Certification View (IT courses)
Allows you to see SkillSoft's
IT content organized by vendor certification and by vendor exam. Learners
who are interested in completing various technology certification programs can
use SkillSoft to identify all learning resources that will help you prepare for
certification– including courses, Test Prep Exams, Online Mentoring, and Express
Guides – designed specifically to support almost 70 different certification
programs. Learners can browse content by vendor, certification program, and
specific exam.
Certification View also offers brief overviews of the required and
elective portions of each certification within the Catalog, enabling you to
determine where to most appropriately direct your efforts.
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Express Guides
(IT courses)
SkillSoft Press Express Guides deliver a cost-effective means of
learning new technologies within just a few weeks of the availability of
important new technology and certifications. Express Guides are
electronically-delivered equivalents of the student guides that IT
professionals receive when they attend instructor-led training classes. They
consist primarily of text and graphics and do not contain interactive
practice questions or assessments.
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Job Aids
Job Aids are printable tools and forms
that complement and support the content presented in the course.
They serve as “refreshers” on previously learned skills or serve
as “idea starters” for users who have not taken the courses.
Examples of the 1,500+ Job Aids include: guidelines, checklists,
reusable forms and templates, step-by-step procedures.
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Online Mentoring
Mentoring services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days
a year to provide support, guidance, and encouragement to learners. Through
online chats, e-mail, and mentored exercises learners can ask questions,
receive clarification, and request additional information to help them get
the answers and understanding they need. With over 50 on-staff mentors
averaging over 25 certifications each, SkillSoft's mentoring services
provide superior one-on-one support.
The SkillSoft Mentoring team holds over 1,000 certifications and
accreditations in addition to extensive and diverse experience in the world
of IT. SkillSoft offers online mentoring for over 80 current major
certification exams for IT professionals and end user technologies,
including such vendors as Microsoft, Cisco, ComptTIA, Oracle, IBM, Lotus,
Macromedia and Sun. Popular certifications mentored include Microsoft MCSE,
MCSD, MCDBA, and MOS designations, Cisco CCNA and CCNP, Java, the ICDL
certification exams, Project Management Institute's PMP, and CompTIA's
Server and Network + certification exams.
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SkillBriefs
SkillBriefs are printable single-page, condensed summaries of key
points and skills covered in the related course. SkillBriefs are designed to be used as an instant
reference and may be viewed and/or downloaded regardless of
whether or not you take a course. SkillBriefs a great
resource of "just in time" learning, either on their own, or as a
refresher of the course objectives.
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TestPrep Exams
Test Preps provides learners with the opportunity to test their knowledge
in a simulated, certification-testing environment and plays an important
role in preparing the learner for certification exams. They can be taken
in two modes: certification and study. The certification mode is timed
and designed to mimic a certification exam; the study mode is not timed
and is designed to maximize learning by providing feedback to the
learner. All Test Preps map 100% to the exam objectives set by the vendor
including the Project Management Institute PMI® Certification Program PMP®
exam.
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Tests
Course-Level Tests
Course Pre-test: The course pre-test assesses your
knowledge of the learning objectives that are covered in the
course before you play the instructional content. To launch the
course pre-test, select the Take Course Pre-test link in the
Course Menu.
Note: Once you start any other test, the course pre-test is no
longer available. If you pass a pre-test, the content of the
course is shortened. The pre-tests have taken the place of the
accelerated path in the old player.
Course Post-test: The course post-test assesses your
knowledge of the learning objectives that were presented to you in
the course. To launch the course post-test, select the Take Course
Test link in the Course Menu. This link replaces the Take Course
Pre-test link after you take a test.
Lesson-level Tests
Lesson Pre-test: The lesson pre-test assesses your
knowledge of the learning objectives that are covered in this
lesson before you play the instructional content of a lesson.
There are two ways to launch the lesson pre-test:
- Select the Lesson Pre-test link for the appropriate lesson
in the Course Menu.
- Select the Take Test link in the appropriate lesson section
of the Course Menu.
Note: Once you start any other test, the lesson pre-test is no
longer available. Passing a pre-test will shorten the
amount of content the user is required to go through to complete a
course. The pre-tests have taken the place of the
accelerated path in the old player.
Lesson post-test: The lesson post-test assesses your knowledge of the learning
objectives that were presented to you each lesson.
There are two ways to launch the lesson post-test:
- Take the course sequentially. The Player launches each lesson
post-test (if enabled) after you navigate through all the lesson
content.
- Select on the Take Test link for the appropriate lesson in the
course menu.
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