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This is the first page a learner sees when they log in, typically showing assigned or in-progress training.

What is the Dashboard?

100

This three-letter acronym stands for Learning Management System

What is LMS?

100

The measures designed to test your knowledge, typically at the end of the course, and scored to check for completion.

What is a Quiz or Assessment?

100

This is the minimum preferred time frame to get a course built, tested and edited in Litmos. But get them involved early, in the planning stages.

What is 2 weeks? 

100

A key action to take if a course video won't load or a quiz button isn't working.

 What is clearing your browser's cache or trying a different browser?

200

The term for a person who manages a group of learners and can view their training progress, but is not a full Litmos system admin.

What is a Team Leader or Manager?

200

The name for an individual piece of training material, such as a video or SCORM file, that makes up a course.

What is a Module?

200

 This is the name for the digital award you receive in your profile after completing a course or learning path

 What is a Certificate or Achievement

200

This document must be submitted to the Litmos team in order to get your course created 

What is a Course Structure Document?

200

This notification sent when a learner has not completed a required module or assessment in the allotted time

What is a Course Reminder?

300

This tab is used by learners to find and enroll in optional training that is not required or assigned.

What is the Content Library?

300

This is the name of a sequenced collection of courses that users must complete in a specific order.

What is a Learning Path?

300

The standard for packaging e-learning content that allows it to communicate completion and score data with Litmos.

What is SCORM?

300

This group of people are initially assigned to a course to review and provide feedback prior to it being published?

What is a group of Testers

300

This is the common term for using your company's network login (Okta) to sign into Litmos.

What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?

400

While in the process of completing a course, clicking this button ensures not only that your progress will be stored when you come back to finish, but will allow you to resume where you left off.

What is the Exit button?

400

This is a group of users created for the purpose of assigning trainings to many people at once. ie; Customers, Diamond Partners, Emerald Partners, Office of CEO...

What is a Team?

400

The feature that forces you to complete the modules in the exact order they are listed before you can get your certificate.

What is Module Locking or Sequencing?

400

Modules that promote active participation through simulations, quizzes, and decision-making scenarios, enhancing knowledge retention while making the process more enjoyable.

What are interactive modules?

400

Employee information is added in Litmos through Workday, what is the name of the system that adds customer and Partner information?

What is Salesforce?

500

This is the way a learner can search for courses based on keywords, category, or course type.

What is Filtering?

500

This term refers to the process of being assigned to and enrolled in a specific course within the LMS.

What is Enrollment?

500

This serves as a basis for a random selection of questions to give the learner a different question on the same subject.

What is a Question Bank or Question Pool?

500

The practice of breaking down complex topics into small, highly-focused learning segments

What is MicroLearning?

500

The process of syncing your completion status from Litmos to another company system to achieve certifications

What is an Integration or API?

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