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Extensive surveys of CAD managers show that increased training increases productivity in nearly all MicroStation shops. Whether to train new staff or just fill in expertise gaps, efficient delivery of training is in high demand.

LearningBay Professional is a complete, cost-effective learning management system for MicroStation shops that want to increase the effectiveness of their training, while dramatically decreasing the cost of delivering that training:

• As an online solution, LearningBay Professional was designed with ease of use and speed of implementation in mind. LearningBay Professional is far less expensive than classroom training. Once installed, a course may be delivered over and over again, to hundreds of users for a single, low price.
  
• LearningBay Professional includes the ability to test and evaluate the skills of users. Further, it automatically builds the applicable content to correct the student on the areas in which any test questions were missed. This testing feature is particularly useful for evaluating new applicants for CAD positions.
  
• Student enrollments, progress and test scores are stored as permanent records, a great source for managers and instructors to evaluate their departmental learning activities.

New learning environment
In each LearningBay Professional course, students will find a unique and interactive learning environment, different to any book or classroom. Unlike a book, the student can do hands-on drills in each lesson, with movies, audio and interactive multimedia presentations. Unlike a classroom, each student can progress at their own pace, ensuring they fully understand each section before moving on. And, of course, they can come back and review as often as desired.

LearningBay Professional interface and sample course screenshot

Benefits and Advantages
MicroStation courses are presented via a Web browser, allowing students to connect to LearningBay Professional on their own schedule and train at their own pace:

• Axiom provides interactive MicroStation and GEOPAK courses that allow users to see drop down menus, or watch a process happening, without leaving the training application. Interactive courses add interest and improve retention of material because students are directly involved and "interacting" with the material.
  
• LearningBay Professional optionally provides authoring tools for easily capturing, creating and organizing course content. Content can be created from Word documents, web pages and other sources. Companies can customize any course very quickly.
  
• Consider customizing our courseware. Our courses are broken up into discrete units, each covering one specific aspect of MicroStation or GEOPAK. CAD managers can easily modify these units to include proprietary knowledge and procedures.
  
• Someone with no HTML experience can be taught how to modify content, add content and author courses with a one-day training session.
  
• In addition to the lesson text, courses are loaded with illustrations and diagrams and hands-on virtual environments that allow users to practice skills learned, without having to load MicroStation.

Distribution of knowledge and content
Once it is created, course content needs to be efficiently distributed to the people who need it. LearningBay Professional offers various options that allow content creators to flexibly deploy their content. For example, instructors can assign prerequisites for each course; administrators can automatically assign enrollment based on staffing groups; and instructors can setup enrollment for courses as “open” or “restricted”, the latter requiring instructor approval before allowing entry. LearningBay Professional can also alert students to their new enrollments and encourage communications between instructors and students via e-mail.

Testing and evaluating knowledge gained
To confirm that learning programs and instruction are effective, instructors must evaluate how well students comprehend the information in courses. “Pop-tests” give each student feedback on how they are doing as they progress through the course content. Exams can be given in the “closed-book” or “open-book” mode for formal evaluation and permanent record keeping. With LearningBay Professional’s help, administrators and instructors have a permanent record of the courses taken by students and can see detailed or summarized testing information. Testing records are ideal verification for tracking required state or federal training and making certain required training records are accurate and current.

Call now!
For more information on LearningBay Professional — the cost-effective, customizable, interactive training system for AEC firms — contact Axiom today! Call an Axiom MicroStation Consultant at 727-442-7774 extension 8502 in the United States or e-mail us at 8502@axiomint.com.