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New and Improved SkillSoft Online Training Available to Faculty, Staff and StudentsBy Dr. Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, Student Computing Services ManagerYes - at last all the new user accounts and new SkillSoft training is loaded and ready-to-go. So start making your summer training plans now. The delay was due to legal delays in the contract but hey, last year it took until JUNE to get everything sorted out and up-and-running so the situation just keeps improving! (I have really high hopes for a February 2006 update if this trend continues! ;-0 ) Seriously, SkillSoft has never gone away but it DID take awhile to get the new titles loaded and the UNT user accounts all updated. There have been considerable changes in our SkillSoft offerings due to UNT community input on its training needs and also due to the availability of other (and better) online resources for some of the training. For example, you will find that we no longer have the extensive Adobe training options from SkillSoft. That is because Adobe itself now has extensive and excellent online training at http://www.adobe.com/education. To learn more about this education see the Benchmarks article located at http://www.unt.edu/benchmarks/archives/2005/january05/adobe.htm. Another development has been the addition of courses in cooperation with Human Resources and also the Information Security team of the Computing and Information Technology Center. Now users will find many courses dealing with accounting compliance, worker management and other helpful HR titles. Persons concerned with technology and security issues will find 18 courses dealing with these problems and their solution. These new HR and security titles are listed at the end of the article. All you Linux fans will see greatly expanded offerings in basic and advanced Linux administration including an important course in Redhat-type (rpm) and Debian-type (apt) package management which compares and contrasts the procedures used in the distinct distribution systems used in these versions of Linux. Persons involved in the EIS project will want to study Crystal Reports 8.5 and also begin work with the Oracle 10g titles. The following is a short review of how to get to the SkillSoft
training materials. To be authenticated into the computer-based training
system first point your browser (remember, SkillSoft unfortunately STILL
only works in Windows with Internet Explorer....but they promise me that
a cross-platform Firefox version will be available soon!) to
https://cbt.acs.unt.edu/logon.htm. Enter your EUID and password:
After you are checked into the system, click on the Login to
SkillPort button:
Once you are on the SkillPort website, click on the Catalog name
located in the upper-right-hand-corner of the screen to get to the
course listings:
Here are the two large categories of courses: Business Skills
Curricula where all the Human Resources courses are located and IT
Skills Curricula where the information security courses and all other
online training is located.
Keep clicking on the course links to get down to the specific courses
you need:
Remember - you can use the handy Search-and-Learn site search tool to
narrow in on a specific topic you need:
All current members of the UNT main, Dallas, and HSC campuses should be pre-loaded into the system. However, sometimes someone falls through the cracks. If you have trouble logging in for any reason just contact me, the SkillPort administrator, at ehinkle@unt.edu. Below is a complete listing of the 2005 UNT SkillPort online training catalog. If you have any suggestions for further courses just let me know at the email address given above. Enjoy! SkillSoft IT Skills Curricula for UNT:*Crystal Reports 8.5: Report Writing Basics *Linux: Basic System Administration II *Linux: Basic System Administration III *Linux: Basic System Administration IV *Linux: System Administration Update I *Linux: System Administration Update II *Linux: System Administration Update III *Oracle Database 10g: New Features I *Web Site Design - Principles *Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Foundation *Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Experienced *Macromedia DreamWeaver MX: Foundation I *Macromedia DreamWeaver MX: Foundation II *Macromedia DreamWeaver MX for ASP.NET *Macromedia Fireworks MX: Foundation *Macromedia Flash MX: Foundation *Macromedia Flash MX Developer: Action Script: Experienced
*Macromedia Flash MX: Design Techniques; Experienced *GIAC Security Essentials *Net Safety *Security Networked Information I *Security Networked Information II SkillSoft Business Skills Curricula for UNT - Human Resources Courseware• Workplace Aggression: The Scope of the Problem
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