Records Management Training Online Lessons

This module discusses the phases in the records management lifecycle.

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1. LMS/SCORM
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This module defines the concept of temporary records in the world of U.S. Federal records.

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1. LMS/SCORM
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This module defines the concept of permanent records in the world of U.S. Federal records.

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1. LMS/SCORM
2. Storyline Source File
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This brief reading provides an overview of records management policies that you should know.

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1. LMS/SCORM
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This module explains how records inventories are used in records management.

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1. LMS/SCORM
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This module discusses the parts of records schedules and how schedules are used in records management.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module explains the parts of a file plan.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This brief reading explains the differences between these three records management tools.

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1. LMS/SCORM

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This tutorial shows you how to find your agency's records schedules.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This brief reading provides an overview of who is involved in helping manage agency records.

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1. LMS/SCORM

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 This module focuses on how to determine if information should be categorized as records, non-records, or personal files.

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module provides practice separating records, non-records, and personal papers.

Length: 0:10:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module provides practice identifying records.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module focuses on how to separate information into logical categories for filing.  

Length: 0:20:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module explains best practices for naming files.

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module explains how metadata is used in managing electronic records.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module discusses NARA's metadata standards for the transfer of permanent electronic records.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module reviews the topics covered in the create and receive the section of the first level of the training curriculum.

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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 This module explains what information needs to be collected during a records inventory.

Length: 0:20:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module provides practice capturing information about records.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module discusses how to plan and conduct records clean-up in your office.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module discusses how to update the file plans for your office.

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module provides how to accurately file records according to your file plan and records schedules.

Length: 0:45:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module provides practice in applying best practices for naming electronic files.

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module discusses how to identify and manage records that are in email.

Length: 0:45:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module discusses how to identify and mitigate risks to your records.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

Identify Privacy Concerns Related to Records' Use and Storage

This module explains some of the Privacy Act issues related to records management.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module will help you learn how to records managers provide records for FOIA requests.

Length: 0:20:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module focuses on how to use a records schedule to calculate disposition dates for temporary and permanent records.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module discusses the best practices for storing records in your office.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module discusses the steps you need to take to prepare and transfer records to offsite storage.

Length: 0:20:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module discusses how to create the list of files and records that should be included in each box of records.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module discusses how to manage your records that are stored in facilities other than your office.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module explains how to ensure records are destroyed or accessioned once they reach the disposition date.

Length: 0:20:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module discusses how to manage records that have the disposition suspended because of legal action or other reasons.

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

12/10/2020

This module reviews how to manage records throughout the lifecycle.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web Package

This module discusses the steps necessary for the identification of keywords and terms that may be used as the basis for assigning metadata to records.

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module focuses on the best practices for developing and implementing document naming conventions in your office.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

This module discusses how to organize an existing shared drive in a way that allows records liaisons to manage Federal records while complying with key requirements, including proper records disposition.

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

This module explains the steps necessary to transfer existing records into a new record-keeping system so that the files and folders are aligned to your file plan. 

Length: 0:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

Planning  Local Digitization Projects

We are updating this module to incorporate the latest NARA guidance.

This module focuses on the steps necessary to plan a scanning project that is cost-effective and efficiently meets all defined organizational and functional requirements for digitization.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

This module focuses on how to recommend changes to your agency records schedule and implement updated schedules.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module discusses how to identify unscheduled records and systems to ensure the information is retained until the records are scheduled.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module focuses on how to ensure that temporary records are destroyed after the expiration of their assigned records schedule retention period.

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1. LMS/SCORM

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This module explains how to coordinate the destruction of temporary paper and electronic records, as well as the destruction of non-records materials.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

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This module discuses the best practices for accurately reviewing and approving the disposal records.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

11/24/2020

This module explains the steps necessary to accession permanent records that are stored in a Federal Records Center. 

Length: 0:10:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

This module explains the steps necessary to accession audio-visual records into the National Archives.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

This module explains the steps necessary to accession records into the National Archives.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

This module focuses on the steps for updating the essential records list for your office or program.

Length: 0:45:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

Safeguarding Records in Your Office Part 1: Reducing or eliminating the likelihood of damage

This module focuses on how to reduce or eliminate the likelihood of damage to your records.

Length: 0:45:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

This module focuses on the steps to take for records are damaged.

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1. LMS/SCORM

2. Storyline Source File

3. Web package

This module discusses how to write schedule items and the administration information required for proposing a records schedule to NARA.

Length: 1:00:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module focuses on how to use the General Records Schedule (GRS) to manage some of your agency records.

Length: 0:40:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module discusses how to write a records schedule that proposes aggregating similar records groups in order to simplify the management of disposition for those records.

Length: 1:00:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module focuses on how to create a strategic plan for your agency records management program.

Length: 0:45:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module discusses how to evaluate your records management program.

Length: 1:00:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module explains some of the considerations you need to think about when determining the file formats for your records.

Length: 0:45:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module focuses on how to write a policy to guide how your agency manages records stored on shared drives.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module discusses how to write a policy to guide how your agency manages records stored in email.

Length: 1:15:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module explains some of the considerations you need to think about when implementing the Capstone approach to managing records in email.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module discusses how to determine what records keeping requirements should be in information systems that are used to manage records. 

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

Manage a digitization project

We are updating this module to incorporate the latest NARA guidance.

This module focuses on how to how to manage digitization projects that are cost-effective and meet agency needs for using or managing the records.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module explains some of the considerations you need to think about when determining the agency policies that will determine how records are captured or created.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

Create Records Management Policies For Records Stored in the Cloud

This module explains some of the considerations you need to think about when establishing the agency for how records in cloud storage are managed. 

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module explains some of the considerations you need to think about when establishing the metadata that will be required for agency electronic records.

Length: 0:30:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package

This module focuses on how to work with your IT staff to ensure records management considerations are implemented in agency IT policies and systems.

Length: 0:45:00

1. LMS/SCORM

2.  Storyline Source File

3.  Web package