SR LMS Topic Webinar Step by Step Inserting a New Course with an Assessment into the LMS January 18, 2011 SOOs, DOHS, and CWSU MICs Southern Region Learning Center Team

NWS Southern Region Review SR LMS Benefits Review SR LMS Benefits Review Training Resource Information: Review Training Resource Information:  Web Based Training Resources  Webinar Topic Sessions Webinar Topic Session: Webinar Topic Session:  Training Resources  Step by Step Inserting a New Course with an Assessment into the LMS Contacts for Help Contacts for Help Overview

NWS Southern Region Create your own training system: Create your own training system:  Create questions or surveys to make sure staff has understood the material  Create assignments (presentations, science exercises)  Create development plans (quarterly, yearly, etc) and assign to staff  Easily track for completions for both the employee and the facilitator Benefits of SR LMS

NWS Southern Region Create your own training system: Create your own training system:  Create questions or surveys to make sure staff has understood the material  Create assignments (presentations, science exercises)  Create development plans (quarterly, yearly, etc) and assign to staff  Easily track for completions for both the employee and the facilitator Benefits of SR LMS

NWS Southern Region Create your own training system: Create your own training system:  Create assignments (presentations, science exercises)  Create questions or surveys to make sure staff has understood the material  Create development plans (quarterly, yearly, etc) and assign to staff  Easily track for completions for both the employee and the facilitator Benefits of SR LMS

NWS Southern Region Create your own training system: Create your own training system:  Create assignments (presentations, science exercises)  Create questions or surveys to make sure staff has understood the material  Create development plans (quarterly, yearly, etc) and assign to staff  Easily track for completions for both the employee and the facilitator Benefits of SR LMS

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NWS Southern Region Training Resources

NWS Southern Region Training Resources

NWS Southern Region Review SR LMS Benefits Review SR LMS Benefits Review Training Resource Information: Review Training Resource Information:  Web Based Training Resources  Webinar Topic Sessions Webinar Topic Session: Webinar Topic Session:  Training Resources  Step by Step Inserting a New Course with an Assessment into the LMS Contacts for Help Contacts for Help Overview

NWS Southern Region Creating a New Course Training Resources Creating Assessment (Test) Creating a Course

NWS Southern Region What training is being developed for this new Course? What training is being developed for this new Course? Will the course have various Chapters, with multiple training sections? Will the course have various Chapters, with multiple training sections? How will the completion of the Course be assessed? How will the completion of the Course be assessed? Checklist for Creating a New Course

NWS Southern Region What training is being developed for the new Course? What training is being developed for the new Course?  Training developed within a recorded Media Wave File, Camtasia, or Articulate presentation Checklist for Creating a New Course

NWS Southern Region Will the course have chapters, with various training sections? Will the course have chapters, with various training sections?  Need to have various training created (ppt, pdf or doc, recorded media files).  Need to create multiple Assessments or use one for the entire course. Checklist for Creating a New Course

NWS Southern Region How will the completion of the Course be assessed? How will the completion of the Course be assessed?  Will there be an Assessment created within the LMS?  Need to create the questions/answers section first.  Will there be a Survey attached?  Need to create the Survey section first.  Will you have the users to just review the presentation and click “Next” for completion? Checklist for Creating a New Course

NWS Southern Region What training is being developed for this new Course? What training is being developed for this new Course?  Create a New Course using the recorded Webinar Topic presentation on how to develop Assessments (11/09/10) and how to assign create an Instance of test to a page (12/07/10). Will the course have various Chapters, with multiple training sections? Will the course have various Chapters, with multiple training sections?  There will be two sections of training. How will the completion of the Course be assessed? How will the completion of the Course be assessed?  Have combines the created questions/answers into a test called SR LMS Test on Assessments and will attach to the course. Demo: Inserting a New Course with Assessment into the LMS

NWS Southern Region What steps are we going to take? What steps are we going to take? 1. Need to first create Questions and Answers (Assessments/Survey Menu) 2. Need to create an Assessment from questions/answers created. (Assessments/Survey Menu) 3. Need to Create a New Course with various chapters. (Courses Menu) 4. Need to create an Instance, which will attach a test to our new course created (Assessments/Survey Menu) Demo: Steps from viewpoint of the LMS Control Panel

NWS Southern Region Demo….

NWS Southern Region Display Feedback Form Display Feedback Form  Inherited- either from parent (NWS Learn Center) setting; default then is NO  No – to not display feedback form after completion of a course  Yes – to display for the feedback form after completion of every course Always Show Next Button Always Show Next Button  Inherited- either from parent (NWS Learn Center) setting; default then is NO  No – only shows Next button if there is a course logically next in class  Yes – allows show the Next Button in order to continue with course or exit course Center Navigation Buttons Only Center Navigation Buttons Only  Inherited – either from parent (NWS Learn Center) setting; default then is NO  No- not to group navigation buttons;  Yes – to group navigation buttons by course level and class buttons Additional Course Information Settings Source: Content Administrator’s Manual pages Display to Public Display to Public  Allows course to be viewed in other Learn Centers (default leave unchecked!)

NWS Southern Region Additional Course Information Settings Show Information Bar Show Information Bar  Inherited – YES  Inherited – either from parent (NWS Learn Center) setting; default then is YES  No- not to display course information bar  Yes - to display course info bar, a text field displays. This field accepts HTML code Scoring Behavior Scoring Behavior  Inherited - either from parent (NWS Learn Center) setting; default is Always Update  Always Update – any score that is recorded s reflected toward course tracking record  Retain Highest – any scores that are equal or lower are not reflected in course tracking record  Retain First – is course is present already then it will not be overwritten by any subsequent scores Source: Content Administrator’s Manual pages

NWS Southern Region Additional Course Information Settings Keep Session Alive Keep Session Alive  Inherited – YES  Inherited – either from parent (NWS Learn Center) setting; default then is YES  No- to not keep the session alive while user experiencing a course  Yes – to keep session alive while user experiencing course Show Header Show Header  Inherited - either from parent (NWS Learn Center) setting; default is YES  No- to disable header and footer  Yes – to enable header and footer Display Completion Certificate Display Completion Certificate  Inherited – either from parent (NWS Learn Center) setting; default is YES  No – will not display the completion certificate  Yes – will display the completion certificate Source: Content Administrator’s Manual pages

NWS Southern Region Contacts for Help Southern Region Contacts from the Sub Learn Team Southern Region Contacts from the Sub Learn Team  Regional POC:  (WFO KEY)  (WFO MEG) LMS Admin Team LMS Admin Team  NWSChat NWSChat  Join Chat Room: lmschat lmschat

NWS Southern Region Webinar Topic Sessions January 4th (Tuesday) at 1:00 pm CST January 4th (Tuesday) at 1:00 pm CST  Step by Step Inserting New Course with an Assessment – SR Sub Learn Team and Melissa Kreller January 25th (Tuesday) at 1:00 pm CST January 25th (Tuesday) at 1:00 pm CST  Open Discussion and Questions – SR Sub Learn Team

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