No need to schedule groups of employees for courses, no travel costs. Keep your staff on the job and free up your trainers for more meaningful one-on-one training.
Easily meet recurrent training requirements and improve the quality and quantity of your training when it’s online.
Easy Course Building
Our point-and-click content editor works like word processors you’ve used before. Once you’re in our workspace you can copy and paste, type your info and/or insert your graphics and multimedia content easily. Then click the handy toolbar buttons to format everything nicely.
Fast Quiz & Exam Authoring
Open our easy to use online editor to enter your questions. These questions can include any kind of web content you like from videos, voice recording to graphs. You’ll then have the option to type or copy in the possible answers and click to tell the system which one is correct.
Flexibility
Each Course is an empty folder which you can fill with as many sub-folders of Content Pages, Multimedia Items, Interactive Review Questions, Quizzes & Exams, and Surveys. There’s no limit. You can move things around as you like, and edit each page as you like.
Documented Communications
Control, tracked and document communication with your staff. Some clients buy ASCENT just for this alone – and get their online training system for free! Use it as your intranet or a key part of your Safety Management System.
Compatibility
Network & firewall safe, compatible with all major browsers on Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. Your HTML based content can be exported and put into Word, PowerPoint, or other e-learning systems. Universal mySQL data can be integrated with your HR or other systems. You’re never stuck with ASCENT and no hassles with your users, no matter where they are or what kind of computer they have.
Registrar Feature
You assign one or more people as Registrar in the system. The Registrar has complete control over who has access and to what level, who gets which courses or exams, and even things like where the Course Certificates and training reminders go.
Collecting Feedback
Whip together a simple or detailed feedback survey to gauge the effectiveness of your training, or anything else you want staff feedback on.
Records at Your Fingertips
All training activity, progress, and scores are automatically tracked and numerous reports are available with a couple mouse clicks.
Fully Customizable to Your Business
You get your company’s very own, private-labeled online training system that you have complete control of. This includes branding with your logo in the system headers and on the Course, Quiz, and Curriculum Certificates.
Yes, You Can Afford It
The all-inclusive cost of the entire system, including hosting, technical support, upgrades, and maintenance is about the same as one cup of coffee per employee per month. That also includes set-up, customizing, system training, and your own customized log-in site.
It’s an annual subscription to the system, because it’s an all-inclusive hosted service.
No Equipment, Software, or I.T. Resources To Worry About
No part of ASCENT requires downloading software or applets. It’s firewall safe and does not require I.T. resources.
It functions with all browsers on all computers. Users with a nine year old computer running Netscape on a dial-up connection will have no problems, nor will users on the newest, most secure workstations have any difficulties.
No Need For Experts
ASCENT is designed so you can do it all yourself. Use your existing staff to do the course development and administration. Of course, we’re here to help when you need it though.
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Flexible and Editable
Courses in ASCENT are not self-contained modules. So any part of any course or exam can be changed as easily as you can change part of your Word document or PowerPoint. In aviation, that’s important.
Edits to in-use modules are tracked and documented, and students in the module are notified of changes by our automated Amendment Tracker.
Making a new version of a course is as simple as doing a “save as…” and editing the new copy.
Who Uses ASCENT
ASCENT Aviation E-training System is used in nearly all areas of aviation including:
CFR Part 135 Operations
Charters
Scheduled Service Airlines
CFR Part 91 Operations
Corporate Flight Departments
CFR Part 145 Maintenance & Repair
Flight Schools
Canadian Operations (CARs Standards):
723 Air Taxi
724 Commuter
725 Airline
726 Maintenance
Maintenance Schools
Regulators (FAA)
Aviation Trainers & Consultants
Airports
FBOs
Regulators
Flight Schools
Recurrent Training Providers
Aviation Fuel Companies
Air Taxi Services
Helicopter Operators
Aerial Firefighting Companies
…and more
What They Use ASCENT For
Our clients have used their ASCENT systems to put THEIR training courses online on many subjects, including
MEL (Minimum Equipment List) Training
Line / Aircraft Indoctrination
Company Orientation
Employee Policy Manual
Safety Management System Familiarization
Customer Service
HazMat / WHMIS
TDG (Transportation of Dangerous Goods)
Aircraft Fueling
Aircraft Ground Handling
Hangar Safety Orientation
CFIT
GPS Nav
Log Book Procedures
High Altitude Ops
724 Commuter
725 Airline
726 Maintenance
Maintenance Schools
Regulators (FAA)
Forklift Operation
OH&S
Survival Equipment & Skills
Aircraft Fueling
Cold Weather Ops
Surface Contamination
CRM (Cockpit Resource Management)
Security Guidelines
Emergency Response
Weather Radar
Aviation Physiology
TSA Regulations
Persons With Disabilities
Aircraft Inspection
Accident Investigation
…and lots more
Tech Talk
ASCENT is designed for typical aviation workplace staff to use. However, for those of you who are into the e-Learning jargon:
ASCENT is a Learning Management System (LMS), a Learning Content Management System (LCMS), Training Management System (TMS), Training Software, e-Learning Platform, Learning Environment, and Online Learning Solution for Distance Learning and Distance Education delivery. It has Course Content Authoring capabilities, Course Authoring Module, Courseware Development & Management capabilities, Quiz Editor, Exam Editor (for editing reviews and tests), Assessment Tools, Sharable Content Objects Compatibility, and Records Management all included. It works fine for aggregate, blended, collaborative, synchronous and asynchronous learning.
Whew! That’s quite a mouth full! We prefer to say it’s a web-based training system that does everything you need it to.