1. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. FINPACK Online Training www.cffm.umn.edu/fpdemo

2. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. Center for Farm Financial Management University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics 800-234-1111 www.cffm.umn.edu

3. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. FINPACK Online Training Why develop online training? How we developed it? View the system

4. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. Why develop online training? 3000 professional FINPACK users distributed throughout US 10 to 15 training sessions per year Many new users don’t want to travel to training workshop

5. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. Why develop online training? Follow up support and training for workshop attendees Reference source for any level of experience

6. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. How We Developed the System Used Camtasia Studio Designed a system for different types of learners

7. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. How We Developed the System Can proceed through entire training Can select specific FINPACK components Can view just a very specific topic on which need help or have a question

8. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. Other Features Optional quizzes for each section Case farm using FINPACK More comprehensive than training at workshops

9. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. Other Thoughts Took longer to develop than originally expected Developed structure to deliver as we thought through the system

10. Copyright © 2006 Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota. Let’s Look at the System