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The IBM® Lotus® Learning Widget for IBM® Notes® is a sidebar widget that is used to view and filter learning materials inside your IBM Notes 9 client.
If you are using Lotus Notes 8.x, see the
learning-plug-in-for-ibm-lotus-notes
wiki article.
Quick install: If you already know how to install a widget, drag the
learning_widget_extension.xml file from this browser window to the
My Widgets panel in your IBM Notes client.
Are you new to IBM Notes or upgrading from a previous
Notes release?
Install this widget. |  |
Are you moving to IBM Notes from Microsoft Outlook?
Install this widget. |  |
Full install instructions: Jump to the Installing the Learning Widget section.
About the Learning Widget
The Lotus Learning Widget for IBM Notes gives you access the following types of IBM Notes user training materials:
- Task-based demonstrations: These are task-based product simulations that show the user how to complete one task or a small series of related tasks.
- Videos: Videos are similar to task-based demonstrations, but are larger in scope. They teach a skill that typically covers multiple tasks. These demonstrations include movie affects such as panning, zooming, and audio. Videos can also provide an overview of product concepts, such as Lotus Domino database security concepts. They include animations that illustrate concepts that help end users, administrators, and application developers to better understand how a product works.
- Tutorials: A tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform common tasks when first getting started using a product. Tutorials typically include sample files to download.
- Product Tour: A product tour is a collection of animations or product simulations that introduces the product and its features. They are positioned as introductory upon which other learning and knowledge is built.
- Web Seminars: A web seminar is a presentation-based learning experience that is developed with speaker notes and audio track. This seminar can be delivered as self-paced (Web or SCORM) or by an instructor either in a live or virtual classroom or Web conference.
- Online courses: Self-paced e-learning courses are comparable to material covered in an instructor-led classroom-based course, but can be taken online at your own pace. Online courses can include conceptual information, task "how to" information, and sample files for completing exercises on your own.
- Reference Cards: Reference cards are a quick reference for users to quickly find how to perform the most common tasks in a product. They are printable in a two-page format.
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Installing the Learning Widget
Use the following instructions to install the Learning Widget into the IBM Notes 8.0.1 or higher sidebar.
Are you new to IBM Notes or upgrading from a previous
Notes release?
Install this widget. |  |
Are you moving to IBM Notes from Microsoft Outlook?
Install this widget. |  |
Hint: If you are using a separate web browser (instead of the embedded web browser in Notes), you will need to position your windows so that you can drag the widget from your web browser to the widget sidebar. Watch the following video to see how to do this.
Alternatively, you can right click the
learning_widget_extension.xml file or the
outlook_users_learning_widget_extension.xml file link, save the file to your desktop, then drag the file from your desktop to the
My Widgets panel.
1. Start the IBM Notes client.
2. Select
File > Preferences > Widgets in Windows or
IBM Notes > Preferences > Widgets on the MAC.
3. As shown in the following figure, check the
Show Widget Toolbar and the My Widgets Sidebar panel field, and click
OK.
Result: The
My Widgets icon displays in the sidebar as shown below:
4. Expand the
My Widgets panel by clicking the icon, or by clicking and dragging to resize, as shown below:
Result: The
My Widgets panel will open.
5. Drag the
IBM_Notes9_learning_widget_extension.xml or IBM_Notes9_outlook_users_learning_widget_extension.xml file from this browser window to the
My Widgets panel in your IBM Notes client.
6. Click the
Lotus Learning Widget in the sidebar to see its contents.
The Learning Widget is ready to use. After installing the Learning Widget, your Notes client sidebar will look like the following screen image.
Note: When new materials are added to the Learning Widget and you have an Internet connection, the Widget is automatically updated with those new materials.
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Access the Learning Widget from a browser
You can access and use the Learning Widget from a browser by clicking this link:
Learning Widget for IBM Notes
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License information
The IBM Lotus Learning Widget is offered on an "as-is" basis. The widget and IBM Notes are updated frequently, and therefore, the widget may not be compatible with every build of IBM Notes.
IBM Lotus Learning Widget License Agreement