QuickSkill
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3/12/2010 5:12:31 PM ET
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Before you start your Insider Learning Center self-study course, we want to give
you a short orientation to what you're about to experience.
This learning experience will give you hands-on, interactive training
as if you were actually in the real desktop application. When
you select one of our QuickSkill courses, we'll give you
a summary of the important concepts you are about to learn on
the "Topics Covered" page. When you're ready, you'll
launch the interactive training experience from this page.
Navigation
Once you've started a course,
you'll see a dialog box in the bottom right-hand corner of your
screen. This is where we'll communicate with you
throughout the course and where you will control the
flow of the course, and determine its overall status.
Example:
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The gauge tells you the total number of text and audio pages that are available
(26 in this example), how many pages of audio have been received by you already (8),
and what text page you're currently on (1). |
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Clicking the "Back" button takes you to the previous step.
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Clicking the "Next" button will take you forward to the next step.
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Clicking the "Options" button will display a menu with additional user options,
such as switching between Preview and Performance modes, restarting the course, and
accessing Help. |
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Clicking the "Quit" button will allow you to end the course prior to completion.
You will be prompted to confirm that you wish to quit the course. |
Training Instructions
Training instructions appear in the dialog box above the navigation
bar. This is where the teaching takes place. In addition to conceptual
information and instruction, you will see visual cues to indicate
actions you need to perform, or to clarify the topic being discussed.
A green pointer (  ) in the
dialog box indicates that you're being asked to perform a hands-on
task as directed in the preceeding text. Whenever you need to observe
a particular item on the screen, you'll see a red arrow ( 
) pointing at the item.
At various times throughout the learning experience, you'll be
asked to perform hands-on tasks. Because you're working in a
simulated environment, it will act like the actual
software application with one important exception: if you make
a mistake, it's OK, no harm done! In fact, the Insider Learning Center Assistant
will let you know that you've made an error, and will give you
the option to try again or let the Assistant perform the task
for you.
Completion
When you reach the end of the interactive course, you'll see
a "Congratulations" dialog box. If you wish to take
the course again, you can click the "Restart" button.
If you're done with the course, just click "Finish"
and we'll summarize what you've just learned on the "Points
to Remember" page. From here you can return to the Course Catalog
to launch another course on a topic of your choosing.
Return to the Self-Study Courses page.
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