How do I create a catalog?

Catalogs can reduce the admin task of inviting and enrolling learners in the courses. Admins can make the catalogs available to the trainees from inside the dashboard or distribute the catalog URL to trainees.

Creating a Catalog

From the left navigation panel, click on Catalogs. Then click on Create Catalog in the upper right corner to get started.

A fly-over window will appear, displaying the options for creating your new catalog. Enter the details, such as the Catalog Name, Catalog Description, and select the Courses you want to include. You can also decide if you want this available on the Trainee Dashboard so trainees can self-enroll. You can further designate what specific groups can self-enroll, too.

Click on the orange Add Courses button to add established courses to your catalog.

Sharing Catalogs

Catalogs provide an easy way to group all your course offerings onto one page. Instead of inviting trainees to specific courses, catalogs allow the trainee to enroll in the items that interest them. Admins can either make the catalog available to trainees from inside their trainee dashboard or distribute the URL to trainees, allowing them to sign up from the external catalog page.

External Customer Training

Catalogs simplify organizing your external training to share with your customers or clients. Organizing your courses into catalogs allows trainees to browse and pick what they'd like to take on an "as needed" basis. You can share the URL with your customers, and they can bookmark it - and any updates to the modules, courses, or catalogs will automatically go through.

Access these options by selecting the catalog, clicking Edit, then scrolling to Public Catalog Page Access. This is where you can grab the URL to share or embed the catalog and email the link. With public URLs, you can also share the catalog directly with your social network!

By setting the option to Public: Anyone with a link can register, and anyone can take this course. They will self-enroll as a trainee into your account.

Here is an example of what a catalog page looks like. It displays the courses available, a brief description, and the trainer.

Internal Employee Training

Internal employee training is often a mix of mandatory training and optional courses. Catalogs are an excellent option for optional courses you'd like your trainees to view and self-enroll in. You can share a direct link to the catalog - via email or on an intranet - and allow trainees to self-enroll via their Trainee Dashboard.

Access these options by selecting the catalog, clicking Edit, then scrolling to Public Catalog Page Access. This is where you can grab the URL to share or embed the catalog and email the link. In the screenshot below, only existing trainees in your account can enroll in the courses via the catalog page.

When trainees go to their dashboard, they will see a toggle at the top to view the Course Catalog. Once here, they can scroll through or search for the available catalogs.

Once they find the catalog they'd like to explore, they can click on it to view all available courses.

You can also share the URL with your trainees, as you do with the public catalog. Please email it to them or embed it into your intranet for easy access!