Create a Custom Cover Page

Overview

When you start a new Learning Design document, it includes a cover page.

• You can modify the included cover page.

• You can then modify your custom cover page as need to create a variety of custom cover pages.

To get started

1. Open Word and click the Learning Design Tool tab along the top of your screen

2. Click the Customize button on the Learning Design Tool ribbon.

3. Select Create Custom Cover Pages from the drop-down menu.

Follow these steps

Step 1: Use the Create or Modify Cover Pages wizard to get started Select the default Cover page from the menu Click Make a copy Click the green GO button
Step 2: Select the COPY to rename You will see a message under the white Rename box directing you to select the copy from the Select a Cover Page list Click Select and from the drop-down list, select Default Cover Page Copy
Step 3: Rename the copied Cover page See your Cover Page COPY as the selected page Choose the action: Rename the one selected Click GO
Step 4: Edit the Cover Page name See your Cover page COPY in the Editing area Make your edits Click Save
Step 5: Select Your Cover to Modify Select your NEW Cover page name Click Modify the one selected Click Go
Step 6: Make your edits to your new Cover Page A copy of the default cover page will open You can move the dialog box around to get it out of your way Make your changes to the cover page Click Validate in the dialog box Click Save to save your new Cover page You will see a message asking if you ae done - Click Yes Click the Close button in the lower right corner of the dialog box

About the Default Cover Page

1. Along the top of the page is a placeholder for the Course ID

   1. You can move this placeholder to someplace else on the page

   2. But you MUST NOT CHANGE or remove the Field placeholder or it's style name "zLGP Course ID"

2. Next is a logo placeholder

   1. Replace the Great Circle Learning logo with your company logo

3. The phrase "New Design Plan" is a placeholder

   1. It will be replaced by the Title you will add as you start a new Learning Design document

   2. You can move this placeholder to someplace else on the page

   3. DO NOT CHANGE or remove the style name "LDT Program Name"

4. The phrase Instructional Systems Design Document is a document identifier

   1. You can leave it as is, edit it, or remove it

5. At the Paragraph Marks you will see:

   1. You can add text or images