Custom Student Dashboards (also referred to as Welcome Pages) are a way for you to configure what a student sees on login.

Turn on Novus III

• To turn on Novus III, in the Admin Navigation menu, select General Settings.
• Select the Student Interface tab.
• Select the radio button for Novus III, next to The Novus Interface should be.
  • NOTE: You cannot switch back to Novus II without contacting TraCorp. If you just want to preview Novus III, please change the URL in your browser from /novusii/ to /novusiii/. However, to have the ability to configure the Welcome Page, Novus III must be enabled.

Where Do I Configure Student Dashboards?

• From General Settings, select the Student Dashboard

Student Dashboard Default Layout

• Top Row - Choose number of cards to configure.
• Bottom Row - Choose number of cards to configure.
• Note: A carousel(s) of cards allows for 4 to 10 cards to be cycled through horizontally.

Descriptions of what each card displays to the learner is below:

• Activity - lists In Progress training and New Training that have been assigned
• Notifications - lists all Active Notifications
• Certifications - lists all Certifications assigned and the percent complete
• Assigned Content - lists all Assigned Content. Card includes a View All button that will take the learner to the Assigned Content page
• Completed Content - displays a card with a pre-set image, that, when selected, takes the learner to a page showing Completed Content
  • Note: Contact TraCorp to customize the image
• Archived Content - displays a card with a pre-set image, that, when selected, takes the learner to a page that shows Archived Content
  • Note: Contact TraCorp to customize the image
• All Content - displays a card with a pre-set image, that, when selected, takes the learner to a page that shows All Content
  • Note: Contact TraCorp to customize the image
• Favorites - displays a card with a pre-set image, that, when selected, takes the learner to a page that shows Favorited Content
  • Note: Contact TraCorp to customize the image
• Tags - list of Content Tags or Learning Track Tags. View All button will take the learner to a page to view all tags in the LMS
• Learning Tracks - lists Learning Tracks assigned to the learner
• Transcript - displays a card with a pre-set image, that, when selected, downloads the learner's transcript
• Classrooms - displays a card with a pre-set image, that, when selected, takes the learner to a Calendar page that shows Classroom Sessions they are registered for
  • Note: Contact TraCorp to customize the image
• Webinars - displays a card, that, when selected, takes the learner to a Calendar page that shows Webinars they are registered for
  • Note: Contact TraCorp to customize the image
• Calendar - displays a monthly calendar that shows Classroom and Webinar Sessions the learner is registered for
• Welcome - displays a card with a pre-set Welcome message for the learner. It shows which piece of content they left off with and has an Assigned Content button that takes them to the Assigned Content page
• Menu - displays a card with a menu configured in the Menus tab in General Settings. If there are no menus configured, please read this article
• Badges - lists badges in the system, how many the learner has earned, and has a View All button that takes the learner to a page to view all badges in the LMS

User Group Student Dashboard Templates

With this option selected, Student Dashboards can be created and associated with specific User Groups within the system. If a User Group is associated with a Student Dashboard Template, the default will be ignored for learners in that group. If a learner is a member of more than one User Group that has a User Group Student Dashboard Template, the most specific User Group's User Group Welcome Page Template will display to the user. I.e. if a learner is in a Parent Group and a Child Group that both have custom dashboards and tours assigned, the Child Group dashboard and tour will display. If a learner is in two groups "on the same level" (i.e. two child groups), the group with the lowest group ID will take precedence. To find the group ID, from Admin Navigation go to User Groups, double-click on the group in question to open the Edit User Group dialogue box. In the upper left corner of the dialogue box it will state Edit User Group - <ID Number>.

 How Do I Associate a User Group Student Dashboard Template with a User Group?

• From the Admin Navigation, select User Groups.
• Double-click on the User Group you would like to associate a template with to open its properties.
• From the General Options tab, select a template to be used from the Student Dashboard Template drop-down.
• Click Save.