New Course / Pathway / Training menu
The Admin Portal interface has updated the menu to set up the Details of a new Course, Pathway or Training with features that were not previously available. In this article you will go through this first step in creating new Content and Trainings.
Separation between Contents and Trainings
Before starting it is important to remember that the new Admin Portal interface reorganizes the old sections, mainly separating the Contents (Courses and Pathways) from the Trainings. This simplifies the navigation of the different user roles, with Authors having access to the Content and Group Administrators to the Trainings. And consequently it changes the way to create Trainings.
If previously you could enter the Content Editor and from there directly create a new training for that content, now it is only possible to create a new training from the main page of the section, using the New training button at the top right. It will be within the Details menu where you will select the content to which it will be assigned. This is why within the Trainings section you also have the two sections Courses and Pathways, to manage the Trainings of one or the other.
So, now how can I see all the Trainings associated with a specific Content? From the same Trainings list, using one of the available Search filters, specifically Course or Pathway.
Clicking on View courses / View Pathways displays a list with all the available contents. Select the one you want and click on the buttons Save and Apply filters.
Course Details
This is the menu and options that you will see when creating a new Course:
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Course name, remember that it is this title, and not the one of the Training, which will be shown to the student in the course at the Learner Portal
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Default language, mandatory field, it is important to select the correct one if you are going to work with Multi-language
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Catalogue, to share the content through the same Organization
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Estimated time, you can add an estimate in minutes of how long it will take to complete the course
- Course subject Description, to be displayed to the student in the course information window
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Labels, to choose from existing labels or create new ones
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Cover, image that will be shown in the Learner Portal
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Highlighted video, you can add a video to be shown in the Featured carousel instead of the cover image
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Points, the ones awarded to the student upon completion of the course, which determine his position in the Ranking
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Extended fields, you can add other custom fields, through the option available at the Setting
Remember to click on the Save button at the end to create the course, pathway or training.
Pathway Details
In the menu to create a new Pathway the options are smaller, but have the same functionality as in the courses.
- Pathway name
- Default language
- Catalogue
- Awards
- Description
- Image
Training Details
To create a new Training, the options are the same for both courses and pathways (except for the Permanent access to content, which is exclusive to courses.
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Training name, for internal use, will not be displayed in the Learner Portal
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Course / Pathway, displays a new menu where you select the content associated to the training
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Trainers, you can use this option to assign users with the Trainer role
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Dates, the start date is mandatory, although it can be for later (planned). If no end date is selected, the training will remain open until it is manually closed
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Carousels, apart from the carousels that work by default (Featured, Recommended...) you can create customized carousels, and you will use this option to assign them content
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Highlighted, to display this content in the main carousel at the top of the Learner Portal
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Public training, to show the training as suggested to all students on the platform, in the Recommended carousel
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Validations, if deactivated, the student will have to retake the training even if he has already completed it previously
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Reviews, to allow the student to rate the content from 1 to 5 and leave a comment after completing the training
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Comments, to allow the student to rate also the activities (he will be able to see the comments of other users)
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Ranking, to create a course-specific ranking
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Permanent access to content, if deactivated, once the student completes the course he will not be able to access it again to consult the content