Real-life training will never be obsolete. Usually, this is done through seminars and webinars.
Valamis provides a special event management system to help you oversee learner participation and share available and upcoming events with the users.
Main View
The main view has several modes: Calendar, List, and Grid.
The available tabs filter the events:
- All events - all the events (the filtering options listed below still apply)
- My events - the events where the user is a trainer or participant
- Created by me - the events created by the user
- Trainership - the event where the user is a trainer
There are extensive filtering options available on top of tabs, like filtering by event type, language, location, or category.
Joining an Event
Users can join an event through several places in Valamis:
- The main Training Events view
- Upcoming Events on the Dashboard
- A link in the learning paths, where the event is listed as a learning goal.
Depending on the event enrollment settings, you may either join immediately or send a request. The instructor will then deny or approve it.
If there're too many requests, you will be put on a waiting list in case somebody drops out of the event.
Adding an Event to Your Calendar
When you join an event, it is added to your calendar in Valamis.
If you want to add it to your calendar apps, like Google Calendar or Outlook, you need to download the ICS file.
You can do that via Add to your calendar button from the event info card. Once you have the file, just import it into your calendar app of choice.
For Google Calendar, you need to follow through Other Calendars + and select Import.
For Outlook, open Add Calendar and select Upload from file.
Training Events Preferences
- Default scope - limits the list of events to the ones from the current course vs. all courses.
- Default view - sets the Calendar, Grid, or List view as default.
- Show filters by default - makes the filter sidebar expanded by default.
- Default event type - pre-selects Webinar or Classroom type in the event creation dialog.
- Filter by user language by default
- Shopping Cart Page URL - points to the webpage's location with the Shopping Cart in case you use eCommerce for Training Events.
- Filter content by category - you can set it to show only the events of specific Categories (with no possibility for the user to select another category)
- You can include or exclude categories.
- You can also change the category filter behaviour for the user by either allowing all set categories to be shown or only specific ones.
- Use manual confirmation of participation by default - this means that all user participation in new events will need to be manually checked by instructors.
Microsoft Teams Integration
A new Microsoft Teams integration allows you to create a webinar type of training event that connects to MS Teams.
When you create such a webinar in Valamis, a Teams meeting is created, and you get the Teams URL in the description of the event. Participants can then use that link to access Teams meeting. Event Sessions (different instances of the original event) will have separate Teams meetings because Sessions are essentially separate events.
If you delete such an event, the Teams meeting will be canceled.