Creating & Organizing Subjects
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      Create & Publish Subjects

      Learn how to create the base of your categorized training content (AKA, subjects) in Trainual.


      Subjects are the main assembly of your training processes, policies, and procedures that you'll create to assign (or make referenceable) to your people and groups in Trainual. Find out how to get started and to publish a brand new subject below!


      👉 Before you start:

      • We recommend reviewing this Trainual content hierarchy article first.
      • This feature option is available on all Trainual plans.
      • The information below is best suited for content creators. For more specifics around which areas of the account and pieces of content your employees can access, review their permissions and subject content access.

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      What is a Trainual subject? 

      Think of Trainual subjects like textbooks you're creating, where your subject titles and descriptions serve as the name and preview of the book. You'd want to tailor that information to immediately help your reader understand the context and relevancy of what they are about to start reading and seeing. 



      Examples: 

      Subject title Description
      Company Perks & Benefits In this subject, you'll learn all things benefits - our perks, our plan details, health insurance 101, and some of our ongoing incentive programs like our Experience Fund & our Employee Referral Program.
      At-will Employment Policy This policy outlines our employer/employee relationship, including conditions of terminating that relationship.
      Front Desk Processes This subject will provide the information necessary to successfully complete front desk job duties.


      🔥 Tip: Overall, your goal with subjects should be categorizing and organizing the type of training you are providing to your employees. Focus on intentionality! 

      Create a brand new subject:

      1. Navigate to the "Content" page from the left-hand menu.

      2. Click the "Create subject" button on the top right-hand corner of the page.

      3. Fill out the prompts in the "Create subject" pop-up window.

      4. Hit the "Create subject" button. Your new subject has been added as a draft.

      🔥Tip: You can also quickstart your content creation by snagging one of our templates or our AI-powered smart outline feature. 

      Work on building out your subject: 

      There's so much you can do when creating your subjects, so we've added some helpful guides below to assist you during this step in the process.

      Feature/Tool: What is this? Links:
      Topics A topic is a specific subprocess or subprocedure that falls under a broader subject.
      Steps A step is an individual action that must take place to follow a specific process or procedure, and falls under a topic. This is the "meat" of your training.
      Subject settings You have the option to fine tune and edit the behavior and tools of your subject at any time.
      Access You can set up viewing and access to your subject content in a variety of ways.

       

      Publish your subject: 

      1. Open the content status drop-down menu at the top of your subject page.



      2. Select "Published." 
      3. Adjust any topic statuses from the "Finish and publish your training!" pop-up.
      4. Decide which action works best for this subject:
        • Publish as is: The current topic status choices will remain unchanged. 
        • Finish all and publish: All topic statuses will be set to "Finished" and the steps under these topics will be available to all teammates who have access to this subject content. 

      🔥Tip: Change your subject status back to "Unpublished" anytime you need to make major updates. This ensures that your team only sees the most up-to-date training!

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      How can I submit my feedback and ideas about features?

      If you'd like to share your thoughts about content creation tools or think of something else you'd like to see added in the future, send us your feature requests and ideas.

       

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