Designing Customized Online Training:
Learn How to Create Demonstrations, Marketing Videos, and Training Courses Using Camtasia in Just a Few Minutes!

Meeting Information:

Do you utilize online training? Did you develop it yourself or is it a pre-packaged solution you purchased? Have you ever thought of supplementing pre-packaged training with your own customized training that covers critical details specific to your organization?  Are you concerned about how much time it would take to develop online training and how many people you need to develop it? Join me on May 8th to see how WPI’s information technology training workgroup designs and blends online training into the curriculum for employee learning of proprietary software applications used at the organization. You’ll discover how easy it is to create online training that people will use and how to make it worth the investment of time and money.

You’ll learn:

• Basic principles of educational multimedia
• Timesaving techniques for storyboarding, scripting, and recording content
• How to produce a video and which format options are best suited for your website
• About Features of Camtasia 4 and 5

Works Cited

Flanders, V., & Peters, D. (2002). Son of Web Pages That Suck—Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design. San Francisco: Sybex.
Horton, W. (2000). Designing Web-Based Training. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Park, D. (2007). Camtasia Studio 4—The Definitive Guide. Plano, Texas: Wordware Publishing.
Rogers, P. L. (2002). Designing Instruction for Technology-Enhanced Learning. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc.

About our Speaker:     

Debra Dexter is a software applications trainer and consultant at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. For the past thirteen years, Debra has trained staff, faculty, and students on how to use common applications, including Windows operating systems and the Microsoft Office suite, design and media software, web content and course management systems, and other business applications. She coordinates specialized department software training needs with other training providers.

Meeting Registration:

There will be coffee/soda/water available at the meeting. Premade sandwiches are available for purchase on the ground floor of the building if you miss the chance to eat.

Please register for this meeting by May 5, 2008.