To help you personalize and target your content, TalentLMS lets you insert smart tags into course units. These placeholders will auto-populate with information from your TalentLMS portal.
| Note: Smart tags can also be added to questions and anywhere the advanced text editor is used. |
To add smart tags to your content:
1. Log in to your TalentLMS account as an Instructor, go to Courses (1), and click Edit (2) next to the course you want to access
| Note: You can also follow these steps as an Administrator, as long as you’re enrolled in the course with the Instructor role. |
2. Click the unit you want to edit.
3. Place your cursor where you want to insert a smart tag.
4. From the editor toolbar, click the three-dot icon (3), then select the smart tags icon (4).
5. Choose a smart tag (5) from the list.
Τhe available smart tags are:
- Username: The current user's username {username}
- First name: The user’s first name (i.e.,{first_name}).
- Last name: The user’s last name (i.e., {last_name}).
- Date: The current date (i.e., {date}).
- Course progress: The user’s progress in the current course (i.e., {course_progress}).
- Course start date: When the user started the course (i.e., {course_start_date}).
- Course completion date: When the user completed the course (i.e., {course_completion_date}).
- Course time: Time spent in the course (i.e., {course_time}).
- Course name: The course name (i.e., {course_name}).
- System time: Time the user has spent in the portal (i.e., {system_time}).
- Completed courses: Number of completed courses (i.e., {completed_courses}).
- Certificates: Number of certifications earned (i.e., {certifications}).
- Custom fields: Tags for any admin-defined custom user fields (e.g., {job position}).
6. Click Publish changes (6) or Publish unit (if it's a new unit) to save your updates.
7. Toggle the preview switch (7) to view your content with the smart tags populated.