Best Practices for Onboarding New Hires Remotely

Onboarding new hires requires time and coordination across your organization. Creating a repeatable onboarding process helps ensure every new employee receives a consistent training experience while reducing the amount of manual work for your team.

One of the best ways to accomplish this is by creating reusable eLearning courses in Trakstar Learn.

You may also find these resources helpful:

Import new hires directly from Trakstar Hire.
Review the New Hire Best Practices Checklist.
Watch the Remote Hiring Best Practices webinar.

Create an On-Demand Module

To create reusable onboarding training, begin by creating an On-Demand Module.

Modules are the building blocks of training in Trakstar Learn. They contain your learning content and can be reused in one or more courses.

To create a module:

From the left navigation menu, select Modules.
Select Create Module.

Choose On-Demand.

On-Demand Modules allow trainees to complete training at any time and support uploaded content, quizzes, surveys, and other learning materials.

After creating the module, you'll be taken to the Manage tab.

Configure the Module

The Manage tab is where you'll configure the module's basic information.

Module Information

Enter:

Module title
Module description

Module Settings

Configure the module's minimum passing score.

The module score is calculated using the average of all quiz scores within the module.

For more information about passing requirements, refer to the related Help Center article.

Handouts

Upload supplemental resources that trainees can download and keep, such as:

Employee handbooks
Product manuals
Reference documents
Other supporting materials

Add Training Content

To begin building your module:

Select Add and Arrange Content.

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.

On the Arrange screen, select + Insert.

You can add content from:

Your computer
Box
Dropbox
YouTube

Supported uploads include:

PowerPoint (.ppt)
Word (.docx)
PDF
Video files
SCORM 1.2 packages

You can also create:

Quizzes
Surveys

After uploading a file, Learn imports and converts the content automatically.

Additional Content Options

While arranging your content, you can also:

Record Audio

Audio can be added to:

Intro slides
Recap slides
PowerPoint slides
PDF pages
Word documents

Audio cannot be added to quizzes or surveys.

Hide Slides

Select the Eye icon to hide individual slides from trainees.

PDF & Word Display

Choose whether PDF and Word documents display as:

Individual pages
One continuous scrolling document

Save Your Module

When you've finished building and arranging your training content, select Done to save your changes.