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The following scheduled courses are currently available. 

Technical Training (in our state-of-the-art Training Center) for CosmoCall Universe (CCU)

Tier 1 Classes: Focus on initial contact center configuration, day-to-day administration and operations, and application-level troubleshooting.

Tier 2 Classes: Focus on ongoing platform maintenance and troubleshooting.

Specialist Classes: Focus on specialized topics for personnel who have in-depth focus in a particular area.

End-User Training (at users site - upon request)

Business Partner Training
For CosmoCom business partners, additional Solution Advisor and Solution Architect training programs are also available, targeted at the partner sales and sales support organizations. For more information, see the Business Partner Program Benefits page.

Technical Training Course Descriptions

CCU Operations course
  Title CCU Operations  
  Duration 2 days
  Target Audience Tier 1 Support, Tenant Administrators and Agent/Supervisor Trainers
  Prerequisites Attendees require a basic level of understanding of the following:
  • Computer literate: fluent in use of PC and Internet browsing.  Know the terms URL, User Acct, Password, etc.
  • Familiar with call center concepts, such as ACD, IVR, etc.
  Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
  • Instruct Agents in the use of the CosmoDesk (Agent) to service calls
  • Instruct Supervisors in the use of Supervisor Monitoring and Report Interpretation
  • Set up a New Agent’s Machine and IP Phone
  • Configure Call Centers for Routing, Prioritization and Reporting
  • Troubleshoot an Agent Machine’s Configuration issue
  • Troubleshoot a WebAdministrator Configuration issue
  • Gather ALL required information to escalate a service request to Tier 2 Support if necessary
 

Course Content

Day 1

CosmoCall Universe Overview

  • Domains, Servers, Applications and Tenants
  • Agents
  • Supervisors
  • Tenant Administrator(s)
  • CosmoDesigner Administrators
  • Call Types
  • CCU Acronyms

CosmoCall Universe Operations

  • CosmoDesk Applications
  • Agent Operations
  • Supervisor Operations

Day 2

CosmoCall Universe Operations

  • Tenant Administrator Operations
  • CosmoDesigner Administrator Operations

CosmoCall Universe Tier 1 Support Tasks

  • Training Agents and Supervisors
  • Setting Up New Agent Machines
  • Setting up New Agent IP Phones
  • Troubleshooting Agent Machines for Configuration Issues
  • Troubleshooting Web Administrator for Configuration Issues
  • Gathering ALL required Information to escalate a service request to Tier 2 Support

CCU Operations Tier 1 Support Certification Exam (2 hours)

  • Written section: 10 multiple choice questions Practical section: 4 part practical exercise
  • First half of Tier 1 Support Certification. The second half of Tier 1 Support Certification is satisfied by successfully completing the CCU Basic IVR & Call Flows course and the Advanced IVR & Call Flows Certification course and exam

 

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CCU Basic IVR & Call Flows course
  Title CCU Basic IVR & Call Flows 
  Duration 1 day 
  Target Audience Tier 1 Support, Tenant Administrators and Call Flow Designers
  Prerequisites Attendees require understanding of the following:
  • CCU Operations course and certification 
  Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
  • Edit  and test Call Flow Scripts
  • Create and use Basic Phone, Email and Chat call scripts
 

Course Content

Day 1

CosmoDesigner Overview

  • Applications, Rules and Default Application
  • CCU Call Flow Diagram
  • Saving and Publishing Scripts
  • Verifying CosmoDesigner Scripts
  • WAV files

CosmoDesigner Basics

  • Opening the CosmoDesigner Interface
  • Opening a New Workspace
  • Adding, Moving and Editing Blocks
  • CosmoDesigner Help and System Variables

Basic IVR Script Exercises

  • Editing an Optional Parameter Block
  • Creating a New WAV file to play
  • Verifying WAV File Path and Name
  • Branching Blocks
  • Assigning a Queue to a call
  • Assigning Skill(s) to a call
  • Using VBScript functions
  • Accessing Data from a CosmoDesigner Script
  • How to create a System DSN

Adding Voicemail Exercise

  • Adding a New Custom Script to a Workspace
  • How to configure Voicemail in CosmoDesigner

NOTE: No certification exam is given for this course.

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Advanced IVR & Call Flows course 
  Title Advanced IVR & Call Flows  
  Duration 1 day  
  Target Audience Tier 1 Support, Call Flow Designers and Programmers
  PreRequisites Attendees require understanding of the following:
  • CCU Operations course and certification
  • CCU Basic IVR & Call Flows course
  Objectivess Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:

  • Perform advanced troubleshooting of call flow scripts
  • Use Advanced CosmoDesigner Scripts and Blocks
  • Implement Video IVVR scripts
 

Course Contents

Day 1

Testing Production Scripts

  • Using Internet Explorer to verify script URLs
  • Creating a test agent and a test group
  • Using CallerMessage Blocks to show queue and skill(s)

Testing Prototype Scripts

  • Creating a second Application and setting the Rules
  • Testing scripts for VoIP. Email, and Chat calls
  • Adding a Logging Control Block to a script
  • Using the Log Block

Advanced Use of CosmoDesigner Blocks

  • Conditional Block expression syntax
  • Branching by Media Type
  • Accessing Agent and Queue statistics
  • Playing a number
  • Checking the date and/or time
  • Overriding default routing using the Routing Mode Block
  • Using the WebServices Block
  • MD5 encryption block
  • VMXL transfer block
  • Changing the body of an email
  • Transferring a call to an outside number

Advanced Scripts

  • Using InQueueTimeout to send phone calls to voicemail
  • Using MusicOnHold to offer phone calls voicemail
  • Using CallRejected to offer phone calls an operator
  • Adding a Custom Script
  • Rerouting aged emails
  • Recording outgoing calls
  • Using the NEW Answer Script to record calls answered by a particular agent

Interactive Video and Voice Response Setup and use

  • Setting up Interactive Voice and Video Response (IVVR)
  • Converting video files for IVVR use.

CCU IVR & Call Flows - Tier 1 Support Certification Exam (3 Hours)

  • Written section: 10 multiple choice questions Practical section: 4 part practical exercise
  • This is the second half of Tier 1 Support Certification

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CCU CosmoAnalyst course - Ad-Hoc Reports
  Title CCU CosmoAnalyst  - Ad-Hoc Reports
  Duration 1 day  
  Target Audience Tier 1 Support, Historical Report designers
  Prerequisites Attendees require understanding of the following:
  • CCU Historical Reports
  • Microsoft SQL Reporting Services and Analysis Service
  Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
  • Create Ad-Hoc Reports Using Report Builder
  • Share Customer Reports Created in Report Builder
  • Create Custom Reports in Excel
 

Course Contents

Day 1

CCU CosmoAnalyst Overview

  • Microsoft SQL Analysis Services
  • Tenant Data Warehouse
  • OLAP Cube

Using Report Builder to create reports

  • Report Builder
  • Data Source:
    • RegSupervisorOLAPModel or TenantWideSupervisorOLAPModel
    • CosmoComOLAPCube
  • Report Type
    • Table
    • Matrix
    • Chart
  • Entities (Dimensions)
  • Fields (Measures)
  • Time constraints
  • ACD, License and CDR data not included in Cube

Using Excel to create reports

  • Data Source:
    • RegSupervisorOLAPModel or TenantWideSupervisorOLAPModel
    • CosmoComOLAPCube
  • Pivot tables
  • Entities (Dimensions)
  • Fields (Measures)
  • Time constraints

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CCU CosmoDialer - Outbound Dialing Campaigns course
  Title CCU CosmoDialer - Outbound Dialing Campaigns
  Duration 1 day
  Target Audience Administrative and operations personnel who will be operating CosmoDialer. 
  Prerequisites Attendees require understanding of the following:
  • CCU Operations course and certification
  Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
  • Configure and run all 4 types of CosmoDialer campaigns.
  • Enable live call detection and FAX detection.
  • Perform a PDS CosmoConnector integration.
  • Tune a Predictive Dialer.
  • Troubleshoot a Predictive Dialer.
 

Course Contents

Day 1

CosmoDialer Overview

  • Dialer, Campaign Managers, Campaign Templates and System DSNs
  • WebAdministrator: Campaigns, Queues, ANIs, Media Capabilities and Licenses

Configuring and Running Campaigns

  • Predictive
  • Preview (Open or Closed)
  • Agentless (Massive IVR Dialing)
  • WebAdministrator: Campaigns, Queues, ANIs, Wrap-up codes, Media Capabilities and Licenses
  • Live call detection
  • Real-time reports
  • Historical reports
  • PDS integration with CosmoConnector

Tuning and Troubleshooting Campaigns

  • Database requirements
  • Dialing Plan requirements
  • Error messages and their meanings: SysLogs, MsgLogs, StatLogs
  • Registry Keys
  • Dialing disposition codes
  • Symptoms, their diagnoses and correction

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CCU Maintenance & Support course
  Title CCU Maintenance & Support 
  Duration 4 days 
  Target Audience System Support Engineers / Service Providers.  
  Prerequisites Attendees require understanding of the following:
  • Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server experience or Microsoft certification
  • Firewall SW, Network management software, Network trace software & Remote Network access software
  • CCU Operations course and exam
  • CCU Basic and Advanced IVR & Call Flows and exam
  Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
  • Create and assign resources for Tenants
  • Perform a CosmoCall system upgrade
  • Install and configure CCU Additional components.
  • Perform CosmoCall Troubleshooting using Windows event logs, CCU Syslogs, DebugView and Wireshark.
 

Course Content

Day 1

Creating and assigning resources to call centers

  • UPN Suffix explained
  • Tenant Creation Method 1 - Tenant Provisioner
  • Tenant Creation Method 2 - WebAdministrator - Wizard
    • Tenant URLs
    • Creating Databases
    • Creating Historical Report for a New Tenant
  • How to clean up a deleted tenant
  • Deploying resources for IP Phones for a Tenant

CCU System Technical Overview – How things work

  • Microsoft Network Requirements
  • VoIP Network Requirements
  • CCU Software and Dependencies

Setting up Monitoring and Preventive Maintenance

  • Creating SNMP traps for Network Monitor System Software (IPMonitor8)
  • Creating Microsoft SQL Maintenance Plans
  • Microsoft Exchange maintenance settings
  • Setting up CosmoCall Cyclical Logging

Day 2

Expanding CCU Systems

  • Adding Servers to a CosmoCall System
  • CCU System Sizing Tool
  • VoIP Network configuration
  • New Tenant Network requirements

Performing CCU System Upgrades

  • Planning CCU System Upgrades
  • Installing CCU Hot Fix Bundles
  • Performing CCU Full Version Upgrades
  • Using the Import Export Tool

Day 3

CCU Troubleshooting Tools

  • Historical Database
  • CCU Syslogsd analysis
  • (Agent) DebugView logs
  • Wireshark Traces

CCU Troubleshooting Examples

  • Audio Quality
  • Call Routing
  • Email
  • Web Chat

 Day 4

Submitting Service Requests

  • Gathering Logs and Traces, Identifying Call_ID or Agent_ID
  • Submitting Service Requests

CCU Maintenance and Support – Tier 2 Support Certification Exam – For Tier 2 Support System Engineers (5 Hours)

  • Written section: 20 multiple choice questions
  • Practical section: 5 part practical exercise

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CCU Customization
  Title CCU Customization
  Duration 1 day  
  Target Audience Programming personnel with CosmoCall Operations training and experience and XML, VBScript and JavaScript experience. 
  Prerequisites Attendees require understanding of the following:
  • CCU Operations course and certification
  • CCU Basic IVR & Call Flows course
  • Programming experience in XML, VBScript and/or JavaScript
  Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
  • Integrate the CosmoDesk or CosmoDesk Classic with 3rd party CRM programs (either Thick or Thin applications).
  • Customize the outbound VoIP call Dialing Plan (per system or per tenant).
  • Customize the Inbound Web Caller window.
  • Re-brand the CosmoDesk, CosmoDesk Classic or Administrator application.
 

Course Contents

Day 1

Custom CosmoDesk Classic Agents

  • Requirements
  • Creating Canned Phrases files for Desktop Agent use
  • How to add CosmoTracker to the Desktop Agent
  • Using the CosmoConnector SDK example files and documentation

Custom CosmoDesk Agents

  • Requirements
  • Requirements
  • Creating Canned Phrases files for Web Agent use
  • Creating Speed Dial files for Web Agent use
  • How to add Mini-Wallboard and CosmoTracker to the Web Agent
  • CRM Integration Labs
    • Google example
    • Siebel example
  • MSCRM demonstration

Custom Dialing Plans

  • Requirements

Custom Web Caller Windows

  • Requirements
  • Language and Multi-Tenant Support
  • Custom graphics and layout

Re-branding

  • Requirements

Support for Customization Projects

 

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CCU Custom Historical Reports course
  Title CCU Custom Historical Reports
  Duration 1 day  
  Target Audience Programming personnel with CosmoCall Operations training and experience and SQL, RDL and SQL Stored Procedures programming experience.
  Prerequisites Attendees require understanding of the following:
  • CCU Operations course and certification
  • Programming experience in SQL, RDL and SQL Stored Procedure programming in Visual Studio
  Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
  • Design a custom stored procedure for a Standard CosmoCall Historical Report.
  • Design RDL (Report Descriptive Language) for custom CosmoCall Historical Reports in Visual Studio
 

Course Contents

Day 1

Custom Historical Reports

Requirements

  • Steps Involved

Stored Procedures and Functions

  • Design a stored procedure

Design a custom historical report

  • Lab A: Create a Customer Billing report
  • Lab B: Create a Call Center Performance report
  • Lab C: Create a Agent Payroll report

Resources to get further information

 

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CCU Deployment course
  Title CCU Deployment 
  Duration 2 days 
  Target Audience Partners who need to install new CosmoCall Universe solutions and properly configure related platform software and network components. 
  Prerequisites Attendees require understanding of the following:
  • Installation of Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory networks
  • Microsoft Windows Server Load Balancing
  • Installation of Microsoft SQL Server
  • Installation of Microsoft Exchange Server in a cluster
  • Setting up VLANs
  • VoIP Gateway HW & SW
  Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
  • Plan a CosmoCall Universe system installation.
  • Prepare the Microsoft platform for a CosmoCall system installation.
  • Prepare VoIP gateways for a CosmoCall universe installation.
  • Perform a CosmoCall Universe system installation
  • Perform the CosmoCall Installation Verification Test Procedure
  • Troubleshoot a CosmoCall Universe installation.
 

Course Contents

Day 1

Design and planning

  • Hosted Call Center Prescriptive Architecture (HCPA) Document
  • Platform Readiness Checklist
  • CosmoCall Installation Verification Procedure
  • Sizing for agent / call volume
  • Server specifications: VCS, other CCU servers
  • VoIP gateways and gatekeepers
  • CCU VLANs: Ext VoIP, Int VoIP, IPC, Public and Private Address space

Microsoft platform preparation

  • Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS
  • Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server
  • Load balanced servers
  • IIS servers (Web servers)

Day 2

CCU Installation

  • CreateUserUtil.exe
  • CCU Exchange Server Components
  • CCU Database Tools and Scripts and ACD
  • CCU Connection Servers
  • CCU Interaction Servers
  • CCU Cosmoconsole
  • CCU Additional Services
  • CCU Dialer

Troubleshooting CCU installations

  • CLOG.log

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