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By Dr. John Schroeder
ASIS has always conducted training on its products. Sometimes, this involves sending a trainer out to spend two or
three days training the students. Even though the training materials have changed over time, the basic scheduling
challenge remains. It is difficult to find time for training that fits into everyone's busy schedule. New technology
allows BASIS to address these issues.
In December of 2002, BASIS began working with a product called Camtasia StudioT, from TechSmith®. This product allows
an instructor to capture the screen, mouse, and voice from a computer session and insert them into a video clip.
Editing the resulting clips by cutting out dead space or dubbing over sound is now possible before publication. Adding
clips into streaming video and then playing the clips from the Web is also feasible.
For the first training project, BASIS created two sets of clips. The first clip demonstrates the installation process
for BBj® on Windows. The second clip contains two parts that demonstrate how to set up and configure the BBj IDE. These
clips range from five to 10 minutes in length. Currently, they are produced in the Macromedia Flash® format, so they
are easy to e-mail or stream on the Web. Click on the links below to see the clips:
BBj Install
BBjIDE Setup Part I
BBjIDE Setup Part II
This is just the beginning of the BASIS training improvements. Additional clips are in the hopper and will be appearing
on the BASIS Web site and on BASIS CDs in the coming months. BASIS is also restructuring training to make it modular,
which allows for easier encapsulation of video clips and Web-based training. BASIS will begin its Web-based training
with Web meetings and video clips about the setup and configuration of BBj. The BBj install is the first part of this
series, which will include titles such as "BBj Components," "Using the Enterprise Manager," "Setting up Databases for
ODBC/JDBC Connections," and "The BBj Thin Client."
BASIS will introduce the Web-based version of the BBj setup and configuration before the training that follows TechCon,
May 7-8, in Albuquerque. We will use this Web module to get all the TechCon training participants set up with the
latest release of BBj on Windows. Trainees will be ready to run with BBj when the training begins on May 7th. To learn
how to install BBj, attend the Quick Start Installation Workshop on Sunday May 4, which will prepare users for training
on May 7-8. (See the TechCon schedule for specifics.)
Please join us for TechCon on May 5-6 in Albuquerque. TechCon provides an opportunity to see demonstrations of BBj 3.0
in action, to learn about BASIS's technology advances, and to experience the training that will familiarize users with
BBj and the Java platform. The training Wednesday and Thursday following TechCon will feature training for BBj
beginners and advanced BBj developers. Check the BASIS Web site for details, and sign up now. Seats are limited.
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From the far right, Herbert Schmitz and Falk Spitzberg with BASIS's German subsidiary, BSG Software GmbH, discuss new features of BBj 3.0 with customers attending CeBIT.
BASIS International and BSG Software GmbH, our German subsidiary, exhibited at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. Several of
BASIS and BSG Software GmbH's partners exhibited with BASIS, allowing developers to learn about the many options
available for deploying solutions built on BASIS technology. Considered the world's largest IT and telecommunications
event, CeBIT 2003 attracted approximately 600,000 attendees.
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View of main entrance to exhibit hall #3 at CeBIT. The BASIS logo is in the far background.
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