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Extensive surveys of CAD managers show that increased training would increase productivity in nearly all of MicroStation shops. Whether to train new staff or just fill in expertise gaps, efficient delivery of training is in high demand.

LearningBay is a complete, cost-effective learning management system for MicroStation shops that want to increase the effectiveness of their training, while dramatically decreasing the cost of delivering that training:

• As an online solution, LearningBay was designed with ease of use and speed of implementation in mind. LearningBay is far less expensive than classroom training. Once installed, a course may be delivered over and over again, to hundreds of users for a single, low price.
  
  
• LearningBay includes the ability to test and evaluate the skills of users. Further, it automatically builds remedial content to correct the deficiencies found by testing. This testing feature is particularly useful for evaluating new applicants for CAD positions.
  
  
• Student enrollments, progress and test scores are stored as permanent records, a great source for managers and instructors to evaluate their departmental learning activities.

New learning environment
In each LearningBay course, students will find a unique and interactive learning environment like no book or classroom. Unlike a book, the student can do hands-on drills in each lesson, with movies, audio and interactive multimedia presentations. Unlike a classroom, each student can progress at their own pace, ensuring they fully understand each section before moving on. And, of course, they can come back and review as often as desired.

LearningBay interface and sample course screenshot

Benefits and Advantages
MicroStation courses are presented via a Web browser, allowing students to connect to LearningBay on their own schedule and train at their own pace:

• Axiom provides interactive MicroStation and GEOPAK courses that allow users to see drop down menus, or watch a process happening, without leaving the training application. Interactive courses add interest and improve retention of material because students are directly involved and "interacting" with the material.
  
  
• LearningBay optionally provides authoring tools for easily capturing, creating and organizing course content. Content can be created from Word documents, web pages and other sources. Companies can customize any course very quickly.
  
  
• Consider customizing our courseware. Our courses are broken up into discrete units, each covering one specific aspect of MicroStation or GEOPAK. CAD managers can easily modify these units to include proprietary knowledge and procedures.
  
  
• Someone with no HTML experience can be taught how to modify content, add content and author courses with a one-day training session.
  
  
• In addition to the lesson text, courses are loaded with illustrations and diagrams and hands-on virtual environments that allow users to practice skills learned, without having to load MicroStation.

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Distribution of knowledge and content
Once it is created, course content needs to be efficiently distributed to the people who need it. LearningBay offers various options that allow content creators to flexibly deploy their content. For example, instructors can assign pre-requisites for each course; administrators can automatically assign enrollment based on staffing groups; and instructors can setup enrollment for courses as “open” or “restricted”, the latter requiring instructor approval before allowing entry. LearningBay can also alert students to their new enrollments and encourage communications between instructors and students via e-mail.

Testing and evaluating knowledge gained
To confirm that learning programs and instruction are effective, instructors must evaluate how well students comprehend the information in courses. “Pop-tests” give each student feedback on how they are doing as they progress through the course content. Exams can be given in the “closed-book” or “open-book” mode for formal evaluation and permanent record keeping. With LearningBay’s help, administrators and instructors have a permanent record of the courses taken by students and can see detailed or summarized testing information. Testing records are ideal verification for tracking required state or federal training and making certain required training records are accurate and current.

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For more information on LearningBay — the cost-effective, customizable, interactive training system for MicroStation shops — contact an Axiom today! Call an Axiom MicroStation Consultant at 727-442-7774 extension 8502 in the United States or e-mail us.

All the MicroStation courses created by JCafe are broken up into small, easy-to-digest content units. Each unit offers in-depth knowledge of a specific area of MicroStation. The following are descriptions of all the MicroStation courses available in LearningBay.

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MicroStation V7 Essentials
This series offers everything a CAD operator needs to know in order to become fully proficient in MicroStation in a short period of time. Courses available are:

• V7 Essentials 101 — Introduction to the Environment and Basic Design Functions
  

• V7 Essentials 102 — Creating Basic Elements and using Snaps
  

• V7 Essentials 103 — Advanced Element Creation, Hatching and Managing the Undo Process
  

• V7 Essentials 104 — Elementary AccuDraw and Mastering AccuDraw Techniques
  

• V7 Essentials 105 — Creating, Manipulating and Managing Levels in Designs
  

• V7 Essentials 201 — Building Selection Sets, Using Fences and Forming Groups
  

• V7 Essentials 202 — Changing, Manipulating and Modifying Design Components
  

• V7 Essentials 203 — Working with Libraries, Text and Annotation Tools
  

• V7 Essentials 204 — Measuring Designs and Developing Dimensioning Techniques
  

• V7 Essentials 205 — Referencing Information, Using Raster Images and Plotting Designs
  

MicroStation V8 Essentials
This is series covers all the essentials a CAD operator needs to know in order to become fully proficient in MicroStation V8 in a short period of time. Topics covered in this course are:

• V8 Essentials 101 — Introduction to the Environment and Basic Design Functions
  
  

• V8 Essentials 102 — Creating Basic Elements and using Snaps
  
  

• V8 Essentials 103 — Advanced Element Creation, Hatching and Managing the Undo Process
  
  

• V8 Essentials 104 — Elementary AccuDraw and Mastering AccuDraw Techniques
  
  

• V8 Essentials 105 — Creating, Manipulating and Managing Levels in Designs
  
  

• V8 Essentials 201 — Building Selection Sets, Using Fences and Forming Groups
  
  

• V8 Essentials 202 — Changing, Manipulating and Modifying Design Components
  
  

• V8 Essentials 203 — Working with Libraries, Text and Annotation Tools
  
  

• V8 Essentials 204 — Measuring Designs and Developing Dimensioning Techniques
  
  

• V8 Essentials 205 — Referencing Information, Using Raster Images and Plotting Designs
  

V8 Users Update
This course is a training guide discussing new functions introduced in MicroStation V8. The V8 Users Update course highlights changes to legacy tools and uncovers new concepts found in V8. Users familiar with previous versions of MicroStation will find the six units in this course filled with insights, simulations, examples and test evaluations.

To view the V8 Users Update course outline, click on the tab at the top of the page that says "V8 User Update".

V8 Admin Update
This course is designed specifically for administrators managing CAD departments using MicroStation V8. In-depth discussions — particularly of interest to managers — are the focus throughout. There are several units taken from the V8 Users Update course are included to help managers understand changes inside key areas of V8, such as named levels, models and plotting.

GEOPAK Training Libraries

GEOPAK Beginning Road Library
Axiom's GEOPAK training courses, written by seasoned GEOPAK professionals, are designed to make any GEOPAK user as proficient as they can be.

GEOPAK Intermediate Road Library
GEOPAK Intermediate Road library is the complete training library that trains new roadway designers on the road design process from start to finish. In six in-depth courses, GEOPAK Intermediate Road library trains students on design and earthwork for roadways, as well as, how to create plots of their roadway designs.

GEOPAK Advanced Road Library
GEOPAK Advanced Road library is the training library that trains roadway designers to design more complex roadways. In three in-depth courses, GEOPAK Advanced Road library provides students with the skills to use additional tools and options in GEOPAK that enable the user to complete a wide variety of road projects such as divided highways and freeway projects.

GEOPAK Site Library
GEOPAK Site library is the complete training library that trains designers on land development and site design. In nine courses, GEOPAK Site library trains students how modeler works, and apply it to the design and analysis of a complete site project. This includes the site layout, horizontal and vertical geometry development, final site plan sheets and quantity take-offs.

GEOPAK Survey Library
GEOPAK Survey library covers creating, editing and modifying survey data so it can be used by other project team members. The GEOPAK Survey library is composed of five comprehensive courses that cover surveying tasks for any type of site. Right from their own desks, students will become proficient in field collection, processing data and drawing into MicroStation files. By completing this library, the survey data can be used by others in the project team such as those in design.

GEOPAK Drainage Library
GEOPAK Drainage Library covers the accurate design or modification of storm drainage systems required for site development. The GEOPAK Drainage library discusses comprehensive drainage tools, including on-screen watershed analysis, ponding elevations and routing calculations, with great illustrations and videos. Upon completion of this library the student will be able to effectively design a storm drainage system for new sites. Also, students learn to expand upon a selected network by modifying relationship and surface models while still maintaining the system's original design intent.

GEOPAK Criteria Library
GEOPAK Criteria library trains users to create or modify the criteria to produce project-specific cross sections of the proposed design. By doing all the courses in GEOPAK Criteria library, a user will become proficient at using the tools needed to create cross-sections, compute Earthwork and create PlanSets (paper or electronic copy of the plans and specifications for a project that a contractor bids on).

GEOPAK PowerCivil Library
GEOPAK PowerCivil library covers using Bentley's GEOPAK PowerCivil for dynamic modification of data in site development. The GEOPAK PowerCivil library introduces using Bentley's unique civil engineering solution that streamlines workflow and automatically updates data as it is modified. The five courses discuss coordinate geometry, relationship modeling and exploring design modifications with coworkers, contractors and clients. Students will learn about the relationship modeling capabilities that enable dynamic exploration of site development scenarios according to the varying design options.

Microsoft Office for MicroStation users courses
All the Microsoft Office for MicroStation Users courses are broken up into small, easy-to-digest content units. Each unit offers in-depth knowledge of a specific area of Microsoft Office.

The following courses are currently available:

• Microsoft Word 2003 for Engineers

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 for Engineers

• Microsoft Excel 2003 for Engineers

Call now!
For more information on LearningBay — the cost-effective, customizable, interactive training system for MicroStation shops — contact an Axiom today! Call an Axiom MicroStation Consultant at 727-442-7774 extension 8503 in the United States or e-mail us.