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FastFacts
Feature Presentation
Thursday August 9, 2012
To dial in, use this phone number and
participant code…
Phone number: 888-651-5908
Participant code: 182500
To participate via VoIP…
You must have a sound card
You must have headphones or
computer speakers
© 2012 The Johns Hopkins University. All rights reserved.
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Today’s Topic
We’ll be taking a look at…
Learning Opportunities for University
Faculty and Staff
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Today’s Presenter
Louis Biggie, Director of Learning Solutions
Siyade Gemechisa, Instructional Designer
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Session Segments
Presentation
Louis and Siyade will address learning opportunities for
university faculty and staff.
During Louis and Siyade’s presentation, your phone will be
muted.
Q&A
After the presentation, we’ll hold a Q&A session.
We’ll open up the phone lines, and you’ll be able to ask
questions.
Louis and Siyade will answer as many of your questions as time
allows.
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Contact Us
If you would like to submit a question during the presentation or if
you’re having technical difficulties, you can email us at:
fastfacts@jhu.edu
You can also send us an instant message!
GoogleTalk – HopkinsFastFacts@gmail.com
AOL Instant Messenger – HopkinsFastFacts
MSN – FastFacts@jhu.edu
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Survey
Survey
At the end of this FastFacts session, we’ll ask you to complete a
short survey.
Your honest comments will help us to enhance and improve
future FastFacts sessions.
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How To View Full Screen
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Learning Opportunities for
University Faculty and Staff
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Agenda
How to access SAP courses
Content in the SkillSoft catalog
Predefined curricula
How to access a SkillSoft course
Terms and Conditions
Basic troubleshooting
Getting Started
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All about you!
How many of you have taken an e-learning course before?
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All about you!
On a scale of 1-5 tell us about your impression on e-learning.
(5= best thing since sliced bread, 1= prefer classroom course)
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All about you!
Think back over a five year period, do you feel more positive or less
positive about e-learning?
(5= your opinion has gone up, 1= your opinion has gone down,
3= no change in opinion).
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All about you!
Type your thoughts about e-learning in your text box (i.e.
observations, limitations, general experiences).
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Accessing SAP courses
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Introducing…
SkillSoft is a collection of over 5000 learning assets licensed for use
by all Johns Hopkins employees whether they work for the Health
System or the university.
Access to courses 24x7.
Learning wherever you are.
Thousands of topics.
Appeal to a variety of learning styles.
Resource driven rather than event driven.
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Content in the SkillSoft catalog
IT
Desktop Applications
Professional Skills
Leadership and Management Skills
Certification Preparation
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Predefined Curricula
Web Tools
MS Office 2007 and 2010
Project Management
Adobe Tools
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Predefined Curricula
Web Tools
Web Design
Adobe Acrobat
Scripting
Web Languages
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Predefined Curricula
MS Office 2007 and 2010
General Features
Word
Excel
Outlook
PowerPoint
Access
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Predefined Curricula
Project Management
General Project Management
PMI-Aligned Project Management
Project Management for Non-Project Managers
PMBOK-Aligned Courses
PRINCE2
Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
IT Project Management
Managing Software Project Outsourcing
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Predefined Curricula
Adobe Tools
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Flash
Dreamweaver
Acrobat
AIR
Fireworks
Captivate
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Access a course
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What’s next?
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What’s next?
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Terms and Conditions
If you are taking a course during work hours, you must first obtain
permission from your supervisor.
If you are taking a course during your free time, you must choose
only courses that are for your personal enrichment, and they should
be unrelated to your work.
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Basic Troubleshooting
Users have been accessing SkillSoft courses with very few technical
issues so far.
If you do have problems, there is a Troubleshooting Guide in the
FAQs section of myLearning.
The link to the Troubleshooting Guide is also available on every PDF
curricula document.
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Ready to Get Started?
For a pre-defined curricula, contact us at learning@jhu.edu.
Or, search myLearning under the “SkillSoft” tab to view the
complete catalog.
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Conclusion
JHU employees now have access to an online library with more than
5,000 courses.
Available 24/7 via myLearning.
Easy to use predefined curricula.
Contact learning@jhu.edu for curricula and/or questions.
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Q&A
We’re going to open the phone lines now!
There will be a slight pause, and then a recorded voice will provide
instructions on how to ask questions over this conference call line.
We’ll be answering questions in the order that we receive them.
We’ll also be answering the questions that were emailed to us
during the presentation.
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Thank You!
Thank you for participating!
We would love to hear from you.
Are there certain topics that you would like us to cover in future
FastFacts sessions?
Would you like to be a FastFacts presenter?
Please email us at: fastfacts@jhu.edu
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Survey
Before we close, please take the time to complete a short survey.
Your feedback will help us as we plan future FastFacts sessions.
Click this link to access the survey…
http://connect.johnshopkins.edu/fastfactssurvey/
Thanks again!
