taken the Lectora Intermediate course or have the equivalent experience with Lectora, plus be familiar with JavaScript, server-side programming and databases.

• External HTML Objects
  • Simple JavaScript sample
  • PHP example with standard page counter
  • ASP sample with dynamic content from a database
• CGI Data Submission
  • Create course that has a login form
  • Submit form results to an ASP script which checks against an Access database
  • Report back the success of the login and the users group
  • Save the returned information
  • Branch on the login and group information to the correct area
  • Submit a test and all of the question information, save the information to an Access database
• Advanced Variables
  • Show sample of Flash on a page setting the value of a variable
• Custom Questions
  • Use FIB to create custom questions that are still tracked by LMS’s and such. Use a droplist and a hotspot question.
• XML (if requested)
  • Overview
  • Go through sample title and show what each element is
• Open discussion/Questions

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