People 2008 - Saba Global Summit 2008 Training by Saba University

Saba University will offer conference attendees a variety of learning sessions during the People 2008 - Saba Global Summit. These condensed training sessions will provide you with the most in-depth view of Saba technologies and help you unleash the power of key functionality. These sessions will be running concurrently with the regular breakout sessions and are open to all conference attendees.

Advanced Notifications Configurations
Saba Notifications provide powerful in-box tools for tailoring messages for specific audiences that many of our customers are not aware of. This session discusses the following topics:

• Tailoring messages with context-sensitive attachments
• Providing different messages for different domains
• Overview of customization options

Best Practices for Prescriptive Rules
Prescriptive rules can be an effective way to "push" requirements out to defined user populations. We discuss 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

Blended Learning Options in Saba
This session provides participants with ideas for delivering training via multiple delivery types and how to utilize electronic assessments and e-learning courseware with any offering.

Topics include:

• Reusing courseware for instructor-led classes, whether online or in a classroom
• Incorporating Web-based assessments with Saba offerings
• Using one-click ordering on certifications and curricula

Content Reusability in the Real World
The demand for content reusability is greater than ever. We describe how we use Saba LCMS to have reusable media assets and to "multi-purpose" content - to deploy content for both instructor-led training and self-paced training.

Topics include:

• Metadata and search in the resource library
• Assembling packages
• Linking objects

Creating Robust Web-Based Training Using Saba 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 for supporting engaging content creation.

Topics include:

• Working with questions and tests
• Synergy of variables, actions, and conditions together
• Using External HTML objects

Implementing Competency Models Using Saba
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 their competency library and the 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

Reducing Leadership Risk Using Succession Pools in Saba Talent
We use a case study approach to provide an overview of how managers use succession pools to identify or prepare potential successors for their direct reports. Learn how to create a succession pool and identify desired skills within the selected candidates.

Topics include:

• Identifying profile criteria to match
• Tracking candidates' progress toward meeting desired selection criteria
• Identifying a successor

Success With 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
• Using Success Plans
• Implementing Success Plans

Using Live Video for Better Saba Centra Education
Using Saba Centra is increasingly preferred as an alternative to flying instructors and participants to a central location. Many of our users benefit from incorporating live video to improve the quality of the learning environment.

Topics include:

• Enabling live video
• Best practices for incorporating live video

Using Saba Centra Recording Studio to Create Self-Paced Content
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

Using Saba's Centra Integration for Live Collaboration and Customer Support
Saba 5.4 brings extended integration with Centra that facilitates impromptu collaboration among employees and between your team and your customers. This session introduces this integration as a platform for problem resolution and knowledge management.

Topics include:

• Launching Saba Centra from Saba for team meetings, collaboration, and knowledge management
• Incorporating Saba Centra into your support operations

The Performance Review Process
Performance reviews involve performance administrators, managers, and employees. This session covers the creation and execution of performance reviews, as well as best practices for doing so.

Topics include:

• Creating review forms and review cycle
• Options for assigning reviews
• How managers and employees complete the review cycle
• Best practices