How to Use the Subscription Catalog View?
    • 27 Sep 2024
    • 8 Minutes to read

    How to Use the Subscription Catalog View?


    Article summary

    Subscription catalogs allow Users to browse and take courses available through their Subscription, mark a Course as a favorite to easily find again, search for specific courses, or take a set of courses on a specific topic through a Learning Path.

    Access your subscription

    Once assigned, your subscription can be accessed from My Training.

    To open the subscription catalog:

    1. Select on My Training on the navigation bar to open your current training

    2. Under the On Demand heading select on the name of the subscription to open the catalog

    3. Browse the catalog and select a course

    open a subscription from your My Training page

    Open a subscription from your My Training page

    Return to opened content

    When you start a course from a subscription catalog it opens as a Course Assignment. Once you have a course assignment you can access it several ways, from the subscription catalog, from your My Training page or from your My Dashboard page. Any lab you have saved is available from My Training or My Dashboard. You can access both My Training and My Dashboard from the navigation bar.

    Current Training page

    Your My Training page gives access to started course assignments, subscriptions, saved labs and Favorites.

    From the My Training page you can access content available to you in the different sections. Sections show only when there is content to display.

    1. Course Assignments - Shows any course assignments started but not completed show here; completed course assignment can be found from My Transcript or may show on My Dashboard

    2. On Demand - Displays all active subscriptions assigned to you show here

    3. Labs - Shows your saved labs

    4. Bookmarks - Shows any course you have bookmarked/favorited

    Student Dashboard

    Your My Dashboard page gives access to started course assignments and saved labs.

    From the My Dashboard page you can access active and recently accessed completed course assignments and your saved labs.

    1. Active Course Assignments - Displays five course assignments you most recently worked on

    2. Active Labs - Shows your saved labs

    Subscription catalogs

    Subscription catalogs may show in either version 1 or version 2.

    Subscription catalog version 1

    The first version of the subscription catalog displays tiles showing a course graphic if one is available, show icons to depict Activities in the courses, and have the ability to mark favorites. Courses are shown in alphabetical order, however, any Featured courses show first. Filter categories and filters are custom created to allow searches.

    simple course catalog version 1

    Simple Course Catalog version 1

    1. Custom course catalog title – Displays a name at the top of the course catalog page. optional feature

    2. Open and Save - Reuse any search by clicking Save and naming it, then access it to use again from the Open link.

    3. Export and Bookmarks - Export your search results into a CSV file by using the Export link. Bookmarks displays all courses you have marked as a favorite by clicking the star.

    4. Search - Use the word search to find courses; this searches the title and course description.

    5. Filters - Toggle to show or hide the filter section.

    6. Status - Search Self-Paced training course assignments you are working on by filtering for the status of your training for that course. Filtering options include: Any, Not Started, In Progress, or Completed.

    7. Match - Allows you to choose between Any and All. Selecting Any expands your search to include courses that match to any of the filters selected. All restricts the search to only include courses that meet all the filter requirements.

    8. Filter category - Displays the types of filters grouped beneath it.

    9. Filters - Check the box of any filter to apply it.

    10. Rating - Displays the rating of the course based on users' reviews.

    11. Course title - Displays the name of the course.

    12. Icons - Presents icons based on course activities. Hovering your mouse over the tile displays what each icon represents and the number of those activities in the course. Reference table below

    13. Favorite - Select the star on a course to bookmark it as a favorite; select again to remove it. Bookmarks can be opened from the link at the top of the page.

    14. Course images - Shows custom images on catalogs and the course assignments. Courses without images remain blank.

    15. Zoomed tile - Hovering your mouse over a tile zooms in to show icon descriptions, a written description of the course if available, and the More button to open the course description.

    Simple Course Catalog Version 2

    Version 2 of the Simple course catalog includes revised tiles giving more room for course descriptions, a tile or list view, an updated filter to save space in the browser window and triangulated images for courses that do not have an image set up.

    The list view gives more space for descriptions.

    simple course catalog version 2 list view

    Simple course catalog version 2 list view

    The grid view is the default view, showing each course as a tile.

    simple course catalog version 2 grid view

    Simple course catalog version 2 grid view

    1. Custom course catalog title – Displays a name at the top of the course catalog page. optional feature

    2. Filter Options and Search - Select Filter Options to open a filter menu, described below. Use the word search to find courses; this searches the title and course description.

    3. Course title - Displays the name of the course.

    4. Course images - Shows custom images or triangulated images on catalogs and the course assignments.

    5. Icons - Presents icons based on course activities. Hovering your mouse over the icon displays a description and the number of those activities in the course. Reference table below

    6. Lab Fabric logo - Displays the logo of the platform used in the labs, such as, Azure or AWS.

    7. Details - Select Details to view more information about the course.

    8. Rating - Displays the rating of the course based on users' reviews.

    9. Grid and List - Toggles between showing the courses as tiles or as a list.

    10. Matches and per page - Displays the number of courses that match your search inquiry. Per page shows the number of courses shown per page and allows you to adjust it.

    11. Open saved filters, Save filter, Export results - Reuse any search by clicking Save filter and naming it, then access it to use again from the Open saved filters link. Export your search results into a CSV file by using the Export link.

    Filters

    Filters in version 2 of our course catalog are effective and save screen space.

    simple course catalog version 2 filters

    Simple course catalog version 2 filters

    Clicking on Filter Options displays a menu with standard and custom filter categories, clicking most options will display a sub-menu to choose a filter:

    1. Favorites - Filters to display all courses you have marked as a favorite by clicking the heart on a course.

    2. Review Rating - Opens a sub-menu to select the number of stars you would like to filter for based on the course ratings. Choose one or more filters then select away from the menu to display your search results.

    3. Current Status - Search self-paced training course assignments you are working on by filtering for the status of your training on that course. Filtering options include: Any, Not Started, In Progress, or Completed. Choose one or more filters then select away from the menu to display your search results.

    4. Custom filter categories - Custom filters can be set up by an Organization for their courses. Choosing a filter category displays a sub-menu showing the filters. Choose one or more filters then select away from the menu to display your search results.

    Icons table

    Icons

    Description

    Course length - Estimated time to complete course activities.

    Video link - Contains an external video link as a course activity.

    Lab - Contains a lab as a course activity.

    SCORM module - Contains a SCORM module as a course activity.

    Assessment - Contains an assessment as a course activity.

    Document - Contains a link to an external document as a course activity.

    External website - Contains a link to an external website as a course activity.

    External activity - Contains an external activity in the course.


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