As you may know, LinkedIn purchased Lynda.com. This is not new or fake news..really its rather dated news… But, great things are happening there! Due to that purchase a few years ago, LinkedIn created a subsidiary called LinkedIn Learning. Up until this week they carried the Lynda.com name with them as a part of their learning platform. Change is and has been coming and it’s been pretty seamless so far. One thing you will note over the next few weeks will be the Lynda.com course titles in the LMS & TMS will be updated. Courses previously identified as Lynda.com courses will now utilize the LinkedIn Learning identifier in the title.
New Online Test Generator Active – Webinar Video Available
There were over 128 participants on the New Test Generator (TG) GoToWebinar that took place on Friday May 3rd. The webinar discussed most of the features with a live demonstration of creating, administrating, and reviewing the test with live students. The new TG is live for all Inside JATC Training Centers and awaiting for the Training Director to activate the system.
The recording was post-edited (47 mins) with additional comments and is now available to watch.
The programmers will be adding this video to the Orange Help block on the TG home page in the near future.
Be sure to ask questions if you have any issues. Keep in touch!
BBall@ElectricalTrainingAlliance.org
Harassment Prevention Online Training Now Available on the LMS
Registered Apprenticeship sponsors are required to take steps to foster workplace environments where all apprentices feel safe, welcomed, and treated fairly. Toward that end, the apprenticeship Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations require sponsors to provide anti-harassment training to apprentices and other individuals who work regularly with their apprentices.
(more…)New Online Test Generator Now Active for All JATC’s
The new on-line Test Generator (TG) is now active for all Inside JATC Training Centers. Until the Training Director has initiated the TG and activated the instructors, the new Assessments button will not provide any functionality.
(more…)Let the 2019 Curriculum Planning Begin!
The 2019 Catalog is ready for download! Uploaded to the electricaltrainingalliance.org website on Friday April 12th, 2019, this catalog is ready to purchase from starting July 1st, 2019. While purchasing from this catalog must be delayed to July, the planning for the 2019 calendar school year can begin immediately!
(more…)eBooks! The New Reference Option
The electrical training ALLIANCE is excited to announce that select eBooks are now available. Students and Instructors will be able to access content on the go, wherever they are, without need of carrying the printed books. This is just one beauty of eBooks where the content is also much more than a book in pdf form. It offers many other great features. (more…)
New Feature Added to Preparing for Leadership Courses
What?
The electrical training ALLIANCE is proud to partner with Leadership Surge to create a new series of videos to augment lesson content with energetic, enthusiastic, real-world leadership snippets.
Where?
This content can be found under the Leadership Notes bar when in each of the course’s lessons.
When?
Watch the first video in the series now!!
Then, log on to Preparing for Leadership course (this content is available in both the TTT and Apprenticeship version) today to see for yourself.
Update to TMS Course Enrollment Session Name Error
We have cleared the issue that was causing a problem with new sessions of courses created in the TMS. This issue began Thursday Jan 17, 2019 at 4am Eastern and was resolved at 4pm Eastern Jan 21. This relates to the previous blog post from earlier today.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience this caused.
TMS Course Enrollment Session Name Error
We are very sorry to note, but at this time we are having an issue with new sessions of courses created utilizing a session name previously utilized on other courses.
An example to explain: Let’s say I have an enrollment for DC Theory, Level I, 2nd Ed. called: 1A4 2018-19 that was completed early last week (or really any time in the past). Now this week I try to create an enrollment in Conduit Fabrication, Level I, 2nd Ed. for the same or different group of students. When I try to use the same session name of, 1A4 2018-19, the system will not allow me to place it in the cart and displays the error above.
This is not how the system is designed to work. You should, and have always been able to use the same name across different courses. The correct rule is that you may not use the same name for sessions of the same course. At this time, this rule is jumping across courses. We are aware of the issue and working to clear it. We are very sorry that we are experiencing this bug.
A poor work-around is:
In the example above, use a name for the session that you have never used before in any course, then after submitting the course, edit the session and name it what you wanted using the cog and clicking Edit Session Name.
This is not at all a preferable solution. It is just a work-around until we fix this bug.
There is no issue with adding users to existing sessions or creating new sessions using unique names to your training location.
I will post again as soon as we have this issue resolved. The team is actively working on it right now. We know how important it is this system runs as it should and are very sorry for this inconvenience.
**NEW** Programmable Logic Relay Trainer Kit
The electrical training ALLIANCE is pleased to announce the availability of a new trainer. Over the last several months a console based on a Programmable Logic Relay (PLR) has been developed. This system may seem familiar as you may remember seeing the prototype at NTI. (more…)