My Dashboards

Dashboards are accessed from the My Dashboards option of My Learner.  Learner provides multiple tabs for dashboard “widgets”.

Available Widgets

In the “View” drop-down, select “Choose Widgets”.  

On the right hand side of the page you will see the “Catalog” of widgets.  

There are two widget classifications:

1. Student Widgets
2. Supervisor Widgets

Student Widgets

This type of widget shows only data related to the user, as a student.

• My Schedule - Displays a calendar view of sessions the student is currently enrolled to attend.
• To Do List - Displays last 5 courses (that were started) that have lessons to be completed and a More... link to the student's full "In-Progress Training" page.
• My In-Progress Training - Displays pending Learners actions that can be taken, such as Approvals, Advisor Surveys, Development Plan Items Due, etc.
• Blogs I Read - Shows the number of blogs, organized by associated skill, that you have read during the month. Note: This widget may not be available depending on system configuration.

Supervisor Widgets

This type of widget shows aggregated data for students that you supervise.  You must have “Can Report” authority as the supervisor in VTA in order to have the student included on your dashboard.

• Student Completions By Month - Shows training courses completed by students you supervisor by month.
• Training Hours For Year - Shows the total number of training hours completed by students you supervise over the course of the year.  Includes the previous year for comparison.
• Average Training Hours Per Student - Shows the average number of training hours completed by students you supervise by month, quarter or year.  Includes previous year for comparison.
• Training Charges - Shows the training "charge backs" incurred by your students by month, quarter or year.  Includes previous year for comparison.
• In-Progress Aging - Shows the training that is "in-progress" for your students by duration it has been in-progress.

Add Widgets

You may have up to 4 widgets per page.

1. Check the box next to the desired widget.
2. Select either the Left or Right column from the “Add To” list.
3. Click the Add button.

Arrange Widgets

You can re-arrange your widgets by choosing "Edit Layout" from the "View" drop-down list.

Click Apply to save your changes.

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can simply drag and drop widgets to position them.  

If you are not using Internet Explorer, you can still re-arrange widgets.  To do so, while in the "Edit Layout" view:

1. Click the "Edit" link in the header of the widget
2. In the Layout section, you can then enter the column and index (0 is top widget in a column) to move the widget.  

Change Widget Appearance

You can change the Title and the border style of your widgets.  

To do so, while in the "Edit Layout: view:  

1. Click the "Edit" link in the widget header on the widget you wish to change.
2. In the "Appearance" section, you can change the widget Title and the border style.  
3. Click the Apply button at the bottom of the "Edit Layout" window to save your changes.

Tabs

Each widget may appear on a tab only once; but you can use the same widget on more than one tab.

You can apply custom names to your tabs. In either “Choose Widgets” or “Edit Layout” view mode, type the desired name for the tab in the Change Tab Name box and click Apply.

View Widgets

To display your widgets, change the "View" drop-down to “Normal”.

Drill Down

Some widgets have a "drill-down" capability.  When this is available, the y-axis will have a label saying "Click xxx for details", where "xxx" is the name of the item to click.