SALUS LMS: Getting started
Overview
SALUS LMS is your company's training platform, built on the Absorb LMS system. Use it to create courses, organize your workers into groups, set enrollment rules, and track training progress and certificates.
This article is a starting point. It points you to the resources you need for each part of setting up your LMS, from your first course to tracking who's completed it.
Navigation
Click Learning Portal in the left-hand menu. You'll be prompted to log in with your regular Salus credentials, then land on the SALUS Learning Portal homepage.
Getting Started Areas
The Admin Interface and its detailed setup steps are covered in the linked Absorb LMS resources below. Here's what each area covers, and where to learn more.
Groups
Your workers are automatically placed into Departments based on their Salus role. You can't change that segmentation. If you need to organize workers a different way, for example by project or region, use Groups instead. Groups are optional. Skip this if Departments already fit your needs.
Create Tool
The Create tool is a built-in authoring tool for building your own e-learning content, including templates, video, images, audio, quizzes, and assessments, without needing outside software. It also supports SCORM-compliant content.
- Create Tool Overview
- Video Editing & Course Creation Updates
- PowerPoint Presentation (PPTX) Conversion
Adding Online Courses
Once your course content is ready, whether built with Create or made elsewhere, you'll add it to your LMS as an Online Course and configure its settings.
Enrollment Rules
A course isn't available to anyone until enrollment is configured. You have two options:
- Self-enrollment: Workers find and enroll in the course themselves. They aren't notified until they visit the LMS. This is configured in the "How to Create an Online Course" resource above.
- Enrollment Rules: Courses are automatically assigned to specific departments, groups, or users, who are notified of the requirement.
Certificate Creation
When a worker completes an online course, Salus automatically generates a certificate and adds it to their profile. New certificates sit in the Unapproved tab until you assign them a certificate type and approve them.
Reporting
Once courses are up and running, use the reporting interface to track who's enrolled and who has or hasn't completed their training. You can view progress by course, department, or individual user or group.
What Happens Next
A typical setup order is: build or upload your course content, add it as an Online Course, configure enrollment, and then use reporting to track completion. Certificates generate automatically as workers complete courses, and you'll approve them from the Certificates section in Salus.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a separate login for the LMS?
No. You log in with your regular Salus credentials when you click Learning Portal.
Are Groups required to use the LMS?
No. Groups are optional. Your workers are already segmented into Departments based on their Salus role, which may be all you need.
Can I build course content without external software?
Yes. The built-in Create tool lets you build interactive courses using templates, video, images, audio, quizzes, and assessments.
What's the difference between self-enrollment and Enrollment Rules?
Self-enrollment requires workers to find and enroll in a course themselves, with no notification. Enrollment Rules automatically assign and notify departments, groups, or users.
Do certificates get approved automatically?
No. Certificates generate automatically on course completion, but they sit in the Unapproved tab until you assign a certificate type and approve them.
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