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1. 5. 3. 2. 4. 0. A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SETTING UP. 6. 8. 7. YOUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 9. PRESENTED BY RICHARD NANTEL 14 MAY 2012. Course Developer. Training Consultant. Learning Analyst. CEO Learning Research Firm.
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1 5 3 2 4 0 A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SETTING UP 6 8 7 YOUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 9 • PRESENTED BY • RICHARD NANTEL • 14 MAY 2012
Course Developer Training Consultant Learning Analyst CEO Learning Research Firm 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Joy of cycling rediscovered Guitar Lessons HOW TO REACH ME 403-277-4856 Richard.Nantel@AbsorbLMS.com http://ca.linkedin.com/in/richardnantel twitter.com/rnantel RICHARD NANTELVP, Enterprise Learning Solutions, Absorb LMS | blatant media
AGENDA • How work has changed • The impact of the “extended enterprise” on learning & development • 10 steps to setting up and delivering an external learning program • What to do when the learning initiative ends? • How extending learning to people outside your organization can be great for business
WHY USE A STRUCTURED APPROACH? PHOTO: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tfa/ PHOTO: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ideacreamanuelapps/
Self explanatory • Easier to use • More efficient management • Scalable • Easier succession planning • Better service to learners • Higher satisfaction with technology BENEFITS OF A STRUCTURED APPROACH
LET’S GET STARTED! STEPS 10 10 STEPS 10987654321
1. CONSIDER THE LEARNERS • Are learners internal employees? • Are learners people outside of your organization • Partners • Suppliers • Customers • Are you serving both internal and external learners? • How should learners be organized? • By department or function? • By geographical region?
LEARNERS CONSIDER THE • Internal learners: • HR • Sales • Customer Service • Manufacturing • North America • Asia • External learners: • Suppliers • Resellers • Distributors • Africa • Americas • Asia • Europe • Oceania
2. CONTENT INVENTORY AUDIT • Existing content: • Self-paced courses • Videos • Exams • Documents • Instructor-led events • Etc. • New content: • What do you plan to make available? PHOTO: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gastev/
2. CONTENT INVENTORY AUDIT
3. WHO NEEDS WHAT CONTENT? ? • Which learner groups need which content? • Does everyone in a learner group need • the content or only specific people? • People with specific roles • People in certain regions • etc. • Does the content need to be assigned or placed in a catalog for learners to enroll themselves?
3. WHO NEEDS WHAT CONTENT?
4. DEFINE ADMIN ROLES CREATE ACCOUNTS • What admin roles are required in your LMS? • System administrators • Course managers • Instructors • Course graders • Custom roles
ACCESS RIGHTS • Who gets access to what within the LMS? • System wide or restricted to a department? • View-only or able to make changes?
5. CREATE LEARNER GROUPS • Revisit your groups from content inventory audit • Create these groups within your LMS
6. IMPORT, CONFIGURE, AND TEST CONTENT • Courses or resources? • Certifications • Communications • Enrollment e-mail • Reminders • Completion e-mail • Discussion forums • Educational units • E-commerce • ILT sessions • Expirations • Etc.
7. CREATE LEARNING PATHS, CURRICULA • Prerequisites • Course bundles • Curricula
8. CREATE ENROLLMENT RULES • Create rules to reflect work done in “STEP 3: Who Needs What Content?” • Automatic enrollment (assigned courses) • Self-enrollment (catalog)
9. ADD LEARNERS • IMPORTANT: Adding learners will mean your LMS is now live! • Four ways to import learners: • Integration with HR system • Learners self register • Import learners from spreadsheets • Create individual learner accounts
10. CREATE REPORTS • Create reports • Save reports for easy retrieval • Schedule reports • E-mail reports to managers
THANK YOU! LMS • Telephone: 403-277-4856 • Email: richard.nantel@absorblms.com • Blog: http://absorblms.wordpress.com • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AbsorbLMS • Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/AbsorbLMS • LinkedIn (2 groups): Absorb LMS and SmartLab Learners Grouphttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=3276360 E-Learning & Sales Traininghttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=3299263
PHOTOS • The photos in this presentation were found on Flickr by searching for Creative Commons-licensed content.