Signing Up for DW University
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Affected Roles: All Users
Related Digital Watchdog VMS Apps: DW Spectrum® IPVMS
Last Edit: November 11, 2021
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The DW University online learning program is available to any users that would like to familiarize themselves with the DW Spectrum desktop software or to access other related training programs.
This article will outline how to create a new account for DW University and how to get started with the first lesson module of the DW Spectrum training.
**NOTE: User accounts are limited to one email address per account. Please be aware that DW University program requires a one-time payment ($129) to purchase the lesson modules.
**DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that if an account is not accessed within 90-days of its last use, the profile will lock in the LMS platform. In this event, you may request for a profile to be reactivated as needed.
To create a new account for DW University:
A sign up window will display. Complete the following information for the new user:
Once you have completed the form, click the “Create account” button.
From the Home Page, the user will see all of the course modules that they have registered for. The DW University Overview is automatically added to the account.
To add course modules, click on the “Course Catalog” tile.
The first module for the DW Spectrum training course requires a one-time payment ($129) before it can be added to the user account. To make the payment and begin the training course, click on the “Subscribe” button.
To add the remaining DW Spectrum training course modules, click on the “Get this course’ button for each module that will be added to the user account.
Each training module will finish with a quiz and additional exercises to practice and test your knowledge. To find the Training Lab exercises, you must be presently viewing the relevant training module. Hover over “Files” in the menu bar at the top of the screen and select the file(s) that you would like to download.
Please be aware that DW University participants will be unable to progress to the next training lesson module until the quiz at the end of the preceding module has been completed.