Introduction
Action Training Systems, Inc. produces multimedia training programs for firefighters and first responders. The company provides e-learning solutions to meet the intense demands of firefighting skills training and certification requirements.

Challenge
With an inventory of training programs that were designed on an older course delivery system, ATS needed to upgrade to a system that would provide crystal clear full motion video courses to meet the high performance expectations of its customers.

Web based training, with its inability to support full motion video, wasn’t an option. The Intranet however, held immense potential. With networking capabilities improving and storage capacity growing, ActionTraining realized they needed to quickly update all their training programs to reflect the new standards in the marketplace.

Solution
“Full motion video is a critical component in e-learning development,” stated Patsy Sander, Instructional Designer for Action Training. “Iluminar helped us update our older modules and continue to develop excellent interactive training programs.

“We took advantage of the ability to edit full motion video using MakeIT™. It’s one of the most valuable, powerful features of ILMS, and it’s why we will continue to use this learning management system.

“With MakeIT™, we’re able to attach audio files to graphics and text and add graphic images to our test questions and answers. And that design feature not only provides you with unlimited flexibility, but it provides an incredibly rich experience for the learner.

“This has allowed us to take what we already know about the power of full motion video in the learning experience, that a picture speaks a thousand words, and apply it to our interactive courses.”

Results
“Iluminar authoring tool has allowed us the ability to create image rich content that our customers can install on their networks.

One customer recently shared that his company cut 20 hours of classroom time down to three hours using our courses. His students had learned and retained the material so well they were able to perform the newly learned skills on the training ground in a much shorter time then they would have with traditional classroom training.”