In short: I find that PTC's eLearning for Windchill is barely adequate.
However, for the price ($850for a perpetual license)I can't complain too much.
Itincludes every course (from admin to user)for all Windchill products, not just Intralink.
It would cost at least 10-20 times more to attend "real" classes, especially due to travel costs.
Windchill classes are not taught in the Detroit area.
Each course consists of:
With few exceptions, I have found that only the demonstrations are useful.
The presentations only cover concepts and never include any actual instructions.
They are frequently ambiguous, and often use terms that were not previously (or adequately)defined.
Time is often wasted because some courses cover topics that are across the breadth-and-depth of Windchill, but are unavailable in Intralink.
The assessments are often ambiguous as well, and too often focus on terminology instead of real concepts and usage.
And sometimes PTC's right-answer is clearly incorrect, or there is more than one correct answer, but you can only select one.
I find that the courses are enough to get me started.
However, the real learning comes when you use the software yourself.
Any shortcoming are filled by submitting questions to the exploder.
When it comes time to train our users, I will definitely not use PTC's eLearning.
I will develop my own materials, or use a third-party.
