2018 Curriculum Updates

Greg Greiner May 8, 2018 No Comments

Many new Blended Learning courses with added features are available as the electrical training ALLIANCE strives to improve its curriculum for students and instructors. The number of courses in the Learning Management System continues to grow to meet the industry demand. Many courses are being added this year as the Outside, Substation, Installer/Tech, and Residential programs continue to be transitioned to the LMS. The ALLIANCE aims to produce quality curriculum and an excellent user experience, so the online CLCS is being updated to an easier format.

Some topics below are still in development but as they are nearing delivery they are displayed here for reference of the courses and references you will find in the 2018 catalog. Please take a few (more…)

Coming Soon! Enrollment Application Upgrade

Greg Greiner April 9, 2018 No Comments

The Enrollment Application is evolving with your needs to keep you a step ahead. It features a polished interface and enhancements designed to maximize productivity, improve predictability and fast-track new users while supporting all existing workflows...Most importantly, it was carefully crafted to make managing LMS training easier.  It’s worth restating: As we update this system, users of the legacy system will not be faced with a burdensome task of learning a whole new system.  After 7 years of use on the legacy system, we applied (more…)

LMS Downtime, Feb 14, 2018

Greg Greiner February 15, 2018 No Comments

Yesterday from 5:51pm to 6:06pm (all times eastern) the LMS was not responsive to users.  The system began to show increased response times at 5:47pm. The response times increased rapidly from under 100mS to 649mS. At 5:48pm we recorded response times above 4,000 mS. At 5:51pm the system was shut down. We rebooted two of the many systems that support the overall LMS and at 6:06pm response times returned and have been maintained at just under 100 mS.  Read on for some insights into how we know about and keep track of the system. (more…)

LMS Communications System Issue 02.05.18

Greg Greiner February 5, 2018 No Comments

There was an issue with the LMS communication system today whereby our testing server generated notifications of certifications for a few of our internal testing users that were then sent to only those users who are Instructors. The notification email should not have been sent out. Please disregard the email notifications pertaining to the “Introduction to Preplanning Certificate”. We apologize for the error and the interruption.

 

 

New Courses Released – January ’18

Greg Greiner January 20, 2018 No Comments

New courses have been made available over the last few days.

  • Three courses added are a continuation of the new Code topic pathway specifically for those apprentices who started 1st year using the latest catalog (2017).  The new courses are for that group’s 2nd year of Code training.
  • The new Voice-Data-Video Systems Applications and Installation, Level I course was completed and made available.
  • A new Code Calculations, Complete course was made available for use in training learners on NEC® related math for those outside the apprenticeship.

Read on for descriptions of these courses and the expected usage.

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The Preparing for Leadership: Personal Qualities, Level I course is now available!

Greg Greiner January 3, 2018 No Comments
Learn more about the course here

In 2017, the electrical training ALLIANCE announced that a new leadership course would be available on January 1, 2018. This course is now ready for your utilization. It is a product of our industry’s realization that it is no longer adequate for our Apprentices to be trained only in technical skills. We have to continue developing the technical competencies of our students as well as (more…)

New Courses and Functionality

Greg Greiner January 1, 2018 No Comments

Happy New Year and Welcome to 2018!  The electrical training ALLIANCE continues to add new courses to the LMS.  The month of January will be busy and a list of the course additions are coming soon.  That said, some courses included new functionality requirements.  One of those courses is the new, Preparing for Leadership: Personal Qualities, Level I (more…)