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Creating Report Favorites in VTA Backoffice

April 18, 2013

Report Favorites in Backoffice Beginning with v6.2, 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…

Trouble Logging Into VTA Backoffice After Upgrading to Internet Explorer 10?

March 29, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

General, How To, Troubleshooting

If, after upgrading to IE10, you experience an error when attempting to log into VTA BackOffice, you will need to turn on Compatibility Settings for the VTA Backoffice website. To do this: 1. Click Tools in the Browser menu bar…

Managing Training Initatives with VTA Programs

March 27, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, e-Learning, General, How To, Learner, Reports, VTA

Program Management There has never been an easy and intuitive way to sequence developmental activities in VTA. Prerequisites can dictate the order of courses but they rely on history or exemptions to verify compliance and a student isn’t aware of his/her…

Competency Management in VTA 7.0 – An Overview

March 5, 2013

Duncan Welder IV

VTA

Competency Management in VTA 7.0 – An Overview Moving from training-centered to competency-centered talent management can be an intimidating task. It is a task that can contribute greatly to the bottom line by focusing on building the skills and abilities…

Importing a Roster to VTA from Turning Technology Audience Response System

December 3, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

VTA

Background: Many groups use audience response systems for in-class polling to increase interaction and to provide live assessments during class. With systems like that produced by Turing Technology, in-class polling results can be output as a .csv file which can…

Log Files and Reports Part 3 – Evaluator Log Report

November 30, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Reports, Troubleshooting

Report Description The Evaluator Log report displays all VTA Learner actions involved with starting, scoring, and storing tests, evaluations, checklists, and surveys for the date range selected (or All Dates). For troubleshooting purposes, you can run the report for a…

Log Files and Reports Part 2 – Learner Enrollment Log Report

October 29, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Reports, Troubleshooting

Report Description The Learner Enrollment Log Report displays all VTA Learner actions for the employees in the specified site associated with starting courses, launching Lessons, giving credit, etc. for the date range selected (or All Dates). For troubleshooting purposes, you…

Log Files and Reports Part 1 – Overview

October 15, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Reports, Troubleshooting

What are Log Files? Did you know that VTA Learner logs many of the actions that students take while signed into the system? For instance, Learner makes a log entry when a student or a supervisor enrolls in a scheduled…

Using Autocompletes in VTA Backoffice

August 14, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General, How To

Autocomplete is a feature provided in many web based applications to speed up human-computer interactions. It involves the application predicting what the user is typing in without the user actually typing it in completely. Autocomplete is available in VTA Backoffice…

Using Scheduled Session Status to Control Enrollments in VTA Learner

July 30, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, How To

Everyone is familiar with the scheduled session statuses OPEN, SHUT and CANCEL. They’ve been around forever. But, there are some new status options that have been incorporated into the system over the last few years that you may not have…

Posts by Duncan Welder IV

Creating Report Favorites in VTA Backoffice

Trouble Logging Into VTA Backoffice After Upgrading to Internet Explorer 10?

Managing Training Initatives with VTA Programs

Competency Management in VTA 7.0 – An Overview

Importing a Roster to VTA from Turning Technology Audience Response System

Log Files and Reports Part 3 – Evaluator Log Report

Log Files and Reports Part 2 – Learner Enrollment Log Report

Log Files and Reports Part 1 – Overview

Using Autocompletes in VTA Backoffice

Using Scheduled Session Status to Control Enrollments in VTA Learner

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