Vocera University

Vocera University offers a hands-on, interactive educational experiences through classroom training, distance learning and customized courseware. Training courses are provided for systems administrators, IT professionals, as well as industry-specific, end-user educators.


Computer Based Training

Vocera offers eLearning product training for end users, system administrators, and other roles supporting your Vocera Solution on a daily basis. 

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Virtual Classroom Training

Attend open enrollment courses for in-depth, hands-on, peer-to-peer interactive training. These intensive two-day and three-day courses are designed specifically for Vocera System Administrators and IT professionals. Classroom courses are offered throughout the U.S., Canada and other customer locations worldwide.

In this two-day course, students receive a comprehensive overview of the Vocera Platform 5 solution, including the system architecture and its key features, with details on how to administer, maintain, and optimize the Vocera System for maximum results.

  • Maximize the capability of the Vocera Administration console with defaults and preferences.
  • Create user profiles, groups, departments, and address book entries.
  • Configure Active Directory integration.
  • Define and build groups, call flows, and permissions.
  • Unleash the power of the Vocera Report Server software
  • Overview of Vocera Staff Assignment, which is used to assign staff members to healthcare units or role-based groups
  • Create scheduled reports to run automatically at any time and at any interval, with options to email reports to one or more individuals based on your criteria

*This course does not apply to Vocera Platform 6.

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This 14-video series is a recorded version of the Vocera Engage 5.x System Administration classroom course. It is designed to provide Vocera Engage System Administrators with the tools and confidence to ensure successful maintenance of the Engage 5.x system. 

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In this one-day course, students learn how to setup and maintain the Vocera Messaging Platform (VMP). Students will be provided hands-on training for an interactive learning experience.

  1. Creating Alerts, Alert templates, and Chat sessions in VMP Administrator
  2. Working with the VMP Enterprise Manager and VMP Administrator
  3. Synchronizing with Active Directory users and contacts
  4. User rights, console and device access
  5. Creating and using On-Call and Escalation Distribution Lists

*This course does not apply to Vocera Platform 6.

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This three-day course will teach Vocera Platform 6 System Administrators how to administer and maintain the Vocera Platform on a daily basis. Topics include managing users and groups in the Web Console, understanding policies and permissions, and how to troubleshoot using the audit log.

  1. Understanding the Core Components of the Platform
  2. Managing Users and Groups
  3. Managing the Facility
  4. Security
  5. Troubleshooting
  6. Additional Training Opportunities

Note: The agenda is subject to change based on the life cycle of the product and training requirements.

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Focused Learning

Attend half-day, instructor-led distance learning courses via webcast on topics most requested by Vocera customers. Courses are highly interactive with hands-on labs and personalized instruction. Limited to two people attending from the same location.

When speech recognition accuracy is hampered, it renders the use of Vocera less effective and can generate dissatisfaction and frustration among the user community. This half-day course covers the tools, tips, and best practices of troubleshooting and improving speech recognition accuracy to reduce dissatisfaction and increase user adoption.

  • Learn about Speech Reports and how they
  • can assist in troubleshooting speech errors
  • The differences between Alternate Spoken
  • Names and Custom Dictionary
  • Fundamentals of Speech Recognition
  • Learn how to train the Genie

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In this hands-on course, participants learn the exciting features of Vocera® Staff Assignment (without integration), including Vocera voice workflows and role-based groups. Course also showcases the enhanced capabilities of Vocera Staff Assignment.

  • Receive an overview of Vocera Staff Assignment
  • Gain an understanding of voice workflows and role-based groups
  • Learn how to assign groups and modify assignments
  • Understand the benefits of Vocera Staff Assignment and how to perform modifications

*This course does not apply to Vocera Platform 6.

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This course unlocks the power of Vocera groups, call flows, and permissions. The course enables students to build skills in designing and optimizing Vocera databases to meet the unique needs of their organization.

*This course does not apply to Vocera Voice version 5.x.

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Telephony gives users the ability to quickly reach non badge users via existing communications infrastructure. This course provides students with the foundation to manage and troubleshoot your organization's telephony structure.

  • Ability to quickly reach non badge users via existing communications infrastructure
  • Page personnel from your Vocera Badge with direct callback back to another Vocera Badge or Smartbadge user
  • Speech to Touch dialing
  • High Availability, N+1 redundancy, scalability and load balancing

*This course does not apply to Vocera Voice version 5.x.

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Students learn to set-up System and Group Device Managers, receive instruction on using the manage devices section of the platform admin console to set device properties, and recognize badge drift. This half-day course provides hands-on lab exercises and instruction that empowers students to manage their Vocera assets efficiently.

  • Configure device management to meet the unique needs of your organization
  • Delegate device management to tiered and group device managers
  • Add, edit, and delete devices
  • Import, export, and update devices
  • Use CSV files to capture device informationUse the device status monitor to take inventory

This class focuses on features that are only available with a device management enabled key. 

*This course does not apply to Vocera Voice 5.x.

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Students learn to set-up System and Group Device Managers, receive instruction on how use the Badge lookup tool to generate missing serial numbers, and recognize badge drift. This half-day course provides hands-on lab exercises and instruction that empowers students to manage their Vocera assets efficiently.

  1. Configure device management to meet the unique needs of your organization
  2. Add, edit and delete devices
  3. Use CSV files to capture device information
  4. Use the device status monitor to take inventory
  5. Use of the badge lookup tool

This class focuses on features that are only available with a device management enabled key.

*This course does not apply to Vocera Platform 6.

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This course unlocks the power of Vocera® groups, call flows, and permissions. Students learn how groups are used within Vocera and how the system uses call flows to manage communication throughout an organization.

*This course does not apply to Vocera Platform 6.

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The Vocera Platform uses regular expressions (regex) in a variety of circumstances. Regular expressions are the vital tool to understand in order to be successful in working with the Vocera Platform.

Course Topics:

  • Explain what Regex is
  • Describe operators, sequences and quantifiers
  • Describe Literal Expressions
  • Understand Statements of Equality mapping
  • Access additional resources

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In this training program, a Vocera Technical Instructor will guide you through the basics of the Vocera platform. This includes navigating the Web Console, using specific platform features such as Staff Assignment and Vina Web, managing your organization’s users and devices and understanding end to end communications workflow.

  • Overview of Platform Tasks and Features
  • Managing the Facility
  • Basic Troubleshooting
  • Additional Training Opportunities

*This course does not apply to Vocera Voice version 5.x.

Note: The agenda is subject to change based on the life cycle of the product and training requirements.

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Vocera Analytics is a monitoring and diagnostic tool that provides visibility to all traffic that goes through the Vocera Platform. Analytics offers a broad selection of intuitive dashboards and reports that enable clinical and IT users to quickly find the information they need to improve operational and clinical efficiencies.

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Classroom Training

Attend open enrollment courses for in-depth, hands-on, peer-to-peer interactive training. These intensive two-day and three-day courses are designed specifically for Vocera System Administrators and IT professionals. Classroom courses are offered throughout the U.S., Canada and other customer locations worldwide.

To meet the unique needs of your organization, Vocera University offers highly customized distance learning courses based on your objectives. Using a four-step process, our staff will meet with you to evaluate your training needs; establish a timeline to deliver course material; develop customized content specific to your training goals; and finally, with hand-selected Vocera staff, conduct your Distance Learning course based on the established timeline.

  • May combine content from current course topics
  • Available training dates are based on instructor availability
  • Please allow a minimum of 2 months’ time between steps 1 and 4

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Contact Vocera University

Email: vcvocerauniversity@stryker.com

 

Upcoming Courses

Oct 16-18 - System Administration for Voice - Online

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All Access

Train your entire Vocera support staff remotely for one low rate. Remote courses allow for greater scheduling flexibility and does not require travel.

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Cancellation & No Show Policy

We understand that plans change and there may be a need to cancel or reschedule your class.

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