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Learning Design Tool
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Create a Custom Cover Page

A cover page is provided, and you can modify it to meet your needs

Overview

When you start a new Learning Design document, it begins with a Default Cover Page.

  • You can use the default cover page to create a custom cover page that will display your logo and your colors.

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

Cover Page Example_Learning Design Tool

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

  4. The Create or Modify Cover Pages wizard will open.

Customize on Learning Design Tool ribbon v5

Create Cover Page_Drop-Down Menu

 

Create-Modify Cover Pages Wizard            


 

Follow these steps to create a Custom Cover Page

 

Step 1: Use the Create or Modify Cover Pages wizard to get started
  1. Select the default Cover page from the menu

  2. Click Make a copy

  3. Click the green GO button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create Custom Cover Page Wizard

 

Step 2: Select the COPY to rename
  1. You will see a message under the white Rename box directing you to select the copy from the Select a Cover Page list

  2. Click Select and from the drop-down list, select Default Cover Page Copy

 

 

 

2-Create Custom Cover
Step 3: Rename the copied Cover page
  1. See your Cover Page COPY as the selected page

  2. Choose the action: Rename the one selected

  3. Click GO

3-Custom Cover page

 

Step 4: Edit the Cover Page name
  1. See your Cover page COPY in the Editing area

    1. Make your edits

  2. Click Save

4 Custom Cover Page

 

Step 5: Select Your Cover to Modify
  1. Select your NEW Cover page name

  2. Click Modify the one selected

  3. Click Go

5 Custom Cover Page

 

Step 6: Make your edits to your new Cover Page
  1. A copy of the default cover page will open

  2. You can move the dialog box around to get it out of your way

  3. Make your changes to the cover page

  4. Click Validate in the dialog box

  5. Click Save to save your new Cover page

  6. You will see a message asking if you ae done - Click Yes

  7. Click the Close button in the lower right corner of the dialog box

Editing Cover Page

 

 

 

 

Default Cover Page_Annotated

 

 

About the Default Cover Page

A. At the top left of the page is a Paragraph Mark.

  • There are several more on the page.
  • These are non-printing characters in Word that indicate the start of a new line.
  • Use them to add text or images.

B. Also along the top of the page is placeholder for the Course ID

  • You can move this placeholder to someplace else on the page
  • But you MUST NOT CHANGE or remove the Field placeholder or it's style name "zLGP Course ID"

C. Next is a logo placeholder

  • Replace the Great Circle Learning logo with your company logo

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

  • It will be replaced by the Title you will add as you start a new Learning Design document
  • You can move this placeholder to someplace else on the page
  • DO NOT CHANGE or remove the style name "LDT Program Name"

E. The phrase "Instructional Systems Design Document" is a document identifier

  • You can leave it as is, edit it, or remove it

F. The phrase "Design Plan" can be edited

NOTE: The Default Cover page is set up with a table, to help keep things in place on the page.

To remove the table and simply work on the page:

  • Click anywhere on the page

  • Click Table Layout, which will appear along the top of your screen at the right-hand end

  • Select the Option to Convert to Text

  • Then select the option Paragraph Marks

 Table Layout-Convert to Text

 

Convert to Text_Paragraph Marks