Many companies are offering video-based training to bring Windows 7 users up to speed. We compared several of the options — from free videos to corporate training tools — to find out whether you really can learn it all by watching.
While Windows 7 offers many improvements and new features (along with some things that not everybody may like), some things about Windows 7 are new and different. For example, as a Windows XP user I have to come up to speed with jump lists, pin lists, sticky notes, the screen-capture “Snipping Tool,” and Aero Shake. Nor am I the only one who needs to come up to speed quickly with new features in order to become productive. The computer users that your IT staff supports have the same challenge.
At minimum, users want to avoid losing productivity by fighting and cussing at things that no longer work as they used to, and the IT Help Desk would prefer users to get up to speed on their own. (Which is why IT Expert Voice has an entire screencast series called, “I know it’s in here somewhere.”)
There’s no shortage of training materials, ranging from books (some written by IT Expert Voice authors) to in-person classes. Microsoft has plenty of information within Windows 7, as well as on the Microsoft web site. There are thousands of magazine articles, and, no doubt, tens-to-hundreds of thousands of blog postings. READ MORE
