How to UseCourseLab 2.4

Prof. Roberto E. LópezUniversidad Central del Caribe

April 2012

System Requirements Minimum system requirements for working with

CourseLab:› Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/2003;› Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher;› 50MB hard drive space;

Minimum system requirements for viewing learning modules:› Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 (limited support

for Microsoft® Windows® 95 *), and Linux› Internet Explorer 5.0 (Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher recommended),

Mozilla FireFox 1.0 or higher, Netscape® 7.2 or higher, limited support** for Opera 9.0 and higher and Safari 3.0 (Win) and higher

› JavaScript enabled› XML support enabled (Microsoft® XML Parser 3.0 or higher

recommended for Internet Explorer***)

Compliance to Standards Learning modules created using

CourseLab are compliant with the following e-Learning standards:› AICC (http://www.aicc.org/ )› SCORM 1.2 (http://www.adlnet.org/ )› SCORM 2004 (SCORM 1.3)

(http://www.adlnet.org/ )

Testing Capabilities

The current version of CourseLab supports the following types of questions: single choice multiple select ordered items numerical fill-in-blank text fill-in-blank matching pairs

Supported formats Text

› RichText-mode text editing› HTML-mode text editing› JavaScript code insertion

Pictures› GIF (including Animated GIF)› JPG› PNG› BMP

Video› AVI› WMV (Windows Media Video)› MPEG› MOV (QuickTime Movie)› RM (Real Media)› FLV (Adobe Flash Video)

Audio› AIFF› WMA (Windows Media Audio)› MP3› WAV› SWF (Adobe Flash)

Rich Media› Adobe Flash› Adobe Shockwave› Java-applets

Attaching external files› Text file (TXT)› HTML (.HTM, .HTML)› Rich Text Format (RTF)› Microsoft Word (DOC)› Microsoft Excel (XLS)› Adobe PDF› ZIP archive

Hierarchy

Learning Management System

Learning Module

Folders

SlideFrame

Course Lab Window

Course Lab Window Working Area

Course Lab Window Outline Pane

Course Lab Window Slides Pane

Course Lab Window Frames Pane

Course Lab Window Timeframe Pane

Course Lab Window Frame Pane

Creating a New Course File

› New Course

Editing a Module Module

› Desing Settings

Special Slides Title Slide

Master Slide

Normal Slide

Editing Title Slide View

› Title

Editing Master Slide View

› Master

Editing Normal Slide View

› Normal

New Slide Insert

› New Slide

Publishing Formats There are different output choices for

Course publishing:› For launching from a CD› For distribution in a Learning Management

System, which supports the AICC standard› For distribution in a Learning Management

System, which supports the SCORM 1.2 standard

› For distribution in a Learning Management System, which supports the SCORM 2004 standard

Publishing a Course The sequence of publishing steps is as

follows:› 1. Specify the runtime settings for each

Module› 2. Specify the Course runtime settings› 3. Launch the “Publish Course” wizard

Module Runtime Settings Module

› Runtime Settings

Module Runtime Settings General Tab

› Identifier is a short Module ID which will be used in the Learning Management System.

› Description is a brief informal description of the Course, which will be used within the Learning Management System in the Module card.

Module Runtime Settings Checks Tab

› specify the software components that need to be checked for availability on a student’s computer prior to launching Module.

Module Runtime Settings Runtime Tab

› specify any extra execution parameters.

Module Runtime Settings

Module Runtime Settings