Learning Management System (LMS)

QUICK START GUIDE

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Contents

Quick Start ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Create Account and Login .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

Trouble Logging In ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Find Courses and Complete ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Check Your Progress .................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Start or Resume Course ............................................................................................................................................................. 4

Navigating a Course ................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Completing a Course and Certificates ....................................................................................................................................... 5

Join a Group .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Communicating With Administrator .......................................................................................................................................... 7

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Quick Start Ready to start right away?

1. Click on Course Catalog

2. Click on the course you want

3. Click on “Get This Course”

4. Click either “Login” or “Signup”

Create an Account and Login Visit https://volunteer-ahs.talentlms.com or https://foster-ahs.talentlms.com and click on “Signup”

Fill out the form and click “Create account.”

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Trouble Logging In Click “Forgot your password?” Enter your username or email address and we'll email you instructions on how to reset your password.

Find Courses 1. Login and click the course you want.

2. Click “Start Course.”

• You will not be able to start courses that require prerequisites.

3. You have 30 days to complete Introduction Courses.

• The course expiration date will be shown next to the course title on the Home page.

4. At any time, you can click on the AHS logo to return to the Home page.

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Check Your Progress See how you are doing in all of your courses. See Assignment status, view and download Certificates, view Course details

and information, see your Badges, and more.

Start or Resume Course From the Home page, click on your course title. You will see a summary of the course. From the summary page, click on

the “Start course” or “Resume course” button to go to the course content.

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Navigating a Course If you resume a course, you will be prompted to resume from your previous location or restart from the beginning. If

you want to skip something without completing it, click More at the top of the page to go “Back to Courses” or “Log Out”.

Completing a Course and Certificates When completing a course make sure there is a green check mark next to each unit on the list. If there isn't,

go back and make sure that you've completed the entire course. Once you have completed all the required parts of some

courses, you will receive your certificate. Click on the buttons to download or share your certificate.

Join a Group To join another group, you will need the group key. This will be provided to you by an administrator. Once you are a member of a group, you have access to that group’s course(s).

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Communicating With Administrator To send a message to the System Administrator, hover over Messages in the top right corner of the home page and

click on “Send message”.

Enter System Administrator in Recipient box. Type your Subject and Body, like you would compose an email. Select an

attachment if desired and click “Send message.”

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To view messages you have received, hover over Messages and click on “Go to inbox.” Click below Options:

To Forward a message, click on the icon.

To Delete a message, click on the icon.

To view or reply to a message, click on the Subject of the message. Once you click on a message subject, you will see the

message and can reply.