The right technology solutions don't happen by accident. The OCC collaborative approach allows VinciWorks (the OCC's development partner) to develop tools that help its clients ensure they get the solutions and services they need and want, on time and to budget. VinciWorks uses its own internal development teams in Melbourne and Manila and its network of industry-leading advisors and consultants to create and constantly refine the OCC technologies.

This unique approach includes procedures, tests and benchmarks designed to assess and evaluate each project, making measurable improvements as the projects and client relationships progress and grow.

One of the key benefits of online training is the ease of tracking compliance. The OCC provides a range of software tools to support the administration and management of all compliance training in a law firm.

The Legal Learning Management System is a platform to deploy, manage, track and report on usage, scores and completion of training courses. It is supplemented by the CPD tracking engine which can be used on an individual or firm-wide basis to monitor lawyers' ongoing CPD training and accreditation.

By developing e-learning courseware in a flexible Content Shell with re-usable text and exercise templates and an integrated tracking and administration engine, VinciWorks is able to offer its OCC clients a way to develop high quality bespoke e-learning courseware faster and at a significantly lower cost.

The Development Process
At the commencement of every project, VinciWorks completes an initial content review and consults with the client on the content, instructional design, user interface design and project planning. This initial consultation helps the client determine how to structure the course and which types of exercises to use, and defines an approach for selecting, editing and placing the content.

VinciWorks Services
As part of any bespoke development VinciWorks will provide the following services:

• Instructional and content design consulting and project planning
• Review of content for standard compliance with templates
• Review of content and related materials (including reference materials)
• Copy-editing of content provided by clients within the VinciWorks templates
• Extraction of course content from templates
• Creation of lessons/modules structure, titles etc.
• Setting of operating criteria e.g. linear v. flexible, scoring requirements, pass marks, mandatory/discretionary modules
• Setting of tracking and administration criteria
• Creation of database
• Content shell skin design i.e. corporate branding
• Course design e.g. design and use of the mentor, general design layout and colour scheme including mentor design and positioning
• Creation of interactive Flash or HTML exercises
• Uploading of all Introductory, Theory, Exercises and Closing Pages
• Full QA test and review
• Correction of errors found in review
• Delivery to client
• All client liaison from pre-sale to delivery
• Overall Project Management

In response to numerous demands from OCC firms, the summer of 2010 has been targeted for the completion and release of a new custom developed Legal Learning Management System. OCC firms will have the option to:

• Integrate the LLMS with the firm's own HR Directory/Practice Management Systems
• Create and manage teams or groups of users
• Manage classroom training
• Track multinational CPD/CLE points and requirements
• Customise the interface to display specific data
• Accommodate and deploy SCORM courses
• Customise email templates and reports

Professional associations in most jurisdictions today require their members to undertake continuing professional development (CPD) and or fulfil risk management or other professional training (RME). Apart from undertaking the training, individuals are required to keep a record of their training activities and ensure that they satisfy the profession’s CPD requirements.

The requirement to track CPD/RME points and now AML training across a firm can be a cumbersome and time consuming process. The need to calculate the accredited points required by an individual based on years qualified, hours worked, his or her specific activities and other criteria adds to this frustrating process. The pain is significantly exacerbated for international firms working in multiple jurisdictions.

Based on detailed requirements provided by a range of OCC firms, the OCC has now developed a state-of-the-art multi-jurisdictional, automated points tracking tool.

Accreditation rules can be customised according to a firm’s specific requirements. Hours worked and suspension or other similar periods can be automatically uploaded from a firm’s practice management or HR system. And points can be uploaded by an administrator, by the individual learner or automatically.
Offering a broad range of reports and the ability to customise reports, the OCC CPD Tracking Engine delivers a complete solution for firms of all sizes.