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    "0_English 1, 2 and 3":{
        "Speech and Oral Communication": {
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        "categories":{
          "Pronunciation":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use multimedia and speech recognition to listen to and practice proper pronunciations."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify and anticipate pronunciation errors."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate difficult phoneme transpositions such as P-F, B-V, T-Th, etc."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate proper vowel sounds based on word context."
                }
            }
          },
          "Speech Practice":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use multimedia and speech recognition to listen to and practice proper pronunciations."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify and anticipate pronunciation errors."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate difficult phoneme transpositions such as P-F, B-V, T-Th, etc."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate proper vowel sounds based on word context."
                }
            }
          },
          "Progressive Fluency":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use multimedia and speech recognition to listen to and practice proper pronunciations."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify and anticipate pronunciation errors."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate difficult phoneme transpositions such as P-F, B-V, T-Th, etc."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate proper vowel sounds based on word context."
                }
            }
          },
          "Oral Performance":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use multimedia and speech recognition to listen to and practice proper pronunciations."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify and anticipate pronunciation errors."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate difficult phoneme transpositions such as P-F, B-V, T-Th, etc."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate proper vowel sounds based on word context."
                }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Basic English Grammar": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Sentence Structure":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Recognize and use the four types of sentence structures"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify subjects, predicates, and clauses"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Compose sentences by combining clauses"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Avoid run-ons, fragments, and other common errors"
                }
            }
          },
          "Parts of Speech":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Recognize the parts of speech"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Construct sentences with verbs, nouns, and pronouns"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Connect thoughts with prepositions and conjunctions"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Add color with adjectives and adverbs"
                }
            }
          },
          "Sentence Complements":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use complements in sentences to complete thoughts"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Understand transitive and intransitive verbs"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Distinguish between direct objects and indirect objects"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Describe subjects with complements and linking verbs"
                }
            }
          },
          "Verbs":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Understand how to use the six essential verb tenses"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Master the tenses of irregular verbs"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Avoid mistakes with tricky verbs such as lie and lay"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Use the subjunctive mood correctly"
                }
            }
          },
          "Punctuation":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use - and not abuse - commas"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Conquer colons and semicolons"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Understand periods, question marks, and exclamation points"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Master quotation marks, parentheses, dashes, and other marks"
                }
            }
          },
          "Spelling and Capitalization":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Unlock the secrets of good spelling"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Apply simple spelling rules - and recognize the \"exceptions\""
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Master plurals, prefixes, and suffixes"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Understand when to capitalize words - and when not to"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Advanced English Grammar": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Pronouns":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use personal, indefinite, interrogative, and relative pronouns"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Master the subjective, objective, and possessive cases"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Differentiate between who and whom"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Conquer elliptical clauses and other tough pronoun problems"
                }
            }
          },
          "Agreement":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Master subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Understand how number and gender affect agreement"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Use indefinite pronouns correctly"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Solve the trickiest agreement problems"
                }
            }
          },
          "Modifiers":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Add spice to sentences with adjectives and adverbs"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Recognize misplaced and dangling modifiers"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Use comparatives and superlatives correctly"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Avoid common pitfalls when using modifiers"
                }
            }
          },
          "Parallel Structure":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Understand how parallel structure links related ideas"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Use parallelism with gerunds, infinitives, and verbs"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Recognize and avoid errors in parallelism"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Craft correct sentences using the ellipsis"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "1_HRMT":{
      "Hotel Modules": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Hotel Operations":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This comprehensive courseware instructs students on how to provide high level services to hotel and restaurant guests.  It stresses quality and productivity.  The video lectures deliver the essential knowledge, the skills and the attitude that hotel staff members need to succeed on the job.  Content within each lesson is delivered as screens shots that are clearly titled for easy identification and correlation.  Methodology and process are academically structured and performance is instantly measured for on the spot feedback."
              }
            }
          },
          "Front Office":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"The courseware instructs and rehearses students in the use of a fully working property management system for hotels. Each student assumes the role of a front desk agent and must verbally interact with guests. He/she performs tasks such as recording and confirming reservations, checking in arrivals, checking out guests, and preparing the charges incurred by the guest.  The student is trained by the system to converse over the phone and simultaneously type in information.  In all tasks, the student is required by the software to speak in grammatical and clear English."
              }
            }
          },
          "Hotel Management":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This course provides broad instruction on Hotel Management. It introduces the student to the various services and departments typically contained in a modern hotel, describing the functions, duties and responsibilities of such key areas as front desk, housekeeping, accounting as well as food and beverage. The multimedia content of each lesson is delivered as concise audio accompanied by detailed text of the subject."
              }
            }
          },
          "Housekeeping Management":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"The Housekeeping Management course envisions the student as the newly assigned executive housekeeper of a hotel that will soon open. As the executive housekeeper, the course introduces the student to the planning, execution and operations of the housekeeping department. In so doing, it concisely explains each aspect of managing the housekeeping department, providing a straightforward understanding of the personnel skills, logistics skills and property skills needed to function efficiently. Students must actually create the spreadsheets and forms used by the department."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Restaurant Modules": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Food Service Operations":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This comprehensive courseware provides an overview of food and beverage operations.  Videos present dozens of practical policies, procedures and techniques that will help prevent accidents, injuries and security incidents in food service operation.  The lessons explain common sense rules of service and point out various situations wherein actions and proper attitude can earn customer loyalty and repeat business."
              }
            }
          },
          "Food Safety":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This courseware on food safety encompasses the principles of critical food handling.  It covers food safety; food borne microorganism and allergens; personal hygiene; purchasing, receiving and storage; food preparation, cooking and serving; cleaning, sanitizing and pest management; cross contamination; time and temperature management; and food safety management. The lessons consist of videos and activities that work together to help students stay engaged, retain information and apply the knowledge gained to real-world situations."
              }
            }
          },
          "Server Staff":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"The courseware trains students how to perform as a server at a fine dining restaurant.  Some of the topics covered include setting up the cover, linen, silver, china and glassware; receiving and seating diners; and taking meal orders. Students are taught the general rules for table service as well as the duties at closing time.  Graded quizzes and tests are a part of the courseware."
              }
            }
          },
          "Place Setting":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This training courseware is designed to reinforce the student's knowledge of a large variety of different table service items and to practice their proper placement on table settings.  Instructors can design different settings that can be incorporated in the courseware for use in exercises and graded assessments.  It provides a convenient means of providing students the “practice-makes-perfect” hands-on-training that they need."
              }
            }
          },
          "Food and Beverage Cost Control":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"A thorough understanding of the economics of the foodservice industry is a valuable asset to possess. This course is designed to instruct the student on the significance of managing the costs of procuring, producing, operating and managing a consumables operation in a service setting. The course concisely teaches the concepts of profit, budgeting, costing, sales forecasting and pricing through the active and extensive use of spreadsheets. These are vital concepts for the foodservice worker aspiring to work in the industry."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Culinary Modules": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Culinary Lab":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This module is a comprehensive and integrated collection of culinary techniques, methodologies, ingredients, and recipes.  All content is illustrated by high quality, step-by-step video and text. Students will gain greater understanding of how to select, prepare, and cook both simple and complex dishes from all over the world."
              }
            }
          },
          "Wine Fundamentals":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"Wine Fundamentals is designed to give students a basic understanding of the often complex and sometimes intimidating world of wine.  This video series ranges from the proper ways to classify wine, to understanding the labeling systems, to serving and pairing wine with food.  Each lesson is accompanied with both competency and test questions."
              }
            }
          },
          "Bartending Mixology":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This courseware provides fundamental instruction on all aspects the student would require to know to be a professional bartender including drink recipes, cream drinks, garnish and mixers, two liquor drinks, martinis, high ball and juice drinks, exotics drinks, wine drinks, hot drinks, shooters, customer service, and much more. The courseware allows the students to practice their drinks in a virtual bar setting via software integrated in the eLearning system."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Travel and Tourism Modules": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Travel Agent":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This course provides broad instruction on the aspects of the travel industry and the functions of a travel agent. It introduces the student to the areas of knowledge required to operate effectively as a provider of travel services."
              }
            }
          },
          "Travelogues":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This module is comprised of more than 50 short video segments and accompanying listening comprehension, travel exposure, and speaking exercises.  Subject matters range from world famous tourist landmarks to quaint neighborhood cafes to etiquette and customs from around the world."
              }
            }
          },
          "Vocabulary and Terminology":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This courseware teaches students the vocabulary and terminology of the hospitality and tourism industry. This multimedia content utilizes sound, images, speech recognition to reinforce the learning."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "2_Accounting":{
      "Fundamentals of Accounting - Basic": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "The Accounting Equation":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
              },
              "1":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use the accounting equation in basic financial analysis"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Employ mathematical variations of the accounting equation"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Define assets, liabilities, and owners' equity, and cite examples of each"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Exhibit the differences between revenues and expenses and show their use in calculating net income"
                },
                "4":{
                  "text":"Understand the basic principles of equity and cost of goods sold"
                }
            }
          },
          "Transaction Analysis":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
              },
              "1":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Prepare basic entries for business transactions"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Recognize and solve basic accounting problems"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Master the concept of debit and credit entry"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Differentiate between Real Accounts and Nominal Accounts"
                },
                "4":{
                  "text":"Exhibit the use of the General Journal and General Ledger"
                },
                "5":{
                  "text":"Know how to prepare a Trial Balance"
                }
            }
          },
          "Adjusting Entries":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
              },
              "1":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Employ the accounting cash cycle and the fiscal year-end process"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Explain the purpose of adjusting entries"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Classify adjusting entries as being accruals or deferrals"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Prepare different types of adjusting entries"
                }
            }
          },
          "Wrapping Up the Period":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
              },
              "1":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Recognize and correct errors in accounting transaction records and entries"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Exhibit the effects of accounting errors in the financial statements"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Prepare closing and reversing entries"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Identify the different types of financial statements, including their uses and limitations"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Fundamentals of Accounting - Intermediate": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Assets":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                  "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
                }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Demonstrate the basics of managing cash on hand and cash in bank"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Understand the purpose and uses of contra asset accounts"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Describe the nature of notes receivables and plant assets"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Identify the outcomes of selling assets greater than or less than their original value"
                }
            }
          },
          "Liabilities":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                  "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
                }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Explain the nature of notes payable"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Calculate interest-bearing liabilities"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Demonstrate an understanding of accounting for warranty liabilities"
                }
            }
          },
          "Partnership":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                  "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
                }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Define partnership and differentiate it from other forms of business"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Learn how a partnership is formed"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Display the different methods of income distribution in a partnership"
                }
            }
          },
          "Corporation":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                  "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
                }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Explain the different characteristics of a corporation"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Learn the components of a corporation's stockholders' equity"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Identify the different kinds of stocks and bonds"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Explain the different types of dividends and how they are allocated"
                }
            }
          },
          "Manufacturing Costs":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                  "text":"This multimedia courseware utilizes video, audio, and text to reinforce the fundamentals of accounting. The central learning activity involves the creation and adjustment of accounting spreadsheets that put theory into practice."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
                }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Differentiate a manufacturing company from a service and merchandising company"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of manufacturing costs"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Journalize and record manufacturing costs"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Prepare a Manufacturing Statement"
                },
                "4":{
                  "text":"Gain a working knowledge of Cost-Volume-Profit analysis and how it is used in decision-making"
                },
                "5":{
                  "text":"Demonstrate the cash inflow and outflow of a manufacturing company"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Practice Sets": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Overview":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                  "text":"eLearning offers fully-automated and machine-graded accounting practice sets for sole proprietorship and partnership. At least 15 variations are offered in order to reduce student copying. The practice sets can be completed in on-campus labs or as homework."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"The practice set is a realistic simulation of the bookkeeping and accounting process. Students analyze and prepare source documents, make entries into journals and ledgers, make adjustments, and prepare financial statements. The methodology employs live spreadsheets, which require student to both internalize and practice the bookkeeping and accounting concepts rather than utilizing accounting software that often amounts to just data entry."
                }
            }
          },
          "Source Documents":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Identify various documents commonly used in business transactions"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Learn how to use documents as the basis for recording business transactions"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Create the transactional source documents"
                }
            }
          },
          "Journalizing & Posting":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Record and post day-to-day financial transactions"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify the different types of accounts and their normal balances"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Use special journals for easier recording"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Evaluate transactions in terms of their effects on the accounts"
                }
            }
          },
          "Worksheet":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Record account balances in the worksheet"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Appreciate the purpose and benefits of using an accounting worksheet"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Differentiate between balance sheet accounts and income statement accounts"
                }
            }
          },
          "Adjustments":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Record different types of adjusting entries"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Display the purpose of adjusting entries in the accounting cycle"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Demonstrate the importance of keeping account balances up-to-date"
                }
            }
          },
          "Financial Statements":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Learn the function of financial statements and how to prepare them"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Present financial information in an easy-to-understand manner"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Show the effects of profit and loss in a business"
                }
            }
          },
          "Closing Entries":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Determine which accounts need to be closed at the end of the accounting cycle"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Transfer nominal accounts into permanent balance sheet accounts"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Demonstrate the importance of closing nominal accounts for the next accounting cycle"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "3_Personality Development":{
      "Personal": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "General Etiquette":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                  "text":"This courseware gives the students an overview of today's etiquette rules which is updated for today's fast-paced lifestyles and ever changing codes of conduct for work and leisure."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Students are expected to learn the rules of good behavior for today's most common social and business situations.  This includes the common courtesies such as telephone etiquette with the updated rules for cell phone use and the new rules for office calls. The lessons explain proper correspondence, table manners, entertaining and being a polite guest, giving and receiving gifts, and behavior for life events like weddings of funerals."
                }
            }
          },
          "Dining Skills":{
            "lessondesc":"This courseware will allow the students to learn proper dining etiquette in a business setting.  Students learn that having good dining skills can be critical to success in career and in life. The lessons will also increase the confidence of students in regard to fine dining."
          },
          "Listening Skills":{
            "lessondesc":"This courseware explains good listening skills, their importance and how they can be improved.  Students will determine what type of listener they are, and the courseware will provide basic skills for listening, explain barriers to listening, define listening habits, describe related body language, and provide activities to improve listening habits. Students will learn the importance of physical attributes, attitude, active listening, perception, language barriers, bias, key gestures, and note taking."
          },
          "Multicultural Manners":{
            "lessondesc":"Manners and acceptable behavior vary with culture.  This courseware discusses differences between various cultures.  Student will be able to better understand and be prepared for these differences after completing these lessons."
          },
          "Personality Development":{
            "lessondesc":"In this courseware, students will learn in-depth information about different personality types and traits, including values and beliefs. The students will also have a better understanding of themselves and the people around them. All this information can help them make informed personal and career choices."
          },
          "Self-Esteem":{
            "lessondesc":"This courseware will examine what self-esteem is, the factors affecting self-esteem, discuss the consequences and symptoms of low self-esteem, the behaviors associated with low self-esteem, and methods to rebuild self-esteem and maintain it at a proper level throughout life."
          }
        }
      },
      "Professional": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Leadership & Supervision":{
            "lessondesc":"In this courseware, students will learn what makes a great leader and how one's attributes and skills affect leadership abilities.  Additionally, in regard to leadership, the course will also address the roles of problem solving, planning, and supervision. Several historical leaders and how they achieved their reputations for leadership will lend context to the courseware to give students practical examples on which to base their own leadership traits."
          },
          "Stress Management":{
            "lessondesc":"This courseware is designed to give students a basic understanding of the origins of stress, what triggers external and internal stress, and to provide a practical approach for reducing or coping with stress in life to improve health and emotional well-being. The lessons discuss strategies to respond positively to physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension.  They also show how to reduce stress by being organized, delegating, avoiding burnout, communication, dealing widthh different personalities, and taking vacations."
          },
          "Time Management":{
            "lessondesc":"This courseware is a practical guide to help students navigate through the maze of conflicting priorities, disorganization, self-doubt, over-commitment, and limitations to successfully managing time.  Students will learn that managing time is not just about making lists, it is about everything that makes up one's daily routine."
          },
          "Effective Presentations":{
            "lessondesc":"Public speaking is one of the most common fears. Being able to present oneself, one's company, and one's ideas and products to others is an essential life skill.  In this courseware, students will learn about presentations and how improving public speaking skills can positively influence their lives. They will learn how to identify the situation at hand, know an audience, and develop strategies for researching, organizing, and developing presentations."
          },
          "Effective Communication":{
            "lessondesc":"This courseware will provide the students a better understanding of the importance of communication, how to communicate better, and that the way people communicate is a reflection of who they are and the way they establish relationships with those around them."
          }
        }
      },
      "Career Preparation Modules Part 1": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Job Search Process":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Learn the Importance of a Good Resume"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Determine the Importance of a Good Cover Letter"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Identify Important Things to Prepare for an Interview"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Prepare for Different Types of Interviewers"
                },
                "4":{
                  "text":"Identify the Factors to Consider in a Job Offer"
                }
            }
          },
          "Resumes and Cover Letters":{
            "lessondesc":"Course features include:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"The various types of resume formats"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"The ART (Action, Result, Tailor) method of resume writing"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"How resumes are read and selected"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Proper resume aesthetics"
                },
                "4":{
                  "text":"How to create various types of resumes and cover letters"
                },
                "5":{
                  "text":"Resume & Cover Letter bank that contains many examples that students may view"
                }
            }
          },
          "Interview Skills":{
            "lessondesc":"Course features include:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Interview preparation techniques"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Descriptions of types of common interview questions"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"How to predict what questions will be asked"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"The STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) technique for answering behavioral questions"
                },
                "4":{
                  "text":"Answering tough job interview questions"
                },
                "5":{
                  "text":"Common interview mistakes"
                }
            }
          },
          "Interview Simulation":{
            "lessondesc":"Course features include:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Video and audio"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Speech recognition"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Question explanation and hints"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"A large number and variety of job interview questions"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Career Preparation Modules Part 2": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Dining Skills":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Learn proper dining etiquette in a business setting."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Demonstrate proper behavior during conversation."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Understand appropriate seating and ordering strategies."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Exhibit increased confidence in regard to fine dining."
                }
            }
          },
          "Dressing Professionally":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Understand various levels of dressing formality, such as, semi-formal, smart casual, and business casual."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Describe the expected dress for various occasions."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Choose outfits appropriate to various situations."
                }
            }
          },
          "Business Etiquette":{
            "lessondesc":"Course features include video, audio, and competency questions on:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Business dining"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Toasting etiquette"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Business card etiquette"
                }
            }
          },
          "Conflict Resolution":{
            "lessondesc":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:",
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Understand the types of conflict that occur at work."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Define the results of conflict in the workplace."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Describe procedures to resolve conflict in the workplace."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Learn ways to stop conflict from arising in the first place."
                },
                "4":{
                  "text":"Outline the most common techniques to resolve personal conflict."
                },
                "5":{
                  "text":"Recommend ways to mediate conflict between parties."
                },
                "6":{
                  "text":"Define what steps to take when parties refuse to resolve conflict"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "4_English for High School":{
      "Reading and Listening Comprehension": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Read & Listen":{
            "lessondesc":"The reading materials are of variable length and level of difficulty, ranging from a couple of paragraphs to several pages long in different Lexile levels. In the default setting, the student listens as he/she reads along with the passage. Reading is evaluated via speech recognition"
          },
          "Reading Comprehension":{
            "lessondesc":"The student reads the material and then answers comprehension exercises to test his/her understanding of the material. In the default setting, the reading passage is shown while the student answers. Question types include factual, main idea, inference, sequencing, and analysis."
          },
          "Listening Comprehension":{
            "lessondesc":"The student listens to the material and then answers comprehension exercises to test his/her understanding of the material. In the default setting, the listening passage can be played as many times as the student needs while answering the exercises."
          },
          "Guided Reading":{
            "lessondesc":"The student reads the passage following the reading prompt in yellow highlight. The text to speech (TTS) technology is enabled to guide the students in reading the text properly. Reading is evaluated via speech recognition."
          },
          "Role Play":{
            "lessondesc":"Role play exercises are among the most popular tools in teaching English. In this exercise, the student takes the role of one of the speakers in a conversation. The student is guided by a reading prompt in yellow highlight. Student speech production is evaluated via speech recognition."
          }
        }
      },
      "Vocabulary for Composition": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Fill-In":{
            "lessondesc":"The student must choose the correct vocabulary word to complete the sentence. In the default setting, the student must read the completed sentence after filling in the correct vocabulary. Other vocabulary exercises are also available, such as definition and identification."
          },
          "Spelling":{
            "lessondesc":"The student listens to the word and then types the correct spelling in the box. If correct, the student must say the word."
          },
          "Crossword":{
            "lessondesc":"The student must complete the crossword, receiving hints for both horizontally and vertically arranged vocabulary terms."
          },
          "Cloze":{
            "lessondesc":"Every nth word has been removed from a portion of the reading passage. Students must replace the particular word by selecting it from the Answer Bank and typing it into the corresponding blank. Only one occurrence of a word may be used, however in some exercises additional words have been added to make the exercise harder."
          },
          "Word Search":{
            "lessondesc":"The student must complete the word search puzzle. The words in the grid are written in any direction"
          }
        }
      },
      "Speech and Oral Communication": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Pronunciation":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use multimedia and speech recognition to listen to and practice proper pronunciations."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify and anticipate pronunciation errors."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate difficult phoneme transpositions such as P-F, B-V, T-Th, etc."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate proper vowel sounds based on word context."
                }
            }
          },
          "Speech Practice":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use multimedia and speech recognition to listen to and practice proper pronunciations."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify and anticipate pronunciation errors."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate difficult phoneme transpositions such as P-F, B-V, T-Th, etc."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate proper vowel sounds based on word context."
                }
            }
          },
          "Progressive Fluency":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use multimedia and speech recognition to listen to and practice proper pronunciations."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify and anticipate pronunciation errors."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate difficult phoneme transpositions such as P-F, B-V, T-Th, etc."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate proper vowel sounds based on word context."
                }
            }
          },
          "Oral Performance":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use multimedia and speech recognition to listen to and practice proper pronunciations."
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify and anticipate pronunciation errors."
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate difficult phoneme transpositions such as P-F, B-V, T-Th, etc."
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Clearly enunciate proper vowel sounds based on word context."
                }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Basic English Grammar": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Sentence Structure":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Recognize and use the four types of sentence structures"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Identify subjects, predicates, and clauses"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Compose sentences by combining clauses"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Avoid run-ons, fragments, and other common errors"
                }
            }
          },
          "Parts of Speech":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Recognize the parts of speech"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Construct sentences with verbs, nouns, and pronouns"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Connect thoughts with prepositions and conjunctions"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Add color with adjectives and adverbs"
                }
            }
          },
          "Sentence Complements":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use complements in sentences to complete thoughts"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Understand transitive and intransitive verbs"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Distinguish between direct objects and indirect objects"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Describe subjects with complements and linking verbs"
                }
            }
          },
          "Verbs":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Understand how to use the six essential verb tenses"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Master the tenses of irregular verbs"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Avoid mistakes with tricky verbs such as lie and lay"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Use the subjunctive mood correctly"
                }
            }
          },
          "Punctuation":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use - and not abuse - commas"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Conquer colons and semicolons"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Understand periods, question marks, and exclamation points"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Master quotation marks, parentheses, dashes, and other marks"
                }
            }
          },
          "Spelling and Capitalization":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Unlock the secrets of good spelling"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Apply simple spelling rules - and recognize the \"exceptions\""
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Master plurals, prefixes, and suffixes"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Understand when to capitalize words - and when not to"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Advanced English Grammar": {
        "category_image":"assets3/images/coursethumbnails/img-1.jpg",
        "categories":{
          "Pronouns":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Use personal, indefinite, interrogative, and relative pronouns"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Master the subjective, objective, and possessive cases"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Differentiate between who and whom"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Conquer elliptical clauses and other tough pronoun problems"
                }
            }
          },
          "Agreement":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Master subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Understand how number and gender affect agreement"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Use indefinite pronouns correctly"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Solve the trickiest agreement problems"
                }
            }
          },
          "Modifiers":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Add spice to sentences with adjectives and adverbs"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Recognize misplaced and dangling modifiers"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Use comparatives and superlatives correctly"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Avoid common pitfalls when using modifiers"
                }
            }
          },
          "Parallel Structure":{
            "lessondesc":{
              "0":{
                "text":"By successfully completing this courseware, students will be able to:"
              }
            },
            "lessonbulet":{
                "0":{
                  "text":"Understand how parallel structure links related ideas"
                },
                "1":{
                  "text":"Use parallelism with gerunds, infinitives, and verbs"
                },
                "2":{
                  "text":"Recognize and avoid errors in parallelism"
                },
                "3":{
                  "text":"Craft correct sentences using the ellipsis"
                }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
}