Various Uses of MacroVOLT™

Self-instructional Courses

• Conference Support and Enhancement
• Online Testing
• Quick Courses from Existing Materials
• Self-instructional Courses
• Supporting Traditional Training
• Live Webcasts
• Computer Application Training
• Low Bandwidth Courses

MacroVOLT™ can support effective learning courses that are both self-paced and self-instructional. Once you develop the content, these courses are almost totally automated by the MacroVOLT™ server. Students can get information, register, make payments, study, take quizzes and exams, check their scores, submit feedback, print materials, set up and maintain a student clipboard, submit and get answers to questions using "Ask-an-Instructor," complete the course, and print a customized certificate of completion.

MacroVOLT™ professionals will work with you to come up with the right design strategy based on your target audience, development funds available, development timeline, and the learning goals and objectives. MacroVOLT™ courses can also be developed in stages. For example, you might want to place a text-based quick course online so students can access the information. You can then incrementally enhance the course with audio and video, narrated PowerPoint slides, animated charts and illustrations, and other multimedia.

As you know, the level of Internet connection needed for online courses will vary greatly with the use of multimedia features. MacroVOLT™ can take full advantage of high-speed connections by delivering rich multimedia content. On the other hand, courses can be designed to work with low bandwidth connections quite successfully.

MacroVOLT™ automatically creates a number of features as the course developer adds course content. These include:

• The course navigation structure
• "Next" and "previous" buttons on every page
• A navigable course map
• A student records section
• The student clipboard
• The feedback feature

Self-instructional courses draw from a rich set of other features to enhance the learning experience of the student. Many features can be turned on or off as desired. The list of features includes:

• Course glossary
• Graded exams and "pop" quizzes
• Various types of multimedia
• An "Ask-an-Instructor" feature that allows the student to send questions and get answers from content experts by email
• Course completion certificates