First: wander around Chromedia:

• As you would leaf through a book and read its table of contents, we advise to tour Chromedia and get a first impression
• Then dive in for an hour. This will facilitate efficient use later on

As a problem solving tool:

• Start at the troubleshooting topic
• Navigate for more detail to the specific item in a Topic Circle
• Use the search option
• Ask a Chromedia expert, author or Topic Owner by mail.

For quick lookup:

• Navigate to the specific Topic Circle
• Use the search option

As a teaching and training tool:

• 'Accomodating'. Users roam freely. This is advised for users with a certain basic knowledge, e.g. PhD students.
• 'Converging'. Employees have a competence list with the demanded chapters.
• 'Assimilating'. Students have a topic list, covering a specific class. Tutors provide a Word file with selected links containing the necessary chapters, topics and tutorials.
• 'Inspiring, diverging'. Teachers and trainers show tutorials, animations and provide the links during courses and class. Students will lookup later with individual access.
• 'Converging'. As a reliable source for examens, reports and theses.

Learning with Chromedia: 

1. 'Feel' Chromedia
2. 'Watch' a tutorial
3. 'Think' understanding examples, memorize practical details 
4. 'Experiment'. Hands-on: animations and live application in an experiment during a course or in the working environment.