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  • Landing Page Name: Enter in a name that will only be used for administrative purposes to identify the page. This will not show to end-users.

  • Description: This will give administrators information about the purpose for this page and will also be visible to end-users.

  • Administrator Notes: This can be used to make any extra notes for administrative purposes. This will not show to end-users.

  • Header Title: This will show as the title for the page.

  • Header Sub Title: This will show under the main title of the page.

Information Tab

After going through the initial set up of the landing page, you will find that the previously set fields can be updated and there will be additional controls/settings available.

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  • Landing Page URL: The landing page will be accessible via a random generated URL.

    • You can edit the last section of the URL to a more memorable link like “manager-resources”.

  • Show as Collection in Catalog on Dashboard: This will create a Collection that will appear on the Catalog Tab of the Student Dashboard which will take the user directly to this Landing Page.

  • Active: This will determine whether the Landing Page will be Active and accessible to students.

  • Landing Page Access: This will control how the Landing Page will be accessible.

    • Public: any user with the URL to the landing page will have access and will not need to be logged in to view the landing page.

    • Authenticated: users with the URL to will only have access to view the landing page will only have access when they log inare logged into the LMS.

    • Both (Public & Authenticated): Users can either be logged in or not and still have access to view the landing page.

Public Access

If you choose to have your Landing Page publicly available, it can be used as custom login page that also displays announcements and/or training content that you’d like to be publicly accessible to associates without having to log in.

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  • Public Header Title & Sub Title: Allows for custom titles for unauthenticated users while keeping the title separate for logged-in users.

  • Logo Image URL: The default site logo will be used for the landing page, but can be customized to display another logo.

  • Username and Password Label: Allows the change of the login box title , default set to from the default value, “Log In.”

  • Enable Collapsible Login Box: Allows the login box to be collapsible and expandableshow as an expandable button, rather than showing the full login box on top of the hero image.

  • Login Box Border Color: You can adjust the border color of the login box.

Landing Page Layout

Four central portions make up Landing pages, the Hero Image, the Announcements, the Content Catalog, and the Trending Now list. Each section can be disabled independently of another (besides the Trending Now list), requiring the Catalog to be enabled.

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  • Display Hero Image: When enabled, a background image can appear on an image appears at the top of the Landing Page. For Landing Page image Hero Image dimensions click here.

  • Intro Text: This can be used to provide context about the Landing Page. The text will appear under the Hero Image.

  • Display Announcements: When enabled, an announcement widget will appear on the Landing Page, allowing users to access announcements.

    • Enable Announcements Auto-Scrolling: The announcement carousel can be adjusted to scroll through announcements with a delay (# of seconds).

  • Enable Catalog: When enabled, a Catalog widget will appear where users can find training modules, similar to how it works on the Student Dashboardcontent associated with the Landing Page.

    • Display Collections: Collections Specified collections can appear under the Catalog widget on the Landing Page.

    • Collections Section Title: Custom text can be used Add a custom title for the Collections section on the Landing Page.

    • Display Trending Modules: A Trending Modules list can appear on the Landing Page

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The Catalog tab is where you can add Learning Modules Modules to the Landing Page. For Public Landing Pages, there are limitations across the different types of Learning Modules since users are not logged in (authenticated). The learning module limitations for Public Landing Pages are as follows:

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On an Authenticated Landing Page content when users are logged in to the site, there are no limitations because user’s are logged in and the content to these learning modules. Content will be added to the users' development plan, and can be completed from there.

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The Collections tab automatically shows which Collections are going to display by default on the Landing Page based on the modules available in the Catalog for that Landing Page. You can choose to “Hide” a Collection from the Landing Page if you do not want that tile to show.

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Trending Now Tab

The Trending Now tab shows a ranked list of content with the most views in a recent period of time. It automatically shows active announcements and content in the Public Landing Page’s Catalog. You can select the timeframe for how far it should look back to calculate views (between 1 week and 1 month) and set how many items show at a time.

You also have some manual control of the ranking:

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