OpenOLAT 8.1 - User Manual http://www.frentix.com - 4.2012 v8.1 @2012 Copyright Some rights reserved! This document is copyright protected by the owners and companies listed below under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons license. For more information check: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ch/ Responsible persons: • Sandra Arnold (Overall), University of Zurich, MELS, [email protected] • Renata Sevcikova (Overall), University of Zurich, MELS, [email protected] • Kristina Isacson (Overall), University of Zurich, MELS, [email protected] • Joël Fisler (Specials), University of Zurich, MELS, [email protected] • Sandra Hübner (Content), Hochschule Furtwangen, [email protected] • Christian Meier (Content), TU Dresden, [email protected] • Sven Morgner (Content), BPS, [email protected] • Kirsten Scherer Auberson (Content), frentix, [email protected] OpenOLAT 8.1 - User Manual Content Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4 What to Expect From this Manual.........................................................................................................4 Manual's Structure.................................................................................................................................. 4 Further Sources of Information..............................................................................................................5 General Information on this Learning Platform........................................................................................ 6 Information on OpenOLAT....................................................................................................................6 Requirements when Working with OpenOLAT.................................................................................... 6 The Idea of Open-Source Software....................................................................................................... 7 Technology and Navigation................................................................................................................... 7 Roles and Rights.....................................................................................................................................7 Registration, Login and Logout................................................................................................................. 8 Your First OpenOLAT Registration...................................................................................................... 8 Login Page..............................................................................................................................................8 Session Timeout and Logout..................................................................................................................8 Home (Your Personal Homepage), Full-Text Search and Chat.............................................................. 10 Settings and Menu Entries of Your Home.......................................................................................... 10 Full-Text Search................................................................................................................................... 14 Chat....................................................................................................................................................... 14 Groups.......................................................................................................................................................16 Project Groups...................................................................................................................................... 16 Learning Groups and Learning Areas..................................................................................................18 Right Groups.........................................................................................................................................21 Learning Resources.................................................................................................................................. 23 Various Types of Learning Resources.................................................................................................23 How to Find Learning Resources (OpenOLAT User without Author Rights).................................... 25 How to Find Learning Resources (OpenOLAT Users with Author Rights)........................................26 Actions in the Tab 'Learning Resources'............................................................................................. 26 Detailed View of Learning Resources................................................................................................. 27 Learning Activities in Courses.................................................................................................................30 Working With Course Elements.......................................................................................................... 30 Additional Course Features.................................................................................................................. 37 Course Problems and Error Messages................................................................................................. 38 Creating Courses.......................................................................................................................................40 General Information..............................................................................................................................40 Requirements.........................................................................................................................................40 Just a Few Clicks and the Course Wizard Will Create Your OpenOLAT Course.............................. 40 In Six Steps to Your Course With the Course Editor..........................................................................40 Additional Settings in the Detailed View............................................................................................ 43 Course Elements and Course Editor........................................................................................................ 46 General Configuration of Course Elements.........................................................................................46 Access Restrictions in the Expert Mode..............................................................................................48 Types of Course Elements................................................................................................................... 49 http://www.frentix.com - 10.4.2012 1 OpenOLAT 8.1 - User Manual Using Editor Tools............................................................................................................................... 61 Collecting function............................................................................................................................... 62 Deleting, Moving and Copying Course Elements............................................................................... 62 Creating CP Learning Content.................................................................................................................63 General Information..............................................................................................................................63 In Five Steps to Your Content Package...............................................................................................63 Creating Wikis..........................................................................................................................................66 General Information..............................................................................................................................66 Four Steps to Your Wiki......................................................................................................................66 Further Configurations..........................................................................................................................68 Creating Podcasts......................................................................................................................................69 General Information..............................................................................................................................69 Requirements.........................................................................................................................................69 Four Steps to Your Podcast................................................................................................................. 69 Further Configurations..........................................................................................................................71 Creating Blogs.......................................................................................................................................... 72 General Information..............................................................................................................................72 Four Steps to Your Blog......................................................................................................................72 Further Configurations..........................................................................................................................74