Learning Essentials 2.0 for Microsoft Office

Brief Description

With Learning Essentials 2.0 for Microsoft Office, educators and students can get started, stay organized, and successfully complete high-quality work using the templates and tutorials provided. Educators can also create effective instructional resources, complete administrative tasks, and implement new teaching strategies.

Overview

With Learning Essentials, educators and students can get started, stay organized, and successfully complete high-quality work. Educators can create effective instructional resources, complete administrative tasks, and implement new teaching strategies. Using the Content Development Kit, educators can create additional templates and tutorials that integrate with familiar Microsoft Office applications. And students can use templates with project assistance to coach them through a variety of assignments.

The English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Spanish versions of Learning Essentials also support SCORM standards. SCORM Tools seamlessly convert Microsoft Office documents into standards-based e-learning content that can be managed and reused by any SCORM-conformant learning management system.

Learning Essentials is a free download for schools that license Microsoft Office.

Note: Learning Essentials is customized with appropriate content for International (LrngEssl2_Intl_English.exe) and North American (LRNGESSL20.exe) English. Choose the download that is most relevant for you.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista; Windows XP

This download works with the following Microsoft Office programs:

2007 Microsoft Office System

Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Office XP

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Instructions

To install this download:
Note: This download is available to customers running genuine Microsoft Office.

Click the Continue button in the Validation Required section above to begin the short validation process.
Once validated, you will be returned to this page to continue with the following instructions:

Download the file by clicking the Download link (above) and saving the file to your hard disk.
Double-click the LRNGESSL20.exe or LrngEssl2_Intl_English.exe program file on your hard disk and unzip the setup files to a convenient folder.
Browse to the folder containing the setup files and double-click the setup.exe file.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

Lrngessl.msi installs the Learning Essentials program files, the .NET Framework, and the Content Development Kit (CDK).
Student.msi installs the student content.
Teacher.msi installs the educator content.
Thesis.msi installs the HunterStone THESIS SCORM tools.

Instructions for use:

After you install this download, use Microsoft Office as you typically would.

To remove this download:

On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
In the list of currently installed programs, select Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office and then click Remove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.
Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.