Courseware

Info For You

.....featuring CustomDOC™,
the industry standard courseware compiling tool

• consist of thousands of learning objects
• recognized as the industry standard
• highly structured and based on a proven educational model
• create instructor-led training materials, self study guides, procedure and reference manuals, and help desk support materials
• builds a customized course in minutes
• available for all popular software applications
• integrated with the PTS suite of learning products including Customizable CBT™, On-Demand Interactive Learning™ and Skills Assessment
• selected by industry leaders such as Lotus Development Corporation, Global Knowledge Network and EDS

Integrating the Learning Process...

...Anticipating the Future!

Fully Modular

PTS courseware is organized into thousands of learning objects which are task-specific and targeted to the needs of each user. Our learning objects are small and interchangeable which gives you unmatched customization options for building standard or custom courseware, help desk materials, CBT courses, and skills assessments.

High Quality Training Content

PTS' team of highly skilled and experienced courseware developers has made PTS Courseware the industry standard. Within the last few years, PTS courseware and CustomDOC were selected by Global Knowledge Network (formerly Digital Equipment), Lotus Development Corporation and other leading vendors to be their exclusive end user courseware products.

"I recently started my own training business. PTS unique customizable features helped me land a six-month, 600 student day project over other more established training centers using non-customizable courseware."

Tom Bray, Bray & Company

Superior Educational Model

PTS has spent ten years refining its courseware model. This model guarantees that each product is consistent and follows sound educational methodology. Each lesson includes:

An Objective outlining the topics covered

A Discussion providing an overview of the topic

A Procedure providing an overview of the process for quick reference

A Step by Step section in a two-column format delineating task and keystroke

Exercises that give students the opportunity to work independently

CustomDOC, Powerful Courseware Compiling Tool

PTS Learning Systems pioneered customizable courseware with CustomDOC, the most powerful courseware compiling tool in the industry. CustomDOC creates custom instructor-led training materials, self study guides, procedure and reference manuals, and help desk support materials in a matter of minutes.

Wide Product Library

PTS works closely with major software publishing companies including Lotus Development, Corel and other vendors to build courseware for their application products. Because CustomDOC makes it easy to pick and choose a subset of topics when building a course, our courseware covers more topics than other leading courseware vendors.

"Lotus recognizes that different customer education needs are based on different business needs, therefore we've chosen PTS as a quality partner, to co-develop our SmartSuite curriculum in a customizable courseware format using CustomDOC."

Linda Kennedy, Lotus Development Corporation

Customized Manuals in Minutes

Building a custom course with CustomDOC is easy, as shown below:

Choose your title(s) from our library of courseware. Add as many titles as you need!

Select any topics in any order - CustomDOC won't let you make any mistakes! Compile one course or many. CustomDOC's exclusive Continuity Check and Prerequisite Check ensure that your educational content is sound. Then store the courses in your personal library for printing or making more changes later.

Two ways to order PTS courseware

Courseware Subscription Program - License our library

The PTS Courseware Subscription Program gives you the ability to license a limited number of courseware titles or choose the entire PTS courseware library.

Subscribers receive:

• a license to use the PTS courseware and compiling tool, CustomDOC, to build and reproduce an unlimited number of courseware manuals
• ability to produce standard or customized courseware manuals
• a monthly CD-ROM consisting of updates to existing products or the latest courseware products available
• the ability to swap titles on an annual basis
• unlimited free technical support

Individual products can be licensed as well.

Courseware Express - Standard or Customizable Courseware in 24 hours

For companies not wishing to build and produce courseware on their own, PTS has developed Courseware Express. Through Courseware Express, PTS can deliver either standard or customized student courseware manuals (training guide and student data disk) in as little as 24 hours. Customization includes the title page, course content, headers, footers and student data disk.

Simply call one of PTS' Courseware Express Experts, who will help you pick the correct lessons, topics and components necessary to complete the training at hand. Each manual is individually shrink-wrapped and includes a student data disk. Manuals are sold on a per unit basis, with prices dependent on the level of customization, the size of the manual and the turnaround time needed.

Click here to see a list of available titles.

The Integrated Learning Solution™

Over the past four years, PTS Learning Systems has designed a new approach to the challenge of software training and support. The new approach, called The Integrated Learning Solution, consists of a comprehensive suite of learning products, combining Instructor-Led Courseware, Computer Based Training (CBT), Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS) andSkills Assessment into a fully integrated customizable, networkable solution. PTS products have been engineered from their inception to work together in harmony.

The foundation of the Integrated Learning Solution is PTS' courseware content. This ensures that the information the users access using CustomDOC is identical to information presented in our products. This consistency provides critical learning reinforcement.

"When you write documentation, it takes tremendous effort, time and money. Once I discovered PTS' Courseware Express, I realized that supplying documentation for training my clients need not be a traumatic experience. They provide the titles you need, complete with training documents on disk, and ship it to your client - all for a reasonable cost!"

Dodie Edelstein, Legal Information Systems Training

Copyright © 1996-1997 PTS Learning Systems. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part in any form or medium without the expressed written permission of PTS Learning Systems is prohibited.