How to Open a LINGOs

eLearning Portal in 7 Simple [?]

Steps

Your host

What would you like to learn?

• Launched February 2008

• 200+ Courses

• Global reach

• 700 employees in 32 offices

• 25% enrolled

• Dawn of a new era

It all began in a coffee shop (it being Seattle)…

Harriet said…

Just do it, Dick!

Our Portal

The 7 Steps

Focus it

Brand it

Design it

Build it

Test it

Promote it

Roll it out

Step 1: Focus

What only you can do• Answer what you

hope to accomplish and why

• Develop criteria for progress

• Create a timeline that works for you

• Persist

How LINGOs can help• Share the

experience of others• Connect you with

other LINGOs members

• Provide encouragement

Step 2: Brand it

What only you can do• Name your portal• Decide on the portal

experience you want others to have

How LINGOs can help• Share what others

have done

Step 3: Design it

What only you can do• Create the look you

want• Work with your

graphics team

How LINGOs can help• Give you the design

parameters for the Intralearn LMS

• Work with Dan• Post sample versions

Step 4: Build it

What only you can do• Identify the players

(administrator, order manager, registrar)

• Write the copy• Select the courses• Edit the auto-generated

registration responses• Decide on the report hierarchy

and its relationship to your own training records

• Identify in-house expertise

How LINGOs can help• Tell you what the players must

do• Upload the copy and create

the links• Serve as a sounding board for

your course selection• Tell you how to edit within the

LMS• Discuss the pros and cons of

hierarchy choices

Step 5: Test it

What only you can do• Play with the system• Select a beta group to try

out your portal• Learn how to make the

portal accessible to employees in the LMS

• Conduct a dry run and make appropriate changes

How LINGOs can help• Make your portal ready to

test• Teach you how to

manage the LMS registration process

Step 6: Promote it

What only you can do• Decide how employees

will access your portal• Decide what aids will

support portal use• Decide on the

communication what, when, where, who and how

• Organize promotion activities

How LINGOs can help• Provide encouragement• Suggest other LINGOs

members to speak with

Our intranet link to PATHwise

Local Learning Champions

Get to know PATHwise

Promote it locally(Staff meetings, 1:1, leadership)

Provide feedback to Seattle

Step 7: Roll it out

What only you can do• Batch enroll

employees• Execute your

communication plan• Follow up on

questions, confusion and surprises

How LINGOs can help• Guide you on

enrollment process• Promptly respond to

your questions

How would you edit this list?

Focus it

Brand it

Design it

Build it

Test it

Promote it

Roll it out

The all important Step 8

Keep it up!

The future of PATHwise…

Questions

1. What strategic initiative, PATH priority, or value could e-learning support?

2. What do you or your team want to learn that PATHwise?

3. What are the tell-tale signs of success for PATHwise?

ThankYou!