Transcript ReadyGo European Partner Meeting

Why ReadyGo
ReadyGo Strategy
 Companies desire:
• Easy method to create courses
• Courses that run on all environments
• Ability for content experts to create, share, and modify
generic courses
 ReadyGo solution
• eLearning authoring tool focused at content experts
• Increase capabilities without loosing ease of use
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Why WCB
 ReadyGo looked at the needs of the content expert
and created a tool to meet these needs.
 ReadyGo interviewed content experts from over 200
companies.
• When content experts were asked what graphic tool
they were currently using the ubiquitous response was
“I use a graphic artist”
• When content experts were asked if they would be
interested in using an authoring tool over the web the
ubiquitous answer was “no way, if my company forced
me to author over the web I would buy my own PC
based software”
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Why ReadyGo Uses a Dialog Box
solution instead of WYSIWYG
 Content experts including trainers, project manager, product
mangers and HR want:
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A template based solution so that development is fast
Get confused when major features are hidden in pull down menus
Instructional design built in
Output to take full advantage of the web
To create courses that could be accessed by students regardless of
their IT policies (e.g. no plug-ins or pre-viewers)
• One button printing of the entire course for editing and handouts.
 Power users, including professional course designers, graphic
artists, instructional designers and pedagogy experts want:
• A tool that acts as a container eliminating the need for them to program
page layout, course maps, and navigation
• A tool that lets them input their own code into any page
• Course pages that can be edited, post processed, and run through a
search engine
• Understand that a tool that builds instructionally designed material
eliminates their need for designing a course structure freeing them to
focus their energy on designing course content.
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ReadyGo Output –
Makes Good Web Content
 Editable, searchable, web pages
 Flat, navigable structure
 Tiered architecture that provides access to any
element within three key strokes
 Site map so courses can be used for future reference
 Small graphics so pages download quickly
 Runs on ALL browsers including AOL without any
plug-ins or downloading an environment
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WCB 2001 Roadmap
 Version 2.0 March
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Tool to change graphics
Print
Audio
Knowledge Planet
 WCB Espanol May
 Version 2.1 May
• SCORM
• LearnFrame
 Version 2.2 Summer
• Spell Check
• Graphic display
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Standards
 AICC
• Appendix A & B is available – January 2001
• Limitations: is designed to save a single test score per
course
 SCORM
• Based on AICC appendix B
• SCORM available– May 2001
 LRN – Microsoft
• Reviewing applicability for future releases
• Have not had a single customer request this capability
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Competitive Landscape
eLearning Authoring Tools
 Generic authoring tools training developers are using
for eLearning
• PowerPoint
• Front Page
 LMS vendors providing proprietary authoring tools:
• Simple HTML page creators – e.g. WebCT
 Sophisticated proprietary tools – Click2Learn,
Mentergy,
 Independent tools
• ReadyGo WCB
• Macromedia Dreamweaver with course builder
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Approaches to
eLearningAuthoring
 PowerPoint – simple page-to-page navigation does
not support quizzes, tests, or web multi-media, not
searchable or editable.
 PowerPoint on Steroids – simple page-to-page
navigation, supports web multi-media, integrates page
elements into a controlled viewing window, not
searchable or editable.
 ReadyGo WCB – Sophisticated multi-tiered web site,
creates standard, searchable, editable, HTML pages,
includes quizzes, tests, surveys, glossary, index …
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