The Author solution arrives to replace learningMaker And the change will be incredible You will discover that Author is a tool oriented to the integral management of the training contents of your organisation and that offers you the possibility to create custom content, as well as store the contents that you have created with other tools. Everything your training needs in a single space. But if you're used to working with learningMaker, you'll have doubts. How will I do the most frequent operations now? Here we summarise them. Create projects in learningMaker you could create folders in which to store your units, but now with Author  you can create project, that is, specific spaces where you can group training content of the same theme, which you can assign to a Manager to take care of its management. Within projects you can create folders and units as before. Create folders Just like in learningMaker, you can create folders to organise your units. However, in Author you will create them within the projects. See how: Create units learningMaker was an authoring tool focused exclusively on the creation of custom content. But with Author you have much more. You can continue to create authoring units, but you can also save external units, that is, units created with other tools of the market. Thus, you will have all your training contents stored in a single space. And now with Author, the experience will be more comfortable and intuitive, because the creation process is much more guided and clearer. Manage units Until now, in learningMaker, if you wanted to publish a unit, manage its resources, or modify its properties, you had a series of top tabs. Now in Author, all those features are available in a clearer and simpler side menu. Review process Until now with learningMaker you could preview the units to check for production errors. Now with Author you can start a review process, where the unit can be accepted or rejected by a Reviewer. Thus, the unit cannot be published until it is validated. Click here for more information. Get reports learningMaker offered the possibility to know, folder to folder, the space occupied by the units. Now with Author you will have access to more complete reports: number of units per project, unit costs, units per vendor... Now you will get data that will allow you to manage the training of your organisation and make the right decisions. Manage users Decide which projects, folders, and units Author users can access. Previously with learningMaker you had to access to the admin zone. Now it will be easier, being able to decide directly in each project, folder or unit who will have access and with which permissions. Delete and recover units In learningMaker you could delete units or folders, which were sent to the trash. And from there you could recover them or eliminate them for good. In Author is different, because you can: Archive, which will store the contents in the Archive area (in the top menu). Delete, which permanently deletes the content. There is no trash bin here so, it is recommended that you first archive and, when you are sure that you do not need the content, delete it. Searches and filters In Author you will have many more options than in learningMaker. You'll be able to search by archived units, by title, by unit type, by tags... now you won't miss a thing! You can review this comparison to learn more about these and other features.

Author is the Netex solution for the creation and management of learning content that replaces learningMaker. Changes from Author to learningMaker learningMaker Author Comments Projects creation ✖ ✔ It allows to create projects to which we can assign a manager, who will be in charge of organizing your content. Folder creation ✔ ✔ Within a Author project, you can create folders to organize your units. External units creation ✖ ✔ External units are units created with other authoring tools. Author becomes an integral manager of all the digital content of your organization. Authoring units creation ✔ ✔ You can also create authoring units, using the same editor you already know. Create authoring units from Word documents ✖ ✔ It is possible to create units by importing Word documents, a possibility that now makes about 30% editing effort.It is possible to create units by importing Word documents, a possibility that now makes about 30% editing effort.Es posible crear unidades importando documentos de Word, una posibilidad que ahora supone un 30% de esfuerzo de edición.You can create units by importing Word documents, a possibility that now about 30% effort editing.Puede crear unidades importando documentos de Word, una posibilidad que ahora cuesta alrededor de un 30% la edición.volume_upcontent_copysharestar_border Use images of free repositories ✖ ✔ Author allows you add freed images of Unsplash, a public repository. Create LOM data ✖ ✔ A LOM file can be created with the data of the units to comply with the international standard. Publish authoring units ✔ ✔ You can publish authoring units using the most important standards: Scorm 1.2, Scorm 2004 y xApi. Use PENS protocol ✔ ✔ Authorship unit publications can be automatically submitted to PENS-compatible training platforms. Unit details Can be modified: Name Code Can be modified: Name Code Cover image Tags Cost Provider Hours All these new details facilitate organization, reporting and search. Unit review flow ✖ ✔ Author includes a process to review and validate the units. Reports Provide reports on: Total space consumed  Provide reports on: Total space consumed Space consumed by projects Production data Contents according to provider Costs by project, unit and provider Author offers new reports aimed at improving training management. Search engine ✔ ✔ Author search engine offers much more filters and options. Notifications ✔ ✔ Receive notifications about important events like unit posting. Webhooks ✖ ✔ Create webhooks to generate the events you want (eg, an email is sent every time a new unit is created, or a new row is added in an Excel when a unit is published ...). Contents deletion ✔ ✔ In Author there is no bin trash. The deletion is permanent. Contents archive ✖ ✔ Archive stores the contents before final deletion. Permission assignment ✔ ✔ We have improved permission management to easily identify which users can access and their permissions to projects, folders and units. Providers list ✖ ✔ The list of suppliers helps to identify which units have been created by each of them Authoring tools list ✖ ✔ The list of authoring tools allows to identify with which tools the external units uploaded to Author.

Author main view When entering Author we access the main project view, where we will see the projects to which we have access. In this view we have: Access to the list of projects Access to the list of all units created in Author. Access to the list of all publications made in Author. (See here for more information) List of users who have roles and/or permissions in Author(solo available to administrators) Access to instance reports.  (See here for more information) Search engine. (See here for more information) Archived projects. (See here for more information) Configuration of Author. Notifications. It will allow you to view the relevant notifications, for example, published units. More info. User management. It allows you to modify your personal data, access notices, the user manual and other options. Sort projects by name. View in list mode of the projects. A  complete list of all projects that the user has access to. They can be sorted in ascending or descending alphabetical order. Button to create new projects. (See here for more information) Project view When you enter a project you can: Return to the Author home page. Mark the project as favorite. Additional project management options. From here you can edit, modify, manage your permissions...). Search engine within the project. List of archived contentsof the project. Project information. Access the list of folders and units of the project. Access the list of publications of the project. (See here for more information). Project team members, that is, all users who have permissions to access and work on the project. Project folders.  In addition to indicating the name of the folder, it shows the number of units inside it. Units stored in the project. Sort content using various criteria (alphabetical order, type, code, etc.). Switch the view in list mode or grid mode. Filters. Allows you to locate content using filters (code, name, tags, template, etc.) Create items within the project (folders or units).

A Author is a space in which group content on the same topic and that will be managed by a project manager, responsible for facilitating access permissions for other users (authors, reviewers...) and organize their content. For the creation of a new project should situate ourselves in the 'Projects' section and click the icon "+" which is located in the lower right corner. We can then enter specific data for the project. Add an image. Name of project. Description. Tags. To add a label just to write the text and press the ENTER key. Add an image Once you press on the icon, you can insert a custom image by dragging it from our PC or add a generic image gallery online. Once you select the desired image, driving your zoom or placing the image in the correct position that we want to that he is displayed can be edited. After obtaining the expected result, we must save the changes press the "SAVE"button. A project options Once created the project we can make various additional actions through the Options menu in the upper right corner of the card of the project. Edit. Pallows access the basic data of the project to change its name, image, description, and tags. Archive. The project would go to the archived projects section. To be filed, it is possible to restore it or delete it permanently. (See here to know more). Delete. Remember: Delete contents is permanent. If you delete, will be cleared automatically the project and all of its contents, unless you can recover it. Manage permissions. It allows access to define which users can access the project and with specific permissions. (See here to know more).

Within the projects of Author, you can create folders that allow you to better organize your indoor units. To create a folder, click the button below to add items and click "Create folder". The only information that is requested for the creation is the name of the folder: After you create a folder, in the options menu you can perform different actions: Rename. Delete. REMEMBERS: in Author deletion is permanent. If you delete, will be cleared automatically the folder and all its contents, unless you can recover it. Archive. It allows to store the folder in file area. From there, it will be possible to restore the folder or delete it permanently. (See here to learn more) Move. Position portfolios to move within your project. Manage permissions. Specific access permissions can be assigned to users of Author. (See here to learn more)

Within Author we can archive projects, folders or drives. Archive Contents allows you to hide them from the main view. This is a previous step before permanently deleting them. Archi var To archive an item you must open the options menu and select Archivar. Remember: archiving a project, folder, or drive loses permissions that have been granted to users. If you want to retrieve that content later, you will need to manage the permissions again. Check archived contents To view the archived contents of Author we must press the "Items Archived" button located in the upper right area. Next, we'll look at all the archived items, whether projects, folders, or drives. If we wish we can use the search engine and its filters to be able to locate a specific archived content (See here how to use the search engine). In addition to the general area of archived items, for each project, we can see what its archived items are. Simply click on the "archived items" icon in the project: Restore archived content After locating the content you want to recover, just access its options menu and press Restore.

An external unit allows you to add in Author units created with other tools (Articulate, Captivate) authors. Thus, we will use Author as a repository of all our training content. It is necessary to create an external unit: Into a project. Press the button. Select the  'Create external unit'. We must then add the contents to a file .zip whose size may not exceed 500 Mb. You can add a file by dragging it from the PC or by pressing on the screen. We can also add or modify the details of the unit, indicating, for example, the authoring tool, the provider... Click here to see how to do it.

In Author you can move folders and units to organize your content. In the options menu of folders and units you will find the option"Move". We can choose the new folder to move the unit/folder. Once we're at the new destination, the button Move here will be activated. If you want to change the project of the unit or folder, just press the top arrow and you will see the list of projects.Choose the new destination.

In Author we can create and configure a list of authoring tools commonly used to create training content. With this list, we can indicate on each external unit is your author tool (see how to do it here) and get specific reports and data (see how to do it here). To create our list of providers, we access the Setup button in the upper right corner and click the option "Authoring tools". By default, there is already a list of the most common tools on the market, but if you want to add a new one, just press the button and provide your name.

If you want to create a copy of project, a folder or a unit simply open its options menu and press "Duplicate". This creates an exact copy of the drive or folder. The copying process takes place in the background and skips an on-screen alert after it is finished. In addition, an alert will be received in the notification area. Remember:  If you copy a folder, its contents and links between them will be copied. If you have created, for example, a drive that has its questionnaires linked through the "questionnaire connector", the link will be maintained as long as the questionnaire is inside the copied folder or in one of its subfolders. If the linked quiz isn't in the copied folder, the link will break and you'll need to enter the drive edition to fix it.