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Not all video training content for SharePoint is created the same

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Certainly lots of video training is available online on SharePoint. The peculiar nature of pitfalls in the use of SharePoint is such that one must exercise great care to ensure that users receive correct instruction in required computer operating procedures for SharePoint. After all, performing a task incorrectly with SharePoint Designer 2010 can result in irrevocable damage to site Master Pages, as we recently heard from a contact at a large Oil and Gas exploration company.

Rehmani Consulting Inc is precisely the type of authoritative resource with regards to authoring video tutorial content for SharePoint that enterprise business prospects should be after. Simply perusing our Testimonials will provide interested parties with the opinions, first hand, of our customers with regards to the quality of our training.

A consistent theme throughout most of these testimonials is a very high rating for our training instructors. It is worth keeping in mind that our instructors provide the audio instructions that accompany the video recording of computer operations in each piece of our training content for SharePoint. Therefore, you can be sure that any subscription option that you might choose to purchase (including all of our group subscription options) will deliver video tutorial content produced by highly respected industry trainers for SharePoint.

Also please keep in mind that our trainers are, across the board, industry experts. Asif Rehmani who heads our company is a Microsoft SharePoint MVP. He has authored training content that Microsoft has published on MSDN and TechNet. Therefore, one can have complete confidence in the authenticity and correctness of all of the instructional content that we provide on our website and through our subscription offers.

There is little point in trying to make do with instructional content that fails to educate students in authorized procedures for computer tasks, especially when the computer tasks are required for Microsoft SharePoint. Further, there is comparably scant reason to implement “correct” approaches communicated by video tutorials that do not serve enterprise business objectives. We are speaking here with specific regard to whether or not SharePoint features should be hard coded, or effected through codeless development options. We think it makes the most sense to choose codeless development where ever possible. In fact, all of the development training content on our web site for SharePoint is built on codeless approaches. If you share our view, then you owe it to your company to look further into our content as a best option for training your developers in the right approach to implementing SharePoint for specific requirements.

Please either call us at (630) 786-7026, or Contact Us to further a discussion. We are always keen to learn topics of interest to you.

As ever, use this link to place an order for an annual subscription to SharePoint-Videos instructional content

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SharePoint Designer 2010 Provides an Effective Method of Attractively Branding SharePoint Sites

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Early versions of Microsoft SharePoint Designer took on the reputation of a web design wrecking ball. Internet discussions about the versions of SharePoint Designer that predated SharePoint Designer 2010 are rich with mentions of broken SharePoint sites as the result of using SharePoint Designer (aka for those older versions as Microsoft FrontPage) to build site style along with visual and audible features.

With SharePoint Designer 2010 the book has finally closed on that past history. The present version of the product is a reliable tool that can be used quite effectively to implement a consistent corporate brand across a network of SharePoint sites, regardless of whether or not the network resides on an Intranet or is outward facing on the Internet.

SharePoint-Videos offers a highly useful set of training videos by learning to exploit the branding capabilities of SharePoint 2010. When this training content is implemented in conjunction with our instructional video tutorials on SharePoint Designer 2010 a high value method is at hand to empower appropriate users (meaning SharePoint Administrators, Designers, Developers & architects) with the knowledge they need to produce attractive SharePoint sites that adhere to guidelines for corporate branding.

The unique characteristics of instructional videos, that they can be accessed whenever users need to refer to training documentation, together with portability that can be exploited successfully via local installation within a SharePoint sub site, make them very useful as a method of provisioning the training required by users in an attractive manner that promises high levels of user adoption.

Pricing is such that purchasing enterprise licenses for our SharePoint Branding DVD together with our SharePoint Designer 2010 Fundamentals DVD for a user community comprised of 40 or more users amounts to a one time acquisition cost of a mere $100.00 per user, substantially less than the cost of in-person training, which can run to 5 or even 10 times this cost, for the same size group. It should also be kept in mind that in-person training options will rarely, if ever, provide the student with content that can be reused, as required, to refresh on trained procedures without the accompanying abstraction that tends to pervade in-person training options. We are confident, in fact, that instructional video tutorials are precisely the best means of inculcating students with specific training like SharePoint operational procedures.

We welcome opportunities to further discussions about all of our training collections. Please either call us at (630) 786-7026, or Contact Us. We will be happy to discuss this topic at greater length.

As ever, use this link to place an order for an annual subscription to SharePoint-Videos instructional content

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Training SharePoint End Users Is a Sensible Investment

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A substantial portion of the technical support burden for SharePoint can be alleviated by training end users who usually utilize SharePoint simply to perform computer operations mandated by management. This type of superficial utilization of SharePoint is best supported through the acquisition of video instructional tutorials that cover any/all required procedures. The best approach for this type of instructional tutorial is to limit content to no more than recordings of computer procedures (typically so called screen shots that demonstrate mouse movement, selection of hot links, etc) with an audio track comprised of human instruction. Finally, including transcripts of spoken instruction in on-screen text boxes will be of further help to this class of SharePoint users.

We provide customers with the content they need for training SharePoint end users in a set of 105 tutorial videos that adhere precisely to the editorial guidelines we just described in the paragraph above. None of the tutorials in our collection exceeds an approximate length of 2mins. The technical content is limited strictly to the steps required to successfully execute procedures. Cursor movement is highlighted to facilitate ready comprehension by end users. The audio track is comprised of verbal instructions spoken by subject matter experts who have been publicly recognized for their technical expertise. In all, a perfect combination to satisfy end users while support overhead is kept to a bare minimum.

The acquisition costs for our complete set of 105 end user tutorials, for a group of 10K SharePoint users, amounts to an approximate one time cost per user of $1.50. Compared to the cost of supporting this size community the acquisition cost for our content is a substantial bargain. The likelihood that provisioning our end user tutorials will successfully alleviate support demands is high when you factor in two important features of our video tutorial collection:

  • We provision the collection to customers on a DVD for installation on corporate intranets. We recommend that the content be added to a SharePoint sub site. For customers who follow our recommendation, the training is, effectively, available on demand. Instructions can be repeated as frequently as required and whenever required, making for a high likelihood of user absorption of our instructional content
  • In addition, with our content added to a sub site, training material is truly available within the workspace context, which constitutes a substantial advantage that furthers the likelihood that instructional efforts will be successful

We would be happy to elaborate on the training recommendation that we have just made for SharePoint end users. Please either call us at (630) 786-7026, or Contact Us. We will be happy to discuss this topic at greater length.

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Video Tutorials Provide a Readily Available Reference for “How to SharePoint” Questions

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SharePoint is a software tool with a multitude of applications and a very wide, panoramic range of interoperability with other software packages in use at global businesses. Therefore, it is plausible that many SharePoint users would spend a considerable amount of time pursuing “how to” answers for SharePoint.

We can’t think of a better method than to utilize our video tutorial category list on our SharePoint-Videos.com website as a reference for your How to SharePoint questions.

We presently offer 350 tutorial videos on SharePoint 2007, MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010. Our video tutorials are filed into 48 broad categories of SharePoint operation. One of these 48 categories, “General” includes 27 sub categories. In sum, you can see that the breadth of our collection is very wide, indeed. We offer several levels of subscription to the content on our website, including unlimited access to any of the 350 video tutorials if/when needs arise. Simply on the merits of the very wide range of topics specific to SharePoint operation covered by our tutorial videos for SharePoint, alone, purchasing an appropriate unlimited access subscription will return handsomely on an investment.

For corporate users and other organizations, purchasing unlimited access subscriptions make good sense for SharePoint administrators, site collection administrators, developers, and architects, if for no other reason than to ensure that a strong governance function is established, one that is capable of empowering policies that enforce adherence to implementation guidelines across the SharePoint user community at a place of business. Once this group of dedicated SharePoint users is empowered with the range of applications that are possible with SharePoint, they will have the knowledge required to determine what does and what does not make sense for a specific business to do with SharePoint. It is generally accepted that strong SharePoint governance is a critically important component of a successful implementation plan for SharePoint for global businesses. Watching short, to the point video tutorials is an efficient method of gaining the familiarity with procedures that is required to conclusively determine “dos and don’ts” for a business.

We are eager to discuss why SharePoint planning must include a training component with global businesses considering programs built on SharePoint. Further, we will be happy to show you why the features of video tutorials for SharePoint make them a “must have” component of training plans. You may either call us at (630) 786-7026, or Contact Us. We will be happy to elaborate.

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