One of the meanings of the word behavior is “the way in which a natural phenomenon or a machine works or functions.” This definition means that a particular action will result in a particular response. Every software has a specific behavior that is defined by code. Depending on the complexity of a piece of software,…
Read MoreAvsoft has created an Airbus A321neo aircraft systems online pilot course. The course includes 29 modules which cover all the major aircraft systems, including components, operations, controls, and indications associated with each system. There is a version of this course for two engine types: CFM Leap-1A and PW1100G-JM, and each version is available in either…
Read MoreOnce upon a time, there was an eLearning content authoring application that was widely adopted by the aviation training industry. This authoring tool was called Toolbook. It’s important to understand that Toolbook was created by a powerful tech company with deep resources, not a small garage-based startup. Toolbook was developed by a company called Asymetrix Learning Systems,…
Read MoreRichter Flight Service GmbH, a provider of individual flight charter and scheduled flight solutions based in Wesel, Germany, has selected Avsoft International’s A320 aircraft systems course for online pilot training. Manager, Andreas Ganssmüller commented: “As a newly founded aviation company, we have received permission from the German aviation authority (Luftfahrt-Bundesamt / LBA) to train pilots…
Read MoreDuring the development of SCORM, one of the purposes was to make eLearning courses easy to share. This is done by distributing a zipped file that contains all the information required to install and run the course through any SCORM compliant LMS. “All the information” encompasses a tremendous amount of data – it also includes…
Read MoreWe have a customer based outside of the US that delivers several of our online courses through a third-party Learning Management System (LMS). They were in the process of rationalizing their fleet, and this required an extensive modification to one of their courses. When I say extensive, I mean very time consuming. Since Avsoft courses…
Read MoreIn order to build online courses on time and on budget, you have to minimize the amount of duplicated work. The ideal process is to perform a particular task one time and still be assured that everything was done. As an example, let’s take the audio recording of a module. There are essentially three tasks…
Read MoreTypically, organizations that develop eLearning courses employ a full-time project manager. The reason a project manager is needed is because there are many stakeholders that collaborate during the course development process. These stakeholders typically include the: Subject Matter Expert (SME) Technical illustrator Audio recorder Animation and interactivity developer “Customer” With so many people involved in…
Read MoreAvsoft is famous for its large collection of flight deck posters – we’ve been making them since 1996! When we draw a flight deck, we painstakingly go over it with a very fine-tooth comb – we demand absolute fidelity. This involves looking at every detail several times in order to catch any mistakes. We fondly…
Read MoreOne of the must-do items during the development of an online course is the proofing. You need to examine each asset that’s used in the course, including: Narration Audio recording Graphics Animations Questions When we first started to build online courses, we would complete the whole module. Then, we would huddle together in the conference…
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