Introduction
With the Absorb Engage upgrade, you can motivate learners and promote messages with eye-catching Billboards. A Billboard can present as a video or photo banner and appear in multiple locations on the Learner Dashboard.
Awarded the largest and most prominent space in the entire Learner Interface - the first page, top, and center, Billboards are an excellent place to make announcements, start new initiatives, promote the resources available.
Table of Contents
Note: Your Absorb LMS environment may come with four pre-built Billboards. These serve as an example of how to use and configure settings. Feel free to modify or delete these as needed.
Instructions: Add New Billboards
Video Overview
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Written Instructions
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1. Navigation Menu |
To begin, click the Engage button on the navigation menu.
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2. Billboard Button |
From the Billboards Report page, click the Billboard button from the right-hand context menu.
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3. Title |
Enter a Title for the Billboard.
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4. Description |
Enter a Description of the Billboard.
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5. Billboard Type | Choose a Billboard Type (format) by clicking on the checkbox of either option: Image or Video. | ||||||
6. Choose File |
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Continued Instructions: Billboard Type Image
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7. Target URL |
The Target URL field is an optional setting available for Image Billboards. Use this to redirect a Learner to an external site, internal site, or directly within the LMS.
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8. Author |
The Author field will automatically populate with the name of the administrator who initially created the Billboard.
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9. Order |
Enter a numeric value to set the sequence of the current Billboard in relation to others.
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10. Tags | Use Tags to help the Learner Interface identify where the Billboard Type can be included as an option on the Dashboard Page layout. | ||||||
11. Publication |
Click the toggle button to choose a publication status: Not Published or Published. The default setting is Published.
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12. Availability Tab |
The Availability Tab is where you establish rules to identify which learners will have visibility of the Billboard. Default settings will automatically include all users within your Absorb LMS environment. Select the Add Rule button to create and apply Availability Rules to the Billboard. |
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13. Save | Click the Save button to save and close the Billboard. |
Continued Instructions: Billboard Type Video
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7. Video (Webm) | The WebM format is a royalty-free version of the HTML 5 video format and is compatible with most web browsers - except with the Apple Safari browser. If your organization does not have any Learners who may use an Apple-branded device to access the Learner Interface, this video format is acceptable to use. | ||||||
8. Video (MP4) | The MPEG-4 format is compatible with all web browsers and is the preferred file format to use in Absorb LMS, especially if Learners use Apple-branded products to access the Learner Interface. | ||||||
9. Author |
The Author field will automatically populate with the name of the administrator who initially created the Billboard.
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10. Order |
Enter a numeric value to set the sequence of the current Billboard in relation to others.
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11. Tags | Use Tags to help the Learner Interface identify where the Billboard Type can be included as an option on the Dashboard Page layout. | ||||||
12. Publication |
Click the toggle button to choose a publication status: Not Published or Published. The default setting is Published.
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13. Availability Tab |
The Availability Tab is where you establish rules to identify which learners will have visibility of the Billboard. Default settings will automatically include all users within your Absorb LMS environment. Select the Add Rule button to create and apply Availability Rules to the Billboard. |
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14. Save | Click the Save button to save and close the Billboard. |
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