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Certifications are created and added in LMS portal of Thought Industries.
Follow the given below instructions on how to create certifications:
1. Login to Thought Industries LMS using Administrator credentials.
2. Click the Manager Access link available at the upper right corner.
3. On the Manager Access dashboard, hover over the left side bar menu and click Content.
4. The All Content page appears. Click Add Content.
5. The Add Content page appears. This page lists all the available content such as Course, Blog, Video, Event, Article and others. Click Add Certification.
6. Enter the title of the certification in Enter a title for your certification field and click Save.
7. The Add Section page appears. Enter the name of the section in Section Name and select the release date from Release Date calendar. Click Add to add the section.
8. Click Add Lesson. The Add Lesson page appears. Enter the name of the lesson in Lesson Name and select the required options to select the lesson from the Open To drop-down list. Click Add.
9. Click Add Page. The Create a Page appears with the type of pages available. Click HTML Embed.
10. The HTML Embed page appears. Provide the page title in Page Title. Enter the below iframe code under Scripts and click Save.
11. Click Publish and then click Release to save the changes and release the certification.
Click Preview Certification to preview the certificate.
Once the certification is created and published, the next step is to configure this certification with its pricing, discounts and coupons. For more information on this, please see Ecommerce.
Some additional settings for catalog, design and display, access, eCommerce, completion and certification, downloadable files, testimonials and mange are carried out under Settings tab. For more information on Settings tab, please see Settings Tab.
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Ecommerce tab provides with the option to provide pricing details of the certification. You can set the price for the certificate, create a fulfillment center and provide coupons to the learners.
In Pricing settings, you can update settings related to the following:
You can set the price of the certification in the Price field.
You can also set the additional price for instructor messaging in the Instructor Messaging Addl. Price field.
You can create a fulfillment center by clicking Create a Fulfillment Center to enable taxation button.
Click Save to update the changes.
In Alternative Pricing settings, you can update settings related to the following:
You can select the Suggested Retail Price or Learner Reference-Based Price from the Alternative Pricing Type drop-down list.
Click Save to update the changes.
For detailed settings on how to create coupons, see Creating Coupon.
In Advanced Settings, you can update settings related to the following:
If you are purchasing the certification using credit card, enter the credit number in the Credit Requirement field.
You can set a limit on days of access after the course purchase by toggling Yes/No button.
You can provide the required content for email capture text in the Email Capture Paywall Text field.
You can provide the required content for paywall text in the Paywall Text field.
You can set the required purchase terms in the Purchase Terms field.
You can also provide the required confirmation in the Confirmation field.
You can provide the external purchase link in the External Purchase Link field.
Click Save to update the changes.
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Downloadable tab provides you with the option to upload the course related resources to the certification.
To add course related resources, perform the following steps:
Select the required value from the Course section drop-down list.
Click Choose File to upload the required files related to the certification.
You can manage and update various parameters related to Certification from Settings tab. Settings tab contains the following sub menus:
Downloadable Files
Ecommerce
Catalog
Access
Design and Display
Completion and Certifications
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Design and Display settings allows you to update the settings related to general settings, sidebar and tools settings.
In general catalog settings, you can update settings related to the following:
You can update the name of the certificate title in the Title and provide SKU details under SKU. Click Save available at the bottom of the page.
The SKU field is mandatory and must be updated to make the certificate valid.
Sidebar and tools settings tab provides you with the option to update settings related to sidebar tools and to enable or disable various parameters such as discussion enabled, galleries enabled, quiz builder enabled, instructor manager enabled and many other parameters. The complete list of parameters are shown in the below image.
You have Appearance settings tool bar to update settings related to logo upload, image upload and video upload. For more information on them, please refer General Catalog Settings.
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Access settings allows you to update settings related to Enrollment settings and Advanced settings.
In Enrollment settings, you can update settings related to the following:
You can set the free access with registration enrollment by toggling On/Off button.
You can update enrollment start date and end date from the Enrollment Dates calendar.
You can update the access start date and end date from the Access Dates calendar.
In Advanced settings, you can update settings related to the following:
You can limit the number of enrollments by sliding Yes or No button.
You can also update settings related to rescheduling by sliding Yes or No.
You can also set the maximum number of enrollments.
You can also add prerequisite content to the enrollment.
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Catalog sub-menu provides settings options related to General, SEO, Tabs and Advanced.
In General Catalog settings, you can update settings related to the following:
1. In the Detail Page Layout, click Design Layout to update content design layout.
Click Revert to Default to revert back to default design layout.
2. The detailed design layout page appears. You can modify the designs layout for:
Layouts
Theme
Pages
a. The Layout page provides an option to add and update various widgets.
b. The Theme page provides an option to update information related to branding, navigation links, header, footer, and custom code.
The Branding page provides an option to update logo, fonts and color.
The Navigation Links page provides an option to Add navigation links.
The Header page provides options to update header links and sub links.
The Footer page provides options to update footer links.
The Custom page provides an option to update the custom CSS of the Content page.
C. The Pages sub-menu provides option to add or clone pages in the Content.
3. You can update the title of the content under Title field, provide a description under Description field and add tags from the Tags drop-down.
4. In the Custom Fields, you can update the exam duration in the Exam Duration and provide the required passing score percentage in the Passing Score Percent.
Passing Score Percent is mandatory and must be updated to make the certificate valid.
5. You can add custom fields by selecting from the Select A Custom Field To Add drop-down. Click Next and select the value and click Save.
5. To upload an image, drag and drop a, image under Image. To upload detail image, drag and drop an image under Detail Image. You can select the ribbon from the Ribbon drop-down list. You can also upload a preview video under Preview Video.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) assists in increasing the quality of the content added in the website. You can improve the quality of the content added for the certifications.
To add SEO related content, follow the given below instructions:
Add the Meta title words in the Meta Title field.
Provide the meta description in the Meta Description.
To add Tabs to the certifications, follow the given below instructions:
1 Click the Add New Tab button.
2 Select the required tab type from the Tab Type drop-down list and click Save.
The Advanced Catalog settings provide you with the option to update settings related to source, authors, publish date and external detail link.
To perform settings related to Advanced Catalog settings, perform the following steps:
Select the required catalog source from the Source drop-down list.
Provide the name of the author in Author field.
Select the required publish date from the Publish Date calendar.
Enter the URL of the external course catalog in External Detail Link field.
You can also update the current URL of the certification. Click Update URL and provide the required URL.
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Completion and Certifications tab provides you with the option to provide course completion criteria and how to grant certifications after completion of the course.
In Completion criteria settings, you can update settings related to the following:
You can define the criteria for the completion of the certificate by selecting from the Criteria Type drop-down list.
You can also force learners to view each lesson before progressing to the next by toggling the Yes/No button.
You can also make the learner to enter a password at the end of every section by toggling the Yes/No button
You can also grant a certification after the completion of the course by clicking the New Certificate button.
Click Save to update the changes.
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