In the Configuration area, there are several sections where you can set defaults and preferences in learningCentralfor formal training. Let's see each of them.

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Rooms

The rooms are the spaces destined to provide classroom training. You have to register the available rooms in the platform in order to have the possibility of assigning them to each classroom session (see /wiki/spaces/ML/pages/4489949).

To create a room:

1. Go to "Rooms".
2. Click on "Create Room".
3. Complete the data and click on "Create".

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1. Go to "Rooms".
2. Select a room.

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3. Select the "Reservation" tab. You can see the sessions which have reserved the room from this tab and, if you want so, you can delete the reservation by clicking on "Delete" within "Actions".

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Virtual rooms

Virtual classrooms are the online spaces where Webconference sessions take place (see /wiki/spaces/ML/pages/4489952). These rooms are created in the platform by default. If you need to add more rooms, you have to contact your learningCentral supplier. As an administrator you can deactivate the room so that nobody can reserve it. The virtual classroom is not deleted and you can activate it later.

1. Go to "Virtual rooms".
2. Click on "Deactivate" on the line of the room that you want to make inactive. Click on "Activate" so that an inactive room may be used again.

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1. Go to "Virtual rooms" and click on the name of a room.
2. Click on the "Activate" / "Deactivate" button.

You can consult see the reservations of a virtual classroom from this page. You just have to go to the "Reservations" tab.

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Categories

As the platform is filled with activities, it gets more difficult to find the one we want to edit, to add a course, etc. The categories allow you to classify the elements of the platform according to your discretion in order to locate them easily.

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To do this you simply need to complete the internationalisation fields, translating the name of the category into the languages we will use.

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Extended fields

Other component focused on the customisation of the platform is the extended fields.

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1. Go to "Extended fields".
2. Click on "Create extended field".
3. Complete the fields.
   • In "Type" you have to mark if you want the field to be completed with a text, a dropdown menu, a number or to check.
   • Mark the field "Compulsory" if you want this field to be necessarily completed.
   • Mark the field "Searchable" if you want this field to appear in the advanced searcher (/wiki/spaces/ML/pages/4489786) as searcher as a parameter to delimit the search.
   • In "Entities" choose the items of the platform that are going to be used in this field.
4. Click on "Create".

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1. Go to "Extended fields" and select one of them.
2. Click on "Edit details".
3. Modify the fields and select "Save changes".

2.2.5 Templates 

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Templates 

In this area we can easily create specific templates for the training certificates and to modify the access instructions for sessions, we .

Certificate template

You can create specific templates in multiple languages from "Templates" section. This will be especially useful for sessions.new, personalized templates that include your own designs and text, and you can configure versions in multiple languages for each template.

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You can fully customize the text including variables and you can add a background image. You can also decide if you would like to include a business logo. 

Joining instructions template

To create an access instruction template, follow these steps:

1. Go to to "Templates".
2. Click on on "Joining instructions".
3. Select the template you want to generate.
4. Click on on "Edit".
5. Use the template editor to generate the template you want.

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The template editor allows using learningCentral variables as as corporate header, values  values as room, session, course, plan and  and person.anchor

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2.2.6 Notifications

Notifications are the reminders or messages of the application you receive. You will receive each notification in the notifications mailbox of the platform and/or in your e-mail address.

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1. Go to "Notification settings", on the "Configuration" section.
2. Click on "Edit Settings".
3. Check on the right of each notification the option "Visible at inbox" or "Send by email" depending on how you want to receive the notification.

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Changing the user interface

learningCentral LMS Pack allows modifying the frontpage of the student and trainer interface. Thereby, we can create a frontpage where we can highlight the activities, courses, news from the company, etc. that we want to show the users.

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The editor has three interactive fields which give the student the sensation of having a customised tool only for him or her (consult /wiki/spaces/ML/pages/4915218).

If you want to go back to the frontpage set by default anytime, go to "Editing block" and click on "Disable".

Creating frontpages in multi-organisation

Multi-organisation mode allows us to create multiple frontpages. A frontpage can be marked as a default frontpage and other frontpages can be assigned to specified user groups.

To create a frontpage:

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Once a frontpage has been created, we can select from "Actions":

• Set a frontpage as default.

• Edit frontpage details.

• Delete a frontpage.

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Look&feel

From "Look and feel" section, we can set multiple elements to change the appearance of learningCentral pages .

We can select different logotypes for administrator, trainer and student portal from this section. Also a corporate colour, a header menu text colour and a student portal background colour can be selected.The appearance of certificates that learningCentral can issue to students,can be set by selecting its logotype and design. Finally, we can choose among colour options a session background colour and a tone down colour for learningApp.

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Multi-organisation mode allows us to create multiple look&feel settings. A look&feel setting can be marked as a default look&feel setting and other look&feel settings can be assigned to specified user groups.

• Go to "Look and feel".
• Click on "look&feel".
• Type in "Name" field the name you want to assign to the look&feel.
• Configure elements you want to customise.
• Click on "Save".

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• Set a look&feel as default.
• Edit look&feel datails.
• Delete look&feel.

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Changing the settings

learningCentral allows you to You can customise the platform with the logos and colours of your company. In addition, you can choose if you want the notifications sent to your user e-mail (besides the platform internal mailbox).

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You can obtain web analytics related to learningCentral by indicating your Google Analytics account on this screen. 

1. Go to "Settings".
2. Click on "Edit Settings".
3. Modify the data and upload the images you want to substitute.
4. Save the changes.
5. If you want to go back to the original image of the platform, click on "Reset to Default".