Benefits/Features

PeakSkills e-Learning Platform Benefits

• All-In-One Solution ? Learning Management Solution and Authoring Tools
• Perfect for Blended Solutions ? Webinars plus self-paced eCourses
• No Instructional Designers needed
• No additional development tools needed
• Optional elearning design course
• Interactive learning features allows you to train to the point of behavior change
• Pre- and post-assessments to track learner progress with re-do feature
• Easy to edit ? no involvement with IT
• Easy to duplicate ecourse or part of eCourse and edit for other uses, departments, groups
• Economical
• Affordable entry rates for smaller groups
• Log in directly from your website
• Branded to your colors and logo
• 24 hour email support with responses within 24 hours, including support for admin, authors and instructors; 9-5 M-F telephone emergency technical support for key personnel,
• Full user manuals for each area of the e-learning platform ? Admin (LMS), Learner, Author, Instructor

PeakSkills e-Learning Platform Features

• A robust Learning Management System for courseware and information management and delivery, to simplify the process of managing your training delivery function
• Built in Authoring Tools to easily develop sophisticated interactive elearning courses with full multimedia
• Learner Area for easy course access
• Instructor Area for interface with learner?s progress and scores
• Optional certification in elearning course design to turn your staff into elearning courseware developers if required

LMS/LCMS features

• Three ways to register users for courses ? batched registration, individual registration, user self-registration
• Subgroups accommodated through different course sections or multiple portals
• Bulk enrollment of existing user groups to new courses
• Learner course catalog with manager approval process for individual courses, if needed
• Multiple section setup ? pure self-paced e-learning, instructor led, blended solutions
• Reports by course and by user (includes pre- and post-assessment grades, time on task, start and completion dates for any course or user)
• Easy set-up with four levels of permission – learners, administrators, authors, instructors
• Automated creation of URLs for demo courses that can be displayed directly ? you are your website
• Offline course tracking of classroom training
• Information documents, powerpoints, videos displayed as stand-alones in addition to being embedded in full elearning courses
• (SCORM Player coming in next release to allow learner access to courses not developed in the PeakSkills Authoring Area of the eLearning Platform)

Learner Features

• Clean and easy-to-use learner interface
• Course catalog for self-selection of courses, if desired
• Self-registration for courses, or assigned registration
• Free access to courses or permission needed
• Integrated message system within the LMS/LCMS
• Learner tracking area for tracking courses and scores
• Bookmark feature for easy return to any page in any course
• Action Plans, Journals, Discussion Threads and Resource Files built into every course

Course Management

• Course categories
• Course description
• Course activation dates
• Course expiration in numbers of days from enrollment or absolute date
• Course deactivation
• Offline course tracking (classroom)
• Course cost for tracking of training expenses
• Course help
• Course downloadable resources
• Course prerequisites
• Calendar-based course scheduling
• Multiple sections
• Forums
• Browse global resources
• Report by user or course of time on task, pre- and post- assessments, start and end dates

Course Development – Authoring Tools

• Sophisticated Authoring
• Easy initialization of courses
• Instant Learner View of any course in development
• Course Menu with three levels
  • Course Title
  • Lessons
  • Pages within lessons
• Multiple customizable templates to create sophisticated interactive courses, all templates using an editor with Word-like interface
  • Text and image page
  • Self-assessment with feedback
  • Assessment with feedback
  • Pre- and post-assessments
  • Skills Drills
  • Interactive Workbook
  • How To
  • Action Plan templates ? goals, action items, progress report
  • Journal and Notes template
  • Full audio per page
  • Video, Flash, Powerpoint, Spreadsheet file, Document, HTML upload
  • Multiple images uploaded simultaneously
  • Pre- and Post-Assessments and Assessments include Multiple Choice and True and False, with feedback on correct and incorrect answers
  • Easy reuse of course elements, easy editing
  • Course Resources
    • Action Plan viewable by instructor
    • Downloadable Journal pages
    • Downloadable Resource section
    • Forums
    • Course help

Instructor Area

• Check course enrollments
• Check learner progress
• Check pre-and post-assessments and give feedback
• Authorize learners to retake courses if they fall below a certain cut-off score
• Send assignments
• Check Action Plans and give feedback
• Assign webinars