August 17, 2015

You are receiving this email because you are an Election official and have an account in the Michigan Elections eLearning Center.  This newsletter contains important updates about the many resources that are available for election administration. 

If you no longer have election responsibilities in the State of Michigan and want to be removed from this list, please email electionselearning@michigan.gov with a subject of DEACTIVATE

The Elections eLearning Center available.

Michigan Virtual University has completed their system maintenance. The eLearning Center is now available for use.

When completing online forms, you must click the Submit button at the bottom of the form to send your information to the Bureau of Elections.  You will be taken to a confirmation page and receive a confirmation email.  If you don't receive the email, we did not receive your data.  Marking an item complete in the eLearning Center, does not mean we received your data.  Please check Overdue Reports for the official listing of missing submissions.

How to use the eLearning Center

Here are some tips:

• Content stays in the In Progress Box, until you Mark the item Complete.  This keeps information easily accessible until you are finished with it.  Click on the title in the In Progress box, click the Mark Complete button on the item's description page. Do not use the Action Buttons on the right side in the In Progress Box which opens the item directly, bypassing the description page.
• Use the Browse Category or Catalog Tab to see topics of content and find items quicker.
• The Search Box can be used to find specific items.  Change the search criteria to ALL WORDS to narrow your search results. 
• A scrolling Newsfeed on the top of the Homepage highlights new items for you with clickable links right to important content.

More help is available in these documents:

How to use the eLearning Center: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/homepage_459353_7.pdf

How to find things in the eLearning Center: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/search_464028_7.pdf

Features of the Login Page: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/login_459335_7.pdf

Each includes a Table of Contents with clickable links.  Just click on the item and you will be advanced to the topic you wish to view.

Be sure to update your computer software so online courses will run on your computer

Click the following links to go to these companies' websites for free downloads.

• Adobe Flash Player must be updated for online videos and courses to run, even audio functions are improved with this software
• Internet Browsers - Internet Explorer, FireFox, Google Chrome or Safari for MAC

Bookmark or add this link to your internet browser favorites to quickly access the site.

Elections eLearning Center  https://elections.learnport.org 

Need help or have questions about the eLearning Center?

Contact the Bureau of Elections electionselearning@michigan.gov 800-292-5973 or 517-373-0065 or view our BOE contact list

The QVF help desk does not handle eLearning Center questions.  Please only contact the help desk for QVF and EMP questions.

Please review our Election Officials Resource Letter for more information about the Bureau of Elections' training, computer systems and resources for election personnel.

Continuing Education assignments are due soon!

Your required training assignments are listed in your In Progress Box marked with an asterisk and a due date. Please complete these assignments before the end of 2015.

Do you know someone who needs to sign up for an eLearning Center account?

Please email the Bureau at electionselearning@michigan.gov include their name, job title, jurisdiction, county and their email address.  We will email their ID and password to them. Each person must have a unique email address associated to their account.

Forgot your ID or Password?

You can always request your ID or a new password from the links on the eLearning Center Login Page This is an immediate service available 24 hours a day.

Prevent important emails from going to spam or junk folders

Please add electionselearning@mivu.org and electionselearning@michigan.gov  to your contacts or safe sender list to avoid important system emails being sent to a Junk or Spam folder or rejected.  This would include class registration emails, notifications of required assignments and forgotten ID and password emails.