Overhead and operational costs are controlled and reduced by outsourcing the design and production of courseware and operational elements to our staff at TheAcademy.com. The use of our team of experienced professionals assures you of the most comprehensive and effective course development available. We work with your staff to analyze, design, and create the most engaging course possible. Instructional designers, graphic artists, screenwriters, animators and programmers combine to design proven cognitive strategies, interactivity and reinforcement techniques to ensure your students get the most possible from each learning experience. The result is a vivid learning experience for each student.

Because of our careful attention to the cognitive process, TheAcademy.com has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider of official Continuing Education Units by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), based in Washington, D. C. The IACET CEU was created as a measurement of quality continuing education. TheAcademy.com is one of a limited number of on-line training providers to receive approval as an IACET Authorized Provider.

The Athena LMS Course Production Benefits include:

• Courses are produced by professional developers
• Courses conform to IACET and HRCI standards
• Courses will be SCORM conformant if specified
• Instructional Design techniques are used to maximize student absorption and retention

Assessments

The Athena LMS Assessments are designed and offered online with a professional, pleasing visual presentation. Immediately score results, strengths/weaknesses reports, email results or other relevant information required by the client is made available.

Question banks may be established, and questions randomly selected from the bank. This feature allows for complete customizing of assessment techniques and programs for each client.

The Athena LMS Assessment Benefits include:

• Reduction of resources and overhead costs
• Assessment techniques are proven, and easy to use
• Assessments are graded instantly with scores and certificates built on-the-fly and emailed as needed

Benefits of having TheAcademy.com Build Your Course & Assessments:

• Direct Communication – by removing third parties you lower the chances of miscommunication, speed up the communication process and in turn get a faster turnaround time on your courses’ creation and deployment.
• Lower Integration Cost and Time – After a course is developed, it needs to be integrated with your LMS solution. By having your LMS provider develop your courseware, you ensure complete compatibility which will greatly reduce integration time and lower your costs.
• Faster Implementation – Reduced time for integration, communication, and content migration means quicker course implementation. The quicker the course is up and running, the faster you will start realizing your ROI.
• Improved Courseware Maintenance and Lower Cost – When it comes to updating courses, not having to return to a third party will reduce the time needed to make revisions. You can avoid hefty fees that third parties may charge to create updated courses. Simple revisions to courses become a matter of minutes, as opposed to weeks.
• Greater ROI - Lower cost and fast deployment means a greater ROI for you.
• You will get a product that works – The best way to guarantee that the courseware you purchase will work with your LMS and avoid costly integration fees is to have your LMS provider build your courses. This way you are 100% sure you won’t have problems or headaches.