This guide will look at the different functions that are available to you as a Group Leader. You’ll be able to:

• Add/remove users to trainings
• Track group members training progress
• Send reminders/notifications to your group members
• Manage your group dashboard.

Firstly go to Early Start Group website (opens in new tab) to access your account. Enter your username (email address) and password and click ‘login’

When you first login you will be re-directed to the ‘Group Admin’ section of the website

The dashboard will show you:

• ‘Students’ (Group Members)
• ‘Courses’ (Training Modules)
• ‘Assignments Pending’ (Assignments awaiting review by the Nutrition Team)
• ‘Essays Pending’ (KDP’s awaiting review by the Nutrition Team).

Assignments= Pre and Post Assessments

Essays= Knowledge Development Plan (KDP)

To view group members’ progress, use ‘LearnDash’

Click on the following options:

• ‘Assignments’
• ‘Submitted Essays’
• ‘Group Administration’ (this the function we’ll review)

From ‘Group Administration’ you will be able to:

• ‘List Users’= highlights the group members assigned to the training module
• ‘Export Progress’= download a report which outlines group members training progress
• ‘Export Results’= download a report which outlines group members assessment and KDP results

Contact Group Member Using the ‘List Users’ Function

If you’d like to send reminders and notifications to your group members, click ‘List Users’ and then the ‘Email Group’ button. This will open an email template, allowing you to send notifications to ALL of the group members in this training module.

Download a report which outlines group members training progress using the ‘Export Progress’ function

Click on ‘Export Progress’ and this will download a ‘LearnDash reports’ (a CSV file (Excel)). Click on this file to open it and view the group members’ progress for the selected training module.

The following columns will outline:

• Column B= Name
• Column C= Email
• Column E= Training Module
• Column F= The number of training pages viewed
• Column G= The total number of pages available to view in the training module
• Column H= Highlights if the course has been fully completed by the group member
• Column I= Date the training module was completed
• Column J= The date the group member first accessed the training module
• Column K= The time the group member has spent viewing the training module content
• Column O= The last time the group member logged into this training module.

Download a report which outlines group members training results using the ‘Export Results’ function

Click on ‘Export Results’ and this will download a ‘LearnDash reports’ (a CSV file (Excel)). Click on this file to open it and view the group members’ results for the selected training module.

The following columns will outline:

• Column B= Name
• Column C= Email
• Column E= Assignments (Pre and Post Assessments) and Essays (Knowledge Development Plan)
• Column K= Assignment score (%) and Essay sign-off (1= signed off and 0= awaiting sign-off)
• Column L= Time spent completed the assignment or essay
• Column M= Highlights if the assignment or essay has been passed by the group member.

View the training modules you have booked, and assign group members to these modules

To do this, you will need to access the ‘Groups Dashboard’, which is located on the Early Start Group homepage (opens in new tab)

Using the ‘Groups Dashboard’ the following options are available to you:

• ‘Edit group details’= for example, update the training group name to include the name of your setting
• ‘Enroll New Users’= add a new group member, allowing them to access the training module
• ‘Remove Users’= remove an existing group member’s access to the training module (this can then be reassigned to a new group member)
• ‘Enrolled Users’= highlights the existing group members assigned to the training module

Update the training group details using the ‘Edit group details’ function

To edit the group details, click the ‘Edit group details’ button. Update the training module name in the ‘group name’ field to include your settings name.

Assign a group member to a training module using the ‘Enroll New User’ function

To assign a group member to a training module:

• Click the ‘Enroll New User’ button which will open a new window
• Enter the first name, last name, email and organisation of the group member (you can add multiple users by clicking the ‘Add more users’ button).
• Once you’ve added your new group members, click the ‘Submit’ button
• The group member will then receive an email to confirm they have been assignment a training module.

Remove an existing user from a training module using the ‘Remove Users’ function

To remove an existing group member’s access to a training module:

• Click the ‘Remove Users’ button.
• We will receive this notification here at Early Start Nutrition, and will either approve or reject the request (within 48 hours).
• If you request a removal in error, please contacts us at: esnutition@earlystartgroup.com

You can also download an offline copy of this guidance for your own records (Word Doc, 3MB)