Setting up a course
To add a course to your Training Post platform select “Manage > Courses” from the top menu. This will show you a list of all the courses in the system.
Click the “ADD COURSE” button at the top of the Manage Courses page, which will then take you through the required steps.
Step 1 Add course name and category
After clicking "ADD COURSE", a modal will open. Here you can add a title and a course category. Click "CREATE COURSE" to create the course.
Tip To include extra course information, such as the course's description and header images, please refer to our other guide that covers this topic.
Step 2 Add a module
Once the course has been created, you will be taken to the course profile page. To add a module to your course click on "ADD MODULE". You will be presented with several format options, such as:
- Elearning (SCORM)
- Embedded Content
- Learner Task
Once you select your desired format, you will be taken to an add module page where you can upload or embed your module content as well as add the relevant information such as a module title, module ID (optional), module description and set up a window size. Each module type has slightly different requirements. Follow the fields marked with red asterisks if you need guidance for the necessary content for that module type.
Depending on the format there can be special field such as:
- SCORM - allow learners to review the module after completion
- Embedded Content - embed code field, format, icon and privacy warnings
- Learner Task - content and marking guide
- PDF - learner confirmation
Step 3 Certificate
The setting to issue a certificate will be turned on automatically upon creating a course. To edit this, click on "EDIT CERTIFICATE". You will be then taken to the certificate edit page where you can:
- turn off the issue certificate option for the selected course
- set up an expiry date for your certificate
- set the amount of days before a certificate expiry reminder is sent to learners
- choose to display the learner's email address on the certificate
- display the learner's score (if available)
- format the date using an international or US format depending on your audience
- upload a custom certificate background
Click "SAVE" to apply the desired changes.
Step 4 Publish and Course Library availability
When a course is created it is not automatically published. This must be manually setup in the Availability panel. To publish your course, click "PUBLISH". This will allow the course to be used in Assignments.
Tip You can only publish a course when there is at least one module available.
If you would like the course to also be made available within the Course Library, click "MANAGE COURSE LIBRARY". You will be taken to the Availability page where you can make it available to the ALL USERS group within that Organisation. If you would like to make it available to select users, you can do this later (see this guide). When you are done Click "SAVE" to confirm your choices.
Your course now contains content, is published and is available within the Course Library for users to launch.
Previewing a course
After successfully uploading a module, the account owner can select the “PREVIEW” button to open the course in a new window and see it as a learner would see it. See note about popup blockers.
It is best practice to attempt to complete the course to check that the status and pass status are correctly recorded and that, if relevant, the score is also present.
If a course has multiple modules including PDF and SCORM files, the owner is able to preview each module by selecting the "PREVIEW" button.
Tip When the course window is closed for SCORM modules, you will see the course preview results page.