Boost eLearning Announces Release of Gmail Training

45- minute eLearning to empower employees with the skills to use Gmail when organizations transition to Google Apps

Seattle, WA, October 14, 2010 – Boost eLearning, a Google Enterprise PartnerTM, today announced the release of GmailTM Training from Boost eLearning. The 45 minute course includes 14 lessons, an extensive index of course content, and 5 of job aids for performance support.

“Workers over the age of 40 comprise 48% of the US workforce, totaling over 69 million” according to an article titled “The Aging Workforce in America” by Barbara Swenson for a program sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The vast majority of these employees are currently using legacy email applications such as Yahoo mail, AOL mail, and Microsoft Hotmail for their personal email. In the office, Outlook and other legacy applications were in use prior to switching to Gmail.
Even though Gmail is a new experience for many people, business and government agencies are transitioning from legacy applications such as Microsoft Outlook to Gmail because Gmail offers numerous new features that make it a vastly improved email experience. However, these features present a new way to work for the new Gmail user. The following 6 features, covered extensively in Gmail Training from Boost eLearning, are simple to use, but are new or materially different for legacy application users:
1. Threaded Conversations
2. Archive
3. Labels
4. Filters
5. Search
6. Labs

Gmail Training from Boost eLearning also provides training on the following features that have functionality that is unique to Gmail:
1. Creating a Signature
2. Creating a Vacation Responder
3. Inserting an Image
4. Tasks
5. Chat
6. Hyperlinks
7. Inserting an invitation

Gmail Training from Boost eLearning empowers employees to develop the skills to use the full functionality of Gmail and easily bridge the transition to Gmail in less than 45 minutes.
The pace of the course does not compromise its sound educational footing: Gmail Training from Boost eLearning is based on the fundamentals of adult learning theory to quickly develop new skills. Lessons average 3 minutes per skill, yet contain a concise overview to develop motivation to learn the skill and orient the training participant to where the skill is located, a demonstration that provides step-by-step presentation of how to perform the specific skill, and a detailed summary to review the content that was presented in the lesson.
Based on several studies, including a University of Pennsylvania Study, entitled “Use it or Lose it?”, adult skills retention rate is a function of how quickly they apply the skills after training. To meet the needs of the adult learner, Gmail Training from Boost eLearning was designed as an excellent performance support resource: it contains an Index of Course Content, so that a specific skill can be reviewed in under one minute and the course is web-hosted so it is available anywhere at anytime. Gmail Training from Boost eLearning additionally contains several job aids, such as:
1. The How-to -Dos of Gmail
2. Keyboard Shortcuts for Gmail
3. Keyboard Shortcuts for Search
4. Keyboard Shortcuts for Tasks
5. Tips for Gmail
The thoroughness of the course is matched by the professional quality of how it is delivered using the Absorb Learning Management System from Blatant Media. Organizations can be provided with detailed reporting on training participation. The course is also SCORM 1.2, 2004, and AICC compliant and can be hosted on an organization’s internal learning management systems.

Boost eLearning is proud that it has developed Gmail Training from Boost eLearning to be universally accessible. The course was crafted to meet the requirement of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Gmail Training from Boost eLearning is available from Boost eLearning and Boost eLearning Authorized Resellers.

About Boost eLearning:
Boost eLearning is a Seattle based Google Enterprise Partner that provides training on Google Apps and the Google Search Appliance.

Contact:
Victor Alhadeff
victor@boostelearning.com
(206 ) 568-3452

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