Overview
The Overview of your topic serves as an introduction to your topic for learners. It should provide details such as the background, purpose, and scope of the training, along with who the training is intended for and any other information which may be important to your audience. For instance, you may describe training methods used, activities, and expected outcomes along with details of any assessment that may be involved, as well as a disclaimer to outline any limitations to the training.
By default, the Overview provides learners with an estimation of how long the topic will take to complete (click here for more information about how this estimation is calculated).
Learners with an assigned due date will also see this information when viewing the Overview page.
Creating an Overview page
To create or update the Overview page of your topic, ensure you're on the 'Update Overview' tab, under 'Settings' in edit mode for the applicable topic.
When creating your Overview page, you'll be presented with the following mandatory question:
What is the title of this topic?
Enter a title with no more than 70 characters. Ensure there are no carriage returns in the title. We recommend using titles that clearly reflect the intended purpose or outcome of the training.
What is this topic about?
Clearly detail what your topic is about (using up to 750 characters) and what learners can expect to gain from completing it. If the course is expected to take a while to be completed, you may want to highlight that and advise learners to complete it over several days or weeks.
You'll also have the option to provide additional information as follows:
Why is this topic important?
Provide further context about why the topic is important (using up to 750 characters).
Who is this topic intended for?
Detail who the topic has been created for and why. If other similar topics exist, but for a different audience, you may want to refer to those here too.What guidelines (disclaimer) applies to this topic?
Optionally include a disclaimer to outline any limitations, generalisations or other aspect of your topic which may be important for your audience to be aware of.
What notes should display on the completion certificate?
Optionally provide additional information to be included on completion certificates. Please note, to issue a certificate to learners upon their completion of the topic, you must enable a completion certificate for the topic. The information you include here does not appear on the Overview.
Using an image on your Overview page
You can optionally include an image on the Overview of a topic which may also be displayed on the learner dashboard and associated certificate, if enabled (click here for more information about enabling completion certificates).
When including an image, we recommend using an image with a ratio of 1000 X 450 pixels or using the Image Editor to crop the image to the 'Overview' aspect ratio.