Design of learning material - We contract instructional designers to create training materials for your company. An instructional designer works together with a subject matter expert at your company to ensure that the content created is technically accurate. In turn it's the job of the designer to ensure that the content is pedagogically sound. Whether you are creating paper based training materials or an e-learning product, the instructional designer is the key person to ensure that the training works. Typically instructional designers have a solid background in education together with extensive classroom experience.

Conversion of learning material - We can convert existing paper based material into e-learning modules. We first assess whether the material is suitable for conversion as this is not always the case. Instructional designers prepare the material for conversion and produce storyboards for the programmers and graphic designers. Our systems analyst ensures that the Learning Management System is suitably configured for your needs and that there will be sufficient reporting of the learner's achievements. Key responsibility for the conversion lies with our programmers and graphic designers. Generally all staff are involved in the testing of a product at various stages of development.

Learning Management Systems (LMS) - An LMS is a programme which manages your e-learning content. It's the system that allows users to access modules, keeps a record of their progress, and stores the results of their needs analysis test and/or assessments. A well designed LMS is critical to the success of an e-learning project. Future Skills has developed its own LMS which is included as part of the service offered to our customers. There are huge advantages in this. Firstly, there is no need to pay the high subscription fees often charged by other companies. Secondly, we can customize the LMS to suit the needs of individual clients. Everything from the look and feel of the programme to its functionality can be altered to provide an optimal product.