Courseware Documents Anatomy

Oracle Tutor

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 End-User Training Challenges

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

• List the various courseware document types
• Understand the relationship among courseware
documents
• Describe the filename requirements
• Describe the required sections in courseware
documents
• Describe the differences between courseware
documents

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 Agenda

• Overview
• Document Relationships
• Document Characteristics & Examples
– Overviews
– Abstracts
– Navigations
– Guided Demonstrations
– Practices
– Curriculum
• Summary

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 Overview

Courseware document:
• Supplement the information provided in process
documentation (procedures, etc)
• Are used to teach specific system and job skills
• Are training material developed specifically for
classroom use (ILT – Instructor Led Training)
• Are designed to create student guides for a single
event distribution

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 Courseware Document Types

Student Guides are built from the following

courseware documents:
– Education Overviews [ED*.ppt or ED*.doc]
ED
– Education Abstracts [ED*.doc]
– Navigation Instructions [NA*.doc] NAV
– Guided Demonstrations [LA*.doc] o
Dem
– Practices and Solutions [LA*.doc]
– Curriculum [CU*.doc] LAB

CUR

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 Document Relationships
Process
Courseware
ED LABS
CURR

PROC

DESK MANUAL NAV STUDENT GUIDE

CODE
...all document types...
INS REF
FORM
Owner
Reports
Manuals

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 Education Overview

An Education Overview can be created in MS Word or

in PowerPoint.
Since PowerPoint is used to create the bulk of Oracle
University overview files, we will focus on the
PowerPoint version of the Education Overview.

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 Education Overview Characteristics

• Provides an overview of a concept or skill

• Differs from process documentation in that it is
skill oriented, rather than activity oriented, and the
contents focus on one-time training
• Supported by, but does not duplicate, the
information contained in process documents
• May "Refer to" relevant support material:
– Procedures
– Navigations and Demo Instructions
– Labs and practices
– Online help

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 Education Overview Slide Examples

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 Education Overview Notes Page Example

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 Education Abstract Characteristics

• A Word document
• Contains System Reference information
corresponding to the Education PowerPoint
• Used to import PowerPoint content

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 Education Abstract Example

Cover Page Introduction Page

Course or
Lesson
Title

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 Navigation Instructions Characteristics

• The action is focused on completing a particular

task using a software application.
• A system reference showing the application, the
navigation path (if applicable), and the screen
name/file name is provided.
• User input is described as a series of tasks.
• The action is confined to a single performer.
• Content is similar to online help

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 Navigation Instruction Example

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 Guided Demonstration Characteristics

• Focuses on reinforcing a particular skill or

concept
• Material is presented as a series of tasks that
duplicate real-life application of the skill
• Has the same scope as its corresponding
education document -- that is, the material covered
parallels the material covered by a specific topic in
the education document
• Composed of a single demo topic

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 Guided Demonstration Example

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 Practices and Solutions Characteristics

• Focuses on reinforcing or testing a particular skill

or concept.
• Material is presented as a series of tasks that
duplicate real-life application of the skill.
• Has the same scope as its corresponding
education document -- that is, the material covered
parallels the material covered by a specific topic in
the education document.
• Composed of a single practice topic.
• Includes a solution, as appropriate.

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 Practices and Solutions Example

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 Practices and Solutions - Example

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 Curriculum Characteristics

• Its only purpose is to serve as a script for a

student guide
• It contains no training material
• Its title is the name of the course
• It is the only Tutor document that does not require
a Distribution and Ownership section
A curriculum is required whenever a formal training
manual is required (specifically, a student guide
generated by Tutor Publisher) and needs to include
more than one education document.

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 Curriculum Example

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 Quiz - Match The Definitions

Navigation A. Lists the order in which topics

should be taught
B. Document that accepts .PPT
PowerPoint
information
C. Action is focused on completing
Practice
a particular task using a software
application
Curriculum
D. Contains graphics and text to
describe a topic
Education Abstract
E. Questions and hands on
Instructions

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 Quiz Solution - Match The Definitions

Curriculum A. Lists the order in which topics

should be taught
Education Abstract B. Document that accepts .PPT
information
Navigation C. Action is focused on completing
a particular task using a software
application
PowerPoint D. Contains graphics and text to
describe a topic
Practice E. Questions and hands on
Instructions

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

• List the various courseware document types
• Understand the relationship among courseware
documents
• Describe the filename requirements
• Describe the required sections in courseware
documents
• Describe the differences between courseware
documents

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