Access the E-Learning Institute at Work Through Employeenet

Login Information

Complete this system check:

Access the e-Learning Institute at work through EmployeeNet.

Easily access the e-Learning Institute fromoff-site by going to: Click on Log-in.

User ID: the first eight letters of your Novell user name (typically, this is your first letter of your first name and the first seven letters of your last name).

Password: welcome (even if you had a different password under the old e-learning system)

Home Page

The Home page appears when you login to My SkillSource Live. It presents summary information to help you develop your individualized learning plan and track your progress. You can access all of My SkillSource Live's various features and learning resources from this page.

Most Common Site Tasks & Navigation

Find a course to take:

Browse the Catalog (top navigation) to locate course of interest. You will need to click through numerous folders to reach course titles/outlines (outlines provide course descriptions and estimated time to complete).

Or use the Search & Learn feature. Enter search criteria (i.e. subjects like Microsoft Word 2003, delegating, writing, etc) and the search engine will deliver course recommendations.

When you locate a course that you would like to take click Add to My Planand follow the prompts (see Goals and email reminders below). Return to the My Plan page to launch the course. Note if you click Play without Adding the Course to My Plan the course will not be bookmarked or recorded making it necessary to re-find the course in the future.

Goals and E-mail Reminders

Learning events in your development plan can have an associated goal, due date, and frequency of e-mail reminder.

Due date
Defines when you must complete the learning event. If your manager assigns a learning event to you, you cannot modify the due date. The icon indicates that the due date is approaching. The icon indicates that the Due date is over due.

Reminder
Reminders are designed to prompt you periodically to complete a learning event. My SkillSource Live supports several frequencies of e-mail reminders including: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and a One Time reminder. You can also specify how many days before the due date you would like to start receiving reminder e-mails. The reminder e-mail contains direct links to the learning event as well as the learning event summary page. Once a learning event is complete, you can no longer set a reminder.

Change your password:

Click Update Password on the left-hand navigation and follow the prompts.

Print a certificate of completion:

When you have taken 100% of a course or scored 75% on the assessment the course is marked complete in the system. Click on My Report (left hand navigation) and under Controls click the Certificate icon:

Note you may also view a complete transcript of training history from this page!

Earn college credit, maintain accreditations or prepare for certification

To learn more about college credit and accreditation click on the Credentials link (top navigation)

To prepare for technical certifications complete training and exam specific assessments found in courses and through Search & Learn

Catalog

My SkillSource Live presents learning events in an expandable catalog of assigned content. Content can be organized in standard curricula, by certification path, or Learning Program. Depending upon the size of your course library, the My SkillSource Live catalog may contain thousands of learning events, including:

Courses /
Custom Content
SkillBriefs /
Mentoring
Simulations /
Express Guides
Job Aids /
Course Evaluations
TestPrep Exams /
Practice Lab
Instructor-Led Training /
Projects
Books

Note: SkillBriefs and Job Aids are available from the Course summary page. Mentoring objects, if available for your organization, appear in the Certification View.

Curricula View

Learning events are organized into curricula that keep related subjects together. The curricula are organized by subject-matter, represented by a folder icon that contains additional sub-categories or the actual learning events. As you select a category, the contents of the selected item are displayed in the catalog.

To access a learning event, click the hyperlink title text next to the icon. To quickly search for a specific learning event, you can also use SEARCH-and-LEARN.

Taking Courses

Once you have located a course, select the underlined course or topic title to view the course summary page. The course summary page provides an Overview/Description of the course, intended target audience, expected duration, and the objectives of each lesson in the course.

The buttons that appear on the course summary page allow you to take several actions:

Select this button to take a course live over the web. This will immediately launch the course in a separate browser window.

Select this button to add a course to your My Plan.

Select this button to download a course to your PC. Downloading the course will allow you to access it while offline. The first time you choose this link, you will be prompted to install the SkillSoft Course Manager (SCM) to manage your offline course content. After the SCM is installed, selecting this link will launch the SCM and enable you to download content.

Select this button to display a list of related Job Aids and SkillBriefs.

Select this button to access the online evaluation form associated with this course. An evaluation has to be created and assigned to the course(s) in order for the link to appear.