Skill |
Level |
Comments |
Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK)
(Previously OnDemand) |
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- Thorough knowledge of the entire product.
- Capable of installing and configuring client-serve and standalone environments.
- Capable of building complex interactive simulations.
- Capable of developing and configuring output templates.
- Can perform complex troubleshooting and problem solving.
- Have written three books on the product.
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Articulate Presenter
Articulate Quizmaker |
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- Thorough knowledge of the entire product.
- Capable of developing stand-alone learning presentations including seamless links to Web objects (such as OnDemand exercises).
- Capable of developing test elements using Articulate Quizmaker.
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Microsoft Word |
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- Thorough knowledge of the entire product.
- Capable of developing comprehensive templates.
- Skilled at macro coding using both Word Basic and Visual Basic for Applications.
- Definition of on-line forms.
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Microsoft PowerPoint |
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- Skilled at building stand-alone (‘kiosk’) presentations, custom shows and using interactive elements.
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Microsoft Visio |
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- Capable of developing templates and stencils.
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Microsoft Excel |
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- Capable of developing complex formulas.
- Capable of producing numerical and graphical analyses.
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Microsoft Access |
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- Good knowledge of database design.
- Thorough knowledge of Access Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, Form and Report design.
- Thorough knowledge of ODBC functionality and automatic file generation.
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Microsoft FrontPage |
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- Thorough knowledge of the entire product.
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Documentum |
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- Competent at developing content within Documentum.
- Familiarity with document lifecycles and workflow.
- No direct experience of configuration.
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Plumtree |
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- Familiar with designing and developing Portal layouts.
- Definition of snapshot queries.
- Configuring content pull from Documentum.
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Adobe InDesign CC |
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- Capable of producing multi-document books, including cross-document TOCs and Indexes.
- Capable of developing master styles and synchronizing these across documents.
- Capable of generating print or online documents.
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Adobe FrameMaker
(To Version 7) |
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- Capable of developing templates.
- Skilled at use of conditional text, single-sourcing, on-line delivery.
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Adobe Photoshop |
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- Adept at detailed photo editing.
- used to editing screenshots to remove unwanted artefacts and/or ensure continuity of training material (especially UPK).
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Macromedia Dreamweaver |
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- Capable of setting up and maintaining entire websites.
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Macromedia Fireworks |
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- Capable of creating and manipulating Web-ready images.
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Macromedia Freehand |
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- Capable of creating and manipulating images.
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Corel Draw |
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- Capable of generating own illustrations for use in technical publications.
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Paintshop Pro |
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- Capable of basic image manipulation.
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Macromedia Flash
(To Flash MX) |
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- Capable of developing Flash presentations.
- Capable of developing simple ActionScript scripts.
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HTML |
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- Thorough knowledge of all HTML tags and attributes, to HTML 4.0.
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CSS |
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- Capable of developing comprehensive, robust style sheets.
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JavaScript |
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- Development of simple scripts.
- Maintenance of existing scripts.
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PERL |
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- Development of simple applications.
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HoTMetaL PRO |
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- Thorough knowledge of the entire product.
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XMetal PRO |
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- Practical use of the product for prototyping/fact-finding.
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Macromedia RoboHelp |
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- Knowledge of full capabilities of product.
- Capable of creating complex on-line help topics either scratch or via import.
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Adobe Acrobat |
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- Detailed knowledge of creating and distributing Portable Document Format (PDF) documents.
- Thorough understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of PDF for online documentation.
- Automation of the inclusion of PDF documents from Word source files, via PDFWriter.
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Visual Basic for Applications |
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- Very capable of coding macros in all Microsoft Office applications;
- Solid understanding of VBA object model.
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Accelio
(previously JetForm) |
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- Thorough knowledge of designing and implementing forms with JetForm Design.
- Skilled at using dynamic forms, conditional text, preamble development.
- Thorough knowledge of JetForm Central (job and task definition, server configuration, etc.)
- Skilled at developing forms for use with SAP.
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SAP |
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- Extensive exposure to SAP R/2, R/3, ECC 6.0) APO, BW and KW.
- Capable of data set-up to facilitate training development and delivery.
- Very familiar with SAP concepts, terminology, etc..
- No configuration or ABAP skills.
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SAP Knowledge Warehouse
(To Version 5.2) |
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- Thorough knowledge of setting up Knowledge Warehouse for documentation development.
- Skilled at developing content templates (Word, HTML, PowerPoint) and style templates (CSS).
- Good knowledge of linking Knowledge Warehouse to the SAP transactional system.
- Some knowledge of test development using the Performance Assessment Workbench.
- Capable of configuring the content server for optimized document delivery.
- Some exposure to implementation and configuration of the server.
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