Welcome to HR Classroom! The following will show you how to use your HR Classroom admin account,
including setting up Training Groups, inserting Policies, and generating Trainee Reports.
1) Logging into your HR Classroom Admin account:
► To log in to your administrative account, do the following:
1) Go to: http://www.hrclassroom.com
2) Log in using the Email Address and Password provided in your confirmation email
You’re now logged in as a training administrator - this allows you to track employee activity, insert
policies, and other administrative tasks.
2) Administrative Account: Training Groups
To begin delivering your HR Classroom trainings, you must create a training group for your trainees. A
Training Group limits which trainings your employees can access in HR Classroom. For example, you may
wish to set up a specific location (i.e., Chicago) for certain trainings, or a specific department. You have
complete control. You can create as many training groups as you need.
► Creating a Training Group:
1) Log in to HR Classroom as the training administrator
2) Click on either ‘Manage Training Groups’ or the ‘Training Groups’ link (in the blue navigation bar
at the top of screen)
3) Click on the ‘New’ link to create a new training group (The word “NEW” to the left of the yellow
bar above the table).
4) Enter a label that describes the training group (such as ‘Manager training’). This is for your
reference as administrator.
5) Select either ‘No Audio’ or ‘Enable Audio’. (NOTE: Trainings with audio options are marked with
a blue speaker icon ).
4) Select the trainings you wish to deliver to your trainees by checking the box next to each training
title
7) Press the ‘Update’ button at the bottom of the screen
8) That’s it! Your training group is created. You’ll now see it listed in the ‘Training Groups’ area.
► Providing training access to your employees:
1) Go to the ‘Training Groups’ area
2) Your training groups will appear in a table, along with their access codes and an access URL (in
red).
3) Determine which training group you will use for your employees. To provide access, you will
email them the link. This link is specially coded so that they will see only the trainings you wish.
4) Create an email message and include the appropriate training group link. To include the link,
cut and paste the link by highlighting the link, copying to your clipboard, and then pasting to the
email. This provides ‘one step’ access for employees—all they
have to do is click on the link and they’re logged in.
SAMPLE EMAIL
Dear (Company Employee):
You are required to take several key training courses as part of your employment at (company). These trainings are xxxx
and xxxx. To access these trainings, please go to the following URL:
http:// [Desired Training Group URL]
When you click the link, you will be taken to the HR Classroom training website and asked for your email address (if you
do not have an email address, you should make one up, following this format:
[email protected]).
HR Classroom will look to see if you’ve taken a training previously. If not, it will ask you to create a personal account.
You will need to enter:
- first name
- last name
- email address
You will also be asked to create a password and then confirm it. You must type the password EXACTLY the same each
time (using the same letters, uppercase or lowercase, etc.).
Once you’ve created your account, you will then be given a list of trainings to take. Click the training title and take the
training. If you are interrupted, you can always pick up where you leave off by clicking the link above, then entering your
email and password again. Use the ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ buttons to navigate through each training. Do NOT use your
browser’s back button!
Please finish your trainings by (particular date).
Thanks,
Jane Doe
Human Resources
Here’s what happens when your trainees click the link:
1.
You provide a trainee with a training group link , either via email on posted on your company intranet.
2.
When the trainee clicks the link, they are taken to HR Classroom and asked to enter their email address:
3.
HR Classroom will search for the trainee’s email address. If the email is found, but does not have a password
associated with it, the trainee is asked to create a password. If the trainee’s email is not found, they will be asked to
create their own personal training account. (NOTE: if the trainee has already created a password, they simply enter it
and proceed):
4.
The trainee is transported to the “Training Access Menu”:
► Editing a Training Group:
If you need to add or delete trainings in a group, simply go to the ‘Training Groups’ area of the HR
Classroom site and click on the ‘Edit’ or ‘Delete’ links to the left of the training group.
Step 3) Adding policies to your trainings
We highly recommend that your organization include your policy in each HR Classroom training that you
deliver to your employees. To insert your organization’s specific policy into a HR Classroom training:
1) Login as an HR Classroom administrator
2) Click on the ‘Custom’ link on the top navigation bar, then select ‘Custom Policies’
3) Select the training and click the ‘Create’ button to the left of the title
4) To enter the policy, cut and paste your policy electronically into the form
5) Click the Create button
6) Your policy is now inserted into the training
7) To edit the policy, follow the same process
Step 4) Adding / editing custom data fields to the trainee registration form
To insert additional required fields of information into your trainees’ registration form (such as an employee
ID number or a location), do the following:
1) Login to HR Classroom
2) Click on ‘Custom’ link on the top navigation bar, then select ‘Registration Fields’
3) Under the Action & Options column, click the down arrow and selection the type of box you need:
Dropdown or Text. This example uses a Dropdown Box.
(Remember: Use a dropdown box when you need uniform data from your trainees, such as office
location or department name; use a text box for data that is unique for each trainee, such as an
employee ID number)
4)Press the Create button.
5) Enter the name of the field (such as 'Office Location'). Then enter an abbreviation (such as 'OL').
The latter prevents wide reports when you generate a trainee report in HR Classroom.
6) Enter the Dropdown Values for your Dropdown box (such as 'Houston', 'Dallas', 'Seattle', etc.).
You may also provide abbreviations for each, if you wish. Again, this will prevent an excessively
wide report:
7) Click the Apply Changes button. Review your Dropdown Box text. If you're satisfied, then click
the Return to Main Menu button.
8) That's it! You're done. You will see an example of how the registration page looks at the bottom of
your screen. If you need to modify anything, just repeat the steps above. You'll see the data collected
from these fields when you access the Trainee Reports section of your HR Classroom Admin account.
Step 5) Generating Trainee Reports
To create reports on trainee activity:
1) Log into your admin account
2) Click on the ‘Trainee Records’ link in the blue navigation bar. This brings up the report generator.
3) You can filter your report by several variables:
- type of training
- status of training (complete, incomplete)
- start/stop date
4) To export the training data, click the down arrow in the ‘Report Format’ row and select the export
option you wish (Excel or CSV)
5) If you leave the Report Format as Normal (HTML) and click the ‘Generate Employees List’
button, you will see the trainee activity report
To edit a Trainee Record:
Occasionally a trainee may enter incorrect information in their account, such as the wrong location or
department. You can update this information by clicking the ‘Edit’ link to the left of the training
records, then modifying the information as needed and clicking the Update button.
To print a completion certificate for a trainee:
1) Run a Trainee Report (see above)
2) Find the trainee record in the list
3) In the ‘Status’ column, you will see the word ‘Completed’ if the trainee has successfully finished
the training
4) Click the word ‘Completed’
5) A new browser window will appear with the trainee’s completion certificate; you can print it using
your browser’s print function
Step 6) Modifying your Admin login
Your HR Classroom account has one administrative login (email/access code). You may distribute this login
information to as many or few employees as you wish. As you’ve seen, the admin account provides access to
trainee reports, policies, and so on.
To modify your admin login:
1) Log into your admin account
2) Click on the Account Info link in the blue navigation bar and select Update Account
3) You can update or change the Employer name, Administrator name and email, and access code.
Other Account Features:
Printing employee completion certificates:
You can print completion certificates for any employee via your Admin account. Here’s how:
1) Log into your HR Classroom admin account
2) Go to ‘Trainee Records’
3) Run a report for the appropriate time span/training/etc.
4) Locate the trainee record in the list. In the ‘Status’ column for this record, you will see the word
‘Completed’. Click the word (it’s a link). A new browser window will open with the certificate in it.
Simply print using your browser’s ‘Print’ function.
5) If a window does not open, check your browser’s popup blocker function. It may be blocking HR
Classroom. If that’s the case, allow HR Classroom to generate popups.
Adding your company logo:
If you would like our design team to place your logo in one of these areas, please send an email to
[email protected] and include the following:
-Your Company Name
-The position you desire to place your logo
-Your logo (JPEG, GIF, BMP formats)
Employee compare feature:
You can compare your own internal list of employees to the trainee data we have on HR Classroom
using our ‘Employee Compare’ feature. For example, if you’ve emailed all of your managers with a
training link and now want to find out who hasn’t taken the training, use Employee Compare to find
out. Here’s how:
1) Log into your admin account
2) Click on the Employee Compare link in the blue navigation bar
3) Submit your data by uploading a .CSV file or by pasting records into the blank text form.
Acceptable data fields include: First Names, Last Names, and/or Email addresses.
4) Click the Submit button
5) You may compare the HR Classroom data to the data which you provided in three different ways.
Use the 'Display' selection box to restrict results to records that occur in both lists, to records that only
exist outside of your list, or to records that only exist in your list.
6) Your report will be generated. At this point, you can also download the report as an Excel
spreadsheet.
Purchasing additional training units
You will see the status of your training unit usage when you login to the HR Classroom site. To add more
licenses, please contact us via phone (877.376.6158) or email ([email protected]). We will be happy to
help you!
HR Care®
We also publish HR Care®, a single web site that provides a wealth of employment law information
for your Human Resources staff. HR Care® is used by over 20,000 companies throughout the U.S.
and Canada. You can purchase HR Care® in conjunction with your HR Classroom licenses. Please
ask your salesperson for details.
Contact Information
Web: http://www.hrclassroom.com/
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 877.376.6158