We’ve been blogging for several weeks now about all the new features in VTA version 6.3. Here are some other new features that did not fit into other artciles.
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Vendor and External Instructor changes in v6.3
Understanding Vendors, External Instructors and Course Instructors All external instructors are associated to a vendor in VTA. Once an external instructor has been added to a vendor, that external instructor can be added to any number of courses as an…
Read MoreWarn user of associated requirements during course inactivation in v6.3
As general rule, an inactive course should not be assigned as a training requirement. To help prevent this from happening in your system, we have added a check that will warn the user if the course is assigned as a…
Read MoreShow In Learner added to Training Areas & Subjects in v6.3
Show in Learner flag now available in Training Areas and Subjects In previous versions, you could prevent a particular course from showing up in the course search or from the schedule, by simply unchecking the Show In Learner option on…
Read MoreAdministrator Activity Report in v6.3
When was the last time a Backoffice user logged on to the system? Which Backoffice users have access to a site and what are their roles? Prior to version 6.3, questions like these could only be answered through complex queries…
Read MoreFind Employee by Email Address – v6.3
The Find Employee feature has been in VTA for some time. You can use it to locate an employee record by ID, Learner Logon or Badge Number. Now in 6.3 you will be able to use Email Address to find…
Read MoreImport Rosters – Part 1
One of the top requested features recently for VTA Backoffice is the ability to import a roster from a spreadsheet. Perhaps you receive roster data from your instructors in a spreadsheet, or maybe you have a lot of students to add and it is simply faster to type their Employee ID’s in a spreadsheet. Beginner with version 6.3 you can import the rosters directly into VTA. This is the first in a two part article. We will look at History imports in this post.
Find Supervisor Assignment Report in v6.3
Have you ever needed to identify all the employee groups to which a particular person is assigned as a supervisor? Prior to version 6.3, that wasn’t such an easy task. However, with the new Find Supervisor Assignment report, it is…
Read MoreAdd Students to Shut Classes on Move To History in v6.3
As you know, when a Scheduled Class is marked “Shut” in Administrator, you may not add students to the class. Frequently you may have “surprise” students show up for the class that are allowed in by the Instructor. In v6.3, you can add these students on the Move To History option.
Find Lesson Reports – v6.3
Find Lesson Reports Have you ever wanted to find all the courses that used a particular test template? Now you can with the new Find Lesson Reports. The example screen shown below is for the Find Test Lesson report. In…
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