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Easy Payment Methods
The training catalog now
offers more payment methods
to offer flexibility and
quicken the enrollment
process. Simply use your credit card
when registering for courses in the
training catalog, or apply your company’s
training credits or purchase order
number toward training services.
Be sure to check with your company
representative to find out whether
you have low-cost payment options
through a Xilinx Productivity
Advantage (XPA) agreement. The
XPA offers all Xilinx software, education,
support services, and IP cores in
one package customized to meet your
needs. Quite a number of training modules
in the training catalog require no payment
at all.
New Services
Education Services currently offers more
than 14 instructor-led courses, five live
online courses that together include 17
hands-on labs, and 14 recorded e-Learning
modules to help you maximize your productivity
and get your designs to market
faster. Register for any of these learning
opportunities in the training catalog or
take advantage of new online services such
as skills assessments, personalized learning
plans, and more free recorded e-Learning
modules.
You can preview classroom courses from
your desktop and meet the Xilinx instructors,
all experts in their fields, via the
“Presenter’s Bio” link in the training catalog.
Offered at no charge, these online services
are perfect for every budget and require
absolutely no travel at all.
Philip Nowe, a hardware designer and
consultant in Canada, said he is a big fan of
online services, especially recorded e-
Learning modules, because they maximize
his time. “The modules give me the ability
in one hour or less to get most of the information
I need about a particular tool or
software,” he said. “I usually get answers to
any very specific questions I might have
from my local FAE, or I register for a full
course on the subject.”
Figure 1 - Xilinx Education Services redesigned its training
catalog to reveal new online services and navigation features.
Management and Business
Workflow Processes
You can maximize your productivity and
time with a solution that lets you or your
engineers get Xilinx training right when
you need it for immediate application on
the job. The training catalog is open 24/7
and allows training to be an integral part of
the design process.
Education Services’ recorded e-Learning
fits especially well into the workflow learning
model. The recorded modules are typically
less than an hour in length and help to
familiarize you with Xilinx technologies
and short topics. In some cases, the modules
offer you a preview of the content covered
in multi-day, instructor-led courses.
Some recorded e-Learning modules
cover topics that simply did not fit within
the time constraints of an instructor-led
course provided in the classroom. Aibing
Reduce Time to Knowledge with
the Xilinx Training Catalog
• Search courses by curriculum paths
• Maximize training expenses
• Assess your skills and take only the training
you need when you need it
• Redeem training credits purchased
via the XPA program
• Learn from Xilinx-certified instructors
Zhou, a design engineer at
Juniper Networks in
Sunnyvale, California, recently
took the ChipScope Pro
free recorded e-Learning module
during a training break at
work.
“The ChipScope Pro
recorded e-Learning was very
helpful to me to catch up with
the tool,” Zhou said. “I was
able to apply the learning
immediately to gain field experience.
When I have a problem,
I look for e-Learning
courses for more in-depth
training on that tool.”
Empowerment
Managing your own training is like driving
a car. You have the freedom to go whenever
and wherever your wish. You get that
kind of power everytime you visit the
training catalog.
You can take control of your training
with the self-directed features in the training
catalog, such as self-registration; self-paced,
recorded e-Learning; and self-managed
training plans. Feel vested in your training
by completing online course evaluations to
let Xilinx know how it can continue to
improve its services and products.
Nowe said that he prefers self-registering
for courses online. “I like to search for
courses on my own without the help of a
registrar because it’s faster,” he said. “The
training catalog also makes it easier for me
to keep track of courses I’ve already taken
and find new ones that interest me.”
Conclusion
The training catalog is an empowering
solution that meets your needs for a personalized,
speedy, flexible, low-cost, and
quality experience. Find out how Xilinx
training can trim your learning curve.
Contact Education Services at 877-XLX-
CLAS or registrar@xilinx.com, or visit
www.xilinx.com/education/.
* The training catalog is available to all Xilinx
customers; however, registration for instructorled
courses is currently available in the North
American region only.
Winter 2004 Xcell Journal 97