Defining Setup for Learning Components

This chapter provides an overview of learning components and discusses how to:

• Set up learning component types.

• Define import settings for compliant activity content.

• Set up webcast vendors.

See Also

Managing Learning Activities

Managing Web-Based, Test, and Survey Learning Components

Managing Session, Webcast, and Assignment Learning Components

Understanding Learning Components

Learning components are the building blocks of learning activities. Each activity must include at least one learning component. Enterprise Learning Management supports six basic types of learning components: web-based, session, webcast, test, survey, and assignment.

When adding a learning component to an activity, the administrator first selects the component type. The selected type determines what information must be defined for the learning component and how the system will track learner progress for that component.

You can create your own learning component types, associating each with one of the six basic component types that are delivered with Enterprise Learning Management.

For example, say your organization typically uses two different types of surveys at the end of learning activities: one to evaluate instructors, and another to evaluate course materials. In this case, you could create a learning component type called Instructor Evaluation and a second learning component type called Materials Evaluation and associate each with the basic learning component type of survey. When adding a learning component to the activity, administrators will then be able to choose the Instructor Evaluation component or the Materials Evaluation component. (They will also see the delivered survey learning component type unless you delete it.) This feature enables you to define a wide range of learning opportunities customized to correspond to the business practices already in place within your organization.

The following table describes the six basic learning component types and indicates whether each component type supports content that complies with industry standards. Web-based, test, and survey basic learning component types can be Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 1.1 and 1.2 and Aircraft Industry Computer Based Training Committee (AICC) compliant. That is, these basic component types have been designed to comply with vendors who develop content that has been designed and packaged to meet specifications so that progress data can be passed between Enterprise Learning Management and the vendor:

See Also

SCORM 1.1 and 1.2 and AICC Compliance

Setting Up Learning Component Types

To set up learning component types, use the Learning Component Type (LM_LC_TYPE) component.

This section discusses how to define learning component types.

Page Used to Set Up Learning Component Types

Setting Up Learning Component Types

Access the Learning Component Type page.

Basic Learning Component	Select the basic learning component type with which to associate the learning component type that you are creating.
Component Name	Enter a name for the learning component type that you are creating. The name that you enter here appears to administrators on the Activity - Learning Component page when they create the learning component for an activity. It is also the name that appears to instructors and learners. The basic learning component type does not appear to learners or instructors.
Delete Learning Component Type	This button appears after you create and save a new component type.

Defining Compliant Activity Content Import Settings

To define settings for importing learning activity content, use the Content Setup (LM_LEL_SETUP) component.

This section discusses how to define the available configuration options that determine how your system works with SCORM- and AICC-compliant content. You must configure these options during initial installation of Enterprise Learning Management, before you can upload and use any SCORM- or AICC-compliant content.

Note. This section does not apply to noncompliant learning components.

See Also

Understanding Web-Based, Test, and Survey Learning Components

Page Used to Define Activity Content Import Settings

Defining Activity Content Import Settings

Access the Content Setup page.

Temp Content Directory (temporary content directory)	Specify the path to the temporary directory on the application server where content structure files are placed when a learning administrator uploads them. This value must be an absolute directory path (for example, C:\appserver\content).
Export Content Directory	Specify the path to the intermediate directory (relative to the root directory) on the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server where content structure files are placed when a learning administrator exports them. If this value is not set, the system places files at the root of the FTP server, which you define at installation time.
SCORM DTD File Path (sharable content object reference model document type definition file path)	Specify the name and location of the SCORM document type definition (DTD) file to use for SCORM content structure validation. It is not applicable for AICC content.
JavaScript Doc Domain JavaScript document domain	Specify the internet domain to use as the context for JavaScript calls made during content launch and execution. This option is only applicable for SCORM-compliant content.
Structure Validation Enabled	Determines whether the system validates content structure during upload. This check box should typically be selected. If you clear it, the system imports the content without any validation. Do not clear the check box without first checking with a PeopleSoft support or consulting group.
Bookmark Tracking Enabled	Determines whether the system tracks progress status bookmarks in the database during content launch and execution. If this check box is not selected, the system does not track bookmarks. This means that when users resume any online activity, they will return to the beginning of the activity, instead of to the last stage that they reached previously. This option is useful if the system becomes overloaded with bookmark tracking. In that case, you can disable the tracking.
Override Session Timeout	Determines whether the system overrides session timeout while the user has launched the Table of Contents page for the online activity. If you select this check box, and if the user has launched an online activity and does not interact with the portal for a long time, the system will not time out and close the session. The session remains active indefinitely. This option applies only while the user is on (has launched) the Table of Contents page. If the user exits the online activity and navigates to any other page within the portal, the default session timeout process becomes active.
Enable AICC Logout	When a learner is viewing content that is AICC-compliant and logs out of the host system, the provider site sends a message indicating the learner has logged off. Select this check box to have the system automatically log the user off of the Enterprise Learning portal as well.

Setting Up Webcast Vendors

Use the Live Web Cast Configuration (LM_LELW_CONFIG) component to set up webcast vendors.

This section provides an overview of webcast vendor setup and discusses how to:

• Set up webcast vendors in PeopleSoft Integration Broker.

• Set up webcast vendors in Enterprise Learning Management.

Understanding Webcast Vendor Setup

Enterprise Learning Management enables you to provide third-party webcast learning to your constituents. Before you can create webcast learning components, however, you must configure your system to communicate with the webcast vendor. Your system uses PeopleSoft Integration Broker to communicate with third-party webcast vendors.

Setting up webcast vendors is a two-step process:

1. Set up a gateway and third-party vendor connections (nodes) in PeopleSoft Integration Broker.

2. Upload vendor data and select the nodes that you defined in step 1.

PeopleSoft Integration Broker communicates with third-party applications through nodes that are defined by the vendor and that you set up in your system. Each node has a URL property that provides an entry into the vendor's system. You must obtain connection information, such as node definitions and URLs, from the vendor. The vendor is required to send you a vendor configuration zip file that will be uploaded and automatically unzipped. The vendor is also required to send you a spreadsheet that contains transaction types, URLs, and other connection information.

To assist you in setting up vendors, vendor-specific companion documentation is posted to Customer Connection. Use the companion documentation along with this chapter to set up webcast vendors.

See Also

The vendor-specific companion documentation posted to Customer Connection

Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: Integration Broker

Managing Session, Webcast, and Assignment Learning Components

Pages Used to Set Up Webcast Vendors

Setting Up Webcast Vendors in PeopleSoft Integration Broker

To set up webcast vendors in PeopleSoft Integration Broker:

Select PeopleTools, Integration Broker, Gateways.

1. Set up a gateway in Integration Broker.

   See Enterprise PeopleTools PeopleBook: Integration Broker.

2. Set up the first node definition.

   Select PeopleTools, Integration Broker, Integration Setup, Node Definitions.

   1. Add a new value.

   2. Enter a node name.

      See the vendor-specific companion documentation posted to Customer Connection.

   3. Enter the following values on the Node Definitions page:

      Field	Value
      Active Node	Selected
      Node Type	PIA
      Routing Type	Explicit
      Authentication Option	None

   4. On the Connectors page select the Connector ID.

      Additional fields are displayed when you select the connector ID.

   5. Enter the following values:

      See The vendor-specific companion documentation posted to Customer Connection

      Property ID	Property Name	Value
      HEADER	Content-Type	text/xml; charset=utf-8
      HEADER	SOAPAction	<URL from spreadsheet>
      PRIMARYURL	URL	<URL from spreadsheet>

   6. Enter the following values on the Transactions page:

      Field	Value
      Transaction Type	Outbound Asynchronous
      Request Message	LM_LELW_MSG
      Request Message Version	VERSION_1

   7. Click Add Transaction.

   8. Enter the following values on the Messages page:

      Field	Version
      Name	LM_LELW_MSG
      Version	VERSION_1

   9. Go back to the Node Info page and click Save.

3. Enter subsequent nodes.

   1. Click Copy on the Node Info tab to create more node definitions.

   2. Assign a new node definition name and click Save.

      The Go to New Node Definition link appears.

   3. Click the Go to New Node Definition link.

   4. Enter a new node description in the Description field.

      See The vendor-specific companion documentation posted to Customer Connection

   5. On the Connectors page, click View All to see all property IDs.

   6. Enter the appropriate URLs for the SOAPAction and PRIMARYURL rows.

      See the vendor-specific companion documentation posted to Customer Connection.

   7. Click Save and repeat until you have entered all of the nodes the vendor sent you.

Setting Up Webcast Vendors in Enterprise Learning Management

To set up live webcast venders in Enterprise Learning Management:

1. Select Set Up ELM, Vendors, Webcast, Config Import.

2. Click the Import Configuration File button.

3. Enter the file path or click Browse to locate the vendor configuration zip file.

4. Click Upload.

   If the system uploads the file successfully, it will populate the Live Web Cast Vendor Setup page with data from the vendor configuration zip file.

   Note. The system uses the java class java.util.zip to unzip the vendor configuration zip file. Due to a bug with java's zip dll (dynamic link library), this process sometimes fails. If this should happen, unzip the file using PKZip or WinZip and then rezip it using WinZip. Then, upload the vendor configuration zip file again.

5. Click the Vendor Setup tab.

6. Enter the vendor name, site key, administrator ID, password, VI route, and VI name.

   Note. Your vendor may not use all of these fields.

   See the vendor-specific companion documentation posted to Customer Connection.

7. Select the node definitions that you entered in PeopleSoft Integration Broker.

8. Click Save.

Note. Repeat these steps for each webcast vendor that you plan to use.