CADE eTutor 

For Interactive, Web Based Delivery

• Communicate with Anyone

Participants share information between the facilitator and each other.  Trainers can judge comprehension and speaking ability.

• Via IP Network
• Only 1.6kb of bandwidth required
• Optional POTS connections

• Capture Attention with Rich Media Content 

Provide a variety of media to engage participants, keep the session interesting, address multiple types of learners.  Browse together with facilitator led web touring. 

• Web Pages, Documents, Spreadsheets
• Pictures, Graphics, Images
• PowerPoint Slides and Presentations
• Computer Animation
• Audio Clips, Videos
• More...

• Bring Facilitator and Participants Face-to-Face

Add a personal touch to on-line meetings, conferences and training.  Show new products, introduce participants, get to see people that might never be seen face to face.

• Streamed from Facilitator's PC
• Webcam video from participants
• Hardware encoding for large groups
• Only 7kb bandwidth required

• Ask a Wide Variety of Questions

Check comprehension, record participation, retain interest and attention in the session.  Solicit a wide variety of information from participants.

• Yes/no, yes/no/undecided

• True/False

• Multiple Choice

• Multiple Selection

• Numeric

• Unlimited text (essay)

• Audio Questions and/or Audio Response

• Simplify Delivery with On-Screen Scripts 

Consistent content, easy delivery, improves quality and consistency of interactive programs

• Bullets, notes, text, etc. available during session
• Consistent delivery from session to session
• Created and managed via the LMW

• Alternate Facilitators with Team Delivery 

Share responsibility for delivery among the most knowledgeable facilitators, add variety to sessions, keeps attention of the participants. 

• Sessions can be hosted by multiple people
• Instructors, Presenters, Subject Matter Experts
• All the most knowledgeable people in one Session

• Break into Subgroup Sessions

Break participants into groups for independent study and report findings upon return to the main group.

• Random or manual group creation
• Random or manual leader selection
• Common or individual courses

• Communicate with Instant Messaging & Chat

Ask questions and communicate with the facilitator or other participants beyond the confines of the session's structure.

• Individuals
• Groups
• Entire audience

• Get Questions Answered with Recorded Audio

Provide the ability for a participant to get a question answered even if it can be addressed during the time available for the session.

• Answered off-line by Facilitator or SME
• Heard through the Learning Management Web

• Build Consensus with Brainstorming Sessions

Quickly gain consensus, establish priorities, and capture group values and recommendations.

• Collect and share input from all participants
• Paste eNotes on the eTutor idea wall
• Move, delete, insert ideas
• Voting, ranking, and point calculations
• Round-robin participant interaction

• Engage Participants with Interactive Whiteboard

Engage participants with interactive, visual tools, identify visual components or as participants to show where components may be.

• Markup graphics or web pages
• Select colors, shapes, fonts, text, etc.
• eTutor Guide controls who can markup

• Share Materials in a Common Directory

Transfer and share files, documents, spreadsheets, graphics, etc. among participants and facilitator.

• Transfer documents or other course materials
• Share documents among participants

• Share Computer Applications

Teach computer applications, demonstrate computer functions, and share documents, spreadsheets, etc.

• Share applications on facilitator's PC 
• Any other PC on the network
• Windows, Unix/Linux, Macs

• Access Participant Desktops

Show participants how to use features, troubleshoot problems, check progress on tasks.

• Take control over participant PCs
• Demonstrate "how to"

• Time Workgroup Activities

Give participants time to perform tasks, manage breaks and workgroup activities.

• Time independent work sessions
• Display countdown timer on eTutor Desktop screens

• Facilitate Spur of the Moment Actions

Provide a variety of ad-hoc tools for the facilitator to perform functions not anticipated in the sessions design, address unanticipated questions from participants.

• Integrated Google™ search engine
• Access tools outside of the Instructor's Guide
• Open web pages, rich media files
• Run programs
• Control audio on remote PCs

• Schedule with MS Outlook™ or the LMW

Easily schedule eTutor sessions and send invitations to participants.

• Schedule one time or recurring sessions
• Automatically notify participants of change in schedule or cancellation
• Assign instructor(s) to specific session

• Deliver in any Language

Appropriate for multi-national or multi-lingual organizations.

• Language selection based on user profiles
• Interface converts to user preference

• Display Full-Screen Video

Enlarge the screen to show detailed video information when "seeing" is critical to the session topic.

• Separate high quality, full screen video window
• Live encoding with range of data rates

• Increase Communication with RSS Feeds

Allow employees, suppliers, or other interested parties to subscribe to those areas of particular interest.

• Create RSS feeds from web forms in the LMW
• Create channels for corporate, training, course, or general topic areas

• Capture Sessions for Interactive Re-Use

Record sessions for future use or viewing by participants who couldn't attend live.  Participate in archived sessions as if it were live, capture results in the database.

• eTutor sessions stored in database
• Playback on demand
• Audio/video synched with slides and questions

• Integration with Blackboard™

Provide students with both live and interactive courses and sessions in addition to web based courseware. 

• Create courses, assessments, schedules in Blackboard
• Create an eTutor Instructor Guide
• Launch eTutor courses from Blackboard