The Landing page is a customizable learning center that you can use to distribute scenarios to your learners. It is a good alternative for setting up courses inside your LMS as it will only display scenarios that the learner can access.
The Landing page can also be public. In that case, anyone with the link can visit your Landing page and explore any public scenarios you have published. Check out this page: https://www.thinglink.com/o/creator.
- Availability
- How the landing page works
- How to set up and customize your landing page
- How to add content to your Landing Page
Availability
This feature is available on all paid organizational plans:
- Business accounts: Team license, Enterprise license
- Educational accounts: Unlimited Bundle, School District, Campus and Multi-Campus licenses
If you are interested in trying this feature on a different plan, please contact us.
How the landing page works
The landing page contains playlists that include scenarios and scenes added by the admin of the organization. The visibility of the landing page can be set to "My organization" for a private landing page or "Anyone with a link" for a public landing page.
Note that the content's visibility settings still apply. For example, a 'private' scene won't be visible on the landing page to others.
Private Landing page
When users visit your landing page, they will be prompted to log in. Once logged in, they can view all the scenes and scenarios you have assigned to them in one location.
What they see depends on two key factors:
- Whether they are part of your organization.
- The visibility settings of each scenario.
For example:
- Scenes and scenarios with the "Anyone with a link" or "My organization" visibility setting will be visible to users who log in and are part of your organization.
- Private scenarios are only visible if they have been specifically shared with the user or if the user belongs to a group that has access to the scenario.
Public Landing page
If the Landing page is public, it can be accessed by anyone with a link to the landing page and won't require the user to sign in to their ThingLink account. If the user is not logged in to a ThingLink account, they'll see only public (Anyone with a link) scenes and scenarios. If the user is logged in, see the examples above.
How to set up & customize your landing page
Note that only admins can set up or customize the organization's landing page.
To create a landing page, select the Organization tab in the navigation menu on the left, then select the Landing page tab. This will take you to a page where you can set up and customize your landing page:
Enable landing page: determines if the landing page is active (enabled) or not (disabled).
Custom URL: use this field to create a link that your learners will use to access the Landing page. All links use the following structure: https://www.thinglink.com/o/YourInput. For example, if you enter 'Nocontoso', the link to your landing page will be https://www.thinglink.com/o/nocontoso. The URL is not case-sensitive.
Page visibility: Public pages ('Anyone with a link') are available to anyone and do not require the user to sign in. 'My organization' pages require the user to be logged in to their ThingLink account, and they must be part of your license/organization on ThingLink.
Landing page logo: the logo will be shown in the top-left corner of the landing page. Max image resolution: 500x200 pixels. Recommended image resolution: 500x200 pixels. Only JPEG and PNG images are supported.
Hero image: the hero image is shown in the middle of the screen. You can use it to provide some information to the learners or simply change the look of the page. Max image resolution: 2000x500 pixels. Only JPEG and PNG images are supported.
Title: the title will be shown on top of the hero image. Use it as a tagline for your page.
Description: the description is the short text displayed on top of the hero image. Use it to provide context or instructions on how to use the page.
Privacy notice link: You can include a link to your organization's privacy notice here. This link will appear below the sign-in form when users attempt to access your landing page.
Playlists: Create playlists that include scenes and scenarios added by you, with the option to easily reorder them as needed.
How to add content to your Landing Page
In the Organization tab, navigate to the Landing page tab and scroll all the way down to Playlists. To add content:
- Click 'Add' and enter a name for your playlist and it will appear on the list of playlists
- Click 'Edit' next to your playlist. This will open a new window where you can manage what content is included in a playlist:
- Click 'Add scene' or 'Add scenario' to add content from your account to the playlist.
Tip: if you want to add content from another user, ask them to make you a co-editor (by setting up a shared folder for media projects or by adding you to their scenario as an editor).
Reorder the content inside the playlist: Click on the drag handle and drag the content to the desired place. Remember to click 'Save'.
Remove content from the playlist: click 'Edit' and click on the 'Trash' icon next to the scene or scenario you wish to remove.
To delete a playlist, simply click 'Delete' next to the playlist you wish to remove from the landing page.
You can also reorder playlists by clicking 'Reorder' and dragging the playlist to your desired position using the drag handle.
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