TrellisManage

TrellisManage is the LMS module of the Trellis product package.

TrellisManage consists of the learner interface, what we call a learning center, and the reporting and administration interface of the system.

Elements of the Learning Center

  • Every learning center interface is unique to the client. The interface is usually designed to interface seamlessly with the organization’s web site. Content is determined by the business needs of the client, and can be updated as required by client administrator personnel.
  • Generally each learning center consists of, at a minimum, a home page, a learner transcript page, a document page (where course related documents can be staged), and a support page (including an FAQ and contact information for support).
  • Each page is designed and produced based on specific client requirements.

Administration and Reporting

  • Administration and reporting are combined in a single interface made available to designated personnel automatically by the system (only one login is required for any user).
  • The admin/reporting interface is highly intuitive. It is divided into menus to work with communities, users, groups, courses, programs, registrations, certificates, catalogs, documents, and locations.
  • Communities allow an organization to set up child learning centers as sub-sets of the main organization learning center. Communities can have different brandings and can be used to segregate learners in different divisions of an organization.
  • Users maintains the overall database of learners in an organization. Users can be created one at a time, uploaded from delimited text files, or created on-the-fly using a single-sign-on interface with an HR or ERP system. The user section can also be used to drill down to learner course transcripts and data on individual course completions.
  • Groups are used to identify levels of access to the system. Learners, of course, make up the biggest group of users. Administrators can be set up to view all or part of the learner or course database. Instructors can be given permissions for classes they teach. Departments and levels of management down to store levels can be given access to their learner records.
  • Courses is the placeholder for creating course descriptions for catalogs and for uploading courses that are SCORM 2004 compliant. Organizations who use TrellisAuthor create courses going through this area of the interface. Organizations who use TrellisTalk set up web conferences here.
  • Programs is used to set up instructors and identify locations for classroom courses.
  • Registrations allows administrators to review course enrollments and attendance over time.
  • Certificates is used to create certificates for courses or groups of courses.
  • Catalogs is used to group courses together into certificate programs or by fields of study.
  • Documents is used by administrators to upload documents associated with courses for subsequent download by learners. Microsoft Office documents and PDF’s are supported.
  • Locations is used to identify the physical location of classroom courses so the courses can be associated with a particular program.

All reports are sortable on numerous variables.  All reports can be downloaded as XML or delimited text files.