easyLearning is a collection of 1,500 online courses in information technology, desktop skills, and professional development. The courses are presented in interactive Shockwave or Flash format and are taken online.

This product includes 10 registration PIN codes, each of which allows one person to take one of these courses. The same person may take different courses, or different people may take the same course. Organizations may use these PIN codes for their own staff or assign them to clients, constituents, or volunteers.

Each course caters to specific audiences, builds on existing knowledge, and reinforces learning through such aids as questions, practices, and quizzes. Courses sometimes include animations, audio, tips, glossaries, and suggested reading. Compression technology allows for access even on dialup accounts.

Here are some examples of popular courses:

• Information technology:
• Networking Basics
• Cisco Internetworking Technologies
• Basics of Telecommunications
• Web Design Basics
• Visual Basic 6 Introduction
• Desktop skills:
• Using Your PC
• The Linux Operating System
• Getting Started with Word 2007
• Professional development:
• Evaluating and Improving Time Management
• Developing as a Manager: The Many Roles of a Manager
• Diversity Awareness: The Evolving Labor Force
• Communicating Clearly: Write to Be Understood

Three different e-learning providers created the courses, and they all run on the easyLearning platform of Bluedrop Performance Learning. Though there are no instructors to supervise students, feedback on progress is programmed into the learning experience. A course catalog is available at the easyLearning campus along with a user manual and email support.

Students can activate courses up to two years after receiving PIN codes. Once a course is activated, it must be completed within three months. Online courses are available at all times during those three months.

A personalized certificate of completion can be printed and saved once the student passes the final exam.

Choose Carefully

The administrative fee for this product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.

Obtaining This Product

When your donation request has been approved, TechSoup will send a message to your organization email address with instructions for obtaining and activating this product.

• Hardware:
• Computer with Internet connection
• Software:
• Windows 98; Windows NT 4.0; Windows 2000; Windows Me; Windows XP; Windows Vista; Windows 7
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later; Firefox; Chrome
• Any pop-up blockers must be set to allow pop-ups.
• Individual courses might have additional requirements, such as versions of Adobe Flash and Shockwave players. See the course descriptions on the easyLearning website or contact educatetheworld.support@easylearning.org for further assistance.

• Discounted product will be distributed under this program to qualifying organizations only, not to individuals.
• This donation is available to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to public libraries. Public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database.
• Recipient organizations must be willing and able to provide information to Bluedrop for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this program.
• Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive discounts.
• easyLearning products may not be transferred or resold. However, organizations whose mission includes workforce development, job skills training, worker retraining, youth empowerment, and the like may assign course PINs to the intended beneficiaries of their programs.