Below is an email detailing online courses available for free beta from digitalthink (with some bits snipped out for size). I have no connection with digitalthink other than having beta tested some courses. >From my experience, the quality varies from course to course (from excellent to mediocre), but you can't beat the price! Cesar Maiorino [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: Estella Luluquisen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 8:48 PM > To: Quality Group > Subject: RE: DigitalThink beta newsletter - August 1999 edition... > > > To the DigitalThink beta tester community! > > We want to thank you for your interest and continued support in helping us > develop high quality courses. Your feedback during the beta test stage > of > our course development cycle has enabled us to develop close ties to a > community that seeks to enrich their professional development by > participating in our beta programs. > > > This newsletter provides a description of the DigitalThink courses to be > beta tested in the next 60 to 90 days. All beta testers should carefully > read the DigitalThink Beta Testing Frequently Asked Questions document. > > > There are XXX courses available for beta testing: > > Beta Start Course Number and Name > ---------- ------------------------------------------------- > > August > 18-Aug ms107 Microsoft Access 2000 I: Building a database > > > September > 1-Sept lt301 Lotus Domino R5 Designer Fundamentals, Part 1 > 1-Sept ms207 Microsoft Access 2000 II: Working with data > 3-Sept jv400 Java Servlets > 9-Sept ux600 UNIX Network Administration I > 13-Sept ms307 Microsoft Access 2000 III: Advanced Tables, > Queries, Forms, and Reports > 16-Sept or105 (Oracle8)Performance Tuning Basics (previously or400) > 16-Sept ct209 Mastering Visual Basic 6 Development, Part 2 (of 5) > 21-Sept ms110 Microsoft Excel 2000 Fundamentals I > 30-Sept lt401 Lotus Domino R5 Designer Fundamentals, Part 2 > 30-Sept lt201 Lotus Domino R5 Fundamentals II > > October > 4-Oct ms407 Microsoft Access 2000 IV: Power User Features > 7-Oct MS Excel 2000 Fundamentals II > 7-Oct op403 Object-Oriented Design: System and Object Design > 12-Oct ux700 UNIX Network Administration II > 12-Oct ct210 System Administration for MS SQL Server 7.0, Part 2 > 28-Oct lt501 Lotus Domino R5 Designer Fundamentals, Part 3 > 28-Oct ms109 MS Word 2000 Fundamentals I > 28-Oct ms209 MS Word 2000 Fundamentals II > > November > 2-Nov ct207 Designing and Implementing a Database > on MS SQL Server 7.0, Part 2 > 5-Nov it201 E-commerce Implementation > 5-Nov ms309 MS Word 2000 Fundamentals III > 5-Nov ms310 MS Excel 2000 Fundamentals III > 8-Nov ux500 UNIX System Administration II > 15-Nov op301 CORBA Fundamentals II > 22-Nov mm211 Creating PDFs using Adobe Acrobat 4.0 > 23-Nov or101 Intro. to Oracle PL/SQL, Part 1 > 23-Nov or201 Intro. to Oracle PL/SQL, Part 2 > 24-Nov ct207 Queries (Implementing SQL Server 7, Part 2) > 24-Nov or200 Oracle8 Database Administration, Part 2 > 30-Nov jv309 Enterprise JavaBeans I > > > > ------------------------------------------ > BETA SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CHANGE! > ------------------------------------------ > The start date for courses in beta test may change for reasons beyond > the control of the Quality Group. We will publish start dates for > upcoming beta courses when we believe they are reasonably accurate, > and send notifications of schedule changes when we learn of those > changes. Beta testers participating in this program should expect > schedule changes. > > ==================================== > TO ENROLL IN A BETA > ------------------- > (1) Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (2) Include the course number > (3) Include the course name > (4) Include your email address > (5) Include your first/last name > (6) Include "I have reviewed and meet the prerequisites for this beta" > > --------------------------- > THE BETA INCENTIVE PROGRAM > --------------------------- > At the end of each beta course, one student will win a cash prize > from DigitalThink. The beta prize will vary from $200 to $350 depending > on the type of course and number of beta testers. The prize amount > is announced in the course beta startup notice. > To qualify for the cash prize you must..... > > O Complete all the quizzes in the course > O Submit all the exercises to the tutor > O Return the completed email beta feedback survey > O Submit at least one valid bug report > > To qualify for the cash prize drawing, please return the beta feedback > survey by 5pm PST the day your beta is scheduled to end! However, if > you can't complete the course, we'd still appreciate getting that survey > feedback for the portion of the course you did complete. > > We will randomly select one winner from all students indicating they > successfully meet these requirements in the email beta feedback survey. > (Winners qualifications will be independently confirmed against our > tracking data.) > > Note 1: International participants who are unable to cash or deposit > a check drawn on a US bank may elect to receive a future free course. > Value $450. > Note 2: Winners are responsible for state, local or federal taxes that > apply. > > --------------------------------------- > IE3 IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR BETA TESTING > --------------------------------------- > We do not support Internet Explorer Version 3 for beta testing because > of problems with course navigation. You should not participate in > beta testing our courses using Internet Explorer Version 3. Please > upgrade to Internet Explorer Version 4 or use the Netscape browser > for beta testing. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > COURSE BETA DESCRIPTIONS > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ...snip... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Course: jv400 Java Servlets > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Required software: TBD > Platform support: TBD > > > Course description > This course covers the skills needed to write effective Java servlets and > put them to use. Students will learn to maximize Web application > productivity by building servlets that generate Web pages, retrieve > information, process data, communicate with applets, and communicate with > other Java servers. > > Target audience > Intermediate to advanced Java Programmers. Most will be web developers > with > a desire to learn how to create interactive sites. Motivation to learn > servlets may come from having already used other server side technologies > such as CGI and ASP, though knowledge of these is not a pre-requisite. The > audience will already be employed developing web interactivity or will be > taking the course to gain such employment. > > Prerequisites > * Introduction to Java JDK 1.1 or Java 2 Fundamentals I or equivalent > experience. You should have a good understanding of how to do the > following: > > 1. Implement Java classes, objects and methods > 2. Organize and manage class hierarchies and frameworks > 3. Use Java datatypes, expressions, and control flow structures > 4. Code, compile, and test Java applets > 5. Embed Java applets in Web pages using HTML > > * Familiarity with SQL: Understand the syntax for the SQL select statement > * Basic understanding with the way the Web works (HTTP, browsers, servers) > > * Basic understanding of HTML standard tags and structure. > ...snip... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Course: Jv309 Enterprise JavaBeans I > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Required software: Java JDK 1.2.2; Java 2 SDK, Enterprise Edition; Java 2 > SDK, Enterprise Edition Documentation; Skeleton files for project > exercises. > > Platform support: Windows 95/98/NT; Solaris (additional systems will be > added as the reference implementation becomes available) > > > Course description -- > Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) are becoming the second tier component > architecture of choice in modern multi-tiered computing architecture. > This > course introduces the student to Enterprise Java Beans in general and to > Session Beans in detail. Following the course the student will be able > to > write fully functional stateful and stateless Session EJBs that may be > deployed and run in one of the many of the EJB Servers available today > from > third party vendors. In part 2 students will learn how to write programs > using Entity EJBs and also how to write beans that will execute within a > secure environment and a transactional context. > > > Target audience -- > This class is aimed at Java programmers who have the responsibility for: > * Creating EJBs > * Creating EJB Container/Server programs > * Building applications using more than one EJB > * Creating client programs that use the services of one or more EJBs > * Deploying EJBs in third-party servers > * Plus anyone who needs to understand component based architectures > written > using EJBs > > > Prerequisites -- > Students should have at least 4 months full time programming using Java > 1.1 > (or later) and have access to a system with a running JDK 1.2. Students > need to be able to download and install the Java 2 SDK Enterprise Edition > software. Understanding of the concepts of distributed systems, > distributed > databases, JTA and JDBC will be a significant benefit. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
