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Implement CYPHER

Here are a few steps to follow when starting out with CYPHER for business:

1

Schedule a demo

5 minutes. Request an appointment with our sales team to get up and running fast. Schedule a demo.

2

Customizing your site

1 hour. This includes customizing your site with your own logo, color scheme, URL, portal images, panels, and social media icons. If required, we can provide web design consulting services to help you with any customizing needs that you might require.

3

Creating accounts for administrators and instructors

20 minutes. This is usually easily done using our web form option for creating accounts. We also support many other kinds of account creation, such as API, LDAP, email invitations, or bulk import.

4

Creating an outline of each course

1 - 3 hours per course. This requires basic instructor skills and domain knowledge to determine what each course will cover and create the content outline.

5

Creating a competencies for each course (optional, but recommended)

1 - 3 per course. You can create your own competencies in CYPHER or upload your own, then tag course content with the competencies it should be teaching and assessing.

6

Creating the materials for each module

1 - 4 per module. This is the most time intensive part of implementation, and depends on whether you want to upload your own content or create new content. Our authoring tool makes it easy to create engaging modules fast.

7

Creating the assessments for each course

1 hour per assessment. All types of assessments can be created easily. Comprehensive randomized quizzes that select from a question bank can take a little longer.

8

Beta testing the courses

1 day per course on average. This depends on the complexity of the course. You show it to a small sample of users and then adjust it based on their recommendations where possible.

9

Creating the learning paths (optional)

30 minutes per learning path. Paths are courses that can have goals as sections, where each goal can represent another course or a certificate. Adding a path is fairly easy, with just a few options to configure.

10

Configuring the course catalog

20 minutes. This simply requires selecting from several layout options. We recommend using attractive pictures for each catalog category, which can easily be purchased from a stock photo site.

11

Configuring e-commerce (optional)

30 minutes. Select your desired payment gateway and set prices for your courses. You can also create coupons, discount codes, bundles, subscriptions, and even sell digital media items.

12

Configuring single-sign on (optional)

15 minutes if using Google Workspace SSO, Auth0 or Microsoft 365.
1 hour if using LDAP/Active Directory, which requires knowledge of LDAP and the ability to configure your LDAP system to be securely accessed by CYPHER. If you want to set up custom SSO, then this requires developer skills in the language of the site you wish to integrate with.

13

Creating student accounts

30 minutes. If using a bulk upload. We also support many other kinds of account creation, such as self sign-up, email invitations, API, LDAP, and purchasing a course via our e-commerce system.