Course Catalog Features

7/31/2010 11:38:04 PM ET

Browse for courses by department (in Course Catalog)

We have the following departments at CompuMaster Online Training: Business, Databases, Design, Desktop, Internetworking, Net User and E-Business, Networking, Programming, Project Management, Webmaster, and Workplace Safety. These departments are displayed on the first page of the Course Catalog along with their descriptions. Each course is associated with a department. Note: Your company can choose to bypass the department page of the Course Catalog and instead display the contents of a special library set up just for your company. If this is the case, you will see a course listing similar to any other list of courses in the Course Catalog. See the other tasks you can perform in the Course Catalog for more information. To view courses by department in the Course Catalog: Click the department name. A list of all courses, online instructor-led and self-study, is displayed for that department. (See a sample layout of course listings in the Course Catalog, and About Restricted Courses if a course is restricted.) If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

Search for a course (in Course Catalog)

To search for a course in the Course Catalog: Enter a word, course title or technology in the Search Courses textbox. Note: This search feature does not accept Boolean search operators (like AND, OR, NOT) or special search characters used to include or exclude text (like +   -   ?   " "). Click Title to only see titles in the search results. Click Title and Content to see titles, lessons, topics, tutorials, recommendations and objectives in the search results. Click the Search button to begin the search. A list of all courses, online instructor-led and self-study, that match the search criteria is displayed. See a sample layout of course listings in the Course Catalog. See About Restricted Courses if a course is restricted. See Take an Assessment if assessment has been enabled for your CompuMaster Online Training student account. (If you chose the Title And Content option and now want to see your results by Title, click Hide Search Details in the search results page.) If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

See new and updated courses (in Course Catalog)

The New and Updated Courses box lists the five most recent courses added to or updated in CompuMaster Online Training. Both online instructor-led and self-study courses are displayed. For more information about the new and updated courses, click the View All New/Updated Courses link at the bottom of the New and Updated Courses box. If there are no new or updated courses accessible to you (based on your contract), the New and Updated Courses box is not displayed. (If a course is restricted, see About Restricted Courses.) If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

Access new and updated courses page (in Course Catalog)

To see detailed information about the new and updated courses, click the View All New/Updated Courses link in the New and Updated Courses box. This takes you to the New and Updated Courses page. If there are no new or updated courses accessible to you, you cannot access the New and Updated Courses page. See About Restricted Courses. See a sample layout of the New and Updated Courses page. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

Show Course Shortcuts toggle button

The Course Catalog offers a toggle button that allows you to hide or show information about department courses. The button default is Show Course Shortcuts. When you click this button, a listing of course information such as start or continue course for self-study courses, or registration and course availability information for online instructor-led courses, will appear to the right of the course title. When this information is displayed, the Show Course Shortcuts button toggles to Hide Course Shortcuts. Clicking the Hide button will make the course information listed at the right disappear. Note: The Show Course Shortcuts button is useful if you wish to quickly scroll through information about many different classes in a department. However, if you are sure of the course you wish to investigate, it is faster to simply click the title of the course. This action will bring you to the course syllabus page, which displays all the information concerning course availability, registering for and continuing courses -- and saves you from taking an unnecessary step. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

Register for an online instructor-led course

We offer a simple, easy way for you register for online instructor-led courses from the Course Catalog. To register for a course: Find an online instructor-led course by Department, by using Search, or in the New Courses listing. (An online instructor-led icon, which identifies either classes or workshops, is next to all online instructor-led courses. See About Restricted Courses if a course is restricted.) Click the Show Course Shortcuts button or the course title itself. Click the Register For button for the class you want to take. (You can still register for a class even though it's in progress. If the class is closed for registration, you'll see a closed for registration message on the confirmation page. Also, if a class is not open for registration yet, you can click Notify When Open and CompuMaster Online Training will email you when the class is open for registration.) Choose new options or keep the default options for Full or Audit status, CEU credits, and vendor contact. Click Register to register for the class. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

Start or continue a self-study course

You can start or continue a self-study course from the Course Catalog or the My Courses page. If the self-study course is listed in the Course Catalog, click the Show Course Shortcuts button or the course title itself. Then click either the Start Course or Continue Course button. From the My Courses page, simply click the Start or Continue Course button located next to the course. Start Course - displayed next to self-study courses you've never started. Start Course starts at the beginning of the course (the first lesson or tutorial in the course). Continue Course - displayed next to self-study courses you've already started. Clicking this button automatically starts the first lesson (or tutorial) you haven't completed. (For example, if you completed Lessons 1 and 2 but didn't complete Lesson 3, Continue Course will start at Lesson 3.) Note: Custom courses are only displayed with the Start Course button. To take or continue a self-study course from the Course Catalog: Find a self-study course by Department, by using Search, or in the New Courses listing. (A different self-study icon appears next to each self-study course and identifies the type of self-study course. See About Restricted Courses if a course is restricted.) Click the Show Course Shortcuts button or the course title itself. Click the Start Course or Continue Course button next to the course title. Follow the instructions on the page to begin the course. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

Take an Assessment

Whether or not you are required to take an assessment depends on if assessments have been enabled for you. If you are required to take assessments before starting a specific course, you must first click the Show Course Shortcuts button or the course title itself. Then you can access the assessment by clicking the Take Assessment link for the course. Take Assessment will display if you haven't previously taken part or all of the assessment. The Take Assessment link will launch the assessment window on the Start Assessment page. Continue Assessment will display if you did not finish the assessment previously. This link will launch the assessment window on the Start Assessment page. Retake Assessment will display if you have previously completed an assessment for the course. This link will launch the assessment window on the Start Assessment page. Notes: If baseline assessments are required and an assessment is available for the selected course, you will be directed to the assessment launch page before you start a tutorial. If either baseline assessments are not required or the course selected does not have assessment, the Start Tutorial page will display. If you have recommendationsfor a course, you will be prompted to take a follow-up assessment after you complete the last recommended tutorial for the course. If you have no recommendations, you will be prompted to take assessment after completing the last tutorial in the course. Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

	View Recommendations
	Recommended topics for a specific course are listed along with the last assessment completed date. Each recommended topic displays with a check box next to it stating whether it has been completed or not. Recommendations are made based on assessments previously taken. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help

View Related Reference Books

When viewing course listing pages in the Course Catalog, the View Related Reference Books link displays. This link takes you to a related listing of books. You have access to view related reference books when you search for all courses or view courses by department in the Course Catalog. Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. If you search for courses by title or title and content then you can search for books by title or title and content using the same criteria used in the course search. If you view all courses then you can browse books by category. A page displays enabling you to select a category. If you view courses by category then you can browse for books by category. A page displays enabling you to select the category. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to Course Catalog Help