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Create effective instructional materials, complete administrative tasks and implement new teaching strategies
Learning Essentials has been designed with teachers for teachers to help make best use of precious planning time, create top-quality learning experiences and speed through every-day administrative tasks. With more than 117 templates and 38 tutorials developed in collaboration with leading education publishers, Learning Essentials helps you get the most out of your Office applications.

  • Save time on common administrative tasks with Templates for classroom handouts and presentations, grading rubrics, managing your classroom and more.
  • Stop searching menus to find key Office functions. Use customized Toolbars to get right to bibliography tools, math symbols, and foreign language keys.


    Technology in the Classroom

    Implement new teaching strategies
    Tutorials from content partners have fresh ideas and tools for designing great projects, evaluating writing and deeper technology integration in instruction. Find teaching strategies and classroom activities for Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies.


    Great Project ideas

    Save time on common tasks
    Templates with Project Assistance help you quickly prepare classroom handouts, grading rubrics, assessments, worksheets and more. Project Assistance provides contextual guidance and coaching from leading education publishers on implementing best practices. The Create Test Wizard helps you design tests and quizzes without worrying about formatting.


    Test Wizard

    Create Your Own Content
    An integrated Content Development Kit with simple templates help teachers create their own materials for Learning Essentials.


    Test Wizard


    SCORM Tools
    Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) content authoring standards allow seamless conversion of Microsoft Office and web documents into standards-based objects – reusable by any SCORM conformant learning management system. Enhanced functionality transforms teachers and trainers into interactive learning creators with a few simple mouse clicks.

    The SCORM tools are a component of the comprehensive THESIS 3.0 e-learning solution from HunterStone, a Microsoft Gold Partner and a leading provider of e-learning and IT Tools for Microsoft environments. SCORM Tools are available for English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish language versions only.

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