In 1999, Learning Designs Online partnered with Fidelity Investments and Excite@Home to create an easy-to-understand interactive online course on the basics of mutual funds for consumers. This 4- to 6-hour Internet course was launched on the Excite@Home web site and later on MoneySense.ca, a financial information site.

This Mutual Fund Essentials is written in plain language and includes self-tests and interactive Flash-based demos that simplify complex mutual fund concepts. The course was sponsored by Fidelity and designed as a non-partisan primer on mutual funds—fund types, performance, risk, funds managment, taxes, strategies, etc.