2. How to view events – Accessing the events list
3. How to register with the CPD Noticeboard – Registration button explained
4. How to Login to the CPD Noticeboard – Login Box explained
5. Front Page Navigation Tabs – Details of each of the navigation tabs
6. Sample courses on the Noticeboard – How this feature works
8. Liverpool City of Learning Logo
This help guide is intended to explain all of the features available through the CPD Noticeboard. It is aimed at people using this site to search for professional development courses offered by the four Liverpool City region universities. It is not intended as a help guide for HEI course administrators wanting information on uploading course details and other administration account facilities.
If you are looking for information about the background to the CPD Noticeboard website then click here.
If you want to contact the CPD Noticeboard website administration team then click here.
The guide is presented in two sections, “Front Page” and “My Homepage – Logged-In”.
The “Front Page” section explains where to find and how to use all of the features available on the front page of the CPD Noticeboard and for which you do not need to be registered or logged-in. Troubleshooting tips are offered as well as advice on the best way of searching to find the type of courses you are looking for.
The “My Homepage – Logged-In” section details all of the additional features available when you login to the CPD Noticeboard with your registered email address and password. Troubleshooting tips are offered as well as advice on the best way of searching to find the type of courses you are looking for.
This is the front page of the CPD Noticeboard website and is the first page you see before logging-in or registering. Each of the elements of the page is explained in more detail in the individual sections below but to summarise the main features that are available here, you can:
There are currently three ways that you can search for courses from the front page without logging-in or registering. From January 2008 a fourth search by sector categories will be live and available to use. These search facilities are found grouped together on the front page, as shown below.
A Keyword Search lets you enter keywords that describe the kind of course you are looking for, searches the complete list of courses on the Noticeboard and returns the courses that are relevant to your keywords in a list that further links to course brochures.
When you List by University you can choose to browse a list of all the courses on the Noticeboard being offered at one of the four Liverpool City region universities. Each course listing links to a course brochure.
When you View All Courses you are presented with a list of all courses currently on the CPD Noticeboard. Each course listing links to a course brochure.
A keyword is a word that simply describes the particular topic for which you are interested in finding a course. For example, someone interested in management training could type ‘management’ in this box and click the ‘go’ button. Any courses with a relevance to management skills will then be displayed in a list such as this example below.
Example Keyword Search results page
You can then click on any of the course titles to see a full brochure of details about that course from the institution offering it and this includes full contact details. To see an example course brochure page click here.
Keyword Search tips
You can search again by typing another keyword in the search box. You can type more than one search keyword. If you have not found a suitable course and are entering very specific keywords, try entering a more general keyword that describes the kind of course you are looking for. If you still don’t find a course suitable for your needs, you could try browsing the entire list of courses or list by university the courses being run at each institution.
List by University – How to use the List by University dropdown list
If you want to see all of the courses being offered by just one of the four Liverpool City region universities, then use the dropdown list box shown here to find the university you are interested in and click the ‘GO’ button. You will then see a list of all the courses on the Noticeboard being offered by that university. Course titles can be clicked on to display full details and contact information for that course on a separate brochure page.
The four Liverpool City region universities are:
Liverpool JMU
University of Liverpool
Liverpool Hope University
Edge Hill University.
View all courses – How to use the View all courses list
There are two ways to view a list of all the courses currently on the Noticeboard. The first method is to click the “view all courses” button on the front page. Clicking this button will display all courses from each of the four universities and is listed in date order.
The alternative method, which does not require you to be on the front page, is to click on the “view all courses” tab in the navigation bar at the top of the page, anytime, as shown highlighted in red here.
Clicking this tab will again display all courses from each of the four universities and listed in date order. The complete list can be browsed and course titles can be clicked on to display full details and contact information for that course on a separate brochure page.
Search by Category – How to use the Search by category dropdown list
There is another button grouped with the search facilities which can be clicked-on to view all the events being run by the four universities.
This list is not searchable by keyword but you can browse and click on any event title to see full details and contact information for that event on a separate brochure page.
You can also access the events list any time, from any page, through the “events” tab, shown below and highlighted in red.
Clicking this tab will again bring up a list of all the events being run by each of the four universities.
You don’t need to register or log in if you just want to list courses by university, browse the full list of courses, or enter a keyword(s) into the search box to find any relevant courses currently being offered at the universities. Click the links to get more help on these facilities.
If you are not yet registered with CPD Noticeboard and you want to access the additional features that doing so allows (listed in the screenshot below)
then you should click the “Register” button shown here, highlighted in red, and which is found below the search facilities.
When you click the “Register” button you will be taken to the registration screen seen below.
Enter you email address, and then carefully type your chosen password twice. We ask you to enter your password twice as a check that you have entered exactly the password that you want. Please note that both the email and the password boxes are case-sensitive.
Registration problems – invalid email address/email address already registered/password retyped incorrectly – Troubleshooting tips
The login box allows you to access your registered user’s homepage. If you are not registered with the CPD Noticeboard you should click on the “Register” button, explained above.
Login asks you for the email address and password that you previously registered in order to access your CPD Noticeboard homepage. Click the “go” button to submit these details. A correct email address and password combination will access your CPD Noticeboard homepage.
Log-in problems – invalid email address/password – Troubleshooting tips
If you give an incorrect email address or password then you will see the following error message.
Click the login button at the bottom of the page to try logging-in again. Check your typing carefully and make sure that you use the email address that you originally registered with CPD Noticeboard.
This will send an email containing your password to the address that you registered with CPD Noticeboard. If the email address you enter is not registered with CPD Noticeboard then an error message will inform you of this. Check you have typed your email address correctly in the first instance, then check any other email addresses that you have or try registering again.
This panel of navigation tabs link to different pages on the CPD Noticeboard site that are described individually below. This navigation bar is the same whether you are logged-in or not and is always displayed in the same location at the top of the page so that you can navigate to any of these pages at any time.
view all courses list tab
Clicking this tab will display all courses from each of the four universities and listed in date order. The list can be browsed here and course titles can be clicked on to display full details and contact information for that course on a separate brochure page.
events tab
Clicking this tab will bring up a list of all the events being run by each of the four universities. This list is not searchable by keyword but you can browse and click on any event title to see full details and contact information for that event on a separate brochure page.
contact us tab
Clicking this tab will display a page with contact details for the CPD Noticeboard website. This is not a page with contact details for course providers and this information should always be taken from each course or event’s brochure page.
about us tab
Clicking this tab will access a page which describes some of the background to the CPD Noticeboard website including the history of the project, the partnership that brought it about, the innovative technology behind it, next steps for the website and an archive of articles and news items.
feedback tab
Clicking this tab will bring up a page containing this feedback form.
help tab
Clicking this tab will display these help pages and you can use this any time.
You can use this form to communicate anything to the website team about the CPD Noticeboard site that you feel could be improved or any problems that you have encountered. To send your comments:
“Select feedback type”: this is a drop-down from which you can choose an area which best describes your feedback, such as suggesting an improvement.
“Feedback title”: choose a succinct phrase which further specifies the subject of your feedback, such as
“More help on searching needed”.
“Feedback”: this is a text box where you can describe your feedback. Please be as specific as possible regarding the page location(s), browser, etc if you have encountered any kind of problem on the website.
We ask for your name and your email address so that we can personally follow-up any comments or problems with the website and do our best to act on these.When you are ready then click the “submit” button to send your feedback to the CPD Noticeboard team. Thank you for your time and your help in making this site better and better!
This area of the front page displays four courses, one from each of the Liverpool City region universities, which are randomly picked from the complete list of all courses currently being advertised on the CPD Noticeboard. This list of example courses is updated every time you visit this page and you can click on any course to link to a fuller description on its dedicated course brochure page. To see an example course brochure page click here.–
These are the logos of the four Liverpool City region universities who have collaborated to bring you the CPD Noticeboard. Clicking on any one of these logos, whether you are logged in or not, will take you to that university’s homepage, which you can navigate to find out more about that institution.
This is the logo of Liverpool City of Learning who are responsible for leading the CPD Noticeboard project. Clicking on their logo, whether you are logged in or not, will take you to their website where you can find out more about the organisation and its aims.
This is the logo for the CPD Noticeboard. Clicking on this logo when you are not logged-in will return you the front page. Clicking on this logo when you are logged-in will return you to your main homepage (My Homepage).
