Course Console

The title of the training.

Titles must meet certain requirements as defined in the BuckeyeLearn Distributed Administration Standards:

• Titles must be short and descriptive
• Avoid
  • Department names
  • Acronyms
  • Delivery method (for example, “online”)
  • The word “training”
  • Audience description (for example, “for student employees”)
• Any deviation from title standards may be used only for duplicate trainings approved by the Operations Committee, Steering Committee, and the content owner

This field is editable.

Click the pin icon 

 to save a link to the this course console page on the Pinned Links widget on the Learning Admin Console and the Pinned Links section of the Admin Tools pages.

Allows you to perform several tasks, depending on your permissions and the type of learning objects.
Click the down arrow 

 to open the options menu.

You may not have permission to perform certain tasks, and they may not appear in your option menu.

• For all learning objects
  • Edit: Click the edit option to open the learning object’s detailed edit page. On this page, you can edit
    • General information, including training equivalencies
    • Prerequisites
    • Subjects
    • Skills
    • Competencies
    • Acknowledgement
    • Availability
    • Emails
    • Transactions​
    • Evaluations
  • Assign: Assign the training using the learning assignment tool, if you have the permission to do so
  • View as User: View the training details page
• For online course learning objects
  • Create version: Reversion an online course
• For material and video learning objects
  • Preview: Preview the learning object
• For curricula learning objects
  • Structure History: View basic information about changes to the curricula's structure

The provider/vendor of the training. This field is editable only for online courses and videos. Only providers you have access to are available to select.

The length of the training in hours and minutes.

All learning objects are required to have training hours, according to the BuckeyeLearn Distributed Administration Standards.

This field is editable.

Not used at Ohio State.

The subjects related to the training. 

All learning objects are required to have at least one subject, according to the BuckeyeLearn Distributed Administration Standards. Learning objects may have more than one subject. Subjects can be edited from the Edit option in the Options menu (#3 on this image)

Review the Subject Definitions for more information about subjects.

The language of the training.

Words related to the training.

Keywords are not visible to end users, but are used by the system for searching. Include common spelling errors, acronyms, and alternative names for systems, departments, and topics.

Type keywords, separated by a comma.

This field is editable.

The training’s description that will be seen by learners.

Click the Edit link to edit the description in a WYSIWYG editor.

Descriptions must meet certain requirements as defined in the BuckeyeLearn Distributed Administration Standards:

• The details of the topic covered
• Learning objectives
• The length of the course (for example, “in this 10-minute online course...”)
• The intended audience, if applicable
• Housekeeping items, such as a computer is required or lunch is not provided
• Rules and policies, such as attendance is required for the entire session to receive credit
• Procedures for withdrawal, if they are specific to that course (for example, if a fee will be assessed for no-shows)
• A statement that alerts the learner that the training is mobile-friendly is it meets the criteria for mobile content

It is also a best practice to include information for learners about who to contact with accessibility issues.

This field is editable.

Modalities allow learners to filter searches by type of training. Options include:

• Attend (includes events)
• Collections (includes curricula)
• Listen (includes materials)
• Practice (includes tests)
• Read (includes materials)
• Watch (includes online courses and videos)

This field is editable.

Not used at Ohio State.

Not used at Ohio State.

The number of credits earned by completing this course.

Not used by most areas at Ohio State.

This field is editable.

Not used at Ohio State.

Not used at Ohio State.

The type of learning object.

The version of the learning object.

Click the toggle to change between active and inactive states.

Active training is available to learners and may be assigned and registered for. Inactive training is not available to learners.

The date the training will be deactivated, if one is selected.

The deactivation date can be edited from the Edit option in the Options menu (#3 on this image).

Not used at Ohio State.

Basic summary information about the learning object.

Information about the version of the learning object. Only visible if the learning object has been reversioned.

If the learning object can be downloaded by users. 

Only visible for online courses. Not used by most areas at Ohio State.

This field is editable.

Information about the learning object, including the file name and the type of file.

Only visible for online courses, materials, and videos.

For online courses only, an options menu is available by clicking the down arrow 

.

You may not have permission to perform certain tasks, and they may not appear in your option menu.

• Modify Content: make small changes to an online course that do not involve changing the structure of the SCORM file
• Resume: resume paused modifications; only visible when a modification is paused
• View Modification History: view details about all past modifications

The settings selected for the learning object.

Emails cannot be edited. Emails can be edited from the Edit option in the Options menu (#3 on the header image)

Registration and evaluations settings can be edited by clicking the down arrow. Not all administrators have the permissions to change these settings.