Training Disc

Media Type:
CD / Enhanced CD-ROM

Industry:
Medical Products and Services

Client:
Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical company

Application:
Training

Challenge:
Develop a user-friendly training program - accessible on multiple playback platforms - CD-ROM and Audio CD - that allows each sales rep to learn at their own pace. Also want capability of program administrator to monitor the completion of each training task.

Why Enhanced CD-ROM was the best media:
All internal sales reps are provided with laptops equipped with a CD-ROM drive and most have car CD players. This unique application of CD technology capitalizes on the versatility and features of a comprehensive CD-ROM program, with the added accessibility of audio playback on standard CD-Audio players.

The Allied Vaughn Solution:
Program assets included video segments, PowerPoint files, PDF documents and a web link. These assets were integrated into an intuitive interactive CD-ROM interface that delivered a predetermined sequence of program material.

A background program contained on the disc transparently monitored the usage by automatically downloading the access history to client's host database for program administrators' evaluation.

In addition, the audio track from the video segments was converted to CD-Audio files for playback on a standard CD player.

Results:
The programmed sequence of content delivery allowed individual users to "learn at their own pace" but in an ordered fashion determined by the developers.

The monitoring function allowed program administrators to track usage and evaluate program effectiveness. Top performance on subsequent testing was clearly linked to the completion of all program components.

The addition of the CD-Audio component provided a convenient option for Reps to review content while traveling to and from appointments.