Best Practices - Onboarding New Hires Remotely
Getting a new hire up and running takes everyone's help and a lot of your team's time. We recommend making this as repeatable and scalable as possible to cut down on the repeat of the work via the eLearning module.
- Did you know you could import new hires right from Trakstar Hire? Check out more here!
- Need a handy checklist for new hire best practices in general? Find this here!
- New to hiring remotely? Watch this webinar for all the best practices.
Setting up onboarding courses online.
For all items in your onboarding that are repeated each time you are onboarding someone, we recommend making this into an e-learning course that you can use over and over for each time you hire employees.
To get started building out these courses, you'll first build a module in Trakstar Learn.
Modules are the focal point of Learn and likely where you will spend most of your time. Modules are where you will upload and build out your training content. Fortunately, creating a module is easy! This Help Article will lead you through the basics and offer a few tips.
To begin, on the left navigation pane, select “Module” and click “Create Module” in the top right.
You will be presented with two options. For these purposes, you'll pick "On Demand."
On-Demand: Trainees can take this module at any time. On-Demand Modules are where you will be able to upload content and training.
Once you have created your new module, you will be sent to the Manage tab. From here, you can start building your module.
Manage Tab
The Manage tab is where you will start setting up your module:
- Module Information: Add the title of your module and a description.
- Module Settings: Set the minimum passing score, which will take the average across all quizzes to determine their Module score. For more information about setting passing requirements, please refer to this help article.
- Handouts: Handouts are files that your Trainees will be able to download and keep. This is not necessarily for module content. Handouts are typically used for supplemental information. Items like handbooks, product manuals, etc., are typical candidates for Handouts.
How do I add Content to my newly created On-Demand Module?
Follow the below instruction to learn how to add your training materials to your newly created Module. We have also included a few additional links on the various settings and tools you can utilize to optimize your training.
Files can be added and arranged within your Module from the 'Add and Arrange Content' window.
After clicking the "Add and Arrange Content" button, you will be taken to the Arrange screen.
Here, click the "+ Insert" button to add your content.
You can import files from your computer, Box or DropBox, or insert a YouTube clip. If you select to import files from your computer (.ppt, .docx, .pdf, central video files, or SCORM 1.2 for those on Premium or Enterprise plans), you will select the file from your computer and click upload. Learn will go through a two-step process of importing and converting the file. In addition to uploading existing content, you can also create a Quiz or add a Survey.
All content files, Quizzes, and Surveys are represented at the left side of this screen with their filename visible. On the right, you will see the slides themselves.
Note: The arranger's view can be switched by clicking on "See Slide Detail" or "See All Slides."
You also can rearrange the content within your Module to fit your training needs. Select the slide or slides you wish to move and drag and drop them to your desired location within the training. The position of the survey, intro side, and recap slide cannot be changed. If you want to mix other file types within a quiz, you will drag and drop the other slides into the quiz slides. Selecting a slide in the quiz will move the entire quiz.
The Files section is also where you can record audio on your slides. Audio can be added to the Intro and Recap slides, PowerPoint, PDF, and Word documents. It cannot be added to Quizzes or Surveys. Learn how to add audio to your content here.
Slides can be hidden from the trainee's view by clicking the eye icon above the slide. For PDFs and Word documents, you can choose between pages being displayed individually or as one long scrolling document.
When you are finished building out and editing your content, click the “Done” button to save your work!
Once you're done with your Module, you can add it to a Course and invite your trainees to complete their training.