1. Search: Enter keywords to search for courses, keywords, or resources.
   
2. Messages: Quickly access messages sent to you from other users.
   
1. A notification badge with a number will display if you have unread messages.
   
3. Notifications: Click the icon to view course, group, and account notifications.
   
1. A notification badge with a number will display if you have unread notifications
4. Calendar: Click the calendar icon to view your site calendar.
   
5. Profile: Click your profile picture to view your profile. Additional options are available in the drop-down menu next to your profile picture. Click the arrow to access:
   
1. Toggle dark mode: This setting allows you to enable dark mode on your platform.
2. Help: Access the Help center to view the Knowledge base and other helpful resources.
   
3. Print this page: Print the current page or save it to PDF.
   
4. Language setting: Your current language displays. Click the language to change the language setting for your view.
   
5. Log-out: Log out of the platform.

News feed

1. Click the News tab at the top of the home page.
   

Help center

This getting started guide is a great place to begin learning about the platform, but another great resource is the Help center. To access the Help center:

1. Click the Help icon in the lower left corner of the primary navigation menu.
   

The Help center pop-up displays. The available options in the Help center pop-up depend on the configuration of your platform, but can include:

1. Knowledge base: The Knowledge base includes help articles, product demos, webinars and more! 
2. Learner help desk: If available, the Learner help desk allows you to post questions to the help desk for your site.
   
3. Product news: Product news is a great way to learn about the latest platform features and updates.
   
4. Product demos: Product demos provide step by step walk throughs of common features on the platform.
   
5. Getting started guides: Getting started guides present the basics of the platform for learners, instructors, and administrators.
   

Course navigation menu

1. Dashboard: A splash page that displays a course overview and widgets available in the course.
   
2. Modules: The modules and sections that make up the course content.
   
1. Note this button is labeled as Lessons for academia platforms.
3. News: The course news feed displays course announcements, posts from instructors and learners, posts about new assessments, modules, events and more.
   
4. Groups: Groups related to the course.
   
5. Sections: If the course has child courses, they will display in the Sections tab.
6. Calendar: The course calendar displays important course events such as web conference sessions and assessment dates.
   
7. Assessments: Details of learner assessment submissions, scores, analytics, and the associated grading scales.
   
1. Note this button is labeled as Assignments for academia platforms.
8. Mastery: A breakdown of learner mastery ratings for the skills associated with the course.
9. Learners: A list of learners along with messaging functionality.
   
1. Note this button is labeled as Students for academia platforms.
10. Instructors: A list of course instructors along with messaging functionality.
    
1. Note this button is labeled as Teachers for academia platforms.
11. Games: A breakdown of your progress and awards through the levels of the course. Course badges and points are also displayed on this page.
    
12. Attendance: A list of your attendance records.
    
13. Forums: Course specific forums for discussions between course members.
    
14. Resources: Documents and videos that support the course.
    
15. Automation: A page that displays a list of automation rules set up for the course.
    
16. Chat: A chat room for learners and instructors of the course.
    
17. Seating chart: A feature for instructor led and blended courses that allows you to organize how learners are seated.
18. Wiki: A page for collaborative Wiki creation and editing for learners and instructors.
    
19. Purchases: If your platform has e-commerce enabled, this tab offers a list of all the purchases of a course.
20. Blogs: A page dedicated to learner and instructor blogs associated with the course.
    
21. Syllabus: A page that provides an overview of the course.
22. Admin: A fly-out menu of options that allow you to configure the course, import/export course content, delete the course, etc.
    

News feed

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click News from the course navigation menu.

1. Click Modules from the course navigation menu.
   
1. Academia users will click Lessons.
   

1. Click the List view  icon.
   

1. Click the module name. 

1. Click the Section name. 
   

Creating a course

1. CYPHER Agent can create a complete course for you in minutes. Select the course style, tone, and number of modules, skills, and assessments, and let CYPHER Agent do the rest. CYPHER Agent can leverage your company content, or create new content based on the topic you provide. Creating with CYPHER Agent will be covered later in this guide.
   
2. Use the built-in HTML editor to create a course exactly the way you want. You can add as many modules, sections, resources, tools, assessments, SCORM packages, as you need. You can use automation settings in the platform to customize exactly when and if modules and sections display to different types of learners.
   

1. Click Courses from the primary navigation menu.
   
2. Click Add from the fly-out menu.
   
3. Click Course from the Add course pop-up.
   

1. Instructor: Instructor-led training is a traditional approach to learning where a live instructor guides participants through course content, either in-person or virtually. 
   
2. Blended: Blended learning is a combination of instructor-led and self paced learning. These courses may have scored assessments that only allow learners to proceed once they have achieved a certain score.
   
3. Self-paced: Self-paced learning allows learners to take the course anytime, anywhere. There is no course schedule, no dates for particular modules, no due date for assessments, and no grading periods.
   
4. Micro course: A micro course is a lightweight course that provides the learner with access to modules and sections and no other tabs. Micro courses display content in a slide format, with an image above text on each page.

Adding modules to a course

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Modules from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click Add. 
   
4. Select New to create a new module, or select Library to choose an existing module.

1. Enter a module Title, Description, Date (for instructor or blended courses), and Position. 
   
2. Click Save.
   

1. Access a module.
   
2. Click Add section.

1. The Content tab allows you to add a content Page, a SCORM package, a File, Tool, and more.
   
2. The Assessment tab allows you to add an assessment section such as a Quiz, Discussion assessment, Survey, and more.

1. Click Edit.
   
2. Add a section Title.
   
3. Click Save. 
   

1. Add a Name and Description for the resource.
   
2. Select which Library the resource will be stored in.
   
1. For example, if you want the file to be available to everyone in your business, you would select Business. 
   
3. Click Save.
   

1. Access the module.
   
2. Click the Set skills tab.
   
3. Select the specific skills associated with the module.
   
4. Click Save.

1. Click the CYPHER agent floating icon.
   

The Enroll learners pop-up displays. There are multiple ways to enroll learners:

1. Courses tab:
   
1. If you share the course access code with learners, they can directly enroll by:
   
1. Clicking Courses from the primary navigation menu
   
2. Clicking Enroll from the fly-out menu.
   
3. Entering the access code.
   
2. Additionally, if you have published the course to the course catalog, learners can locate the course in the Catalog and enroll from there.
   

1. Access your course.
   
2. Click Assessments from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click Add.
   
4. Select an assessment type.

1. Enter a Title for the assessment.
   
2. Enter a Max score.
   
3. Select a Weight % for the assessment.
4. Select a Category for the assessment:
   
1. Choose between None (the default), Homework, Participation, Quiz, and Test.
   
5. Select a Start date for Instructor led or Blended courses (optional).
   
6. Select a Module for the assessment (optional). 
   
7. Determine the maximum number of user attempts.
   
8. Select a Grading option.
   
1. Choose between Normal, Extra credit, Ignore, and Not graded.
   
9. Select a Due date for instructor-led or blended courses.
   
1. Note that you can leave the due date of the assessment blank. If you do this, then the assessment will never display in the "Due" column for learners, and the learner will never receive an "assessment due" reminder.
   
10. Select the Allow late? checkbox if you will allow late assessment submissions.
    
11. Select a Grading scale from the available grading scales on your platform.
    
12. Enter user Instructions.
    
1. In the Instructions area of the assessment, you can add variables by using the {{variable name}} format.
   
13. Once you have configured your assessment, click Save.

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click the Mastery tab.
   
3. Click Add Skills.
   

The Add skills pop-up allows you to create new skills, or use existing skills from a library.

1. Name the skill set.
   
2. Add a Code for the skills.
   
3. Add a Description for the skill set.
   
4. Select which Library to save the skill set in.
5. After entering the skill set information, click Save.

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Mastery from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click the Coverage tab.

1. Access: Hide assessment, Hide module, Hide section, Lock module, Show assessment, Show module, Show section, and Unlock module.
   
2. Awards: Award badge, Award certificate, Award coupon, Award points.
   
3. Integrations: Webhook, xAPI
   
1. Additional integration options vary based on the set-up of your platform.
   
4. Membership: Add to group, Enroll in course, Remove from group.
   
5. Other: Add tag, Add to-do item, Archive, Deactivate, Remove tag, Send custom notification, and Send canned message.
   

Adding module completion rules

1. Access a course.
   
2. Click Modules from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Select a module.
4. Click the Completion tab.
   
5. Click Add from the Completion actions section. 
   
6. The Add actions pop-up will display, allowing you to add an action to the module.
   

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Admin from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click Compliance from the fly-out menu.
   
4. Click the Require for compliance button.

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Learners from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click the Compliance tab. 
   

Courses that are classified as compliance are identified with the Required for compliance tag in the course catalog. 

1. Access a course.
   
2. Click Attendance from the course navigation menu. 
   
1. Note, attendance is only available for instructor-led or blended courses. 
3. Click Add.

1. Click the Edit  icon on the learner's cell for the new session.
   
2. Select a Status for the learner.
   
1. If the learner is early or late, you can add the number of minutes.
   
3. Add an optional Note.
   
4. Click Save.

1. Access a course.
   
2. Click Attendance from the course navigation menu. 
   
3. Click the Summary tab.

1. Select Path from the pop-up.
   

1. Click Modules from the path navigation menu.
2. Click Add. 
   
3. Select New to create a new module, or select Library to choose an existing module.

1. Click the mail  icon in the top right menu.
   
2. Click a specific message to access it.

1. Click Users from the primary navigation menu.
   
2. Click My learners from the fly-out menu.
   
3. Select the checkbox next to a leaner's name.
   
1. Note that you can select multiple learners at once.
   
4. Click Message. 

1. Click Users from the primary navigation menu.
   
2. Select a group of users, such as Friends.
   
3. Click on a user's profile.
   
4. Click Chat.
   

Note that the activity display indicator for Julie Scott is green, indicating that she is currently online. 

1. Click the user's name anywhere in the platform to access their profile page.
   
2. Click Add friend.

1. Click the notifications  icon in the top right menu.
   
2. Click Configure if you would like to adjust your notification settings.
3. Click a specific notification to access it.