The brief
What is this course, and who is it for?
This is a showcase course by Apollo Accreditation, the UK and EU course development and accreditation consultancy, built for new employees in any role. It shows how we design for employee onboarding, and every activity below works in your browser.
The problem it solves
In many companies the manager reads the handbook aloud, hands over a stack of forms and repeats the same talk for every new hire. Most of it is forgotten by the end of the week.
This course moves those parts online. Completion is recorded for each person, so HR can check who has finished and who has not started.
What learners can do afterwards
- Know who to go to for pay, leave, IT and health and safety
- Book leave and find a payslip in the HR system
- Know the core policies they sign on day one, and where to find them
- Know what their first 30 days look like and what their manager will check
The learners
Who takes it, and why do they finish?
- Who takes it
- New employees in any role
- Who usually buys it
- HR manager or operations director
- Where they take it
- At home the week before, then at work on a laptop or phone
- Why they finish it
- It replaces forms and meetings they would otherwise sit through, and the checklist shows what is left.
Try it
What does the engagement look like?
These are working copies of activities from the course. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Inside the course
What do learners see on screen?
Each activity part way through, as a learner sees it after the first choice.
Course map
How is the course structured?
Module by module, with the type of engagement in each and the time it takes.
| Module | What learners do | Engagement | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to the company | A short video from the managing director: what we do, who our customers are | Video with check questions, Level 1 | 10 |
| Your first 30 days | Personal checklist, meet your buddy, what your manager will review | Progress checklist, Level 2 | 10 |
| Systems you'll use | Practise booking leave, finding payslips and logging an IT ticket | Software simulation, Level 2 | 20 |
| Policies that matter | Code of conduct, data protection and health and safety basics | Flip cards and quiz, Level 2 | 20 |
| Your first tricky moment | A customer complaint on day three, and what to do | Branching scenario, Level 3 | 15 |
About 75 minutes in total. Levels 1 to 4 are our four eLearning interaction levels. To see which level fits your own module, use the eLearning level finder.
Specification
What is in the specification?
| Who takes it | New employees in any role |
|---|---|
| Who usually buys it | HR manager or operations director |
| Format | Self-paced eLearning, phone and laptop |
| Length | 5 modules, about 75 minutes |
| Interaction level | Level 2, Standard, with one Level 3 scenario |
| Engagement | Progress checklist, Flip cards, Software simulation |
| Assessment | Policies quiz at the end of week four, pass mark set by you (80% in this showcase), retakes allowed |
| Certificate | Branded completion certificate when the course runs on our platform, or your platform's own |
| Tracking | SCORM or xAPI package, with completion and scores in your learning platform |
| Accessibility | Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support built in |
| Languages | English in this showcase. Other languages translated and checked by a native speaker |
| Updates | When a policy, a system or a contact changes |
How we would build it
How would you get a course like this?
The same five steps for every course, with one named person running your project.
- Free course diagnosticSend us the material you have. After a short call we send a written note on what it needs, within a few working days.
- Scope and scriptWe pair our learning designers with someone who has worked in your sector. You review and approve the script before anything is built.
- BuildBuilt in our own authoring tool, with captions and keyboard navigation included. As a guide, four to six weeks per interactive module.
- Test and changeWe test the package on your platform before you sign off. Two rounds of changes are included.
- Launch and trackCompletion and scores in your platform, or ours. Want CPD Certification later? It is already built to that standard.
Evidence
What can you track?
- Who has started and finished each module, in your learning platform
- Quiz scores, and the questions most people miss
- Checklist progress, visible to the line manager
- Time from start date to completion, by team
Your version
Can you build this with our content?
- Your branding, your policies and examples from your own workplace
- SCORM or xAPI for your learning platform, or hosted on ours
- Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support as standard
- Translated versions for staff or students who work in other languages
- Built to CPD standard, so it can go forward for CPD Certification when you're ready
Adapt it
Where else does this course work?
The same design, rewritten for the people and risks of another setting:
- Seasonal and agency staff
- Volunteer induction
- Franchise and multi-site teams
- Contractor onboarding
Questions
Common questions about this course
Can new starters do it before their first day?
Yes. Most clients send the link with the offer letter. The course runs on your learning platform or ours, and the system practice uses a copy, so nobody needs a login to the live HR system yet.
How long would it take to build a course like this?
As a guide, an interactive module takes four to six weeks from when we receive your material, and a straight conversion two to three. This course has 5 modules, so we plan it in stages, and you review each script before we build it.
Will it work on our learning platform?
Yes, in most cases. We hand courses over as SCORM or xAPI packages, which nearly every learning platform accepts, and we test the finished package on your platform before you sign off. If you don't have a platform, it can run on ours.
Portfolio
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