Your 1st Event | 03 Load Your Content | SANDBOX EXERCISE Procedures

SANDBOX EXERCISE PROCEDURES

Your Journey:

This is Step 3 of 5 setup tasks that will get you to Your 1st Event:

• 01 Configure Your Background Settings
• 02 Add Your People
• 03 Load Your Content
• 04 Configure Your Communications
• 05 Run Your Event

Your Tasks:

*The below follow on from previously completed learning objectives

8. Configure category: Cooking
9. Configure subcategory: Mexican Food
10. Create achievement: Making Great Salsa
11. Load course template: Making Great Salsa

Your Procedure:

Working in your sandbox environment, use the following procedures to configure background setting elements.

NOTES:

• Procedures follow the demonstration video exactly; if you get stuck, refer back to the video for visual support.

9. Task 9: add your category for the training content: Cooking
   1. Click the Control Panel cog in the upper right
   2. Click Course Categories under the Events header
   3. Scroll the the bottom of the page and click Add Category
   4. Type Cooking into the Name field and click the Create button
      
      
10. Task 10: configure your subcategory: Mexican Food
    1. Click the Add Subcategory button under the Cooking header
    2. Type Mexican Food into the Name field and click the Create button
    3. Click the new Cooking category block and drag it to the top of the screen
    4. Click the Save button in the upper right
       
       
11. Task 11: configure your achievement: Making Great Salsa
    1. Click the Control Panel cog
    2. Click the Achievements icon under the Events header
    3. Click Create Achievement type
    4. Type Making Great Salsa into the Name field
    5. Click the OK button to save
       
       
12. Task 12: load your course template: Making Great Salsa
    1. First we’ll add basic information for the course:
       1. Click the Events dropdown in the top left and select Course Templates from the dropdown that results
       2. Click the Create New Template button on the right
       3. Type Making Great Salsa into the Title field
       4. Type cook_01_salsa into the course code
       5. Scroll through the Category options and select Mexican food from the list
       6. Click the blue Save button in the upper right
    2. Next, we’ll add our approved instructor
       1. Click the Personnel tab
       2. Click the Add Approved Instructor button in the bottom right
       3. Check the selection box on the right side of the Instructors modal to select Tricia Yardling, then click the green confirm button
    3. Now we’ll define the most common schedule for this blended course:
       1. Click the Schedule tab at the top center

NOTE:  This is a blended course and so it has an LMS component and a classroom component
–LMS access is for one week before and after the classroom training
–The classroom includes two sessions from 9am to noon on Monday and Tuesday

2. Click Blended under the Learning Mode header
3. Type 7 into the Starts and Ends fields under the Self Paced (LMS) header
4. Click into the When field on the Ends Line and change it to After Classroom End  
5. Click into the Default Session Start Time under the Classroom header and click to select 9:00 AM
6. Click into the Default Session End Time and select 12:00 PM
7. Uncheck all days except MON and TUE under the Including header
8. Select Monday under the Start Day header
9. Type 2 in the Number of Sessions field
10. Click the Generate Sessions button in the bottom right

4. Now we’ll add our pricing for events, which is 500 Canadian Dollars
   1. Click the Finance tab
   2. Click Add to the right of the Public Pricing header
   3. Click into the Region field and select Ontario
   4. Click into the Price Level field and select Normal
   5. Click into the Currency field and select CAD
   6. Click into the Amount field and type 500
   7. Click the blue OK button
5. Finally, we’ll add our Achievement to the template - students successfully complete this course if they attend both sessions
   1. Click the Achievements tab
   2. Click the Edit button
   3. Under the Blended Events header, Click Enabled and type 0 into the Allowed Session Absences field
   4. Click the Add Achievement button
   5. Click into the Achievement Type field and select Making Great Salsa
   6. Click the blue Add Achievement button
   7. Click the Submit button in the upper right to save.
   8. Click the blue Publish Course button in the upper right.

Our course template is now created. You’ve successfully completed this training demonstration and can now:

Return the Your 1st Event Learning Path main menu to learn how to Configure Your Communications in the system.