Technology changes faster than training programs can adapt. When a new tool rolls out or a process changes, teams face the same gap: too many people who need to know something new, too few trainers to reach them in time.
iorad closes that gap by letting any team member create an interactive, step-by-step tutorial in minutes without video editing, screenshot formatting, or scheduling a live session. The tutorial is immediately shareable and searchable. Teams using iorad report keeping training current without increasing training team headcount.
Challenge: Ryan Clark is a Health teacher and innovation coach. At White Bear Area Schools the innovation coaches are responsible to support a team of about 600 teachers with the increasing demands from new technology. While teaching students remains his primary focus, finding time to support the tech needs of his colleagues can be a challenge.
Process: Before iorad, the process was to use Awesome Screenshot to snag step by step screenshots or do a video screencast for more lengthy processes. These tools worked but took an extraordinary amount of time to produce. For Ryan and the innovation team, it took quite a bit of time away from their primary teaching roles or their family time at home. After iorad, Ryan has found that technical processes are now much easier to convey.
He noted that the teachers are ecstatic about iorad because they find it’s very logical to use. He said anyone can click on it and follow the links. The teachers love that they can reference back to it. Ryan will paste a short link in an email and off his instruction goes. For District-wide communication, he likes to download the cropped images PDF to distribute. Ryan has also created a library of iorad’s using a table in a Google Doc so that his colleagues can reference any tutorial he’s created in the past when they need it.
Results: Ryan shared: “Iorad doesn’t only have a better output but it’s more efficient to get there. I can make an iorad in 10 minutes, which I love & is important to me. I’m balancing 2 roles so for me that efficiency is key. For everyone, it’s key. The magic of teaching is connecting with students face to face. I never want to feel like I’m saying no to that, to say yes to administrative tasks. It frees me up to have face to face with kids which is really the transformative part of education. The dynamic between teacher & student.” Thanks to iorad, teaching students can remain Ryan’s priority as he continues to support his secondary role, innovation coach.
How Teams Use iorad to Stay Current
Most technology training programs break down in the same place: the gap between when a tool changes and when training catches up. With live training, that gap is measured in weeks. With iorad, it's measured in hours. When software updates, a team member opens iorad, re-records the changed steps, and publishes an updated tutorial before anyone files a help ticket asking what changed.
For teams dealing with frequent software rollouts or a growing library of tools, iorad's modular editing means you update only the steps that changed. Everything else in the tutorial stays intact. That alone removes one of the biggest reasons training libraries go stale: it's too time-consuming to maintain them.