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User-Level Course: What to Include in an LMS Introduction Course?

  • April 11, 2025
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My team and I are starting to build a “How To” course for all new hires. For many of our users, this is their first time using an LMS. We've already drafted sections on how to use the search bar, navigate the side menu, and find onboarding plans.

I’d love to hear if anyone has created a similar course—what did you include? 😊

4 replies

shanejacques
Helper III
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  • Helper III
  • April 11, 2025

Hi ​@cshea!

We have a “Navigating (our site name)” course as part of our new hire onboarding plan. We cover a few basic topics such as…

  • How to log in (most folks use SSO unless they are a contractor)
  • How to set your time zone
  • Where to find courses that have been assigned
  • If you’re a manager, how to assign courses to your team/monitor their progress

We keep it short because new hires have a lot of learn in their early days. We have FAQs that we promote on other channels that include…

  • How do I add ILT sessions to my calendar?
  • How to switch ILT sessions?
  • I missed my ILT session. How do I make it up?
  • How do I download my learning history?
  • What do I do when I can’t finish a course due to a tech error?
  • Can I access course materials after the course has been finished?
  • How does LinkedIn Learning work?

When folks have had questions or needed assistance in the past, how did they reach out? If you use a ticketing system or have a dedicated inbox, it might be worthwhile combing through the last few months of outreach to see if there were common issues being submitted. 


lrnlab
Hero III
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  • Hero III
  • April 12, 2025

I’d say it depends on how you set-up your homepage and other apps and pages, etc. but if your users have never used an LMS, I would recommend you keep it as simple as possible to start and create a plan to gradually grow your site to add more options, pages, etc.

This might come in handy for you:

https://help.docebo.com/hc/en-us/sections/360005441760-Learner-guide

 


Annarose.Peterson
Hero III
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We include things like:

  • Update their preferences for time zone and language
  • How to find courses they are enrolled into 
  • Access their training activities (soon to be the My Transcripts page)
  • Download a certificate of completion

  • Author
  • Novice II
  • April 14, 2025

Wow thank you so much! This is exactly what my team was looking for. 

Appreciate it!