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July, 2010
1. What is QuickLessons?
2. Why QuickLessons?
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4. Clients and Case Studies
5. Licenses and Add-ons
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What is QuickLessons?
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QuickLessons is Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for creating and managing elearning content collaboratively. QuickLessons is a fully web based solution
accessible by all end users over the Internet, eliminating the need to install and run
the application on the customer's own servers. Therefore:
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Traditional software maintenance and support requirements are removed.
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Customers gain immediate access to updates, upgrades and customizations.
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There are no costs associated with hardware or software requirements.
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Service based subscription model reduces upfront investment requirements.
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Customizable licenses based on usage provide flexible budgeting options.
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End users can collaborate within the same accounts sharing assets, courses
and learning objects.
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Wide library of instructional templates and other elements to put up a course or
learning object with your own educational content.
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Templates allow to create animated and dynamic screens to present concepts,
exercises, games and evaluations.
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Accessible anytime from any computer connected to the Internet to manage all
content, edit and update whenever you want.
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Courses created using Flash technology without requiring programming or designing
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Export courses in SCORM 1.2, 2004 and AICC compliant packages to upload to any LMS
to check on learner’s development and evaluations.
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Export projects to an offline or online package and host it server side for use in a CD
or DVD or to present at meetings.
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Why QuickLessons?
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Who should consider QuickLessons
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Instructional designers;
Subject Matter Experts (SME);
Teachers, tutors and instructors;
Educational content developers.
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Reduces up to 60% of production time;
Offers a template library for content, exercises, games and evaluations;
Allows management of courses and learning objects;
Makes content update much easier;
Provides self-sufficiency for creating courses with professional results;
Exports online, offline and SCORM / AICC compliant versions of your course;
100% online. No software installation required.
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The Campus Agreement license makes an author out of
every faculty member.
Assets, content and media can be shared, gaining
production speed and enriching the creation process.
Using templates and styles to standardize courses.
Template, character and media library.
Quiz Pack included.
Free online support.
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Licenses for 3 or 5 users that can also work
simultaneously.
Assets, content and media can be shared,
gaining production speed and enriching the
creation process.
Template, character and media library.
Quiz Pack and other add-ons can be included in
the license for additional costs.
Free online support.
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Big production teams
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10+ user licenses with extensive collaboration
capabilities.
Assets, content and media can be shared,
gaining production speed and enriching the
creation process.
Template, character and media library.
Quiz Pack included.
Free online support.
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The 10 Most Wanted Features in Tools to
Create Online Courses
(Brandon Hall Research, 2008.)
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1. Novice friendly, yet has underlying extensibility for complex interaction types.
2. No plug-in required (with the exception of Flash output).
3. Adherence to SCORM and AICC (both).
4. Short learning curve for new developers.
5. Extensive library of very interactive question types.
6. Robust testing engine (with randomization, drawing from a test item pool, etc.).
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7. Rich media support.
8. Ability to repurpose content quickly from other sources, such as PowerPoint, Word,
and specialty authoring tools.
9. Minimal time spent creating navigational control structures.
10. Low cost (for stand-alone authoring tools).
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There are three categories for eLearning authoring tools in the market as seen below.
ReadyGo*
WYSIWYG **
Power Tools***
To become
proficient and
one to two days
one to two weeks
three to six months
Time to create
new
courseware
80 page document
10 hours
80 page document
40 hours
(one week)
80 page document
40 to 80 hours
(one to two weeks)
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Rapid development –
appearance can quickly be
modified. (Positive)
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Development
environment
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Must generate to see what
course looks like (however,
this gives a more realistic
idea of what the students
will see) (Negative)
Precise control over
positioning of elements
on the page (Positive)
Course developer
needs to understand
browser graphic
rendering limitations
when creating courses
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Precise control over
positioning of elements
on the page (Positive)
Takes longer to develop
and deliver courses
(Negative)
*ReadyGo – new generation Rapid eLearning tools.
**WYSIWYG – similar approach but with more time to learn and develop.
***Power Tools – destined to power users. More time to learn and develop.
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ReadyGo*
WYSIWYG **
Power Tools***
Highest level of SCORM
adherence (ADL Labs
internal test 2003)
Integrates with
SCORM, AICC, some
LMS’s
LMS integration is done
independent of
Macromedia (user
group) through free
add-ins
Visual design tool
Almost unlimited
capability to create
simulations and
interactive element
types. (Significant
training needed)
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Accepts any web viewable
elements
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Look applies to entire
course (maintains
consistency)
Graphic
Development
Access
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Encourages distribution of
development to those who
are most proficient on each
topic (e.g. graphic
designers to create visual
elements, subject matter
experts to collect content).
Internet Access (SaaS)
All in one graphic and
course development
Desktop Access
All in one graphic and
course development
Desktop Access
*ReadyGo – new generation Rapid eLearning tools.
**WYSIWYG – similar approach but with more time to learn and develop.
***Power Tools – destined to power users. More time to learn and develop.
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Classifying the most relevant tools in the market:
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Macromedia and
Adobe suites
Power Tool
Lectora
Rapid Intake
Flypaper
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Articulate
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QuickLessons’ interface is very similar to a web site, allowing users to become familiar
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with it very quickly. The home page is a shared dashboard of recent account activity.
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Unique animated characters can be selected for use in each course to be
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developed.
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Course scenes are created selecting from an ever expanding library of
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customizable and multiuse templates.
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Exporting Courses
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Completed courses are automatically packaged and available for unlimited
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download in different modes depending on the final use.
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This powerful yet simple interface enables users to share comments and
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suggestions during the content development process.
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Customer: Portal Educação – Learning Provider.
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Has been involved in the Distance Learning market since 2001. Has already trained over
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65,000 professionals in 56 countries throughout the world with its courses on the Internet.
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With the demand on rise, there was a need for a solution that would reinforce productivity
and at the same time increase the visual appeal (Portal Educação used to develop e-
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learning content using HTML).
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Today, the Portal uses QuickLessons as its main work tool and has produced over 250
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courses in less than a year.
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“The time-to-market of new courses has accelerated considerably
thanks to our new production standards, which are 40% higher with
QuickLessons.” - André Akagi, CIO.
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Customer: Sanofi Aventis – Corporate.
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Leading global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, produces and markets
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therapies focused on health care, cardiology, oncology and internal medicine, as well as
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metabolic diseases, central nervous system disorders and vaccines.
Used Power Point presentations for internal training but needed a way to gain production
speed and quality.
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The company started with a license for 5 users, but have upgrade the license to 10 users
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within just a few months. Today there is a large team of content developers in house
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working with QuickLessons to develop easily content with extended features in place of
PowerPoint alone.
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Customer: Sky TV (DIRECTV Group)– Corporate.
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Sky is the biggest Latin-American company for providing services of digital cable TV, with
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approximately 1.600.000 100% digital subscribers.
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Used to hire other companies - providers of eLearning services – for content development
and graphic design. Needed a tool that could give them more autonomy in the
development process and more control over its projects.
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The company has a license for 3 users and have purchased many extra elements in their
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account, such as characters, frames and templates. They have now a dedicated team of
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developers working with QuickLessons as their main internal content development tool
reducing dependency from external service providers.
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Exercise Templates
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Quiz Pack Add-on
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Quiz Pack is an add-on package with extended set of templates and exercise
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to create customized quizzes for end users of the contents created within
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QuickLessons.
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Individual and multiuser licenses can be enhanced by selecting from an
ever expanding list of add-ons:
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allows to upload legacy presentations developed in PowerPoint and convert
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each individual slide into a Flash based animated scene to be used within a
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FlashPoint: This powerful PowerPoint converter available for all licenses
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5 Users Pack: This special license extension available to Corporate Licenses
is a discounted option to increase the number of users on any account.
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10 Courses Pack: For Individual Licenses that require additional courses on
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Student Pack: This extra option of the Campus Agreement extends the use of
the platform to a selected number of students of the academic institution.
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As a product based on SaaS, clients can start with a base license and
customize it by adding new elements. There are many elements in
QuickLessons that are naturally customizable and others that can be
ordered on demand. Add-on services include:
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New characters
New assets (images, animations and video)
New color palette
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QuickLessons LLC is a joint venture between Affero and Nexus Global Partners
for the global distribution of QuickLessons.
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Affero is a leader in Knowledge Management and eLearning solutions.
Nexus Global Partners is a cross border investment and advisory firm.
QuickLessons LLC is headquartered in Miami, FL.
Quicklessons LLC main objective is to grow and support a global network of resellers
and distributors.
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Enroll for the FREE trial and see it all for yourself. During the trial period, you
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will be able to:
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Create interactive Flash-based courses and objects.
Build evaluations.
Use of the libraries of templates, characters and media.
Insert characters to your projects, with voice-over and movements.
Add even more interactivity to your courses with the Quizzes.
Download your projects as a SCORM compliant package or in online and
offline versions.
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Get free support by e-mail.
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