As a teacher or trainer who would like to provide the most effective Microsoft Office training to their students, you're confronted with a bewildering Set up Microsoft office array of training materials to select from. Choosing the right material for the students can be quite a minefield, so here are a few factors that might influence your decision:

* Cost - You may be trying to keep costs down and believe that all training material must certanly be much the same. But beware of the quality of the material and try and get hold of an example before buying. Many of the online courseware vendors do'discounts to purchase the whole range'but if you are only teaching for instance, Microsoft Excel, why would you'll need the whole group of Microsoft Office training manuals?

* Quality - As stated above, the low cost of training material might indicate that there's deficiencies in quality about it. It may have been sourced from elsewhere and not actually published by the company you're buying it from. The language and grammar used may possibly not be up to scratch and if you're not located in the States, you may not necessarily want it written using American spelling and vocabulary. Ensure you see that which you are buying before purchasing.

* Specialists in Microsoft Training - Does the company that are selling the training material have lots of courseware available on a wide selection of subjects aside from computer skills? If so they may possibly not be specialists in writing computer training courseware.

* Layout of courseware -The new interface for Microsoft Office 2010 is a very visual experience for users and any training material written for Microsoft Office training needs to incorporate lots of screenshots to guide the learning process. Most of us know that people learn best by doing and any courseware you utilize for Microsoft Office training should ideally include tasks and exercises for the student to consolidate the data and skills they've gained. So check the courseware you are currently using to ensure it meets these criteria.

Once you've found a reputable company with the right Microsoft Office training courseware that fits all your requirements you may also want to consider other items too such as for example - Do they give training for the most recent Microsoft releases, e.g. Microsoft Office 2010 - even though you're not offering that right so you might be asked to offer it as time goes by and you'd favour a business that stay current with the latest releases than not. Also, do you want any other resources to used in the classroom, such as for example assessment solutions to check your students'progress making use of their Microsoft learning?

These are just two things that as an I.T. trainer you might need to consider when selecting Microsoft Office training courseware, hopefully this review has helped you come to a decision as to what you need.