Tips for Getting Started with Online Learning
Before launching your first course in Trakstar Learn, take time to plan your rollout. Preparing in advance helps ensure your learners have a smooth experience and makes your training program easier to manage.
Review the following questions before you begin.
1. Who Needs to Be Involved?
Determine who will be responsible for managing and maintaining your Learn environment.
Consider the following:
- How many people will help manage the rollout?
- Are all administrators comfortable using Learn's features and functionality?
- Does everyone involved understand their responsibilities before training begins?
Making sure your administrators are prepared before launch can help avoid confusion later.
2. How Will You Organize Your Users?
Think about how you'll structure your learners before importing users or assigning training.
Questions to consider include:
- Will you be training your entire organization or only specific departments or teams?
- Are you training customers or partners in addition to employees?
- Will everyone receive the same courses, or will different audiences require customized learning paths?
Using Groups is an effective way to organize trainees. Groups can be used to:
- Segment different learner populations
- Assign training more efficiently
- Filter reporting results
You should also plan how users will be added and maintained.
Ask yourself:
- How large is your user list?
- Will users be added or removed frequently?
- Which user upload and management method best fits your organization?
Planning your user management strategy before launch will make ongoing administration much easier.
3. When Will You Launch?
Establish a rollout timeline before publishing courses.
Consider whether you will:
- Launch all training at once
- Release courses in phases over time
Regardless of your approach, define important launch dates and communicate them to your learners ahead of time.
Recommended Best Practice
Send an announcement email to learners at least one week before sending course invitations.
Your announcement should explain:
- What Trakstar Learn is
- Why your organization is using it
- What learners should expect during the rollout
Preparing learners in advance helps improve engagement and reduces confusion once invitations are sent.
Happy Learning!