{"id":2092,"date":"2018-02-21T11:31:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T09:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.collaborator.biz\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:42:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T09:42:22","slug":"collaborator-v1-36-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborator 1.36.0 \u2014 Badges, covers for resources, new level in category tree and other updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#1_Badges_as_element_of_gamification\" >1. Badges as element of gamification<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#About_Badges\" >About Badges<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#Creating_of_a_badge_and_assigning_of_it_to_a_task\" >Creating of a badge and assigning of it to a task<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#2_Covers_for_resources\" >2. Covers for resources<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#3_Confirmation_by_user_that_document_has_been_studied\" >3. Confirmation by user that document has been studied<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#4_Displaying_of_the_third_level_in_category_tree\" >4. Displaying of the third level in category tree<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#5_%E2%80%9CResource_Author%E2%80%9D_column\" >5. &#8220;Resource Author&#8221; column<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#6_Updated_report_for_Executives\" >6. Updated report for Executives<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/blog\/collaborator-v1-36-0\/#More_about_Collaborator\" >More about Collaborator<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><b>We released Collaborator v.1.36.0<\/b>!<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the current release:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Badges as element of gamification<\/li>\n<li>Cover for resources<\/li>\n<li>Confirmation by user that document has been studied<\/li>\n<li>Displaying of the third level in category tree<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Resource Author&#8221; column<\/li>\n<li>Updated report for Executives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Create awards to motivate employees, make your resources look even more attractive and see resource\u2019s Author in a separate column! Read about this in the digest:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Badges_as_element_of_gamification\"><\/span><!--more--><strong>1. <b>Badges as element of gamification<\/b><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In one of the latest<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.collaborator.biz\/?p=2067\"> blog entries<\/a>, we talked about the trends of eLearning and announced the appearance of badges in Collaborator. The badges are recognized tool for the gamification of learning process. Gamification is an effective technique that stimulates a person to learn new things, quickly master complex processes, enthusiastically engage in routine activities and strive for a better result. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaborator keeps own word &#8211; award badges are available in the new version of the system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_Badges\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Badges<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Badges are bright icons that appear in the user&#8217;s profile as awards for the successful execution of the training program, course, workshop or test. They emphasize the level of achievements in learning.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>That&#8217;s how badges appear in the User profile:<\/b><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2187\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/9-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"948\" height=\"451\" \/><br \/>\n<b>And at Badges page:<\/b><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2188\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"440\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may go to the Badges page by clicking on the &#8220;Badges&#8221; button in the User profile or by using the &#8220;Other Badges&#8221; link near the received awards.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a reward is awarded for successful completion, a message about this is displayed on the start page of the task:<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2186\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/7-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"371\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And after successful completion of the task:<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2185\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/8-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"399\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User&#8217;s achievements can also be seen in Contacts:<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2193\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/14-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"873\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_of_a_badge_and_assigning_of_it_to_a_task\"><\/span><b>Creating of a badge and assigning of it to a task<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Administrator can create and edit new badges. A special page for doing this appeared in the &#8220;Administration&#8221; tab:<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2179\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"284\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This page displays all the existing badges. They can be edited or deleted.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2189\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/11-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1345\" height=\"512\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u041f\u043e \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0443 \u043f\u043e \u043a\u043d\u043e\u043f\u043a\u0435 \u201c\u0421\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u044c\u201d \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f:<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2190\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/12-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"971\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep in mind that:<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">optimum icon size \u2014 128\u0445128\u0440\u0445.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supported icon formats: png, jpeg, jpg, gif.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>The badge can be selected from the drop-down list when creating a task<\/i>:<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2191\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/13-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"536\" \/><br \/>\n<em><b><i>More about badges in our new episode of<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgjlQlr8MEMIUAHIOyZb-UfW6sBltQhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgjlQlr8MEMIUAHIOyZb-UfW6sBltQUFYUFY\"> <i>Collaborator Tips<\/i><\/a><i>. Do not miss &#8211;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzZW5G_3yUEPpD3P51Q5f9Q?sub_confirmation=1\"> <i>Subscribe<\/i><\/a><i> to Collaborator YouTube-channel<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Covers_for_resources\"><\/span><strong>2. Covers for resources<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The gamification, mentioned in the first section, has one more important requirement &#8211; the content should be bright and attractive. It is unlikely that there will be a person who will very much want to go through an &#8220;arid&#8221; course or watch a video with a long and incomprehensible title. Now it is possible to lend colors to your resources in Collaborator<i>.<\/i><br \/>\nWhen uploading a resource to the system, you can add a cover to it. It will be displayed in a reduced size on the resource page.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2177\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"372\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If no cover is loaded by the user, then the resource type icon will appear instead.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2178\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"331\" \/><br \/>\nThis option is convenient for using in e-books or when presenting previews for video. Employee\u2019s attention will be attracted to the material by the description, title, and cover.<br \/>\nSupported picture formats: jpg, png, jpeg, bmp, svg and even gif; maximum file size is 2 mb<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A word of advice: use square clip art without small text as a cover. Then it will look neat and stylish \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Confirmation_by_user_that_document_has_been_studied\"><\/span><strong>3. Confirmation by user that document has been studied<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Each company has its own corporate culture and internal rules. When a new employee comes to the organization, he needs to familiarize himself with these rules. As Collaborator practice shows, for doing this the newcomers are usually assigned to a course or program on corporate integrity. How can we be sure that the newcomer carefully read all the information in the document and agreed with the conditions?<br \/>\nIn the new version of Collaborator, you can &#8220;force&#8221; user to consciously confirm that he has studied the assigned document. The &#8220;Request confirmation&#8221; option is available for every resource included in the training program or course. If you enable it, then this element will never get the &#8220;Completed&#8221; status until the user &#8220;ticks&#8221; the confirmation box<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2180\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"368\" \/><br \/>\nYou can add any text near this tick that explains its purpose. For example, you may use such as phrase &#8220;I agree with company rules&#8221;. And if you need to receive confirmation about studying of a new document, you can use &#8220;I confirm that I have studied the document&#8221; text.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Displaying_of_the_third_level_in_category_tree\"><\/span><strong>4. Displaying of the third level in category tree<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When a new user opens, for example, Knowledge Base, he sees a large list of resources. For comfortable navigation on such lists it is convenient to use categories. Categories consists of elements or certain characteristics: resources in Knowledge Base, tasks in Catalog, list of employees in Contacts.<br \/>\nIn previous versions of Collaborator, only the first nested subcategory of the category tree was displayed by default. As it turned out, such a display of the category tree wasn\u2019t handy in practice. We faced with situation where new users were lost and confused in the categories.<br \/>\nThe solution was to increase the number of levels in the category tree &#8211; the categories are displayed now to the third level by default. This rule works in the categories of Catalog, Knowledge Base and Contacts<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2181 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Displaying of the categories in Catalog<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_%E2%80%9CResource_Author%E2%80%9D_column\"><\/span>5. &#8220;Resource Author&#8221; column<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Do you need to find a video uploaded by your HR or a colleague-added e-book, but you cannot remember file name? In the new version of Collaborator, any resource can be found by its author.<br \/>\nInformation about the resource creator is available now in the system &#8211; the author&#8217;s name and surname appears in a separate column on the resources page. In this column, you can filter the materials for a particular author to track, for example, how many resources and when were uploaded user to the platform by the user<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2182\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/6-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"763\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Updated_report_for_Executives\"><\/span><b>6. Updated report for Executives<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There is one Executive in the company, which has several departments in his subordination. The director\u2019s task is to monitor the work of these units. To do this, he regularly exports reports on the training results. By default, the reports include only data with results of department managers and Executive\u2019s direct subordinates &#8211; ordinary employees of the units are not included into the report. Here is how it looks schematically:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2184\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/01-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"508\" \/><br \/>\nBut what if the Executive needs to track the training outcomes of not only his direct subordinates, but employees at one or more levels below. Collaborator has a new setting for doing this.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2137\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"114\" \/><br \/>\nUsing this setting, you can specify the number of subfolders in the organizational structure. For example, if you select level two, then information about the results of the Executive\u2019s direct subordinates and all employees of the unit \u21161 and \u21162 will be exported in the report for the Director:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2183\" src=\"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/02-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"508\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><em><i>If you missed the last digest, then you can read it here<\/i> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.collaborator.biz\/?p=2009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collaborator 1.35.0 \u2014 Migration to Angular 5, Employee\u2019s Personal development plan, Unsubscribe function and other improvements<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_about_Collaborator\"><\/span><a style=\"color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/collaborator.biz\/ru\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button style=\"width: 100%; border-radius: 6px;\">More about Collaborator<\/button><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i><em>Do you have any suggestions or a bright idea, which can make Collaborator even better? Then write to our Facebook page: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lmscollaborator\/\"><em>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lmscollaborator\/<\/em><\/a><em>. And, perhaps, your idea will be realized in the next release<\/em>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><em>Best regards,<br \/>\nCollaborator team<\/em>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[95,96,91,52,97,98,99,25],"class_list":["post-2092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","tag-bages","tag-resources","tag-bejdzhy","tag-gejmyfykaczyya","tag-derevo-kategoryj","tag-kurs","tag-oblozhky","tag-resurs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collaborator.biz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}