How to Retake the Vivid-Learning Laser Safety Course
(As of July 2025)

The Macdonald Lab safety policy requires that everyone working in the lab periodically refresh his laser safety training. Everyone who has a key to the lab needs to complete a refresher of the online Laser Safety course that KSU offers through Vivid Learning. People working on laser experiments will also have to refresh their hands-on laser safety demonstration lab.

Your account with Vivid Learning will have been set up by KSU when you first applied for access to the JRML. To retake the course, you need to open your Vivid account .  The following link will let you sign in to Vivid using your K-State eid credentials:

  https://otis.osmanager4.com/KSU .

Your dashboard on HSI will probably be empty like what is shown below. To take the Laser Safety course you click on the “View Catalog” button at the right side of the window.   Type “laser” into the “Title” field at the top of the Catalog page and click the “SEARCH” button next to it.  

Figure  1. HSI Dashboard

Figure 2. Online Safety Training Catalog

After the search, the catalog page should look something like the picture below. Click on the “Laser Safety” tab with the red laser image in it to get to the laser safety course. The course will also be added to your “TRAINING” tab on your dashboard. If you need to leave the course before completing it, you can pick up again where you left off by opening the course from the TRAINING list. If you answer less than 80% of the test questions correctly, you will have to go back to the course material and review the modules that are NOT marked with a green checkmark. You can then retake the test. After you finish the course, you will need to save a copy of your completion certificate and email it to the JRML safety officer.

Figure 3. Laser Safety Course List

When you get to the end of the training course, you will need to exit the course module to print/save your certificate of completion. On your HSI Dashboard, you click the blue “My Transcript” button at the top right. This will take you to a list of all of your completed courses. Your latest Laser Safety course should be in the list. The page icon at the far right side of the listing of your completed Laser Safety course lets you view/save/print your certificate. Download a pdf copy of the certificate, then email the file to macf@phys.ksu.edu  so your training can be entered into your lab records.

Figure 4. HSI Training Transcript

If you have courses other than the Laser Safety listed in your Incomplete Courses list, you should complete those modules, as well. You do not need to send certificates for any courses other than laser safety to the JRML safety officer.

Return to the Safety at JRM page.