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      Create & Organize Content in Trainual

      Learn how to start creating and organizing your content in Trainual using these easy content-creation tools.

      Ready to start documenting your business playbook? This guide will provide a brief walkthrough on understanding content types in Trainual, customizing ready-made templates, uploading your existing docs with Trainual's importer, and more!


      👉 Before you start:

      • The features listed here are available under all Trainual plans.
      • The information below is best suited for new Admins. For more specifics around which areas of the account and pieces of content your employees can access, review their permissions and subject content access.

      🗂️ Table of contents: Skip around to just the parts you need with these links. 


      (Step 1) Understand content organization in Trainual:



      1. Overview the main content types.
      2. Subjects will fall under company, policies, or processes content types.
        • The content page is where your repository of all the existing subjects in your account will be housed. Use it as a one-stop shop for content management — plus, view content by group, set the order of employee training, and more!
      3. Customize your page view.
        • It’s easy to rearrange your content page so you see only the focused content you need, when you need to see it.


      (Step 2) Create your very first subject:


      1. A quick review of the content hierarchy level "subject."
        Subjects are the foundation of your content in Trainual. They help categorize and house information logically for your team.

        💡 Think about this level like a little book — this will come in handy later!
         
      2. Add a new subject.
        • Go to the “Content” tab and click the “Create subject” button.
        • Add a subject name and hit “Create.”
      3. Outline your subject.
        • Break your subject down into topics and steps.
          • Remember how subjects are "just like books?" With that in mind, think of topics like chapter titles and steps as pages of content in those chapters!
          • Use this framework repeatedly to help you get comfortable with building out subjects in Trainual.

      🔥 Tip: Looking to speed up the process? 👀 Use smart outline to do some of the hard work for you. This AI-powered feature will fully outline the topic and step structure of your content (plus provide you with a small blurb of material)! 

       


      (Step 3) Find and customize templates:

      1. Select a template.
        • Choose from Trainual’s library of templates to expedite your content creation.
      2. Modify as needed.
        • Adjust the provided content and layout to suit your specific business needs.
        • Incorporate your branding elements for a personalized touch.


      (Step 4) Use the Trainual import document feature:

        1. Import your existing documents.
         

        👉 Next steps

        Now that you know how to create and organize content, check out our next article to learn how to prepare for launching Trainual to your team:

        🔗 Getting Started With Rolling Out Content in Trainual.

         


        Need some extra help first?

        Email support@trainual.com or press on the bubble on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to start a chat to let us know how we can help. ↘️


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