CourseLab 2.4 User Manual A powerful, yet easy‐to‐use, e‐Learning authoring tool that offers a programming‐free WYSIWYG environment for creating high‐quality interactive e‐Learning content which can be published on the Internet, Learning Management Systems (LMS), CD‐ROMS and other devices. CourseLab 2.4 User Manual Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1. PREREQUISITES ................................................................................................................................................ 7 1.2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 7 2. COURSELAB OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1. ABOUT COURSELAB ........................................................................................................................................... 8 2.2. COMPLIANCE TO STANDARDS .................................................................................................................... 9 3. E-LEARNING COURSES ...................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1. WHAT IS AN E-LEARNING COURSE? .................................................................................................................... 9 3.2. E-LEARNING COURSE STRUCTURE: LEARNING MODULES, CHAPTERS ..................................... 10 3.2.1. LEARNING MODULES ..................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2.2. FOLDERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 3.3. LEARNING MODULE STRUCTURE: SLIDE, FRAME .............................................................................. 12 3.3.1. SLIDE ............................................................................................................................................................. 12 3.3.2. FRAME ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.4. SPECIAL SLIDES: TITLE-SLIDE, MASTER-SLIDE .................................................................................. 12 3.4.1. TITLE-SLIDE .................................................................................................................................................. 12 3.4.2. MASTER-SLIDE .............................................................................................................................................. 13 4. CREATING A LEARNING COURSE - FROM CONCEPTION TO PUBLISHING .................................... 13 4.1. THE COURSE SCENARIO - THINGS TO CONSIDER: ............................................................................. 13 4.2. CREATING A NEW LEARNING COURSE .................................................................................................. 14 4.3. EDITING A MODULE ...................................................................................................................................... 16 4.3.1. THE EDITING MODULE DESIGN SETTINGS ..................................................................................................... 16 4.3.2. EDITING A TITLE-SLIDE ................................................................................................................................. 18 4.3.3. EDITING A MASTER-SLIDE ............................................................................................................................. 18 4.3.4. EDITING A SLIDE ............................................................................................................................................ 19 4.3.4.1. NAMING A SLIDE ......................................................................................................................................... 19 4.3.4.2. SLIDE ID ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 4.3.4.3. SELECTING THE MASTER-SLIDE FOR THE SLIDE.......................................................................................... 20 4.3.4.4. SLIDE CONTENT .......................................................................................................................................... 21 4.3.4.5. SLIDE COMMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 21 4.3.4.6. SLIDE TRANSITIONS .................................................................................................................................... 21 4.3.5. CREATE AND REMOVE SLIDES. CHANGE THE ORDER OF SLIDES ..................................................................... 22 4.3.6. MODULE AND SLIDE PREVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 22 4.4. ADD MODULES: CHANGING THE ORDER OF MODULES. ................................................................... 23 4.5. ADDING FOLDERS .......................................................................................................................................... 24 4.7. PUBLISHING A COURSE ................................................................................................................................ 24 4.7.1. MODULE RUNTIME SETTINGS ......................................................................................................................... 25 4.7.2. COURSE RUNTIME SETTINGS .......................................................................................................................... 27 4.7.3. THE COURSE PUBLICATION WIZARD ............................................................................................................. 28 5. OBJECTS ............................................................................................................................................................... 29 5.1. OBJECT AND OBJECT POSITIONING WITHIN A FRAME ........................................................................................ 29 5.2. TYPES OF OBJECTS: INTERNAL AND COMPLEX.................................................................................. 29 5.3. INTERNAL OBJECTS ...................................................................................................................................... 30 5.3.1. TEXT BOX ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 5.3.1.1. INSERTING TEXT BOX ................................................................................................................................. 30 5.3.1.2. EDITING TEXT. EDITING MODES ................................................................................................................. 30 5.3.1.3. INSERT A TABLE INTO TEXT ........................................................................................................................ 31 5.3.1.3. INSERT A PICTURE INTO A TEXT BOX .......................................................................................................... 32 5.3.2. PICTURES ....................................................................................................................................................... 33 5.3.2.1. INSERTING A PICTURE ................................................................................................................................. 33 5.3.2.2. VALID GRAPHIC FILE FORMATS .................................................................................................................. 33 5.3.2.3. CHANGE THE SIZE OF PICTURE .................................................................................................................... 35 5.3.2.4. OPTIMIZING PICTURES ................................................................................................................................ 36 5.3.3. SECTION “CLIP ART” ..................................................................................................................................... 36 5.4. AUTOSHAPES ................................................................................................................................................... 37 5.5. COMPLEX OBJECTS ....................................................................................................................................... 37 5.5.1. EXTERNAL ELEMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 37 5.5.1.1. “EXTERNAL FILE” OBJECT .......................................................................................................................... 37 5.5.1.2. EXTERNAL URL.......................................................................................................................................... 38 5.5.1.3. IFRAME ...................................................................................................................................................