11/02/2011

This free online certificate-level course shows you how to create timelines on the Web using the popular online application XTimeline. A timeline is used to show events along a period of time. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates and events labelled at points where they would have happened. Timelines can use any time scale, from minutes to years to millions of years. Timelines are often used in education to help students understand events and trends for a particular subject. This course is ideal for anyone who wants to create timelines to assist with their work but lack the skills or knowledge to do it, and is also helpful to teachers, trainers and professionals who wish to enhance their project management skills. The free online Diploma courses employ graphics, video and audio to augment the textbook in the classroom and enhance learning outcomes. The courses capture learner’s attention and allow interaction with the subject matter on a different level to antiquated schooling methods. The course tutorials allow the learner to grapple with the subject matter in an interactive and self-paced manner. In the Diploma course the learner is covers the following topics:

Create an account
Use the features on XTimline
Examples of timelines
Educational uses of timelines

The course is free, self-paced and contains an assessment enabling the learner to purchase a Diploma parchment on completing the course in full.  

To access the free ALISON Diploma course click on the following link

http://alison.com/courses/XTimeline

For further information, please contact:

support@alison.com

Ireland: +353-91-680-103
UK: +44-207-990-8508
USA: +1-202-403-3223

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ALISON provides FREE online interactive multimedia courses with certification. Over 500,000 people, young and old, have studied with ALISON worldwide since its launch in 2007.

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