Openolat 10.4 User Manual
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OpenOLAT 10.4 User Manual 01.04.2016 Table01-Apr-2016 of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction 13 1.1 What to Expect From this Manual 14 1.2 Manual's Structure 14 1.3 Further Sources of Information 16 1.3.1 Context-Sensitive Help 16 1.3.2 Support 16 2 General Information on this Learning Platform 16 2.1 Information on OpenOLAT 17 2.2 Requirements when Working with OpenOLAT 18 2.3 The Idea of Open-Source Software 19 2.4 Technology and Navigation 19 2.5 Roles and Rights 19 3 Registration, Login and Logout 20 3.1 Your First OpenOLAT Registration 21 3.2 Login Page 21 3.2.1 Guest Access 21 3.2.2 Browser Check 22 3.3 Session Timeout and Logout 22 4 Personal menu and general components 22 4.1 Personal Menu 23 4.1.1 Calendar 24 4.1.2 Subscriptions 24 4.1.3 Personal Folder 25 4.1.4 Notes 26 4.1.5 Evidence of Achievement 26 4.1.6 Bookings 26 4.1.7 Other Users 26 4.1.8 ePortfolio 26 4.1.9 E-mails 30 4.2 Configuration 30 4.2.1 Profile 30 4.2.2 Settings 31 4.3 Calendar 33 4.3.1 Create / Edit entry 34 4.4 E-Mail 35 4.4.1 Content 36 4.5 Folders 36 4.5.1 Meta Data 38 4.6 Full-Text Search 38 4.6.1 Syntax 39 4.7 Chat 41 4.7.1 Changing Your Status 42 4.7.2 Sending Messages 43 4.7.3 Receiving messages 43 4.7.4 Manage group list contacts 43 4.7.5 Join a group/course chat 44 4.7.6 Settings 44 4.7.7 Chat logs 44 4.8 Portal configuration 44 4.9 Video 45 4.9.1 Add / edit video 45 4.9.2 Prepare video for upload 48 5 Groups 54 5.1 Create Groups 55 5.1.1 Create Groups / My Groups 55 5.1.2 Group Names 56 5.1.3 Number of Participants and Waiting List 57 5.2 Group Administration 57 5.2.1 Configuring Tools of Groups 57 5.2.2 Managing Members of Groups 59 5.2.3 Link Courses 60 5.2.4 Access Control 61 5.3 Using Group Tools 62 5.4 Group Management 63 5.4.1 63 5.4.2 Manage Groups 63 5.4.3 Published Groups 64 5.4.4 Group Management 64 6 Courses and Catalog 64 6.1 Finding courses 65 6.1.1 My courses 65 6.1.2 Catalog 65 6.1.3 Search Mask 65 6.2 Info page 66 7 Authoring 67 7.1 Various Types of Learning Resources 68 7.1.1 Course 68 7.1.2 CP Learning Content 69 7.1.3 SCORM Learning Content 69 7.1.4 Wiki 69 7.1.5 Podcast 70 7.1.6 Blog 70 7.1.7 Portfolio Template 70 7.1.8 Test 70 7.1.9 Questionnaires 71 7.1.10 Resource Folder 71 7.1.11 Glossary 71 7.1.12 Learning resources of the type "File" 72 7.2 Actions in the 'Authoring' section 72 7.2.1 Create 72 7.2.2 Import 72 7.2.3 Edit 73 7.3 Detailed View of Learning Resources 74 7.3.1 Meta data / Information on the course 74 7.3.2 Tools & Settings 75 7.3.3 Info Page: Add Meta Data 76 7.4 Technical Information on Resources and Usage 78 7.4.1 Technical Information 78 7.4.2 Information on usage 78 8 Learning Activities in Courses 79 8.1 Working With Course Elements 80 8.1.1 Enrolment 80 8.1.2 Forum 81 8.1.3 File Dialog 82 8.1.4 Test 83 8.1.5 Self-test 83 8.1.6 Questionnaire 83 8.1.7 Wiki 84 8.1.8 Podcast 90 8.1.9 Blog 90 8.1.10 Folder 91 8.1.11 Assessment 92 8.1.12 Task & Group Task 92 8.1.13 Checklist 95 8.1.14 Portfolio Task 95 8.1.15 Topic Assignment 95 8.1.16 E-mail 97 8.1.17 Calendar 97 8.1.18 Virtual Rooms 97 8.2 Additional Course Features 98 8.2.1 "My course" 98 8.2.2 Course Calendar 99 8.2.3 Glossary 99 8.2.4 Notes 99 8.2.5 Evidence of Achievement & Certificate 99 8.2.6 Course Chat 100 8.3 Exams 100 8.4 Course Problems and Error Messages 101 8.4.1 Course Authorization / Password Protection 101 8.4.2 Authorization Regarding Course Elements 102 8.4.3 Course Modifications 102 9 Creating Courses 102 9.1 General Information 103 9.2 Requirements 103 9.3 Just a Few Clicks and the Course Wizard Will Create Your OpenOLAT Course 103 9.4 In Five Steps to Your Course With the Course Editor 104 10 Course Elements and Course Editor 107 10.1 General Configuration of Course Elements 108 10.1.1 Opening the Course Editor 108 10.1.2 Adding Course Elements 109 10.1.3 Configuration of Title and Description 110 10.1.4 Configuration of the Tabs Visibility and Access 111 10.2 Access Restrictions in the Expert Mode 114 10.2.1 Use of Expert Rules 114 10.2.2 Configuration of Expert Rules 115 10.2.3 Use of AAI Attributes 124 10.3 Types of Course Elements 128 10.3.1 Knowledge Transfer 130 10.3.2 Assessment 145 10.3.3 Communication and Collaboration 159 10.3.4 Administration and Organisation 169 10.3.5 Other 172 10.4 Using Editor Tools 181 10.4.1 Course Preview 181 10.4.2 Publishing 183 10.5 Deleting, Moving and Copying Course Elements 184 11 Course Operation 184 11.1 Using Editors During Course Operation 185 11.1.1 Modifications During Course Operation 185 11.1.2 Modifications in Tests, Self-tests and Questionnaires 185 11.2 Using Course Tools 186 11.2.1 Storage Folder 186 11.2.2 Members management 186 11.2.3 Assessment Tool 188 11.2.4 Data Archiving 193 11.2.5 Test / Survey statistics 193 11.2.6 Course Statistics 194 11.2.7 Learning Areas 194 11.3 Course Settings 195 11.3.1 195 11.3.2 Change description 195 11.3.3 Access configuration 196 11.3.4 Assessment mode 199 11.3.5 Catalogue entries 199 11.3.6 Layout 200 11.3.7 Options 200 11.3.8 Evidence of Achievement 202 11.3.9 Reminders 204 11.3.10 Copy 204 11.3.11 Export Content 205 11.3.12 Close 205 11.3.13 205 11.3.14 Delete 205 11.4 Course Reminders 206 11.4.1 Create course reminder 206 11.4.2 Configuration 206 11.5 Using Additional Course Features 209 11.5.1 Course Calendar 210 11.5.2 Course Chat 210 11.5.3 Glossary 211 11.6 Record of Course Activities 212 12 How-to.... 214 12.1 ... unlock a questionnaire automatically upon course end date 215 12.1.1 Procedure 216 13 eAssessment 218 13.1 Assessment mode 219 13.1.1 Configuration options 220 13.2 Performance assessment 221 13.2.1 Assessment 221 13.2.2 Evidence of Achievement & Certificate 221 13.3 Coaching 222 14 Creating CP Learning Content 223 14.1 CP - General Information 224 14.2 In Five Steps to Your Content Package 224 14.3 CP Editor 228 14.3.1 Add page 228 14.3.2 Copy page 228 14.3.3 Import content 228 14.3.4 Move page 229 14.3.5 Delete page 229 14.3.6 Rename page 229 14.3.7 Edit page content 229 14.3.8 Preview 229 15 Creating Wikis 229 15.1 Wiki - General Information 230 15.2 Four Steps to Your Wiki 230 15.3 Wiki - Further Configurations 233 16 Creating Podcasts 233 16.1 Podcast - General Information 234 16.2 Four Steps to Your Podcast 234 16.2.1 Requirements 234 16.2.2 Create Podcast 234 16.3 Podcast - Further Configurations 237 16.3.1 Tab: Access 237 16.3.2 Subscribing to Podcasts 237 16.3.3 Including External Podcasts 237 17 Creating Blogs 237 17.1 Blog - General Information 238 17.2 Four Steps to Your Blog 238 17.3 Blog - Further Configurations 240 17.3.1 Tab: Access 240 17.3.2 Subscribing to Blogs 241 17.3.3 Including External Blogs 241 18 Creating Tasks 241 18.1 Task - General Information 242 18.2 Three Steps to Your Task 242 18.2.1 Requirements 242 18.2.2 Create Task 242 18.3 Task - Further Configurations 245 18.3.1 Tab: Workflow 245 18.3.2 Tab: Assignment 246 18.3.3 Tab: Submission 246 18.3.4 Tab: Assessment 246 18.3.5 Tab: Sample Solution 247 19 Creating Portfolio Tasks 247 19.1 Portfolio Task - General Information 248 19.2 Five Steps to Your Portfolio Task 248 19.2.1 Requirements 248 19.2.2 Create Portfolio Task 248 20 Managing Topics of Topic Assignments 252 20.1 Topic Assignment - General Information 253 20.2 Topic Assignment Requirements 253 20.3 Three Steps to Create and Manage Topics 253 20.3.1 Requirements 253 20.3.2 Create Topic 254 21 Creating Tests and Questionnaires 257 21.1 QTI - General Information 258 21.1.1 What is a Test? What is a Self-test? 258 21.1.2 What is a Questionnaire? 258 21.1.3 Comparison: Test, Self-test and Questionnaire 259 21.1.4 Requirements 260 21.2 Five Steps to Your Test, Self-test or Questionnaire 260 21.3 Test and Questionnaire Editor in Detail 263 21.3.1 Format and Standardization 264 21.3.2 Types of Questions 264 21.3.3 Structuring and Organization 271 21.3.4 Display Options and Configuration 272 21.3.5 277 21.3.6 Scores in Tests 277 21.3.7 277 21.3.8 Hints to Solutions and Feedback in a Test 277 21.3.9 Source Code of Tests 278 21.3.10 278 21.3.11 Export to Word 278 21.3.12 Modifications of Embedded Tests or Questionnaires 278 21.4 Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires 278 22 Question Bank 280 22.1 Question Database vs.