The First Class

So I ran across Learn.com the other day and was fairly impressed with the set-up.  I decided to give one of the courses a try and in true jump in fashion I signed up for the Web Administrator profile.  After putting in my credit card info I was able to begin my first class, Time Management ; Scheduling and Planning Work.  This seemed like a logical place to start.  Before I could get into the class though I had to install an add-on, so I did.  I started the class.  Firefox crashed.  I restarted.  Firefox crashed.  I restarted.  Firefox crashed.

I switched to Internet Explorer, logged back into Learn.com, and went through a few minor installation steps…. again and was up and running.  Well, I’ll have to give Bill & Team a point for their minor win in the meaningless battle at the Borntrager house.  I’m not switching yet though.

Class Review

Taking this was actually kind of fun and a good introduction to Learn.com.  It was mostly concepts that I have covered in the past but a very good review of some solid planning tools.  The organization was very straightforward with the narration being done by a professional with a clear voice.  I felt a little bit of variety on the presentation would have improved it instead of speaking and a few words focusing on the key ideas, however it worked.  It was divided into three sections : introduction/objectives, three tools of planning, and a review of the key points at the end.  They mixed in a few activities during the presentation which kept it engaging.  The design was fairly minimalistic with pictures that matched up with the topic of conversation but nothing to really write home about.  All in all, I would give this first class a score of 7/10.  I will be taking the test later and giving some feedback on that.