Remote Employee Onboarding (Using Trakstar Learn)

Getting a new hire up and running takes everyone's help and a lot of your team's time. To make onboarding more consistent and scalable, we recommend creating reusable e-learning content in Trakstar Learn. This allows you to standardize your onboarding process and reduce repetitive work for every new hire.

If you're interested in using Trakstar Learn for employee onboarding, contact Trakstar to learn more.

You may also find these resources helpful:

• Import hires from Trakstar Hire into Trakstar Learn.
• Review the New Hire Onboarding Guide for additional onboarding best practices.
• Watch the Hiring Remotely webinar for more remote onboarding recommendations.

Create an On-Demand Module

For onboarding tasks that are repeated for every new employee, create an On-Demand Module in Trakstar Learn. Modules are the foundation of your training content and are where you upload, organize, and manage onboarding materials.

1. In Trakstar Learn, select Module from the left navigation menu.
2. Click Create Module.
3. Select On Demand.
4. After the module is created, you'll be taken to the Manage tab.

Configure Your Module

Module Information

Enter a title for the module and, optionally, add a description.

Module Settings

Specify the minimum passing score. Trakstar Learn calculates the module score by averaging all quiz scores within the module.

Handouts

Upload supplemental resources that trainees can download, such as:

• Employee handbooks
• Product manuals
• Reference documents

Add Training Content

1. Click Add and Arrange Content.
2. Select + Insert.
3. Upload content from:
   • Your computer
   • Box
   • Dropbox
   • YouTube

Supported uploads include:

• PowerPoint presentations
• Word documents
• PDF documents
• Video files
• SCORM 1.2 packages (Premium and Enterprise plans)

You can also create:

• Quizzes
• Surveys

Arrange Module Content

Use the Arrange page to:

• Drag and drop content into the desired order.
• Switch between See Slide Detail and See All Slides.
• Move slides into quizzes.
• Hide slides using the Eye icon.

The Intro slide, Survey, and Recap slide cannot be moved.

Add Audio

You can record audio for:

• Intro slides
• Recap slides
• PowerPoint presentations
• PDF documents
• Word documents

Audio cannot be added to quizzes or surveys.

Display PDF and Word Documents

For PDF and Word documents, choose whether pages display:

• Individually
• As one continuous scrolling document

Finish Your Module

After you've finished building your onboarding module:

1. Click Done to save your changes.
2. Add the module to a Course.
3. Invite trainees to complete their onboarding training.