December-Free-Training-blog-pic-300Season’s greetings! With the holidays right around the corner, it’s time to start gearing up for our annual gift to our valued users—and no, we’re not talking about Christmas onesies or a “Cheese of the Month Club” subscription! Our much-anticipated December Free Training is coming up soon and we hope each and every one of you will join us. Mark your calendars for December 16th, from 2-4 PM!

December Free training is part of our holiday gift to you, our wonderful clients, and is covered under your maintenance plan! We’ve spent all year planning this training session around different skills you’d like to learn and topics you want to know more about.

What are we covering this year? Let’s find out!

Hour 1: Navigating Network Equipment Manager

  • An introduction to template builder
  • Template toys: building some basic templates
    • Equipment, chassis, and cards
    • Background images
  • Now let’s build!
    • Equipment, chassis, cards, SFPs
    • Linking ports
  • Complex shelves (electronics—no batteries required!)
    • Combining and linking slots
    • Network templates
  • Displaying equipment
    • Cards and SFP view
  • Specialty equipment
    • WDM
    • SONET shelves
    • Fuse panels
  • An overview of the Template Library

Hour 2: The Wonders of Web Console

  • An intro to Web Console: Navigating a standard Web Console project
    • Basic functionality and pro tips for navigating
    • An intro to the database
  • Tips for configuration
    • Desktop Admin: menus, macros, and design forking multiple sections
    • Setting up users and authentication
  • Take it to the next level!
    • Creating menu buttons with drop-down lists
    • Making multiple selections with different colors in one button
    • Relationship buttons
  • Read all about it: What’s new with Web Console?
    • Telephony Viewer
    • Fiber Viewer
    • Construction Console
    • Spatial Query
    • Wireless

Are you excited yet?! Now that you know what we’ll be covering, here are some FAQs:

Q: “Who should attend December Free Training? I’m an elf who just started using Web Console and I don’t know much about it yet.”

A: Everyone can attend! We’d love to see new users, old pros, and all skill levels in between. Even if you don’t own one of the modules, stop in and quell your curiosity!

Q: “I have to feed my reindeer and can’t make the entire 2-hour session… should I still attend?”

A: Of course! Stop in and attend for as long as your schedule allows. It won’t hurt our feelings if you have to leave early.

Q: “Mrs. Claus gets upset with me if I sign up for a 2-hour training session during our busiest time of year—will this session be recorded so I can watch it later?”

A: Yes, this session will be recorded and placed on the wiki—it’s never a good idea to tick off Mrs. Claus.

On behalf of the entire Mapcom Support team, we hope to see you on December 16th at 2PM! Click here to sign up.