In the Sandbox
Playing with SkillPort 7 for the first time
SkillPort 7 – a whole new look and feel!
• Complete redesign of the SkillPort User Interface
– Both Student and Administrator UI
• Goals
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Update the overall UI
Improve Workflow and Usability
Consolidate Common Functions
Simplify Everyday Tasks
Reduce the number of clicks to accomplish common tasks
We didn’t do it alone
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Customer Feedback – over 400 customer demos
Usability Testing
User Interface Consultants
Internal subject matter experts
The Login Page
Customize the the login page
Add your logo, change colors, graphics
and welcome text.
The Home Page
Incorporate your branding on the Home Page
and throughout SkillPort
Colors
Logo
Image
Home Page Text
Navigation
Buttons, Shortcuts and Top Links
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My Favorites and My Enrollments now part of My
Plan
My Reports is now My Progress
Custom shortcuts below main navigation
• Expandable, drop-down menus
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Books 24x7, Admin, My Profile, Help as top links
My Profile
Improved Search & Learn
Improved Search & Learn
Start a new search
Improved Search & Learn
Narrow the search
result with “Search
Within Results”
Improved Search & Learn
You can go back at any
time with this trail of
your searches
The number of items in
each content type is
displayed…
…click any link to
display just one type
Improved Search & Learn
Expand the details for
any item, without
leaving your search
results
A Much Better Search & Learn
Click “View in Catalog
to see other courses
that are closest to this
one
A Much Better Search & Learn
Easily see where
course is located in the
catalog…
…and navigate through
the catalog to see
other courses
A Much Better Search & Learn
And go back to your
search results with just
one click
Improved Search & Learn
A New View of the Catalog
A New View of the Catalog
A familiar folder tree – it
works just like Windows
Explorer
A New View of the Catalog
Click on the high level folders…
A New View of the Catalog
…to see the next levels below
A New View of the Catalog
Rollover and click “Show Details”…
A New View of the Catalog
…to see the course description
expand right inside the catalog
window
A New View of the Catalog
Click to add to My Plan…
A New View of the Catalog
…or drag-and-drop an item
to My Plan….
…without losing your place
in the catalog
A New View of the Catalog
Click “Hide Details” when
you are finished…
A New View of the Catalog
…and you are instantly back
to your previous view.
A Whole New My Plan
A Whole New My Plan
Any asset can go in
My Plan
A Whole New My Plan
It’s easy to organize
with folders and subfolders
A Whole New My Plan
Icons provide visual
cues for Assignments
and Progress
A Whole New My Plan
Filter to show only
those assets that were
assigned or added by
the learner
A Whole New My Plan
Choose View to sort by
Category or Due Date
My Progress
Essentially the same as SkillPort 6.5
Significant Redesign
coming in SR1
My Progress – Coming Soon
Default to last 3 months
of activity and filter for
other time periods
Click on column
headers to quickly sort
columns
My Progress – Coming Soon
Ability to filter view by
type of resource
My Progress – Coming Soon
Select Tabs to quickly go
between In Progress and
Completed
BREAK!!
The SkillPort Administrator
SkillPort Administrator
• Goals
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Simplify Everyday Tasks
Consolidate Common Functions
Reduce the number of clicks to accomplish common tasks
Focus on Workflow and Usability
New Layout, New Features
SkillPort Administrator Home Page
“Log out” and “Exit to
Skillport” links
Presentation– Home Page Options
Instantly Update Home
Page Text
Presentation – Navigation Buttons
Presentation – Navigation Links
Create Custom Links as Desired
Presentation – Navigation Shortcuts
Create Custom Shortcuts –
Including Accordion Buttons
with Links
Presentation – Website Colors
Ability to customize website
colors – Use the Customization
Guide for guidance
Management Menu
SkillPort 7 Redesigned the User
& Group Management Features
Course Management
SkillPort 6.5
SkillPort 7.0
Management - User & Group Management
Easy to navigate to
desired task
Create a New Group
Create a New User
User & Group Management
Select a Group…
…to easily view
relevant information
User & Group Management
…or do the same for an
individual user
User & Group Management
Tabs make it easy to
view and edit
information and
assignments
User & Group Management
Curricula Assignments are
easily viewed and edited
As in earlier SkillPort Versions…
Note that Curriculum Assignments are
EITHER inherited from an upper group OR
are explicitly assigned. Assignments are
NOT additive
User & Group Management
My Plan Tab shows both Inherited and
Individual Assignments for the User
As in earlier SkillPort Versions…
Note that My Plan Assignments ARE additive
User & Group Management – Batch
Update
Enhancements coming in SR1
Ability to batch add ‘Status’ and
‘Approval Manager’
Managing Self-Registrations
Pending Users are listed
Click on any column header to
sort by that column
Hover over any User Name to
see registration details
QUESTIONS??