What is a Custom Asset?
Custom assets are those created specifically for your organization, such as external learning objects (ELOs), Instructor-led training (ILT) courses and sessions, Dialogue Live sessions, and custom courses uploaded using Skillsoft Publisher.
Actions you can take with custom assets include:
- Copy custom assets from one customized library to another
- Hide or unhide custom assets within a library
- Entitle custom assets to learners, so they can search and browse for them
- Assign or deassign custom assets to learning plans, so learners have direct access in the Assigned Learning tab of their learning plans
Default icons for custom assets vary; you can upload your own image, or use the default icons:
Icon in the Catalog (Skillport Administrator)
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Icon in the Learning Plan (Skillport Learner)
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Content Type
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 Custom Course
A custom course is organization-specific web-based instructional content delivered to you on your computer. During a custom course, you practice and are assessed on your mastery of the skills and knowledge learned in the course.
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Instructor Led Training (ILT) Courses
Instructor Led Training (ILT) courses are scheduled courses that you attend at a specific time. An ILT course can have one or more sessions, which are scheduled instances of the course. There are two types of ILT sessions:
- ILT physical sessions: These sessions are held at physical locations, for example, a classroom or conference room.
- ILT virtual sessions: These sessions are delivered online via web conferencing applications.
You can enroll yourself in an ILT session, or your manager or training administrator can enroll you. Depending on the configuration of your site, your manager may need to approve the enrollment if you enroll yourself. If your manager enrolls you, you are notified by email of the location, duration, time, and date of the scheduled session.
If sessions of a course are currently unavailable (that is, there are no scheduled sessions or all scheduled sessions are full), you can add an ILT course to your watchlist in order to be notified when a new session is scheduled.
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Learning Programs
A Learning Program is a collection of learning assets that are grouped together based on subject matter, target audience, learning goal, or another organizing principle. Learning programs can include required and elective assets, have a defined structure that requires completion in a prescribed order, and a learner's progress can be tracked.
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External Learning Objects (ELOs)
An external learning object (ELO) is a reference to a learning activity or resource such as:
- A membership in a professional association
- A subscription to, or an article in, a journal or magazine
- An on-the-job or off-the-job experience
- A web site (for example, http://www.mywebsite.com/usefulinfo.html)
- An Internet newsgroup
- An in-house policy and procedure manual (for example, http://www.mywebsite.com/manuals/newemployeemanual.pdf)
External learning objects can be displayed, and searched for, in the Library. However, Skillport cannot track their completion by learners.
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Custom Image Specifications
Custom images must follow these guidelines:
Note: Using a landscape-oriented image with dimensions where the width is longer than the height may cause display issues.
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