Self-study Training

Self-study learning through My SkillSource will give you hands-on, interactive training as if you were actually in the real desktop application. When you select one of our QuickSkill Self-study courses, we'll give you a summary of the important concepts you are about to learn on the Topics Covered page. When you're ready, you can launch the interactive tutorials from this page.

Sample Tutorial in Progress

Once you've started a course, you'll see a dialog box in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. This is where we'll communicate with you throughout the course and where you will control the flow of the course, and determine its overall status.

Example:

The gauge tells you the total number of text and audio pages that are available (26 in this example), how many pages of audio have been received by you already (8), and what text page you're currently on (1).

Clicking the "Back" button takes you to the previous step.

Clicking the "Next" button will take you forward to the next step.

Clicking the "Options" button will display a menu with additional user options, such as switching between Preview and Performance modes, restarting the course, and accessing Help.

Clicking the "Quit" button will allow you to end the course prior to completion. You will be prompted to confirm that you wish to quit the course.
Training instructions appear in the dialog box above the navigation bar. This is where the teaching takes place. In addition to conceptual information and instruction, you will see visual cues to indicate actions you need to perform, or to clarify the topic being discussed.

A green pointer ( ) in the dialog box indicates that you're being asked to perform a hands-on task as directed in the preceeding text. Whenever you need to observe a particular item on the screen, you'll see a red arrow ( ) pointing at the item.

At various times throughout the learning experience, you'll be asked to perform hands-on tasks. Because you're working in a simulated environment, it will act like the actual software application with one important exception: if you make a mistake, it's OK, no harm done! In fact, the MySkillSource Assistant will let you know that you've made an error, and will give you the option to try again or let the Assistant perform the task for you.

When you reach the end of the course, you'll see a "Congratulations" dialog box. If you wish to take the course again, you can click the "Restart" button. If you're done with the course, just click "Finish" and we'll summarize what you've just learned on the "Points to Remember" page.
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