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Guide to Administering the Training Portal ............................................................1 1

Location of Pages ...................................................................................2

Getting to the Training Page .............................................................2. 2

The Training Page ...........................................................................2. 2

Getting to the Administration Page .....................................................3. 3

Course Materials Management Page ....................................................3. 3

Administering a Course .............................................................................4. 4

Categorization ................................................................................4. 4

Reorganizing Items ..........................................................................5. 5

Deleting Items ................................................................................6. 6

Adding a PDF File ............................................................................6. 6

Adding a Video ...............................................................................7. 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location of Pages

Getting to the Training Page

1. Login to http://www.mycsm.com
2. Click Home from the banner links
3. Click Training from the links in the resulting page.

 

Training Page

 

 

Getting to the Administration Page

1. Login to http://www.mycsm.com
2. Scroll down to the footer.
3. Click Data Administration

 

4. Click Manage Course Materials

 

 

Course Materials Management Page

   

Administering a Course

Categorization

 There are currently 5 categories in the training page. They are namely; General Training, Home Depot Training, Vendor Training, Training Curriculum and Product Training by Class.

 These categories are represented in the Training Page as the first level folders in the navigation tree.

 If a course has not been categorized into any of these 5 categories, the course will be made visible under a folder Uncategorized Courses. This folder is visible only if there are courses that have not been categorized.

 To categorize a course:

1. Go to the Course Materials Management Page
2. Click on the Admin button of the course you want to categorize
3. Click the More Info link to show more information about the course

 

4. From the categories drop down, choose a category and click Update

 

To administer categories:

1. Go to the Course Materials Management Page
2. Click Administer Categories
3. Click Course Categories, it is the category tree that is mapped to the courses.

     

 

To add a new category:

1. Click Add root category
2. In the form that appears, enter a name.
3. Enter a description, it is optional
4. Click  OK

 To delete a category, click the trash icon for the category you wish to delete.

 To edit a category, click the edit icon for the category you wish to edit.

Reorganizing Items

A course can have a number of items in it, namely;

o     SCORM package (webcontent)

o     Video streams from the Monthly Guidance Portal (file_storage_object)

o     PDF files (file_storage_object or webcontent, depending on how it is added)

 The order of  items can be changed by clicking the Up and Down links for the corresponding items in a course.

Deleting Items

 Items can be deleted by clicking on the delete link for an item

Adding a PDF File

 PDF files can be added to existing courses. They can be chosen from an existing file storage instance or uploaded directly.

 To add a pdf file:

1. Go to the Course Management page
2. Click on the Admin button for the course you want to add a pdf file to
3. Make sure File is selected on the drop down.
4. Click Add

 

 

5. Choose whether you want to Add a New File or Choose an existing file from the drop down.

 

 

6. If you, choose to Add a New File, click Browse
7. Choose a PDF file from you computer
8. Enter a Title
9. Click OK to upload the PDF File
10. If you choose to select a file,  choose a file from the drop down
11. Click OK to add the existing pdf file

Adding a Video

Videos are taken from the file storage instance which stores the same videos that are available in the Monthly Guidance Portal.

To add a video to a course:

4. Go to the Course Management page
5. Click on the Admin button for the course you want to add a video to
6. Make sure Video is selected in the drop down.

 

 

4. Click Add
5. Select the video you want to add from the drop down.

 

 

 

6. Click OK

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