SkillSoft e-Learning

Where do you want to go and how will you get there?  With SkillSoft e-Learning, you can build your own career by increasing your knowledge and skills at your own pace.  Focus on what you need, skip what you know or don't need, or repeat sections.  Learn when, where, and how you want with unlimited access at the office, home, or on the road 24x7x365. 

Buffalo State has partnered with SkillSoft to provide employees and students with opportunities to grow and develop in their careers.  SkillSoft is free to all students, faculty, and staff.  Register for a SkillSoft e-Learning account.

SkillSoft is a leading provider of e-learning and performance support solutions and enables users to maximize performance through a combination of comprehensive e-learning content, online information resources, flexible learning technologies and support services:  Books24x7®, live mentoring, TestPrep exams, Express Guide manuals, Job Aids, SkillBriefs, Simulations. 

SkillSoft offers a wide variety of subject matter:

• Information Technology:  web development, networking, programming, operating systems, security, mainframe, project management, certification preparation for 60+ professional IT certification exams, etc.
• Business Skills:  management, communication, customer service, leadership, teamwork, project management, health and safety, sexual harassment, HIPAA, professional certification preparation including Project Management Certification, etc.
• Desktop Software:  PC basics, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe products, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Lotus Notes, etc.

Each SkillSoft course includes:

• Learning outcomes specified by performance goals and objectives;
• Content and learning activities based on specified objectives;
• Assessment based on the knowledge and skills specified in the objectives;
• Options to take assessments in either pre- or post-test mode;
• Instructional strategies and multimedia elements tailored to the specific course content;
• Instructional strategies appropriate for the content and learning level, such as examples, behavior modeling, guided practice, and simulations; and levels of learning appropriate for the content and the target audience.

If you have any questions, e-mail Lydia Kawaler or call ext. 4822.

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	Courses vary in length and may be completed in topic sections by using the bookmark feature which remembers where you left off in your training so that you return to your place the next time you log on enabling you to take and re-take lessons as needed, when needed.
	Optional Pre-tests and lesson pre-tests to assess your knowledge of the learning objectives covered in the lesson before you play the instructional content.  Taking the pre-test will enable you to spend your time in the areas that need the most development and skip content that you have already mastered.  Lesson post-tests will prove that you you've learned the material.
	Pinpoint the topic or learning resource needed by subject instantly by using Search-and-Learn, Job Aids, or SkillBriefs.
	Create your own personalized development plan by placing courses in My Plan.  Monitor your progress toward individual learning goals in My Report.
	Set up e-mail reminders to remind yourself of learning goal deadlines.
	Comprehensive user reports are available upon request to track your student or employee's e-learning.  For example, under the Performance Evaluation & Professional Development System (PEPDS) employees are expected to set professional development goals each year.  Prescribe courses linked to programs and/or projects or for succession related skill gaps.

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	Convenient:  Access training anytime, anyplace and learn at your own pace. You no longer have to wait for a class to be offered or scheduled. Called into a meeting ... brush up on the topic swiftly and quickly.  Departmental situations ... check out courses for specific approaches to solutions.
	Flexible:  Start and stop throughout the courses as often as needed and bookmark your place to return later. Take courses on the internet or download them to your PC and work offline.
	Cost Effective: No travel time or expenses required and reduction or elimination of cost of instructional material duplication, distribution, and purchasing books.
	Measurable: Integrate online courses into employee development plans and performance programs.
	Competitive Advantage:  Maintaining an organization filled with people who are learning creates a competitive advantage.
	More Interesting Work:  Learning can contribute to the continuous flow of new ideas and make workdays interesting. It can also lead to self-fulfillment and personal growth.

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