Accessing Your Online Courses in Litmos Learning Management

Accessing Your Online Courses in Litmos Learning Management System (LMS) Diana Lezette Training and Instructional Design Coordinator Hunger Solutions New York dianalezette@hungersolutionsny. org 518 -436 -8757 x. 122

This Power. Point will introduce you to Litmos, the Learning Management System that Hunger Solutions New York uses to bring you online courses. Litmos: • Is the website where your online course modules are stored. • Can be accessed on the internet – no special software or downloads needed. • Can be viewed with Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc. • Can be accessed 24/7/365. • https: //hungersolutionsnewyork. litmos. com/account/login Bookmark/Favorite this link

Logging into your first course When you are assigned a course by Hunger Solutions New York you will receive emails letting you know that you have been invited to do an online course. “Assigned” means that you have been given permission to take a course. It does not mean that the course is mandatory. Contract Managers will let NOEP Coordinators know if they must take a certain course or part of a course (a module).

Logging into your first course Below is an example of the email messages you will receive when you are invited to take a course. First click on the login information email.

Logging into your first course Clicking on the email will open a message similar to the one below. The message will provide your User Name. Please make sure to write down your User Name in a safe place.

Logging into your first course You now have an option to click the link in the login email, or click on the “online course invitation” email, to take you to Litmos. While both emails will provide the link to Litmos, by clicking on the course invitation email you will get more detailed information about the course.

Logging into your first course The screen capture below shows the email message you see when you click the invitation email. This message also shows your user name. You can click on the link to start your course.

When you click on the course invitation email, you will be asked to create a password. Write your password down somewhere safe. If you cannot remember your password you can always reset it, as we will see in an upcoming slide.

The Litmos system will also ask you to provide the name of your Contract Manager and the area you serve.

This is the Hunger Solutions New York training page log-in at Litmos. This is where you use your user name and password to sign in. NOTE: Your initial log-in might look at bit different. (For example it might say Callidus Cloud). Just enter your user name and password in the spaces provided.

If you have forgotten your password, you can reset the password by clicking on “I’ve forgotten my username/password. ”

If you forget your user name, contact Hunger Solutions New York. diana. Lezette@hungersolutionsny. org

For all courses/modules: If you have content questions such as: • “I thought prescreen meant…” • “Can you explain Main Target? ” • “This happened…. where do I record it in the barrier tally? ” Please contact your Contract Manager (They have the answers and can help. )

This is the screen you see when you log into the Hunger Solutions Training site at Litmos. Uncheck the box if you do not want to see the welcome message again. Click anywhere in the shaded area (background) to make the message disappear.

This is your Hunger Solutions New York Training site home page in Litmos. Take some time to explore the site by clicking on the various icons, boxes, and tabs.

Here on the home page you will see the courses that are available (Courses to Do). This shows that I have two courses in progress.

If you want to see if you have courses that are Past Due or Not Started, click on those tabs. Note: You will not have any past due courses now. All courses at this point have no required start or end dates. Next, we will explore more of the home page.

In the middle of the homepage there are two tabs. The first is the News tab. This will display any news from Hunger Solutions New York, regarding courses on Litmos. You do not need to check this news regularly. Any time-sensitive information will be sent in an email, or in a memo and posted in the NOEP Network.

The calendar tab is not in use at this time. Reminders of any webinars or other training will still be made via email, NOEP Memos, and your Contract Manager.

As you complete courses, you will earn badges. Badges show up in the Recent Achievements section of the home page and in the Achievements tab.

Next, we will look at how to access your courses. There are two ways to do this in Litmos.

First, on the home page, you can click on the box that shows the course you want to open. Note: When you hover your mouse over the box, it shows the completed percentage of your course and date assigned.

When you click on the box to select a course, you will be taken to the main page for that course.

Near the top of the screen you will see the course name. Next you will see the modules that make up the course. To start a course, click on the title of the first module. Always start with the course introduction. It has valuable information about the course, including how to navigate the course.

Notice that at the right, your completion status of each module is displayed.

You can work on an individual module by clicking on the module’s title.

The second way to access a course is by clicking on the Course Library tab.

The course library will appear.

This page lists courses that are available for you to take. It also displays your completion percentage for each course.

To help you locate the course you want, this page also lists recently viewed courses and categories of courses

To select a course, click on the course title.

The course main page will open, just like it does when you click the course title box on the home page.

On the right of the screen you will see a list of additional references. This is where you will find any additional information, such as Word documents or charts, that accompany the course. It is useful to print these as reminders and resources.

To begin a module, click on the module’s title.

The module opens. The introduction module will demonstrate how to move through the course. Generally, this will be by using Back and Next buttons on the slides.

In Litmos, use Next Module to go to the next module or the quiz at the end of a module. These choices will be light in color until you place your cursor over them. Use Exit, in the Orange Header bar, to return to the home page. Note: Feedback is not in use at this time.

When you are taking the course you will see three light color horizontal bars in the top left corner. When you click on those bars a drop-down appears. The drop-down also lets you move through the course.

You will also see an icon that looks like two sheets of paper. You can access any documents (such as Word documents) for the course by clicking on this icon. To make this sidebar disappear just click again on the three horizontal bars.

You do not need to keep track of which modules you have worked on or completed in a course, or which page you were on in a course. When you go to a course main page, click Continue this course, and Litmos will take you to the module, and the specific page, where you left off.

Next, we are going to look at the Achievements tab. Achievements can give a sense of accomplishment. They can also demonstrate to your Contract Manager, and others, that you have continued expanding your knowledge as a NOEP Coordinator.

The Achievements page shows which courses you have completed, any badges earned, and provides a link to download course certificates.

Every time you complete a course, you will earn a badge and a certificate. By downloading the certificate, you will have a certificate, in pdf. format, that you can print.

When you are done working in the Hunger Solutions Training site at Litmos, you can close the tab in your browser or close the browser.

Thank you for reviewing this Power. Point and taking the time to explore the Hunger Solutions New York Training site. We are looking forward to continuing to help you earn many online learning achievements. Well Done!

Assistance: Diana Lezette 518 -436 -8757 x. 122 Diana. Lezette@hungersolutionsny. org

Thank you Prepared by a project of Hunger Solutions New York; funded by NYSOTDA and USDA/FNS. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.