So, my company is switching over to Office 2007. I could create online tutes covering all the changes, but I thought it would be easier/faster to purchase some online training and deploy it at the Enterprise level internally on our network. I can only convince my supervisor to do this if the cost is reasonable. I found one site (http://cbtclips.com/index.asp) that has an enterprise license at a reasonable cost. Does anyone else know of any other companies offering similar? I know that Microsoft provides its own online training, but we have to be able to put it on our network (no internet sites). Thanks.

I'm not sure if they offer the option to upload behind your firewall, but they have great printable Quick Reference Guides...
http://www.customguide.com/online_learning.htm

Also, I notice on Microsoft's website that you can download Power Points of the courses, you could convert these with your eLearning software and launch on your network:

http://office.microsoft.com/en.../HA101926501033.aspx

And finally ALISON is a great provider of online courses although it appears they only have Word in 2007 and it looks like they are hosted. However, they are a great FREE learning site and I thought I'd share

http://alison.com/

You might check our these guys
http://www.vtc.com/products/Mi...fice-2007-Bundle.htm

They have samples online. I have not used their office stuff, but I have used some of their other videos. Depending on the number of people you want to train, they can be cost-effective. Some years ago they had a plan for people who want to host the content on their own servers.

I am curious about something. How did you determine that a) training was needed in this transition? and b) that e-learning was better than anything else?

I assume you are transitioning from Office 2000 or 2003. Wouldn't a brief job aid be enough, at least for non-power users?

I remember that one client, when transitioning from Office 2000 to 2003 had employees say, "I cannot use the new software, I have not been on the training, yet". Others just jumped in and used it, when given the opportunity -- no "training" was necessary. I know 2007 has lots of UI differences (I use it frequently), and some things work differently, and some no longer work (in PowerPoint, for example), but do these changes really have that significant an impact on your user community?

I'm honestly trying to find out how you went about making the decision; I'm not saying it was right or wrong.

We actually had volunteers test drive Office 2007 and gathered feedback from them as far as what type of training they would like to see. Those with an IT background were fine with job aids (and we will be using job aids). However, other people wanted more hand holding and were used to our online software simulations and liked them.

Having tested driven Word 2007 myself, I found myself extremely frustrated and angered by some of the changes and I consider myself an expert user. Word 2007 is VERY different than Word 2003. It is not something a lot of people will be able to intuitively just pick up. We have a lot of admins who are used to doing their work in Word a specific way for the last five years and now will have to change. We want to provide multiple options for our end users who need help transitioning. Online training is just one piece of the solution. Since our company has 5000+ users spread across five states, some in offices with only two people, it makes sense to have an online option.