LatitudeU News: Office 2010, Oracle and other Technical Course Updates from Partner SkillSoft

The following new SkillSoft course updates are now available on LatitudeLearning.com:

Microsoft Office

• Getting Started with Word 2010
• Formatting and Working with Text in Word 2010
• Organizing and Arranging Text in Word 2010
• Moving Around in Word 2010
• Saving, Sharing and Printing in Word 2010
• SharePoint 2010 New Features for End Users
• Getting Started with SharePoint 2010
• Using SharePoint 2010 with Office 2010

Oracle Database

• Oracle Database 11g Release 2: Oracle Partitioning and Security Features
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2: Backup, Recover, Archive and Repair Data
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2: Oracle Scheduler and Secure Backup
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2: Installation and Oracle Restart
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2: ASM, Storage and Partitioning Enhancements
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2: Diagnosability Enhancements
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2: SQL Monitoring and Performance Enhancements

Virtual Server Management

• VMware Workstation 7: Getting Started with Virtual Machines

General Data Storage

• Storage Security
• Storage Virtualization
• Storage Technologies Update

Software Development

• Agile Programming and Testing
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0: Web Form Controls with VB 2010
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0: Web Applications with Virtual Studio 2010 and Visual Basic 2010
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0: Configuring and Deploying Web Applications with VB 2010

Information Security

• Information Security Governance: Strategies and Goals
• Information Security Governance: Developing an Action Plan

These and hundreds of other titles are available through LatitudeU's partner SkillSoft. Learn more at www.LatitudeLearning.com or by contacting the LatitudeU Support Team directly at Support@LatitudeLearning.com.

Improve your Desktop Skills with LatitudeU

Organizations of every size need desktop computer skills as a basic building block of success. More than just increasing productivity, proficiency with desktop software facilitates better business results. Your employees can create more effective spreadsheets, better reports and more dynamic presentations. They will not only use the tools provided, they will utilize them to the fullest extent possible. SkillSoft's Desktop Courseware Collection provides a broad array of courses to meet the needs of end users throughout your organization. Using standards-based architecture, SkillSoft courseware incorporates a diverse mix of learning objects interactive lessons, workshops, task-based simulations and assessment questions to impart the necessary knowledge and skills.

Impact:

• Improve productivity through mastery of key software applications
• Maximize learning's effectiveness by placing corporate initiatives in context of the needs of individual employees
• Train more learners, in more subjects in less time than ever before
• Teach users the features and navigation of the most popular and recent suite of office productivity applications

Support rollout of Microsoft Office 2007

• Manage facility wide conversions to Microsoft Office 2007
• Provide experience level appropriate training on all Office applications, including Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, and Vision

Teach computing fundamentals to non-technical users

• Turn novice users into savvy computer users through fundamental skills that a non-technical user needs to become familiar with Microsoft operating systems
• Empower users to more effectively use the Internet with basic training on industry leading web browsers
• Improve users competence and working use of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft's leading email application
• Prepare users for certifications
• Provide curriculum that maps to the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification
• Prepare users for the ECDL/ICDL certifications

Click here for Desktop Skills courses

Online Certification Preparation for Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technicians (MCDST)

Have you wanted to get a Microsoft certification that matches your current or desired job role? Why get a Microsoft certification now? 66% of managers believe that certifications improve the level of service offered to IT end users and customers. 75% of managers believe that certifications are important to team performance.

Have you delayed getting certified, because the preparation was too formidable? Now it can be easier with the online training programs available at LatitudeU. SkillSoft, a world leader in computer based learning, offers online certification preparation courses for Microsoft desktop certification. Skillsoft’s online training provides a more convenient, easier alternative to exam books or instructor led classes. Through our relationship with SkillSoft, we can provide individual access to their online certification preparation courses for the Microsoft desktop certification for only $99 each.

Microsoft certifications not only validate your real‑world skills, but they also provide you access to unique resources and offer a life-long career path for developing your computer learning. Earning the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support certification demonstrates your expertise with Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Microsoft Project.

SkillSoft’s online certification courses prepare users for Microsoft desktop certification testing as part of an IT professional’s career development. The Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) credential proves that you have the skills to successfully support end-users and to successfully troubleshoot desktop environments that are running the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Start preparing online for your MCDST certification.

SkillSoft’s online certification preparation courses for Microsoft desktop certifications include approximately 300 beginner, intermediated, and expert online training programs.

• MicroSoft WORD 2002, 2003 & 2007
• MicroSoft WORD 2003
• MicroSoft WORD 2007
• MicroSoft EXCEL 2002
• MicroSoft EXCEL 2003
• MicroSoft EXCEL 2007
• MicroSoft POWERPOINT 2000
• MicroSoft POWERPOINT 2002
• MicroSoft POWERPOINT 2007
• MicroSoft ACCESS 2000
• MicroSoft ACCESS 2002
• MicroSoft ACCESS 2003
• MicroSoft ACCESS 2007
• MicroSoft OFFICE 2000
• MicroSoft OUTLOOK 2002
• MicroSoft OUTLOOK 2003
• MicroSoft PROJECT 2000
• MicroSoft PROJECT 2002

Testing and certification is independent of these online certification preparation courses and provided directly by Microsoft.

Start preparing online for your MCDST certification.