DigitalChalk Office Hours: Update User Import

In this past session, we focused on best practices for updating existing user data efficiently within your LMS. We explored how to use the Update User Import feature and other administrative tools to make bulk changes, including enrolling users into new courses, updating user tags, assigning users to teams, and streamlining ongoing user management tasks.

What You’ll Learn with This Session:

• An overview of the Update User Import feature and other methods for updating existing user information,
• How to use bulk user updates to enroll large groups of users into new courses quickly and efficiently,
• Best practices for applying, updating, and managing user tags to improve organization and reporting,
• How to add existing users to new teams and manage team assignments at scale,
• Strategies for making large user updates faster while reducing manual administrative work,
• Common use cases for bulk user updates, including onboarding, department changes, compliance training, and organizational restructuring,
• Tips for avoiding common mistakes when updating existing user records,
• Recommendations for maintaining clean, accurate, and organized user data over time, and
• How bulk user management tools can improve administrative efficiency and support a growing learning program.

After reviewing this session, you’ll leave with a better understanding of how to efficiently manage existing users using bulk update tools and administrative best practices, allowing you to save time, reduce repetitive tasks, and keep your LMS user data accurate, organized, and up to date.