Complete Training on Assistant 9 

Get 20+ hours of professional training on ToolBook Assistant 9 delivered on interactive CD-ROM. The Platte Canyon® Learning & Mastering ToolBook Assistant 9™ CD builds on the success of the 20048, and 7.1 versions by adding significant new content, including:

SmartPages and SmartStyles

Learn all about this powerful new feature. The training shows you how to assign a SmartStyle, where to set properties so that SmartStyles and SmartPages are properly configured, which categories of the Catalog contain "Smart" objects, how SmartStyles and SmartPages are constructed, and more.

Book Explorer

See how this replacement to the Object Browser allows you to easy show and hide objects, change their layer order, move pages around, see thumbnails of pages and backgrounds, and much more.

Expanded and Updated Content Throughout

Expanded content Catalog objects, Flash, media, SCORM, and more. Plus all 20+ hours of training has been completely updated for Assistant 9.

View the Course Outline Here

Professional Training on ToolBook® Assistant 9™
Experience over 20 hours of insightful information on all aspects of Assistant. Interactive exercises and demonstrations help clarify the topics, while an animated, customizable narrator points out key concepts. Learn about playing media, configuring question objects, Action Triggers, animation, and more.
26  Show Me Demonstrations
As you learn about a particular Assistant 9 task, click the Show Me button to see a demonstration. You’ll watch "over the shoulder” of an expert performing the task and explaining each step through the process.
21  Let Me Try Simulations
When you're ready to try it yourself, you can click the Let Me Try button to bring up a full simulation of the Assistant 9 environment. Your job is to perform a task covering the current concept. You don't need to worry if you make a mistake, however, since you’ll receive feedback if you happen to go down the wrong path.
101  Web Hints
Supplementing the extensive training on web deployment of ToolBook applications are the "Web Hints" included throughout the training. When learning about a topic, just click the Web Hints button to see specific information or guidance related to web deployment.
233 Expert Information Topics and Much More
When you want to learn even more about a topic, click the Expert Information button for shortcuts, undocumented features, helpful advice, and more. 

The training also stores all student information in a database and provides a glossary, index, full text search, personalized favorites, a Certification Exam, and more.

You get over 20 hours of hands-on training on publishing your applications to DHTML or Neuron, adding Flash™, SCORM, manipulating the Catalog, configuring objects, and much more. You’ll learn how to deploy your application on the web as well as via traditional methods such as CD-ROM and Local Area Network. When you think you have "mastered" Assistant, try your hand at the Certification Exams in each module, built randomly from a large question pool. You can then see your answers to each question via Student Information.

Organized in easy-to-follow sections, the training is presented one concept at a time. You can “dig deeper” to learn more about a concept by accessing Expert Information, and Web Hints. Or watch a Show Me demonstration of how to accomplish a related task. Then choose the Let Me Try option on many pages to use a complete simulation of the Assistant 9 environment to perform a representative task on your own, receiving gentle feedback when you go down the wrong path.

After you have completed the training, you will want to keep it nearby as a reference. It offers a glossary, index, full text search, list of Expert Information, and Web Hints, and personalized favorites. Finally, you can print a certificate or even send email to show your boss how hard you have been working on learning this stuff!

 

System Requirements

Learning & Mastering ToolBook Assistant 9 runs on any system that can run ToolBook. If you would like to open the training in Author mode to see how the training was created, you will need ToolBook Assistant/Instructor 9 or newer.

Availability & Pricing

This CD is available now. Order Today!

You can buy this directly from Platte Canyon worldwide.

Call: 1-888-ToolBK-1 (1-888-866-5251)
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The CBT is priced at $245 per CD. 
Upgrade from version 2004 for $85
Upgrade from version 8 or older for $165

This courseware was developed using Instructor, Progress Tracker™, Plug-In Pro™, Hotword Connection™,FTS Pro™, and Resources Plus ™.

User Comments

  • I would heartily recommend the "Learning & Mastering" CD from Platte Canyon. It's got all the tips, tricks, and code you'll need to get you off to a good start.
  • I would like to add that I think the Learning & Mastering CD is one of the best tools for learning all the aspects of ToolBook I've ever seen. I've been through the ToolBook course with an approved instructor and the CD. I feel that this CD is worth a lot more than the asking price. It would behoove and organization to purchase this CD and I hardly ever use the word behoove.
  • Learning & Mastering is GREAT! I'd recommend it to anyone.
  • The Platte Canyon Instructor CBT is excellent! As a semi-advanced developer, I couldn't wait to study the code behind this training. In fact, I probably spent 2 hours studying system book code before I got to course menu. I've had a difficult time finding useful examples of advanced OpenScript on the Web, but the Instructor CBT provides a library of them. Two particularly useful Neuron deployment tips have really improved my Web-based course distributions. The Microsoft Agent code examples, alone, are worth the price of admission. Thanks for a super product! I'm really glad Platte Canyon is around to provide 3rd party products for ToolBook.
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