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ToolBook Case Studies

The world of e-learning is changing rapidly and the technology to support these changes is evolving just as quickly. ToolBook is a mature content authoring solution with more than 9 major releases that incorporate years of technology experience and market understanding.

Our customers range from small start-ups to Global 1000 enterprises and span across industries including Services, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Finance, Retail, Military, Government and Education; each customer uses ToolBook to address unique business and functional goals.

Read the case studies below to see how our customers are using ToolBook. If you are new to e-learning, these case studies may provide you with ideas to support your own training initiatives and get the most from your training budget.

Case Studies

	Eastman Chemical Company "With an average of over 30,000 completions per month given for over 500 courses that have been developed, ToolBook plays a valuable role in helping Eastman maintain its outstanding track record in safety while offering employees an easy, consistent approach to access course content" - Jody Dingus, Training Infrastructure & Application Representative, Eastman Chemical Company Read the case study (PDF) >>
	TCC Publishing, Inc. “The robustness of ToolBook and its ability to create highly interactive learning lessons keeps ToolBook at the top of the list in terms of tools to be used for developing e-learning content” -Tom Hall, President of TCC Publishing, Inc. Read the case study (PDF) >>
	Professional Software Consortium, Inc. Professional Software Consortium, inc. used ToolBook with a design methodology, development standards and templates for the entire training process created by ToolBook Partner Interactive Advantage Corporation to ensure pressing deadlines were attained. Read the case study (PDF) >>
	Nielsen Media Research “The insertion of interactivities, using Widgets, is an easy, drag-and drop process. And the Actions Editor allows you to dream up nearly any kind of training program without being a programmer.” - Patricia Mullen, lead training specialist for Nielsen Media Research. Read the case study (PDF) >>
	Cornell University “I’ve tested and tried products like Blackboard, TrainerSoft, Lectora and others. I’ve found ToolBook to be the most robust of the set. The power of the program is critical in our particular application because we want answers in data or email format that we can control from an Active Server page” - Steve Jackson, Cornell’s Manager of Customer Training & Development. Read the case study (PDF) >>
	TRW Automotive “We have definitely achieved our goals of saving time and increasing deployment … saved over 12,000 labor hours just at the Mesa facility in the last 13 months. That’s about $100K in savings after you take out the cost of the authoring software and training.” - Mark Dumar , Project ManagerHealth, Safety & Environment TRW Automotive. Read the case study (PDF) >>
	Resource Engineering “Rapid development is a huge issue in e-learning development these days. ToolBook helped us to rapidly develop training programs, and update older modules, in a cost effective manner. We took advantage of the ability to automate development using OpenScript. It’s one of the most valuable, powerful features of ToolBook, and it’s why we haven’t moved to other products.” - Robin McDermott, Director of Training at Resource Engineering. Read the case study (PDF) >>
	Humana “ToolBook has allowed us to create programs that can be developed quickly and are inexpensive to build,” states Robert. “It gives us the power to create fun and effective training for very little expense.” - Robert Dick, Traning Directior at Humana. Read the case study (PDF) >>
	Telus "To-date, we have created more than 300 courses with ToolBook, with more than 90,000 course completions among our employees. When we look at the ROI generated by that learning, we are seeing average gross benefits of $50 per employee per course. Additionally, several of the courses are tracking ROI of $150,000 to $200,000 in savings." - Duane DeJager , Manager of National E-learning Solutions at TELUS. Read the case study (PDF) >>
	Performax3 Performax3 uses ToolBook to develop a suite of products that meets the specific training needs of the healthcare industry. The product helped in addressing critical elements such as engaging interactive performance based content, easy to use Authoring templates and flexibility in delivering including deployment in Aspen, Docent and new Total LMS. Read the case study (PDF) >>

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