News is accessed via the Communication page. You can create and edit items to display in the News banner on the Home Dashboard or Communications > News. It is important to keep the News section relevant for end-users and up-to-date.

Initially, it is a good place to offer your users a brief tour of the system or provide them with information to help them get the most from the LMS. You should also define how you plan to use the News section going forward.

When uploading a News banner image, the recommended size is 874px x 197px.

1.Navigate to Communication > News

2.Click + to add a new News item

3.Complete the News Details

a.Name - give your Banner a title.  This will display below the banner and a hyperlinked heading.

b.Display Sequence - define in what order you what this banner to appear relative to the other banners        

c.From the Banner Graphic > Upload option, browse to upload an image file (ex: .jpg or .gif) created within the recommended 874 x 197px standard

d.When the banner is clicked, decide if you'd like the user to navigate to the News area with aligned Body content or to a URL Link.

i.Body - Use formatting, cc/paste, Source code to complete the text you'd like displayed        

ii.Link - provide the URL you'd like to navigate users to when clicked

e.Date Effective From & To - Optionally establish start and stop dates for the banner

f.Record Status - Keep Active to continue displaying or Inactivate to terminate banner display

4.SAVE

5.Relevance -using Groups, define specific user relevance to limit display of a banner to certain groups of users.

News Item Settings

Communication > News banner auto-advance duration setting

 Define the duration between each News banner auto-advance.

▪Settings > 3-dot option > Pages

Choose which cards you’d like to display, and where you’d like them to appear.

Navigate to the Menu > Settings page.

Navigate to the three-dot Options menu, and then select Pages.

1.Select the LMS Role (Security Profile) for the Dashboard you're configuring

2.Click on a card placement

3.Define which type of card to display in the selected location

•Approval Requests (only useful for roles involve with approvals

•Assignments

•Free Text - this card type can be used multiple times within a single role.

Notes: The card size affects the dashboard. To avoid a scrolling requirement for the dashboard, keep the card size to a minimum. For example, when using a single image in your free text card, test your image size with your screen resolution before settling on the free text card.  Intellek uses a single image size of 600px x 135px with a 1920 x 1080 screen resolution.

•In Progress

•Learning Record

•Library

•Surveys

•Upcoming Events (we recommend using the double sized card)

•Welcome

4.complete all card 5 configurations if updating from the default "None" setting

5.SAVE

If you don’t make any changes to this page, the layout will remain as is. Unchanged card placeholders are labeled None indicating the default setting.

LMS Role

An individual’s Home Dashboard configuration is dependent on their role in the LMS. Role is defined by the highest Security Profile selection and Event Contact setting in a user account. Select the LMS Role that you’d like to configure.

If a user has more than one Security Profile, the LMS will use the role with the most privileges. For example, Course Administrator will override Event Manager.

If you choose to create a customized layout for a user designated as an Event Contact, you have the option to set Always use this layout, which will override any other assigned Security Profile-based layout for that end-user.

Layout

With an LMS Role selected, you can choose the cards you would like to include in your layout.

We provide one double-sized card placeholder on the left side  of the dashboard for cards that require more space. Some card types display differently in single and double configurations. Consider the resulting display when designing your layout. See an example below:

Double-Sized Card

Single-Sized Card