Search Function 

Use

The Find function in the navigation area helps you to find courses quickly and easily. A hit list displays a list of the courses found. You can display detailed information on courses directly from the list.

You use the search function when you want to find a course but do not want to browse the whole course catalog.

In the navigation area, the Extended search function lets you restrict the search criteria. You access the Extended search either using the link of the same name in the navigation area or from the hit list. The system automatically displays the Extended search link if the hit list contains more than 20 entries.

Features

The search function includes:

·        Keyword search

You can search for courses using a keyword contained in the title or course description.

·        Extended search

You can restrict search criteria and specify, for example, whether the keyword search should be done only in the course title or in the course description as well. You can restrict the search to:

¡        Subject area

¡        Delivery method

¡        Prerequisite

¡        Aspired qualification

¡        Target group

¡        Jobs or positions participating

All of the criteria in the Extended Search are optional and are related with a logical AND, in other words, they refine the search. For instance, you can search for all courses that have a specific prerequisite qualification or for all courses with a specific delivery method.

Example

Keyword search

You want to improve your knowledge of English. You enter the keyword English and start the search. The resulting hit list displays all courses and delivery methods found that have the keyword in the course title or description.You can select a course from the list and display further details about it, such as course dates or prerequisite qualifications for the course.

Extended search

The keyword search for English courses returned a large number of courses. Since you are only interested in in-house courses, you use the Extended search function to refine the search and shorten the hit list.

Under delivery method, you are offered a list of all of the delivery methods available in the system.You select the delivery method In-house training and choose Find. The hit list now displays all courses with English in their title or description that are classified as in-house courses.

Activities

You can make settings to specify how the hit list is sorted. To do so, in the Learning Portal choose Settings and select the settings you require.

You start the search or the extended search on the Learning Portal start page under Navigation.