FAQs

1. Can TruCertified's online training program be installed in an independent LMS?

Yes.  Our video based training can be placed in an existing LMS.  We can also deliver the courses in their own LMS.   Both delivery methods are SCORM compliant and will produce real time data for number of learners, time performed by each learner, individual quiz scores, etc.

2. How will the course guarantee that the learner has put in the required time?

All courses are built in a locked format that will allow the student to pause and review material, but not skip ahead or fast forward video or testing content.  In addition, the videos do not display a timeline, so the learner must attend each section in its entirety.  A typical course is broken into 9-13 minute segments followed by a learning game and a quiz.  If the instructional video ends and the student does not input data into the quiz within an allotted time (typically 2 minutes), the course will close and not give the student credit for completing the section. 

Each quiz contains randomized questions that must be answered to achieve the designated passing score.  If the learner fails the quiz, he or she can view the questions they answered incorrectly.  They will then watch the previous section again in its entirety and retake the quiz.  The questions will be different, but related to the previous quiz, thereby guaranteeing retention of the material.

All of this data is automatically generated into a database that can be viewed in real time via the internet as well as emailed to the appropriate administrators on a regular schedule in a format such as Excel.

3. What is the advantage to having TruCertified produce your training courses?

TruCertified has chosen to create the courses in a customized fashion for several reasons. 

A. Any existing systems allow the learner to skip around the course and cannot guarantee the student is viewing content in its entirety.  Even if they track the amount of time a student is in a course, they cannot track how much they have viewed.  For example, a student may appear on a database as having completed 16 hours of training, but they may have only viewed the same section 20 times.

B. TruCertified has developed a method of delivering very high quality video content at a large screen size with low bandwidth demands.  Typical online courses are mostly PowerPoint based with small video clips to support them.  TruCertified has turned this model on its head with the ability to show a large video window at high quality for any length of time.  The face to face contact with the instructor is a much more effective way to learn.  In addition, we can simultaneously show the instructor and supporting graphics.  The key is to teach the student in a 1-on-1 environment. NDT is an industry that greatly benefits from showing how procedures are performed.

C. We have a full time expert a Ph.D. in instructional communications and experience producing hundreds of training programs from concept to completion. 

4. What is the order of steps necessary to produce our first course?

A. Site survey of facilities

B. TruCertified acquisition of written materials and quizzes

C. TruCertified makes HD recording of instructor delivering course and footage for course

D. TruCertified edits instructor with footage and graphics in approx. 10 minute segments

E. TruCertified programs quizzes and build structure of online software

F. TruCertified programs entire online course for beta testing

G. Test course while operating online

H. Release course

I. Make changes as needed

5. How long will it take to have the course ready for use?

90 days from videotaping of content to release of first course. Subsequent courses will be completed in an expedited fashion due to the existence of a custom template.