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Saba Global Summit Hands-on Training Sessions
We’re back with 9 short courses over three days, including six brand-new sessions by Saba University. We are repeating several other very popular sessions with updated content for the most recent releases of Saba and Saba Centra products. These training sessions cover a wide variety of topics and are available to all People 2010 attendees at no extra charge. Space is limited in each session and seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
| Session Title |
Saba Product |
Functionality |
Description |
| Using Saba Centra Recording Studio to Create Self-Paced Content |
Saba Centra |
Recording Studio |
This session is intended for anyone who is interested in creating self-paced content or editing recordings of virtual classroom events. Topics will include demonstration of new features in the Saba Centra Recording Studio, such as:
- Creating self-paced content
- Editing content in existing recordings
- Combining content across events
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| Success With Success Plans |
Learning, Performance |
Success Plans |
Saba version 5.4 includes a powerful enhancement, “Success Plans.” It provides end-users, managers, and administrators with a robust tool to consolidate and manage an employee’s learning, performance, compliance, and development activities.
Topics include:
- Success Plan overview
- Creating Success Plan types and forms
- Implementing Success Plans
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| From Performance Plans to Performance Reviews |
Performance |
Plans, Reviews |
How do you merge performance plans into your performance review cycle? This session with show you how. (A prerequisite for this class is knowledge of how to create Success Plans. You can learn this in the “Success With Success Plans” session.)
Topics include:
- Performance reviews
- Merging plans into reviews
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| Using the Saba Mashup Portlet |
Foundation / Collaboration |
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The Saba 5.5 mashup portlet enables better communication with your Saba users. This session focuses on:
- Configuring the mashup portlet
- Embedding content in the mashup portlet
- How to use the Mashup Portlet for effective company communication
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| Ad Hoc Reporting in Saba |
Foundation |
Reports |
Saba 5.4 SP4 ads ad hoc reporting capabilities. This session will walk you through how to utilize them.
Topics include:
- Overview of ad hoc reporting capabilities
- Accessing ad hoc reporting features
- Creating ad hoc reports
- Comparison to custom reports
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| Workforce Planning in Saba Talent |
Talent |
Succession Pools |
Saba Workforce Planning enables organizations to model their future based on unique people profiles and position requirements. Topics include:
- Modeling your workforce with Saba organization charts and n-box tools
- Using Workforce Planning with succession tools to identify position and succession risk
- Drill down to view individual skill gaps, development needs, and developmental plans
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| Creating and Administering Prescriptive Rules |
Learning |
Prescriptive Rules |
Prescriptive rules can be an effective way to “push” requirements out to defined user populations. We discuss how to use and how to effectively use prescriptive rules, as well as what your alternatives are for prescribing learning and other requirements.
Topics include:
- Creating prescriptive rules
- What happens when you modify members or requirements to a rule
- Best practices for creating and managing rules
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| Saba Compensation |
Compensation |
Compensation |
Saba Compensation is a compensation management solution that improves talent retention and drives smarter decision-making by providing a comprehensive view of employee success.
Topics include:
- Create compensation plans and eligibility rules
- Allocate compensation based on success criteria
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| Enterprise Collaboration with Saba Live |
Live |
All |
Topics include:
- Profiles and communities
- Links, files, lists, recordings, and more
- Managing informal learning
- Best practices for governance
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Saba University will offer eight expanded sessions of popular topics, including five all-new sessions for 2010! These are popular training sessions that cover a wide variety of topics and are available to all People 2010 attendees at no extra charge. Space is limited in each session and participants are requested to bring their own laptops for the Thursday training sessions.
| Session Title |
Saba Product |
Functionality |
Description |
| Implementing Competency Models Using Saba |
Foundation |
Competencies |
This session provides participants with a quick overview of how to effectively incorporate their competency model in Saba. The class focuses on identifying the best approach for managing the competency library and proficiency scale that is used by Saba Learning and Saba Performance. Topics include:
- Setting up competencies and the competency framework in Saba
- Competencies with Jobs and Roles
- Competencies with Success Plans
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| Administering Content |
Learning |
Content |
Saba Learning supports the launching and tracking of SCORM and AICC content, as well as the successful playback of numerous other file formats. This session will focus on administering formal and informal learning content that you acquire from vendors or from within your own organization.
Topics include:
- Loading content
- Associating content with courses and offerings
- Best practices for administering content
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| Create, Deploy, and Track Saba Centra Evaluations |
Saba Centra |
Evaluations |
Saba Centra Evaluations have been enhanced in Saba Centra 7.6 SP1. Learn new features for scoring evaluations, weighting questions, adding images, and so on. Go beyond just gathering live classroom participant responses and learn how evaluations are tracked in Saba LMS and Saba Centra playbacks.
Objectives:
- Create Saba Centra evaluation that includes weighted questions and images
- Upload to Saba Centra Event
- Publish event recording with evaluation
- Track results in Saba Centra and Saba Learning
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| Certification Workshop |
Learning |
Certifications |
Despite the rise of “informal learning,” compliance training and certification programs are increasingly essential parts of our learning organizations. This session uses a case-study approach to look at different scenarios for defining and deploying certifications.
Topics include:
- Certification lifecycle and functional use
- Best practices for defining and deploying certifications
- Case studies for certifications
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| Blended Learning Options |
Learning |
Courses, Curricula, and Certifications |
The Saba platform has significantly enhanced capabilities to facilitate blended learning initiatives. This session focuses on the use of multiple delivery options across many offerings or within one course/offering.
Topics include:
- What is blended learning?
- Using curricula and certifications for deploying blended learning
- Using courses to deploy blended learning
- New functionality in Saba 5.4 SP4
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| Creating Robust Training Using Saba Publisher 9.0 |
Publisher |
Publisher |
This session is intended for anyone who is evaluating or currently using Saba Publisher to create interactive, self-paced content. Topics will include discussion and demonstration of features and capabilities in Saba Publisher supporting engaging content creation:
- Working with questions and tests
- Using external HTML objects
- Publishing options (including mobile devices)
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| Advanced Topics in Saba Publisher |
Publisher |
Publisher |
This session is intended to provide anyone comfortable with authoring basic content in Saba Publisher with a hands-on understanding of advanced features. Topics include:
- Working with variables
- Synergy of variables, actions and conditions together
- Incorporating content from Captivate and other tools
- Creating simulation
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| Saba Workforce Planning |
Workforce Planning |
Workforce Planning |
Saba Workforce Planning
Description to be announced. |
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