FAST-START GUIDE FOR ADMINISTRATOR - ECOMMERCE ONLINE HELP: ELEAPSOFTWARE.COM/SUPPORT VERSION 2.2 COPYRIGHT 2009 TELANIA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 1 -
KEY UPDATES TO THIS NEW INTERFACE We have made many changes to the LMS interface for easier account management and a more intuitive user experience. Key Additions: Easier account navigation through natural links Streamlined workflow interface for efficiency and productivity Intuitive user interface for improved user experience Helpful tools for faster account management More branding opportunity for your organization 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 2 -
ELEAP DOCUMENTATION This ecommerce Administrator User Guide to the eleap LMS/LCMS system is designed to make your transition and use of our ecommerce system as easy and seamless as possible. The ecommerce Administrator User Guide is organized into eight (8) sections: 1. ecommerce Course Setup & Management 2. ecommerce Catalog Setup & Management 3. ecommerce Sales Reports 4. ecommerce Completion Reports/Completion Certificates 5. ecommerce Referrer Setup & Management 6. ecommerce Promotional Codes Setup & Management 7. ecommerce User Management a. Business Users (corporate accounts) b. Individual Users (Single sales) 8. Support/Help Center and eleap Knowledge-base 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 3 -
ECOMMERCE COURSE SETUP AND MANAGEMENT Create Course for ecommerce Sales To begin creating e-learning or Training Courses, click the tab on your system menu (Top Navigation tab). Then click in the Course-specific menu. Enter your new Course name, create a new category or select an existing category, enter your course description and set your course objectives. When ready, click to go to course layout screen. You can also set course deadlines or expiration date parameters. See below. To set the deadline for a specific date in the future, click on the [Yes A specific date] option. You can then set the specific date as shown below: To set the deadline for a period of time, click on the [Yes A period of time] option. You can then set the specific date as shown below: 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 4 -
Note: The eleap ecommerce System automatically sends notifications for course assignments and approaching deadlines. Your ecommerce course will automatically expire 12 months from the date of purchase. If you set course deadlines, the purchased course will inherit those deadlines in addition to the automatic expiration date. o Editing purchased courses is restricted to: Course Instructions Assignment notifications Feedback & White Board settings Quiz Glossary FAQ Resources Feedback Certificate Template Advanced Settings You can always access the deadline settings again. Simply go to the course detail page and click on the option. Course Layout Screen 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 5 -
Next, you can create individual learning objects, pages or lessons that will make up your entire e-learning course. Think of this phase as if you are writing a novel. Step 1: Select the type of learning object you want to create. Your options are Chapters or Lessons. The next thing to do is to type the name or title of the learning object and choose an insertion point for this object. eleap LMS/LCMS is designed to allow complete flexibility in the course creation process so that you can move chapters or lessons around and also to insert new chapters or lessons wherever you want. You will then click the or button to add your learning object. To begin adding content or text to your just created learning object (lesson), click on the name of the specific lesson. For example: The Magic of eleap You are now in the heart and brain of the eleap Course Content Management System. Some of you will recognize a familiar Microsoft Word or other CMS menu items layout. Insert your text or content anywhere in your Content Creation space. For example to paste content you have already created in Microsoft Word, click the icon. Remember, you can format your layout to your exact specifications. Here is a screen shot of your Content creator menu items: 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 6 -
Frequently Used Tools Insert pictures or graphics: o Insert Flash files (for example from Articulate Presenter or Camtasia) o Insert Video embeds (from YouTube or any video hosting site) o Upload Files o Upload or insert SCORM courses o For a simple course let s insert the text: (from Course detail page) Welcome to eleap Biotechnology learning course. Please click [Next Lesson] to continue. You can attach your own documents you have already created on your computer. Just click, browse to select your file and then. Your uploaded file will automatically be added to the bottom of your course lesson as a download file. Next, click to save your lesson, or to cancel current action and return to the previous screen. To edit a lesson, click details page, click. To return to the main course and repeat Step 1 above. 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 7 -
Complex Course e-learning Objects: In today s e-learning and training environment using multimedia rich presentations can greatly enhance your trainees learning experiences. eleap supports various multimedia formats including Video, Audio, Flash, HTML, PDF, Microsoft objects, SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004. To add Graphics or Pictures To add graphics or pictures to your learning content object, click. Browse your computer to locate the relevant picture or graphic, click to upload the graphic. You will see a preview of your graphic in your upload window. Next add description (short) for the image, set alignment if needed, add a border if necessary or even define your horizontal or vertical spaces if needed. Then click to insert your graphic. View your Inserted Image! 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 8 -
To add Video to your Course: While in the WhatYouSeeIsWhatYouGet (WYSIWYG) Content Creator window, click the [Media] button to add Video to your course. You would need to have pre-created your video in the following formats:.mpg,.mpeg,.mov,.wmv,.mp3. You will also need to know the dimensions (width and length) of your video. The next step is to complete our Video file upload wizard with the relevant information and then click. Your video is automatically added to your course. To add Flash (.SWF,.FLV) files to your Course: While in the WYSIWYG Content Creator window, click the Flash button to add Flash files to your course. You would need to 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 9 -
have pre-created your Flash file. You would also need to know the dimensions (width and length) of your Flash file format View Your Flash Video! TIP: We have found Flash Video MX Pro and SwishVideo2 to be quite helpful in creating Flash files. You can convert your Video files to Flash format. These programs do a good job of compressing your Video files so you can have a longer video converted to Flash. Tip: Use FLV format for longer videos. You can easily import FLV videos into eleap using the flash upload icon. Got YouTube videos you want to add to your course? Use the HTML tool to paste your embed html code. TIP: Do you want to use PowerPoint files in your course? Check out tools for converting PowerPoint to Flash format and then importing your Flash file into eleap. Some Converters we have checked out include Articulate Presenter, Camtasia, Adobe Captivate, Ispring and Wondershare PPT to Flash Studio. See the eleap Support website for more information. There are numerous benefits from converting your PowerPoint files to Flash format for web based training. Check our eleap Knowledgebase in our Support Center to learn more. 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 10 -
OTHER COURSE FEATURES Collaboration You can easily collaborate with other instructors for ecommerce course development purposes. To add other instructors to collaborate on a course, click on the link in the top left of your course detail page. You can then select an additional instructor and click. Tip: This is an easy way to share course completion data with managers and supervisors in your organization. Certificate Template To create and deploy ecommerce completion certificates, click on the. You can then set the rules for your certificate to be deployed. For example: you can manage this process manually or issue certificates after a course is completed. You can also set eleap to automatically release a certificate if a user has successfully completed a quiz assessment. Note that corporate purchasers of your ecommerce can edit or modify your certificate helps with branding. Tip: If you certificate is set to release upon a successful quiz completion, you need to make sure your have created and set up or activated your quiz. Advanced Settings Use the Advanced Settings to set minimum time requirements for each lesson or set a pre-determined navigation for your course. Why is this important? Sometimes you are required to enable training for a specific amount of time i.e. 32 hours. You can use the Advanced Settings option to enter the number of minutes a user needs to spend on each of your lessons (which will total 32 hours). If you only have one lesson, then enter the total 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 11 -
number of hours (as minutes) and eleap will make sure your user does not circumvent your requirements. Tip: To make the minimum time requirement feature work well, combine it with a quiz assessment. eleap will not allow a user to access the quiz without spending the requisite amount of time on your course. 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 12 -
ECOMMERCE SETTINGS LAUNCH YOUR COURSE Quickly launch your ecommerce catalog of courses. Click on the ecommerce submenu tab, enter the course info including price and sample copies and submit your course for activation. Add your ecommerce course information such as category tags, pricing, sample documents and even pictures. If everything looks good, click the [Save] button to generate automatic review and activation of your ecommerce course. Get more information on ecommerce settings at http://www.eleapsoftware.com/tutorials/getting-started/new/addcourse-ecommerce.htm 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 13 -
ECOMMERCE CATALOG SETUP & MANAGEMENT Easily manage your eleap ecommerce Catalog site by clicking on the ecommerce tab on your top menu bar. Ecommerce Courses You can manage your current ecommerce courses by clicking on any of the listed courses. You can also see the total number of sales generated from your ecommerce courses. Your ecatalog To customize your ecommerce catalog website, click on [Your ecatalog] tab. 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 14 -
Add/edit a short description of your business/organization: This will appear in the banner section of your ecatalog page Add/edit information about your business/organization below: This will appear in the About Us section of your 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 15 -
ecatalog page. Add/edit your own motto: This will appear as a tag line highlighting your organization s motto or tag line. Choose your color scheme for your ecatalog http://yourorganizationnamehere.eleapcourses.com: Customize your ecatalog look or color. Drop down and 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 16 -
select the right color for your ecatalog site. Sales Report With eleap you have complete, accurate, and on-demand reports to your sales. Simply click on the [Sales Report] link. You can then click on each ecommerce sales to see who has purchased it. Sales reports are available to be downloaded into Excel. Excel Download: Completion Report 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 17 -
See who has completed your course. Click on your [Completion Report] tab and download completion reports as well as issue certificates of completion. Referrers (Affiliates) eleap ecommerce feature s full affiliate marketing module. Now you are able to set up affiliates or referrers and generate more revenue. To set up an affiliate, click on the [Referrers] tab and then [+add new referrer]. Complete the short form and submit. The new referrer will receive an email so they can log in and access their special tracking URLs to use in their promotions. Once their Url s are used to generate orders, eleap tracks it for you so you can award the specific commissions. Affiliates log into http://eleapcourses.com/ref to access their referrer dashboard. They can generate URL s and also see their orders. 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 18 -
Referrers Performance Check out and download your referrers or affiliate business results. Click on the [Referrers Performance] to see and download reports from sales generated from your affiliate marketing program. Promotional Codes Because you demand the best, eleap provided comprehensive tools to help you market and manage your ecommerce account. To create Promotional codes for discounts, click on the [Promotional Codes] tab. You are able to [+add new code] to provide discounts based on a set amount or a set percentage off of the regular price of your courses. 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 19 -
ECOMMERCE USER MANAGEMENT Business Accounts: Do you want to market your courses to business and organizations? Do you want to provide them with complete training tracking and compliance documentation for your training and employment law needs? eleap enables you to provide special Free LMS accounts to your business clients so they can purchase your courses for their employees or students. To create a special Free LMS account for your business clients, go to https://www.eleapsoftware.com/signup.php. Please be sure to let your business client include your organization name in the Promo Code field on the sign up form. This way eleap knows not to charge them for this special account. After they create their special account, your business clients will simply access your ecatalog site like http://oshacompliance.eleapcourses.com, log in and purchase your courses. They can business single user licenses or multi user licenses. eleap provides complete, secure management of your multi user license purchases so no one takes advantage of you. For example if I purchase licenses for 10 employees, I can only assign it to 10 employees no more! Now you can give access to a world class LMS like eleap to your business clients. They get free access, free reports and documentation, free forums and interactive features and you come out looking good! 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 20 -
SUPPORT/HELP CENTER AND ELEAP KNOWLEDGE-BASE eleap has an incredibly helpful online support center. To access support and help 24 hours a day go to http://support.eleapsoftware.com At the Support Center, you can: Access our eleap Knowledgebase. This is a specialized library of articles and reports and powerful how-to tips on how to maximize your eleap learning and training system. Submit-a-Ticket: Do you have a particular question or need help with a feature in eleap? Submit a ticket to our helpful staff and you will receive answers. This is an incredibly useful feature. We encourage you to make good use of it. Downloads: If you need special reports, White Papers or even user guides or manuals, access our Downloads section to get this material. Troubleshooter: Step by step tour to find help for your problems News: Visit our news section to learn about latest happenings in eleap and our parent company Telania, Inc. You can also access our blog at www.eleapblog.com to learn more about the world of eleap. 2009 Telania, Inc. www.eleapsoftware.com - 21 -