>>> New to e-learning?
Click here for more information.

>>> SkillSoft Global
View customer interviews
Xerox Europe, Centrica plc, Capgemini, BUPA, Siemens Communications, Lloyds TSB Bank, Hilton Hotels, and the Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust discuss their training challenge.

>>> Client Spotlight
ADP is in the process of rolling out a worldwide learning strategy that features many SkillSoft products, including Books24x7, courses and SkillPort.

>>> Free Bersin & Associates Report on Best Practices to Integrate Learning into Enterprise Portals

Desktop Skills Course Collection

Organizations of every size and business model need desktop computer skills as a basic building block of success. Proficiency with desktop software increases productivity and facilitates better business results. By honing their desktop skills, your employees can create more effective spreadsheets, better reports and more dynamic presentations.

Comprehensive Desktop Skills Resources

SkillSoft Desktop Skills Solution: Microsoft Office, E-mail and Groupware, Internet Skills, Computing Fundamentals, and Business and Reporting ToolsSkillSoft's Desktop Skills Course Collection offers numerous resources to assist professionals who rely upon standard desktop applications. Our desktop solutions are ideal for day-to-day performance support, as well as supporting major corporate software migrations.

Leading Instructional Design

SkillSoft's instructional design model includes careful consideration of content and target audience needs. The design of each SkillSoft course starts with the definition of learner-focused performance objectives and then proceeds to the selection and implementation of instructional strategies and learning activities appropriate for those objectives. Frequent practice questions or exercises, along with assessments, measure learners' achievement of those objectives. The self-paced environment and unlimited access to instruction and assessment provide all learners with the opportunity to reach their desired level of mastery within each course.

Multi-Modal Resources

The Desktop Skills Course Collection includes an array of online courses and supporting resources including:

  • Online Courses — Our award-winning Desktop Computer Skills courseware library includes several hundred hours of interactive instruction on an industry-leading span of today's relevant desktop computer technologies.
  • Live Mentors — Live, online mentors are available to support leading desktop certification exams.

Language Support

SkillSoft leads the e-learning industry in translating our desktop courseware into a wide range of languages. When translating content for other global markets, SkillSoft also takes care to localize the content to reflect relevant differences in business cultures.

To date, SkillSoft has created over 500 localized desktop courses. Currently, SkillSoft offers desktop courses in the following languages (not all courses are available in all languages):

  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • English (American)
  • French (European)
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish (European)