Posts by Duncan Welder IV

Course Instructor Report in v6.3

April 30, 2012

Until version 6.3, the only way to identify the instructors associated with a specific course was to access the Instructor tab of the course record itself. Now in version 6.3 on the Course Reports menu, the new Course Instructor Report…

Employee Inactivation Date in v6.3

April 17, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General

Have you ever needed to know when an employee became inactive? We’ve added a new field to the employee record that will allow you track the employee’s inactivation date. This is an optional field. If you don’t want to use…

Output to Team in v6.3 – Replace, Append or Update?

April 15, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

How To, Reports

In version 6.3, we’ve implemented some changes to Output to Team that will allow you to use it to maintain team memberships based upon report data. The table below is a quick summary of the different Output to Team options…

Output to Team Enhancements in v6.3

March 30, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, How To, Reports

In version 6.2, Output to Team adds students to the selected team if those students are on the report, but not already on the team. This is great! However, with subsequent report runs, the team membership can continue to grow…

Output to Team

March 15, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Reports, VTA

Introduction Starting with version 6.2, most reports that include Employees now have the Output to Team file type option. This allows you to add employees included in the report to a team. When Output to Team is selected, you will…

Experimenting with VTA Report File Types

March 1, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General, How To, Reports

In my last blog, I explained the different report file types. I also gave you some cautions and some ideas for using each of the file types. In this entry, I have some simple experiments for you to run in…

VTA Report File Types

February 15, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General, How To, Reports

When you run a report, the query created by your report tab selections extracts the data from the system and loads it into a temporary database. The Report Form you selected on the WHERE tab uses the data in the…

Why Learning Management Systems Fail – Part 3 of 3

February 10, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General

7 Reasons Implementations Fail Continued… This is part three of three blog entries based on a US Business Review article with the same title highlighting common reasons that companies see their LMS implementation as failed. The first two entries highlighted the…

Why Learning Management Systems Fail – Part 2 of 3

February 1, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

VTA

7 Reasons Implementations Fail Continued… This is part two of three blog entries based on a US Business Review article with the same title highlighting common reasons that companies see their LMS implementation as failed. Many begin considering moving to a…

VTA Report Favorites

January 31, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General, How To, Reports

Report Favorites All reports have a “Save As Favorite” button. After making your selections for report parameters on the Who/What/When/Where tabs, click Save As Favorite. You are prompted to enter the Name of your favorite and a description. You access…

Posts by Duncan Welder IV

Course Instructor Report in v6.3

Employee Inactivation Date in v6.3

Output to Team in v6.3 – Replace, Append or Update?

Output to Team Enhancements in v6.3

Output to Team

Experimenting with VTA Report File Types

VTA Report File Types

Why Learning Management Systems Fail – Part 3 of 3

Why Learning Management Systems Fail – Part 2 of 3

VTA Report Favorites

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