Creating Webcast Learning Components

To create webcast learning components, use the Maintain Classes (LM_ACT) component.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Webcast - Component Page

LM_LC_LWC

Create webcast learning components.

Webcast Page

LM_LC_LWC_DTL

Enter webcast details for the learning component.

Patterns Page

LM_LC_PTRN

Create session patterns.

Sessions Page

LM_LC_SES_LIST

View and edit automatically generated sessions.

Webcast Session Details Page

LM_SES

Modify automatically generated session details, or create new sessions.

Webcast learning components provide a means to offer instructor-led, virtual-classroom instruction to learners through third-party webcast vendors. When you create a webcast learning component, you define the sessions or session pattern and assign an instructor just like you would in a session learning component.

Use the Webcast - Component page (LM_LC_LWC) to create webcast learning components.

Navigation:

Enterprise Learning > Catalog > Maintain Classes > Learning Components

To create a webcast component, click Add Component, and then select Webcast. To edit a webcast component, click Edit.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Webcast - Component page.

Webcast - Component page

Field or Control

Description

Vendor ID

Enter the ID of the vendor supplying the webcast.

Use the Webcast page (LM_LC_LWC_DTL) to enter webcast details for the learning component.

Navigation:

From the Webcast - Component page, select the Webcast tab.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Webcast page (1 of 2).

Webcast page (1 of 2)

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Webcast page (2 of 2).

Webcast page (2 of 2)

Basic Data

Field or Control

Description

Vendor ID

Displays the vendor ID that you selected on the Webcast – Component page.

Meeting Type Name

Select the type of webcast the vendor offers. The vendor provides this information.

Default Options

This group box lists any default options available for the selected vendor ID. A placeholder field of LWC Vendor Option appears in this group box for undefined webcast default options.

Use the Patterns page (LM_LC_PTRN) to create session patterns.

You can base session patterns on a previously defined session template. You use session patterns to generate actual sessions when the session has a repeating pattern.

Navigation:

From the Webcast - Component page, click the Patterns page tab.

This page is identical to the Patterns page used to create session learning components.

See Patterns Page.

Use the Sessions page (LM_LC_SES_LIST) to view and edit automatically generated sessions.

You can also add and delete sessions.

Navigation:

From the Webcast - Component page, click the Sessions tab.

This page is identical to the Sessions page used to create session learning components.

See Sessions Page.

Use the Webcast Session Details page (LM_SES) to modify automatically generated session details, or create new sessions.

Navigation:

Click the Session Date link (to view or edit an existing session) or the Add Session button (to create a new session) on the Sessions page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Webcast Session Details page.

Webcast Session Details page

Webcast Details

Field or Control

Description

Vendor

Displays the vendor you selected on the Webcast - Component page.

Edit Webcast Details

Click to edit the meeting type name for the webcast.

Host URL

Displays the URL for the webcast host after you publish the session.

Learner URL

Displays the URL for the learner after you publish the session.

Instructors

Field or Control

Description

Host

Select this check box to designate the instructor who is the host of the webcast session. This determines which instructor that the system uses when it creates the Host URL.

Note: The remaining fields on this page are identical to those on the Session Details page.

See Session Details Page.