Site Map

Overview

The Site Map provides links, in an outline view, for the entire VTA Learner system.

You can click a link to access the page or hover it to view a brief description.

As the user hovers the item within the Site Map outline below, a brief description for "My Plan" appears.

If you do not have access to a page, the link will be inactive.

In the Roles section below of the Site Map, you can see that the person only has access to the "Assessor" page, but not "Instructor" or "Custodian".

VTA Learner Site Map Descriptions

Your System Administrator may have turned off, restricted or re-labeled some options listed on the Site Map. In addition, the colors shown here are based on the default configuration of VTA Learner. You System Administrator may have chosen a different color scheme.

Menu Group	Site Map Item	Description
	Home	Used to display news and announcements for your organization. This is designed and managed by the System Administrator.
Current Training		These pages connect you to training that is: Assigned as required (for compliance) Offered (for development) Scheduled (for classroom attendance) Started (and awaits completion)
	My Plan	Current training requirements assigned to the student by Individual, Job Title or Team groups. Starting point for assigned online training. Includes links to the Schedule for classroom training assignments. Student can cancel enrollment from this view. Grid includes filters and group options to help student quickly find training.
	Scheduled Training	Lists classroom training events that the student is currently enrolled to attend. Student can cancel enrollment from this view.
	In-Progress Training	Lists training that was started, but not completed, including online training or classroom training that has post-class lessons to complete (Tests, Evaluations or Checklists).
	My Programs	Courses and links students can use to help their development, such as training for higher level of technician, working towards management or acquiring a new skill. Training is currently associated, but is not required (by VTA) to be completed by a specific date.
Developmental		These pages connect you to resources that help in student development: Competency assessment (on self or others) to identify proficiency gaps. Development plans to help students close those gaps. Blog articles or people that matter to you. Courses you want to be notified about (when scheduled). Training needs assessments. Surveys that can assign training according to response.
	My Development Plan	Courses, Tasks or Resources to work on that will help close Proficiency Level gaps found by a Competency Assessor.
	My Competencies	Allows students to view and self-assess their Proficiency Level for associated Competencies.
	Blogs I Follow	Blogs of authors, or for Skills, that the student has selected the “Follow” option on.
	People	Search for people within the organization to view their Biography, Skills Endorsements, Team Members and/or Blogs.
	My Wishlist	Courses the student has flagged to be notified about when they are added to the schedule.
	My Managed Teams	The student’s Current and/or Draft view of Risk Level for various topics. The Draft column is only displayed when a supervisor has created one.
	My Advisor	Surveys that can add or remove training requirements according to student response. Survey has branching logic allowing participants to skip questions according to response. Surveys completed by Students can be set to immediately take action (update Training Plans) or first require supervisory approval.
	Class Schedule	View the entire schedule of classroom events by Calendar or List view. Self-enroll into classroom training. Supervisors can group enroll their people into sessions. Student will receive: On-screen confirmation Email confirmation Up to 2 attendance reminder notifications
History		These pages connect you to things you achieved.
	My History	View all completed training, including the ability to view documents. Note: Tests and Evaluations cannot be re-taken once complete.
	My Documents	View all Individual or Class Documents (Schedule or History) associated to the student, such as completion certificates files.
	External Training	View or update records related to training not in the VTA catalog, such as conferences. Note: External training does not satisfy Requirements, Program Elements or Personal Development Plan items.
Personal		These pages connect you to things that relate to you as a student.
	My Blog	Start, post and manage their own Blogs.
	About Me	Update: Emergency Contact Information Profile Photo Biographical Information
	My Mail	If you do not have an email address, you can receive VTA notifications here.
	Surveys	Complete online surveys not related to a training event.
	Edit Profile(s)	Edit your student information. Supervisors can edit information for students who report to them.
	Change Password	Update your VTA Learner password.
	Change Theme	Update your VTA Learner theme.
Reporting		These pages connect you to VTA's reporting tools for printing, saving or on-screen view of training data.
	Reports	Student Reports: Student Detail Report Shows student’s Teams, Training History and Scheduled Training Training Summary Report Shows student’s Training History Training Schedule Report Shows student’s Scheduled Training Status Report Shows all current training requirements, how they are assigned and all related compliance information. Supervisor Reports: History Attendance Report Shows students who completed training for a specified list of courses, within a date range. History Non-Attendance Report Shows students who did complete training for a specified list of courses, regardless if it’s required, within a date range. Requirement Exception Report Shows students with overdue training. Requirement Status Matrix Report For the selected students, a matrix view of all required training and their status as “Compliant”, “Overdue” or “Coming Due”. Requirement Status Graph Shows compliance status rate for each student. Team Management Group Current Period Status Report Assessment completion status for participants in the Team Management feature. Instructor Reports (Used by Schedule and History Class Instructors): Sign-in Sheets Lists only those students set to attend. Rosters Shows everyone on the Class Roster, including Cancels, Excused, No Shows, etc.
	My Dashboards	Student Dashboards: My Schedule To Do List My In-Progress Training Supervisor Dashboards: Student Completions By Month Training Hours For Year Average Training Hours Per Student Training Charges In-Progress Aging
	Find Course	Find Courses within the VTA Catalog structure or by associated Competencies that they support. Courses can then be: Started (online) Searched in the schedule Added to the Wishlist
	Search	Use text searches to get results for: Courses (searches Course Code, Title, Description, Objective, Outline and Target Audience) People (search by First or Last Name, filter by Skills) Blogs (search by Author or Skill) Resources (search by Name)
Supervisor		These pages connect Supervisors to tools they can use to help manage records for their people.
	My Approvals	Allows Primary Supervisors to approve (or deny) classroom enrollment or online training requests.
	My Team Manager	Allows Primary Supervisors to rate students on Risk Level and associate Student Preferred Language. Approved submissions then assigns training, as needed, in the student's preferred language.
	Reset Student Passwords	Allows Supervisors to force student password reset upon their next logon.
	Add Student Profiles	Allows Supervisors to add new students to VTA.
	My Delegates	Allows Primary Supervisors to pass their Approval or Team Management rights to another individual for a set date range.
	Student Contact Info	Gives Supervisors a read-only view of Emergency Contact Information for students who report to them.
Roles		These pages connect people given additional roles to perform.
	Instructor	Used by Schedule or History Class Instructors to: View their Rosters Print a list of their Scheduled events Email Students Change the Class Status (open, close or limit enrollment or cancel the session) Confirm Schedule Class attendance and move the session to History (giving students credit)
	Assessor	Used by Competency Named Assessors to submit competency assessments and/or create Personal Development Plans to help students close proficiency gaps.
	Custodian	Used by Course Custodians to update the following about their Course(s): Credit Hours Next Review Date Description/Outline/Objectives/Target Audience
	Contact Us	Provides contact information for your System Administrator. Some systems may be configured to offer a Comment box instead of an email address link.
	Help	Launches this Virtual Training Assistant™ Online Help system.
	Logoff	Logs you out of your VTA Learner session. You will be re-directed to a page chosen by your System Administrator.