Defining Delivery Method Types

To define delivery method types, use the Delivery Method Type (LM_DMTHD_TYPE) component.

This topic provides an overview and discusses how to define delivery method types.

Page Used to Define Delivery Method Types

Page Name	Definition Name	Navigation	Usage
Delivery Method Type	LM_DMTHD_TYPE	select Set Up ELM, then select Catalog, then select Delivery Method Type, then select Delivery Method Type	Define delivery method types for your organization.

Understanding Delivery Methods

Delivery methods define how course offerings are presented to learners—for example, through online learning, classroom instruction, seminars, books, and so forth—in your organization. Learners can search the catalog for offerings by delivery method, so they could look at only classes that are instructor led, for example, if that is how they learn best. Also, while the system does not enforce rules in the definition of delivery methods (for instance, you can create a session learning component in a class tied to a self-paced delivery method), delivery methods help learners better understand the offerings in the learning catalog.

When you create a course, you identify the specific delivery methods through which its classes are offered. The same course might be delivered multiple ways, such as through a webcast, a web-based workbook, or a scheduled class. Each delivery method identifies the delivery method type. There are no restrictions on how many delivery methods you can define or how you can name them. You can even create compound delivery methods, such as a single delivery method for classroom training and webcast.

Important! To enable learners to view learning for a given delivery method type on the self-service All Learning page, and managers to view learning for the same delivery method type through the Team Learning page, use the Learning Filters (LM_FILTER) component to specify which delivery method types to make visible to users.

Delivery Method Type Page

Use the Delivery Method Type page (LM_DMTHD_TYPE) to define delivery method types for your organization.

Navigation

select Set Up ELM, then select Catalog, then select Delivery Method Type, then select Delivery Method Type

Image: Delivery Method Type page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Delivery Method Type page.

Delivery Method Long Name

Enter a long name for the delivery method type.

Type Short Name

Enter a short name for the delivery method type.

Delivery Method Description

Enter a description of the delivery method type.

Enable One-step Launch and Enroll

Select to enable learners to launch classes with this delivery method type and enroll in them simultaneously with one click. When this check box is selected, the Enroll button is replaced by a Launch button for classes with this delivery method type.