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The table method uses a table layout to display courses and
allows you to add and edit course Lesson Plans. Building a course with the
table method creates the same data as the visual method (see “Build Courses –
Visual Method”), only the screens and techniques are different. The end result
is the same – a complete course ready to schedule.
The first step in defining a FlexTraining course is to build
a lesson plan. A lesson plan is a high-level course definition, with all the
parameters that distinguish one course from another. You will use the lesson
plan as the basis for all the course content items that follow.
When you use the table method, you tell FlexTraining how
many sections, tests, course guide chapters and assignments you will have in
your course. Then you use the on-screen table to assemble the actual “pieces”
that make up the course.
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This final rule on National ITS Architecture conformance and the FTA policy on the same subject have been developed cooperatively and coordinated among the agencies to ensure compatible processes. Any differences between this rule and the parallel FTA policy are intended to address differences in highway and transit project development and the way the FHWA and the FTA administer projects and funds.
Fifteen commenters questioned the need for an integration strategy, and the relationship between the strategy and the regional ITS architecture.
Given the fact that proposed revisions to the FHWA's transportation planning rules are being developed according to a different schedule, this rule has been revised to remove any references to an integration strategy. Comments regarding the integration strategy will be addressed in the final transportation planning rule, and the discussion of the regional ITS architecture in § 940.9 has been revised to clarify its content.
Section 940.7 Applicability
A few commenters noted that the proposed rule had not addressed the TEA-21 language that allows for the Secretary to authorize certain exceptions to the conformity provision. These exceptions relate to those projects designed to achieve specific research objectives or, if three stated criteria are met, to those intended to upgrade or expand an ITS system in existence on the date of enactment of the TEA-21. The legislation also included a general exemption for funds used strictly for operations and maintenance of an ITS system in existence on the date of enactment of the TEA-21.
The FHWA acknowledges this omission and has included the appropriate language in this section of the rule.
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