How To Create A Multi Module Course
Creating Courses that have multiple types of Learning Components and Resources can be confusing and stressful. This tutorial provides a step by step guide to create a course with all the learning components as well as including Resources to the course or components.
Quick Guide to Learning Component Framework
Terminology | Definition |
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Courses | A Course is a packaged content that contains a number of Learning Components. It can also include another Course. A course can be of one of these three types:
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Learning Component | A Learning Component is the basic building blocks of training content. There are four types of Learning Components: |
Instructor Led Training Component | Also known as ILT for short, an Instructor Led Training Component is a live training session led by an instructor. |
eLearning Component | eLearning Component provide the ability to deliver learning to an online audience, such as interactive slideshows, video tutorials, audio commentary and quizzes, using SCORM. |
Content Component | A Content Component consists of Resources that should be examined or completed to complete the component. |
Assessment Component | An Assessment Component provide the capability to link external testing services such as SurveyMonkey, SurveyGizmo, ClassMarker and TestCraft. |
Resources | A Resource can also be added to any Learning Component or Course as supplementary content. There are three types of Resources: |
Digital Resources | A Digital Resource consists of any content (such as .docx, .pdf, .exe) which is downloadable by a student. |
Virtual Resources | A Virtual Machine Resource consists of virtual machine details used to complete lab exercises in a virtual environment. Currently, Learndot Enterprise supports the use of Skytap to provide these VMs. |
Link Resources | A Link Resource consists of a URL link to a page that the student can browse to, in the context of a Learning Component. |
- A Course can consists of any number of Learning Components, including Courses.
- Any number of resources - serving as supplementary content - can be attached to Courses or any Learning Component.
- In the case of Instructor Led Training Component, any Resource attached to the ILT component, are made available to Event enrollees of that ILT.
- Resources can also be individually attached to any specific class event, to be made available only for students of that event.
Creating A Multi Module Course
In this tutorial, we look into the above full-fledged bundled Course example that contains all types of Learning Components and Resources. This example course is mainly divided into five parts or modules:
- An online eLearning covering basic usage - Module 1
- A downloadable PDF slide covering intermediate usage - Module 2
- An Instructor led course covering advanced usage - Module 3
- An Assessment for students to self-evaluate - Module 4
- An end of course survey to students to provide feedback
In addition, the following Resources are also added:
- A VM Resource attached to main Course - to provide students an environment to test and use throughout the course
- A downloadable Digital Resource containing PDF slides - attached to Module 2
- A downloadable Digital Resource containing PDF slides - attached to Module 3 to be used during the instructor led class
- A Link Resource of a SurveyMonkey quiz link - attached to Module 4
- A Link Resource of a SurveyMonkey quiz link - attached to End of Course Survey
- Create an eLearning Component under Admin > Catalog > Learning Components > eLearning > New
Fill in the following information in particular and save:
Field Status Choose 'Active Part' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website Name Example: Module 1 - Windows Basic Usage Primary Category Link to an existing Knowledge Category Price Self-explanatory Visibility Choose 'Hidden' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website. Setup a SCORM package with one of following methods:
Method Description Upload SCORM Package A SCORM package is a content in an archive format (zip file) that can be created with authoring software tools such as Adobe® Captivate® 7 Create SCORM Package from Youtube Video Allows for a YouTube video to be added to the eLearning Component as a SCORM package. This step is mandatory - otherwise this eLearning component cannot be enrolled into or purchased.
- Create an Content Component under Admin > Catalog > Learning Components > Content > New
Fill in the following information in particular:
Field Status Choose 'Active Part' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website Name Example: Module 2 - Windows Intermediate Usage Primary Category Link to an existing Knowledge Category Price Self-explanatory Visibility Choose 'Hidden' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website.
While this creates a Content Component, the component actually does not yet have any 'contents' within it. Follow the steps in next part to attach resource to it.
Creating a Digital Resource
- Create a Digital Resource under Admin > Catalog > Resources > Digital Resource > New
- Fill in the following information in particular and save:
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Name | Example: Windows Intermediate Slides |
Summary | Brief description of resource |
Upload | Upload file here |
Open In | Determines how file is opened:
In this case, since it is a downloadable file, leave it as 'New Window' |
Force Download | Set to 'Yes' for downloadable file |
Attaching Resource to Component
- View the created Content Component earlier, entitled 'Module 2 - Windows Intermediate Usage'
- Click on 'Resource' on right hand side of page
Fill in the following contents in particular and save:
Field Content From the entity select field, select the created Digital Resource earlier entitled 'Windows Intermediate Slides' Access Select 'Shared by all enrollments' - this indicate that the copy of file in Learndot Enterprise is a single file that is shared by all enrolled students, not duplicated.
This completes the creation of Content Component - 'Module 2 - Windows Intermediate Usage'
- Create an Instructor Led Training Component under Admin > Catalog > Learning Components > Instructor Led Training > New
Fill in the following information in particular and save:
Field Status Choose 'Active Part' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website Name Example: Module 3 - Windows Advanced Usage Primary Category Link to an existing Knowledge Category Duration Number of days and minutes per day Price Self-explanatory Visibility Choose 'Hidden' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website.
Creating a Digital Resource
- Create a Digital Resource under Admin > Catalog > Resources > Digital Resource > New
- Fill in the following information in particular and save:
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Name | Example: Windows Advanced Slides |
Summary | Brief description of resource |
Upload | Upload file here |
Open In | Determines how file is opened:
In this case, since it is a downloadable file, leave it as 'New Window' |
Force Download | Set to 'Yes' for downloadable file |
Attaching Digital Resource to Component
- View the created Instructor Led Training Component earlier, entitled 'Module 3 - Windows Advanced Usage'
- Click on 'Resource' on right hand side of page
Fill in the following contents in particular and save:
Field Content From the entity select field, select the created Digital Resource earlier entitled 'Windows Advanced Slides' Access Select 'Shared by all enrollments' - this indicate that the copy of file in Learndot Enterprise is a single file that is shared by all enrolled students, not duplicated.
- Create an Assessment Component under Admin > Catalog > Learning Components > Assessments > New
Fill in the following information in particular and save:
Field Status Choose 'Active Part' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website Name Example: Module 4 - Windows Evaluation Test Primary Category Link to an existing Knowledge Category Duration Number of days and minutes per day Price Self-explanatory Visibility Choose 'Hidden' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website While this creates an Assessment Component, the component actually does not yet have any 'contents' within it. Follow the steps in next part to attach resource to it.
Creating a Link Resource
- Create a Link Resource under Admin > Catalog > Resources > Link Resource > New
- Fill in the following information in particular and save:
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Name | Example: Windows Evaluation Test |
URL | URL of the 3rd party survey/quiz such as SurveyMonkey, SurveyGizmo, ClassMarker and TestCraft. |
Attaching Link Resource to Component
- View the created Assessment Component earlier, entitled 'Module 4 - Windows Evaluation Test'
- Click on 'Resource' on right hand side of page
Fill in the following contents in particular and save:
Field Content From the entity select field, select the created Link Resource earlier entitled 'Windows Evaluation Test' Access Select 'Shared by all enrollments' - this indicate that the copy of Link Resource in Learndot Enterprise is a single file that is shared by all enrolled students, not duplicated.
- Create an Content Component under Admin > Catalog > Learning Components > Content > New
Fill in the following information in particular:
Field Status Choose 'Active Part' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website Name Example: Windows End of Course Survey Primary Category Link to an existing Knowledge Category Price Self-explanatory Visibility Choose 'Hidden' if this component is intended to be part of a bundled Course and only the course is to be shown on the website While this creates a Content Component, the component actually does not yet have any 'contents' within it. Follow the steps in next part to attach resource to it.
Creating a Link Resource
- Create a Link Resource under Admin > Catalog > Resources > Link Resource > New
Fill in the following information in particular and save:
Field Name Example: End of Course Survey URL URL of the 3rd party survey such as SurveyMonkey, SurveyGizmo, ClassMarker and TestCraft.
Attaching Link Resource to Component
- View the created Content Component earlier, entitled 'Windows End of Course Survey'
- Click on 'Resource' on right hand side of page
Fill in the following contents in particular and save:
Field Content From the entity select field, select the created Link Resource earlier entitled 'Windows End of Course Survey' Access Select 'Shared by all enrollments' - this indicate that the copy of Link Resource in Learndot Enterprise is a single file that is shared by all enrolled students, not duplicated.
Creating a Course
- Create a Course under Admin > Catalog > Courses > New
Fill in the following contents in particular and save:
Field Status Choose 'Active' Name Example: Windows Complete Package Primary Category Link to an existing Knowledge Category Type Select 'Course' Price Self-explanatory
Adding Components Into Course
- Click on 'Configure' on right hand side of Course page under Admin.
- Add the earlier created components in the exact order as following, selecting the correct Learning Component type for each:
Module 1 - Windows Basic Usage (eLearning)
Module 2 - Windows Intermediate Usage (Content)
Module 3 - Windows Advanced Usage (ILT)
Module 4 - Windows Evaluation Test (Assessment)
Windows End of Course Survey (Content)
Create a Virtual Machine Resource
This assumes that user has an Skytap account setup for Learndot Enterprise. See Skytap App for more information.
- Create a Virtual Machine Resource under Admin > Catalog > Resource > Virtual Machines > New.
Fill in the following contents in particular and save:
Field Name Example: Windows VM Template ID This is ID of VM template that is created on the Skytap account
Attaching Link Resource to Course
- View the created Course earlier, entitled 'Windows Complete Course Package'.
- Click on 'Resource' on right hand side of page
Fill in the following contents in particular and save:
Field Content From the entity select field, select the created VM Resource earlier entitled 'Windows VM' Access Select 'Shared by enrollments of the same student' - this indicates that the copy of Virtual Machine Resource is unique for each student. If a particular student happen to enroll into courses/components that share the same Virtual Machine Resource, no duplicate copies will be created, instead student will get to use back the same VM
A resource can also be added to any Learning Component or Course as supplementary content. There are three types of Resources:
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