TrainingHub LMS - Interacting with Online Courses

  This document is divided into the following sections:

• Reviewing the Course Homepage
• Launching an Online Course
• selecting a Link in an Online Course
• Leaving and Resuming an Online Course
• Completing an Online Course

Reviewing the Course Homepage

The course homepage is a landing page that includes the course description, information about associated workflow steps, instructions on how to interact with the course, and action buttons to launch the course and associated activities. It is important to always pay close attention to all information included on a course homepage.

1. Carefully read the course description and any included directions for completing the course.
   The course description includes information about the content you will encounter in the course, as well as directions for interacting with the course.
2. Look for information about pre- and post-course workflow steps that are required for completing the course.
   The most common type of pre-course workflow is a prerequisite course, meaning a separate training that must be completed before you are able to launch a course. Post-course workflow includes assessments that test your knowledge of the training completed and surveys that allow you to evaluate the effectiveness of the training.

Launching an Online Course

When interacting with an online course in Ability LMS, there are often two separate windows for you to navigate.

1. Start the course by selecting the Launch button at the top right of the course homepage or within the Activities section, near the bottom of the course homepage. This will load the communication screen.
   NOTE: If you previously accessed the course, the Launch button will be replaced with a Resume button.
2. From the communication screen, the course window will automatically open.
3. Begin taking the course in the course window.

There are now two active windows open in your browser related to the course you are taking:

1. your main browser window contains the communication screen,
2. and the course window contains the course you are taking.

Pay close attention to all on-screen directions while navigating through the course. Some courses may be composed of many lessons, each with interactive content. Other courses may be as simple as a PDF or web page that you will have to review. In either case, please make sure to closely read all content and directions within the course.

Selecting a Link in an Online Course

It is important to understand how to open a link from a course and then return to the course once you have finished reviewing the linked content. When you select a link inside a course, that link will open in a new tab next to your communication screen tab in your main browser window.

Once you have reviewed the linked content and are ready to return to the course, select the browser icon in your task bar to see all the browser windows you have open. Locate the course window and select it to return to the course. 

NOTE: When selecting your browser icon in the task bar, the first window will be the main browser window, the second is the course window.

IMPORTANT: Do not close the communication screen tab when returning to the course window.

Leaving and Resuming an Online Course

If you do not have time to complete a course in a single sitting, you can exit the course and it will save your progress.

1. To exit a course, you must first close the course window.
2. Your status will be displayed on the communication screen, which will be in the main browser window, and will be Incomplete.
3. Selecting the Home link at the top of the communication screen will take you back to the course homepage. On the course homepage, your status will display as In Progress.

To resume a course, follow the steps in Launching an Online Course. Once the course window opens, a dialog box will appear asking if you would like to resume where you left off. Select Yes and you will be taken back to the same spot in the course where you previously exited.

NOTE: do not leave a course open in TrainingHub LMS that you are not actively working in. If you need to leave a course idle for more than 15 minutes, it is best to simply exit from the course and then resume at later time.

Completing an Online Course

Once you have completed the course by reaching the final slide, you may exit the course by closing the course window. You can return to the course homepage by select the Home link at the top of the communication screen.

Depending on the post-course workflow, your status will now show as Finished or In Progress on the course homepage. If your status is Finished, you are likely done but should still check for optional post-course workflow steps, like a course evaluation, for example. If your status is In Progress, there are likely required post-course workflow steps that you must complete.

Pay close attention to the Activities section of the course homepage. All activities required to attain a Finished status will be listed in the order in which you need to complete them. Some activities, such as surveys and evaluations, may be optional, but most activities are required.