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1. Datei auswechseln Editieren inserted and save your settings infomatonstert HTML set Gew hlte Seite Keine Seite ausgew hlt data and save your settings Seite ausw hlen oder erstellen Indicate title and configuration optional in the tab Meta IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 71 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Question answers before editing your question and saving your settings Demo Test 32 Neue Sektio Metadaten Frage Antworten Feedback Fragevorschau 8 Single Choic age Click on the pencil icon next to New question in the tab rage 5 Multi er Choice Frage Frage Select Add new answer several times number depending aE Neue Frage Multi on possibilities before editing your answers and saving your zei Antworten settings Pos Antworten Korrekt Aktionen Neue Antwort 73 Neue Antwort hinzuf gen Bewertungsmethode Alle korrekten Antworten In your test check all answer options that are correct and save Punkte bei Bewertungsmethode Alle your settings korrekten Antworten Minimal erreichbare Punktzahl 0 0 Modify assessment method optional and save your settings Indicate feedback in the next tab optional and save your 1 0 Maximal erreichbare Punktzahl 1 0 settings In following the same pattern you can now add additional questions of your favored type Use sections to organize your questio
2. i Other formats Flash Quicktime Shockwave Windows Media Real Media can be embedded via multimedia IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 81 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 19 2 Three steps to your video in the course element External page By means of the course element External page you can embed a single video via IP address or even an entire video platform with integrated player such as SWITCH cast https cast switch ch vod clips nwdpl8pka in your course navigation Step 1 Open course editor and insert the course element External page 1 In learning resources search for your course in the section My entries before opening it Click on Course editor in the tool box Course tools on Tabellensuche Suchmaske your right eine Eintr ge 4 Envage Tes Eu Typ Titel der Lernressource Urheber Zugriff Detailansicht CP Lerninhalte 5 SCORM Lerninhalte 3 Wikis le or age ordner lt ieh Mein US m meinmuster Detailansicht Mon cour meinmuster Detailansicht BEBB Select External page in the tool box Insert course My course meinmuster Detailansicht elements sitzer dieser Lan icht ffentlich e OLAT Au n ni ich fe och ii ro ert egistrierte LATE G ste ODP se Determine position of your external page element before saving your settings 5 In the tab Title and description indicate a short title for your co
3. Fragebogen verwendet werden answer and exactly four answers The one taking that test has gies to decide for every single answer if it is correct or not 0 to 4 Single Choice Multiple Choice Kprim answers Can be correct L ckentext In a cloze question terms are replaced by gaps to be filled in by the one taking the test or questionnaire In a test OLAT ist die Abk rzung f r you provide the correct answers synonyms separated by semicolons and decide at the same time if there should be case sensitivity or not A free text question is only available in a questionnaire The wie finden Sie OLAT Free text one answering can insert a text of his choice in a field of any size 17 3 3 Structuring and Organization Each test and each questionnaire has to comprise at least one section as well as one question This is why there is already a section New section along with a single choice question New question when creating a test or questionnaire If you do not need a single choice question in your test you can delete it as soon as you have added another type of question Just click on the title of a section or question on your left to be able to modify it Sections serve to give your tests or questionnaires a certain structure For example you can pose general questions at the beginning and therefore create a section Preface Your test or questionnaire can contain as many sections as you like If you want to a
4. 12 4 3 Including External Podcasts You can also use this podcast course element to include an external podcast Just select Include an external podcast already existing when editing that podcast for the first time In the field URL you have to indicate the feed link of your external podcast Usually this is a URL with an xml add on Episodes will then be displayed within your course element j Once you have decided on what kind of podcast you plan to embed create episodes yourself or embed external podcast you will not be able to modify your choice later on IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 58 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 13 Creating Blogs In this chapter you will learn step by step how to create and embed a blog Further configuration options will also be explained 13 1 General Information Blog is composed of World Wide Web and Log or Logbook Blogs are often used as online journals for personal information or information related to a specific field By means of a blog you can provide your course participants with content in the form of texts images or clips in a quick and easy way Your entries will be shown in chronological order the latest news will always at the top Course participants can subscribe to blog notifications evaluate entries or write comments A blog is generally used like a public diary Its advantage is its quick standardized publication In case you have not created a
5. Title and contribution are mandatory You can also attach a file It is possible to edit or even delete your message later on provided that no one has already sent a reply to your message Answering Forum Contributions If you want to reply to an existing message in a forum just open its topics by clicking on its title Then select Reply with quotation if you want the original message to appear underneath your contribution Select Reply without quotation if you only want your message to appear You can attach a file as well It is possible to edit or even delete your contribution later on Moderating a Forum When having the permission to moderate a forum you will learn more about additional options in the chapter Course Elements and Course Editor section Forum Page 44 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 24 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Archiving a Forum When archiving a forum any contributions will be zipped along with their attachments before storing them in your personal folder Subscribing to Forum Notifications In order to be kept informed on new forum entries it is best to select Subscribe to notifications in the overview of threads Modifications will be announced via e mail or can be seen in your Home section My notifications 7 1 3 File Dialog In the file dialog course participants can discuss a certain document e g the draft of a seminar paper a picture or a concept There is a forum to ea
6. ze ser Lernressource nicht ffentlich LAT Autoren nicht ffentlich istrierte Ol enutzer a5 iow RERA on 0 nyo Ow of OPPP se m G Select position at which your Wiki course element should be inserted and save your settings HOSSBER COPD eine Eintr ge i urse er CP halte i 2 Il mio corso meinmuster Detailansicht 2M Lerninhalte rol orlage rag enordner 7 5 Indicate a short title for your course element in the tab Title and description and save your settings learning content Kurs 31 unvollst ndige Kursbausteine verbleiben wiki i Es ist noch kein Wiki f r wiki ausgew hlt 2 Click on Create Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Wiki Lerninhalt Wiki ausw hlen Indicate title and description and save your settings az Click on Next Step 3 Configure Wiki Click on Edit Click on Choose create or import Wiki in the tab Wiki oip Mein Kurs keine Probleme oder Fehler in diesem Kurs gefunden Adapt welcome page Write a text Index and save your oS Wiki Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Wiki Lerninhalt settings Explanations regarding the Wiki syntax by clicking wiki ausw hlen Gewahltes Wiki B Mein wiki on the question mark icon wr REET ERE IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 54 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Index i the re
7. Hochladen Abbrechen Abbrechen Step 2 Insert welcome page Select Single page in the tool box Insert course elements Wahlen Sie die Position an der Sie den Kursbaustein einf gen wollen amp on your right and paste it at a position of your choice Zielposition oig Mein Kurs a N Indicate a short title in the tab Title and description and save your settings AN 3 In the tab Page content click on Select or create page B Einzelne Seite Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Seiteninhalt 4 Indicate the file name of the HTML page to be created e g SE SIE DENJEnDETE Un Eis Gew hlte Seite Keine Seite ausgew hlt welcome and click on Create 5 Write a welcome message Click on Save and close Seite ausw hlen oder Step 3 Insert folder for courseware before uploading documents from your computer so adr in ui ame not put paar faem 5 Search for a document on your own computer and click Upload Step 4 Insert discussion forum 1 Select Forum in the tool box Insert course elements on your right and paste it at a position of your choice N ee Indicate a short title in the tab Title and description and save your settings Ba IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 33 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 5 Publish and activate your course Select Publish in the tool box Editor tools on your rig
8. Learning resources you will get to this course Wizard Just indicate title and description click on Next after saving your settings Then select Create basic course with Wizard Just follow the instructions to have your course created Your course can now be found in the tab Learning resources section My entries where you can edit it anytime within the course editor 8 4 Six Steps to Your Course With the Course Editor If you would like to get to know how to use the course editor the following chapter will provide you with useful information Having reached the end of our illustrated guide you will have created a course similar to the one created with the Wizard However in contrast to the Wizard you will have made yourself familiar with the features of the course editor and will therefore be able to edit courses or create more complex ones later on IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 32 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 1 Start course editor Open the tab Learning resources in the main navigation Lernressource vom Typ Kurs Einstellungen Kurs Select Course in the tool box Create on your right Beschreibung Information zum Eintrag Id 393243 Insert title and description and save your settings unate eal Titel der Lernressource Mein Kurs Click on the button Next Beschreibung zum 5 Start course editor Pfad p Bild zur Lernressource Gipg png gif amp Datei w hlen
9. Modifying these settings will be effective immediately Options to analyze log files graphically will be further described in the section Statistics Page 78 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 79 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 19 Using Videos and Audios This chapter will explain how to use videos and audios in OLAT Illustrated instructions will show you how to embed videos and audios in your course step by step You can use the following four course elements Single page test self test and questionnaire By means of these elements you can add video and audio to your text The procedure is the same for all of the elements above exception single page see description of step 3 External page By means of the course element External page it is possible to integrate videos or audios from other web pages into OLAT you can therefore embed single videos or entire video platforms in your course navigation Podcast If you want to present several video or audio files clearly and chronologically arranged e g one for each lecture just select the course element Podcast It is possible to either create a podcast with your own files or embed an external one Test You can also use videos and audios in your tests questions and answers The course elements Test and Single page follow the same procedure It is either possible to save your video or audio files in theOLAT storage folder or on an external server
10. Step 2 Configure task 1 Select favored sub elements in the tab Sub elements Aufgabe Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Teilbausteine Zuweisung Abgabe Bewertung Musterl sung and save your settings Only sub elements selected can be Auswahl der Teilbausteine 7 configured in the next tab Zuweisung Abgabeordner R ckgabeordner Bewertung Musterl sung Speichern IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 61 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Important In order to be able to assess your tasks you have to assign all sub elements selected to a learning group in the Aufgabe Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Teilbausteine Zuweisung Abgabe Bewertung Musterl sung Zuweisung Expertenmodus anzeigen tab Access Activate check box Depending on group O F r Lernende gesperrt Select or create learning group In order to create a learning ne Nur f r die Gruppe 1 Blau Erstellen Lerngruppen Beispiel Rot Gr n group indicate a name in the field Only for learning groups Nur f r die Beispiel 6r_1 6r_2 Erstellen before clicking on Create Finish and save your settings Lembersiche Bewertungsabhangig O Attributsabh ngig Click on Open task folder in the tab Assignment Upload your task file s created before Optionally write a message for users in the section Assign task and configure your allocation accordi
11. are feasible in various scenarios Let yourself get inspired and create your own didactic concept Chapter 6 Page 18 concentrates on OLAT s primary concern on learning resources There are different types of learning resources and this chapter also tells you how to find learning content Should you have difficulties while working on some learning content you can get help in Chapter 7 Page 24 Course elements as well as possible learning activities will be explained from the participant s point of view Do you want to create courses for yourself The third part of this manual is dedicated to the Creation of Learning Content Chapter 8 Page 32 contains step by step instructions on how to prepare a course before authorizing course participants to get access Course elements as well as feasible configurations in the course editor will be described in detail in the following Chapter 9 Page 38 If you want to create further learning resources to be included in your course the following chapters will be useful Creating CP Learning Content Page 51 Creating Wikis Page 54 Creating Podcasts Page 56 Creating Blogs Page 59 Creating Tasks Page 61 Creating Portfolio Tasks Page 64 Managing Topics of Topic Assignments Page 67 and Creating Tests and Questionnaires Page 70 Your learning content is now completed published and frequently used by course participants Chapter 18 Page 76 will tell you whe
12. that only course authors have write permission Advise your course participants on subscribing to notifications of the forum to be informed of new posts In the chapter Learning Activities in Courses you will get further information on opening topics and replying to questions see section Forum Page 24 9 3 12 Course Element File Dialog IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 44 OLAT 7 8 User Manual The course element File dialog provides you with preset discussion forums in contrast to an ordinary forum dialogs here are explicitly based on certain documents Use such a file dialog to let your course participants discuss e g scientific articles or papers In the tab Forum storage configuration you can upload documents in the storage folder of your file discussion by clicking on Upload file You can also determine if your file dialog should be included in your course or if it should be displayed in anew window In general all course participants have read and write permission in a forum and may upload or download files All course authors and tutors additionally dispose of the option to moderate a file dialog These preset rights can be adapted in the tab Access of the respective course element according to your needs The right to moderate has already been explained in the section Course Element Forum Page 44 In the chapter Learning Activities in Courses you will get more information on ho
13. 28 28 29 39 45 77 78 Types of questions 73 User administrator 6 User log file 79 User name 6 7 30 Video 80 84 Visibility 39 Visiting card 9 10 Waiting list 15 48 WebDAV 86 WebDAV password 86 Website accessibility 7 Wiki learning resources 18 54 Wiki course element 26 43 54 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 92
14. 8 2014 12 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 5 Groups In OLAT there are three different kinds of groups project groups Page 13 learning groups Page 14 and right groups Page 16 OLAT users can see their groups in their Home Page 9 section My groups or whenever they open the tab Groups on the top of the main navigation Project groups are meant for working in groups outside of OLAT courses Each OLAT user can create project groups on his own to invite any number of other OLAT users Learning groups however are linked with courses in OLAT and can only be created by course authors Learning groups are used for enrolments or working in groups within a certain course Right groups help course authors to allocate rights to certain course participants to grant access to course tools such as the course editor for example This chapter further explains those different group types as well as their purpose of use 5 1 Project Groups Project groups are meant for collaborative work outside a course context e g when writing a term paper in groups when preparing a presentation when working jointly on some academic publication or when planning to communicate with other group members via forum or chat All OLAT users can create project groups and invite another OLAT user to join Only group members will have access to that group it is not public 5 1 1 Creating Project Groups The tab Groups on top in the main navigation is your st
15. Add the course element Podcast to your course Create your podcast in the tab Podcast learning content before editing it Determine at first if you want to integrate an external podcast or if you prefer to create episodes on your own How to create a podcast step by step and further information on other configuration possibilities can be found in the chapter Creating Podcasts Page 56 j Only course authors and moderators are allowed to create podcast episodes by default However all course participants are able to comment on episodes and can assess them by means of 1 5 stars In the tab Access it is possible to adapt these settings according to your needs 9 3 10 Course Element Blog By means of a Blog you can inform your course participants on news in the form of texts or pictures After embedding your course element it is possible to create new entries in the course view immediately The course element Blog serves to include a blog into your course In the tab Blog learning content you can create a blog before editing it You should determine first if you want to include an external blog or if you prefer to create new entries on your own How to create a blog step by step and further information on other configuration possibilities can be found in the chapter Creating Blogs Page 59 Only course authors and moderators are allowed to create blog entries by default However all course participants are able to
16. Description Here you can modify the learning resource s title its description as well as its picture This will be the title your learning resource will then appear with in the course list or in queries via the search mask lf you modify your learning resource s title here this does not imply that it will also be updated in bookmarks catalogs editors or in the course view Therefore you should not forget to adapt that title in your Home section Bookmarks as well as in the catalog and the course editor 6 5 7 Modify Settings Here you can determine general settings of your learning resource as well as its assignment of user rights e g if exporting your learning resource should be allowed or not A learning resource newly created is only accessible for its owner There are four categories of OLAT users you can grant access rights IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 22 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 1 Only owners of that learning resource All owners co authors hold the same rights as the author i e they can edit copy delete that learning resource as well as assign these rights to other OLAT users 2 Owners and other OLAT authors You enable other authors to have a look at your course before publication Authors cannot edit or delete your learning resource nor appoint new owners It is only possible to copy or export your resource if an owner has granted that option 3 All registered OLAT users OLAT users will
17. Including External Blogs You can also use course element to include an external blog Just select Include an external blog already existing when editing it for the first time Indicate the feed link of your external blog in the field URL Generally this URL will have an xml add on Entries of that external blog will appear in your course element Once you have decided on what kind of blog you want to embed create your own entries or include an external blog you will not be able to modify your choice later on IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 60 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 14 Creating Tasks This chapter explains how course authors can create tasks for their course participants Here you will find an illustrated step by step instruction as well as information on how to adapt tasks according to your needs 14 1 General Information Tasks are used within an OLAT course You can assign various tasks to course participants electronically and collect their results via OLAT as well Furthermore you can assess those tasks and return them to course participants by means of a return box Additionally you can provide sample solutions OLAT will assist you with its organization you no longer have to keep an account of tasks assessments or dates 14 2 Requirements Before adding a task all task files and sample solutions optionally have to be available in an established file format e g PDF documents In case you have not c
18. It is possible to add a sample solution to your task the course author can determine when that sample solution will be visible Just click on the file name to download a sample solution Reading Tutor Assessments You will get an e mail as soon as your tutor has made an assessment Assessments can vary You can be assessed by means of passed failed by means of a score or an individual comment 7 1 13 Portfolio Task By means of the course element Portfolio task you can collect tasks allocated by course authors before documenting and reflecting on your learning progress Just click on Collect portfolio task to have a look at that task before embedding required artefacts into predefined folders If a course author does not set any limitations you will be able to configure your folder as you like It may be that the author has defined a certain deadline that should be kept in mind by 4 After collecting your portfolio tasks you will find them in your Home section ePortfolio My portfolio tasks In order to submit your solutions just click on Submit task After handing in your task a course author or tutor will be able to assess you 7 1 14 Topic Assignment In the topic assignment topic authors provide others with topics e g for writing term papers Depending on your configuration you can either select one or more topics upload files and look at files returned to you by the topic authors Perhaps you will not
19. Ordner Dateien vorhanden EQ Musterl sung Hier finden Sie Musterl sungen die Ihr Betreuer Ihnen zur Verf gung stellt E gt solutions Keine Ordner Dateien vorhanden Bewertung Q Ergebnis Status Information nicht verf gbar Kommentar Es liegt kein Kommentar vor Downloading an Assigned Task According to your configuration there are one or more tasks of your choice at your disposal in the section Assignment or a task will be assigned to you automatically If the title of a task file is linked along with several tasks it is possible to first have a look at a task before selecting it If there is only the link Select it is not possible to have a look at it first If a task has been selected or assigned automatically click on View task to see it on display Uploading Solutions to the Drop Box If you have performed a task and saved it on your computer or in your personal folder you can transfer it to the drop box In the section Drop box you can see how many files you have already handed in You can hand in as many files as you want but it is not possible to delete those files later on Downloading Solutions and Comments from the Return Box In the return box you will find those files your tutor has returned Any comments can be seen either in the section Assessment at the bottom or directly within your file IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 28 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Viewing Sample Solutions
20. Page 78 If you do not want to provide a course calendar you can deactivate that feature in this tab 8 6 9 Glossary A glossary is there to explain your course participants certain scientific terms If you want to use such a glossary in your course select a glossary of your choice in learning resources First you have to create that glossary in learning resources before defining necessary terms A glossary can be used in several courses For further information please go to Glossary Page 79 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 37 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 9 Course Elements and Course Editor In this chapter course authors will learn more about adding and configuring course elements in the course editor After giving general information on all course elements further details on necessary configurations and on the use of single elements will be provided Additionally it is illustrated how those three tools of the course editor work and what you can do with each course element First follow the instructions provided in the chapter Creating Courses Page 32 if you have not created a course before 9 1 General Configuration of Course Elements 9 1 1 Opening the Course Editor The course editor is there to modify your course You open it by clicking on the course s title in My entries in learning resources before selecting Edit content in the Learning resource tool box on your right If the course view is alrea
21. Part 3 AAC MP3 MP2 and MP1 as well as sub titles and graphics To make things easy m4v and mp4v are meant only for videos MPEG 4 video streams whereas m4a is meant for audios MPEG 4 Part 3 AAC or for the codec Apple Lossless exclusively MP3 MP3 comprises the audio formats MPEG 1 Audio Layer II and MPEG 2 Audio Layer II Audio files are stored digitally compressed however only those parts will be lost that people aren t able to hear anyway The necessary amount of data can be reduced severely This is why this format is now the established standard for storage and transmission on different end devices as well as the Internet Depending on the end device or operating system all you need is a plug in or playback program for your content as well as the MP3 codec proprietary but available for free Other multimedia formats are additionally at your disposal You can embed these cf Step 3 Embed video in single page Page 81 chapter Six steps to use videos in the course element Single page Page 80 by selecting the option Embed edit multimedia IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 84 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Flash Flash is a program by Adobe Systems to develop and present multimedia or interactive content It is designed to show and animate graphics or video clips It is also possible to process user input by means of the format SWF Shockwave Flash All you need is a plug in such a
22. This comprises the right to configure tools to manage members or even to delete the whole group Each group must have at least one owner How to add participants is explained in the section below Participants can use collaborative tools and see each other in the OLAT chat By clicking on the icon Download table underneath the button Add user an Excel file will be created indicating owners and participants of your project group 5 1 4 Using Tools of Project Groups As soon as the owner has provided the project group with tools group members will see the following items in the group menu IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 13 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Som Group owners can edit this text co Group events should be managed via the group calendar According to the configuration you will hold the write permission or the permission to read only Here you will see a list containing all group participants and or its owners me Send all group owners or participants an e mail a Exchange documents with other group members Here you can discuss with other group members Chat You will see who else is present in the group chat Enter the chat room to communicate with others in real time Use a Wiki to jointly create learning content Portfolio Use a portfolio to jointly create an accumulative folder or add artefacts 4 A Wiki is especially useful for recording group work and other projects or for creating link c
23. after having received a test result Hints to solutions and or the correct solution will be displayed if the question has not been answered correctly You determine in the tab Meta data if hints and or correct solutions should be displayed Just indicate your hints and or correct answers in the corresponding fields By displaying feedback you can provide a separate feedback to each of your answers this feedback will be given immediately after having sent an answer You can indicate your feedback in the tab Feedback The option Feedback wrong answer is not effective if in a multiple choice question no wrong answers have been selected but not all correct answers have been checked IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 74 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Often feedback and hints to solutions are used in a self test to give persons a helping hand in finding the correct answers 17 3 7 Source Code of Tests Participants will not be able to see in the test s or self test s source code which solutions are right or wrong answers will be sent to the OLAT server before being analyzed 17 3 8 Modifications of Embedded Tests or Questionnaires As soon as a test or questionnaire is embedded in a course you have only limited possibility to make modifications For more information please go to Using Editors During Course Operation Page 76 17 4 Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires As soon as a course participant has complet
24. are suitable for using the same course element within a course in several learning groups or if there are a lot of learning groups to choose from along with only one single registration element Learning areas spare you the selection of each single learning group You select learning areas in the course editor by means of the course element Enrolment All learning groups within a learning area will then be offered when registering Additionally you can choose from learning areas in the tabs Visibility or Access if the option Depending on groups is activated 5 2 5 Configuring Tools of Learning Groups After creating a learning group you can provide it with collaborative tools in the tab Tools If you want to modify your configuration later on e g if you want to deactivate some tools you start with selecting the group management in your course view Then choose All learning groups and click on the link Edit right next to the corresponding learning group Alternatively you can start with selecting the link Administration in the menu on your left In the tab Tools of the context sensitive Help you will get more information on all available OLAT tools If the tool Information is activated and saved you will be able to edit the information meant for your group members right beneath the list containing all tools If you have activated and saved the calendar setting you can configure the write permission regarding th
25. are used for online evaluations during a course By means of a questionnaire you can find out more about what your participants expect from your course at its beginning You can then process your results by means of statistic methods before evaluating the success of your course at its end Questionnaires are created with the OLAT questionnaire editor You can determine a questionnaire s length its type of questions Page 73 and make further configurations It is also possible to import Page 21 questionnaires in the IMS QTI format version 1 2 Questionnaires are created as independent learning resources before embedding them by means of the course element Questionnaire OLAT guarantees that each course participant can fill in such questionnaires only once Results will be stored anonymously If you want to receive personalized data you can use a cloze as first question asking the participant to indicate his name However it is not possible to check if your participants do what they are asked for 17 1 3 Comparison Test Self test and Questionnaire The following table exemplifies the difference between test self test and questionnaire wv W gt er Test L Self test 32 Questionnaire Pi Created with Test editor Test editor Questionnaire editor Question types Single choice multiple Single choice multiple Single choice multiple choice Kprim cloze choice Kprim cloze choice cloze free text Embedding with course Test Se
26. assessment They will then be notified via e mail Information on how to create a portfolio template and how to embed portfolio tasks in your course can be found in the chapter Creating Portfolio Tasks Page 64 How to perform such portfolio tasks can be learned in the chapter Learning Activities in Courses section Portfolio task Page 29 6 1 8 Test 7 Tests can be used for examinations or exercises in general In the first case course authors can see all test results along with corresponding test participants in the second case all results are saved anonymously Each test exists in a standardized file format the so called IMS QTI format version 1 2 IMS http www imsglobal org deals with the development of open standards in e learning QTI means Question amp Test Interoperability and is a predefined standardized format used for generating tests and questionnaires online The QTI format is also suitable for storing test results OLAT supports this format therefore learning content cannot only be used in OLAT but in other LMS as well More information on using and creating tests can be found in the chapter Creating Tests and Questionnaires Page 70 6 1 9 Questionnaires ly A questionnaire is generally used for data collection e g for the evaluation of an event Each course participant can fill ina questionnaire only once Results will be stored anonymously Questionnaires as well as tests exist in the s
27. be found in the Wiki navigation Exporting Wikis In the section Tools you can export your Wiki by means of the link Export as CP in order to archive a snap shot of the entire Wiki content in your personal folder Page 10 4 Your Wiki will be exported as IMS Content Packaging It is only possible to import it as CP learning resource authors or to take a look at it offline Importing it as Wiki is not an option If you want to import a file as Wiki you have to export it first from learning resources detailed view 7 1 8 Podcast cy A podcast provides information in the form of audio or video files These so called episodes can either be accessed directly in OLAT or you can upload such episodes to local portals such as iTunes After that you can copy them to your mobile device In order to create new episodes you have to be authorized by a course author Each OLAT user has the right to comment on episodes and to assess them by means of 1 5 stars In order to write a comment or read other comments you should click on the link Comments Subscribe to notifications of your podcast if you do not want to miss any new episodes You will be notified of new ones via e mail or find those in your Home section Notifications 7 1 9 Blog e Similar to a podcast a blog serves to provide new content You can include text as well as pictures or movies in your contributions Each OLAT user has the right to assess or comment on blo
28. can be found in the section Import Page 21 To change the assignment of a certain CP learning content later on just click on Replace CP learning content in the tab Learning content before selecting another CP In the section Display you can determine how your learning content should be presented to course participants 9 3 6 Course Element SCORM Learning Content LE SCORM means Sharable Content Object Reference Model and is another standardized e learning format supported by OLAT Use the course element SCORM learning content to include learning content in SCORM format SCORM version 1 2 in your course Your SCORM package has to be created externally IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 42 OLAT 7 8 User Manual In the tab Learning content just click on Select or import SCORM learning content to assign a SCORM learning content to your course element Click on Import to upload a new SCORM package or select an existing SCORM package from your entries SCORM packages can either be imported to the course editor or by means of the tab Learning resources for further information please go to the chapter Learning resources section Import Page 21 In order to change the assignment of your SCORM learning content later on you have to click on Replace SCOPRM learning content in the tab Learning content before selecting another SCORM package In the section Display you can d
29. can define a specific date or set a deadline in relation to that task s collection date If the deadline is over your task will be retracted automatically it will no longer be possible to perform that task C 4 By means of the assessment tool you will have the opportunity to change a deadline for a single user Optionally you can create a message to be displayed when clicking on the course element Portfolio task within your course In the tab Assessment you can preconfigure the display of scores status as well as individual comments Within the fields Hint for all users and Hint for tutors you can provide course participants and tutors with general information on how to make assessments Information on how a portfolio element is seen and dealt with by course participants can be found in the chapter Learning Activities in Courses section Portfolio task Page 29 9 3 16 Course Element Test 4 The course element Test is used to control achievements within a course Course results will be archived in a personalized way A test has to be imported or created first in the so called IMS QTI format version 1 2 If you have not generated a test before please follow the instructions in the chapter Creating Tests and Questionnaires Page 70 By means of the course element Test you include that test in your course In this course element data regarding course participants will be stored number of attempts s
30. comment on entries and can assess them by means of 1 5 stars In the tab Access it is possible to adapt these settings according to your needs 9 3 11 Course Element Forum 5 By means of the course element Forum you can provide your course with the possibility to communicate online e g to discuss questions regarding the course content among your course participants Generally all course participants have read and write permission in a forum All course authors and tutors dispose of the option to moderate a forum additionally These preset rights can be adapted in the tab Access of the respective course element according to your needs Moderators hold the following rights Editing and deleting all posts in a forum attaching files Prioritizing threads sticky a certain discussion subject will always appear on top of a list Closing discussion it will no longer be possible to reply to a certain discussion subject Hiding discussion a certain subject will no longer appear in the forum list Displaying discussion hidden subject will be displayed anew Filter for persons on the forum s overview page posts of every single course participant can be displayed Archiving forum posts and attached files will be zipped before storing them in your personal folder A course author can also use the forum to notify course participants in the short term Just configure your forum in the tab Access accordingly i e
31. deactivate it Course participants are not allowed to add or edit such glossary terms However you can create a corresponding right group Page 16 to allow that group to use the glossary tool If you do not need a glossary anymore or if you want to use another one you can modify your settings in the detailed view Page 21 of your course via Modify settings in the tab Glossary Per course only one glossary is allowed 18 3 4 Evidence of Achievement An evidence of achievement is the confirmation of an efficiency control and can include taken tests or submitted and assessed tasks If you want to use such evidences in your course open the detailed view Page 21 of your course and select this option in the tab Evidence of achievement section Modify settings The according link will only appear in your course if there is also an assessable course element This link cannot be operated as long as course participants have not taken a test or the assessment of a task is still lacking If you do not want to offer evidences of achievement anymore you can deactivate this option in the detailed view Page 21 of your course in the tab Evidence of achievement section Modify settings Evidences already existing will then no longer be visible As soon as you offer this option anew your participants can dispose of their evidences along with new data If you choose to delete a course that contains evidences of achievement your users wi
32. e g SWITCH cast https cast switch ch You can also refer to any video or audio platform by means of an IP address All you need is the file you want to upload and the IP address of your external server 4 In case you use a SWITCHcast channel you should verify that this channel is not private The course elements Single page and Test provide further setting options such as size auto start etc to configure the presentation and playback of your video or audio files The following instruction explains how to use videos in OLAT step by step j Audios follow the same procedure 19 1 Six steps to use videos in the course element Single page This instruction helps you to quickly add a single page to your course and embed a video If you want to integrate a video in a single page already existing just open that single page in the editor and continue with Step 3 Embed a video in a single page Page 81 Step 1 Open the course editor and add the course element Single page 1 In learning resources search for your course in the section My entries before opening it Click on Course editor in the tool box Course tools on 2 your right meinmuster meinmuster Detailansicht Select Single page in the tool box Insert course elements a Hon coun meinmuster B Detalans meinmuster Detailansicht ortfoliovorlage on your right N rac gen A Alle Autore ya EAO R Registri nic
33. ewan Lorem Ipsu Lorem ipsum dolor sit dolores et earebum will be inserted underneath the highlighted element EJCP Lerninhait Seite hinzuf gen B Z U ave G3 Gh ae ie a 4 Lorem Ipsu Lorem ipsum dolor sit dolores et earebum Insert new page Click on icon Add page Your new page R DAT be inserted underneath the highlighted element a E cP Lerninhat Sete kopieren P BZ U aac a a a iy a E Lorem Ipsu Lorem ipsum dolor sit dolores et earebum Copy page Click on icon Copy page Your copied page will E SE z Import page Click on Import page Then click on Select DART file before selecting a HTML page Click on Import a E cP Lerninnat Gekte importieren Z U ae O Bisi aana E Lorem Ipsu Lorem ipsum dolor si dolores et earebum 3 F cP Lerninhatt Seite l schen Poe abe a a ie iq a A Lorem Ipsu Lorem ipsum dolor sit dolores et earebum Delete page Click on icon Delete page and confirm BAD E Now you can insert more pages following the same pattern lt You can import several HTML pages at once by zipping them before uploading the resulting ZIP file Click on the icon Preview on your top right to have a look at your CP before saving it Step 4 Save CP Click on Save in the lower center IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 52 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Close CP tab and navigate back to your course Step 5 P
34. or pointing out any missing or wrong settings In the bottom part of the screen you will see the corresponding explanations to those symbols 9 1 3 Configuration of Title and Description Each course element always comprises the tabs Title and description Visibility and Access In addition there are one or more tabs to configure your course element individually In the tab Title and description you can describe your course element further The field Short title is mandatory This short title serves as labeling of your course element in the course navigation and is restricted to 25 characters The content in the field Title serves as additional description of your course element and appears on the course s homepage as sub title if you have selected Automatic overview in the tab Overview This title will also be displayed when moving the cursor over the element s short title in the course navigation IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 38 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Avoid using slashes or full stops in the fields Short title and Title These special characters can cause problems when archiving courses later on In the field Description you can provide detailed information on your course element That description will appear on the course homepage if you have selected Automatic overview in the tab Overview By means of Display you determine what course participants will see when clic
35. page online Select any file from the storage folder Upload file in storage folder Click on Select or create page in the tab Page content If you have already embedded a file just click on Replace page Create your page content directly by means of the OLAT HTML editor Indicate your file name in the field New HTML page before clicking on Create The HTML editor will open and you can create your content as if using a word processing program Your page will then be stored in the storage folder Avoid opening or saving HTML pages that have been created by means of an external editor with the OLAT HTML editor part of your formatting could be lost If you have already uploaded a file in your storage folder or if you have created one there you can embed this file by clicking on Select page All files in the storage folder will be displayed In the section Upload files in storage folder you can upload files from your local computer zipped or one by one before embedding them All file formats are allowed e g doc xsl pdf jpg mp3 In the tab Page content section Security settings you can determine if references in your HTML pages should only be possible to files of the same folder along with its sub folders or if all files of the storage folder can be referenced Detailed information on these options can be found in the context sensitive Help of the tab Page content IT Services University of Z
36. podcast element and save your settings In the tab Title and description indicate a short title for your course element and save your settings Step 2 Create podcast In the tab Podcast learning content click on Select create or import podcast EElMein Kurs Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Podcast Lerninhalt Indicate title and description of your podcast This eee aera Gew hlter Podcast Kein Podcast Lerninhalt ausgew hlt information can be found in your podcast s header Save your ATT TSE settings Click on Next Step 3 Embed an external podcast Click on Edit 4 Home aunts E Lernressourcen aren Kurs i Mein Podcast Mii Podcast bearbeiten If you want to add a picture to your podcast header click on nae i ernressourcen 2 Cl k C 31 unvollst ndige Kursbausteine verbleiben Podcast 1C on reate Es ist noch kein Podcast f r Podcast ausgew hlt i N Podcast Edit podcast before uploading it Autor amuster Cllick on Embed an external podcast already existing Indicate title description and Feed URL before clicking on Episoden Mein Podcast F r diesen Podcast sind keine Episoden vorhanden Pub lish The ne cessary IP address 1S often referred to as E Sie k nnen entweder neue Episoden selbst erstellen oder einen externen Podcast einbinden Wenn Sie einen externen Podcast ein
37. right It should be similar to the following itpc cast switch ch vod channels lh4puj34qi ipod rss 19 4 Note regarding formats Please keep in mind that the file format of audios and videos is key to playback on end devices Flash videos cannot be started on Android or Apple iOS since these operating systems don t support Flash When using a certain streaming server it can occur that not all users are able to start your files Streaming servers require a certain player however this player is not always compatible with each and every operating system In OLAT the following video and audio formats are at your disposal FLV and F4V When transmitting videos the so called streaming one often uses Flash videos FLV and F4V This format has been developed by Adobe Systems In order to playback video content you need a plug in such as the Adobe Flash Player proprietary but available for free As of version 6 videos can be loaded via the RTMP Streaming Server and as of version 7 via HTTP The Flash Video Container supports the video codecs Sorenson an alternative to MPEG 4 ASP H 263 Codec VP6 by On2 and MPEG 4 H 264 standard MP4 and M4V The multimedia file format MP4 can be used with various programs Apple Quicktime Windows Media Player VLC etc and other browser plug ins The MP4 Container can include either videos codecs MPEG 4 Part 2 MPEG 4 Part 10 AVC H 264 MPEG 2 Video and MPEG 1 Video or audios codecs MPEG 4
38. the requirements you have to comply with when working in OLAT and its technology Finally you can acquaint yourself with all of OLAT s user roles 2 1 Information on OLAT OLAT means Online Learning and Training and is an open source learning platform In 1999 OLAT was launched by the Computer Science Department http www ifi uzh ch at the University of Zurich http www uzh ch UZH In September 2000 the OLAT team at that time won the MEDIDA Prix http www medidaprix org This as well as OLAT s success opened new possibilities In 2001 the Computer Science Services at the UZH http www id uzh ch took charge of OLAT Since then they guarantee professional operation and support as well as further software development OLAT has been used as a strategic learning platform at the UZH since 2004 At present OLAT is employed at all faculties of the UZH as well as various other institutions there is an infinite number of registered users A learning platform or Learning Management System LMS serves to provide learning content to organize learning activities and to manage course participants A LMS assists you in realizing didactic course concepts You can use a LMS for virtual presentations as well as blended learning scenarios Blended learning is a form of e learning that combines classroom teaching with computer based learning Features such as access regulation group management assessment tools or collaborative tools forum chat
39. those people from the candidate list to whom your topic should be assigned Click on Transfer as participant Select those people from the candidate list to whom your topic should not be appointed Click on Remove 4 If you do not wish other candidates to apply just click on Topic set status to lt Filled gt in the tab Description i Themenvergabe Zuriick Beschreibung Ordner Teilnehmerverwaltung Verantwortliche des Themas Importieren 1 Eintrag E Mail mein tutor ch Wahl Benutzername Vorname Nachname oO meintutor Mein Tutor Benutzer hinzuf gen Og a Wann hinzugef gt 18 01 11 17 46 Alle ausw hlen Auswahl l schen Entfernen Akzeptierte Teilnehmer Importieren Es wurden keine Daten gefunden die angezeigt werden k nnen Kandidaten Benutzer hinzuf gen Bitte tragen sie nach dem Akzeptieren der gew nschten Bewerber die nicht ber cksichtigten Kandidaten aus der Liste aus Importieren Benutzer hinzuf gen 3 Eintr ge Vorname Nachname E Mail meinmuster ch ch mein muster2 ch mein muster3 ch Wahl Benutzername M meinmuster Mein Muster O meinmuster2 Mein Muster2 v meinmuster3 Mein Muster3 E 0 Wann hinzugef gt 18 01 11 18 03 18 01 11 18 03 18 01 11 18 01 e ausw hlen Auswahl l schen Als Teilnehmer bernehmen H Entfernen Themenvergabe lt Zur ck Beschr
40. well as a message containing the number of course participants working on your course at that very moment A In case you publish a course while others are working on it all non saved data such as entries in forums or Wikis will be lost 9 5 Deleting Moving and Copying Course Elements The bottom tool box Modify course elements helps you to delete move or copy course elements Your action will affect the currently marked course elements as well as all subordinated ones Modifications such as deleting moving copying course elements have to be published later on in order to be effective If you have not published a deleted course element it can still be recovered 4 Copying course elements is advisable if you plan to offer team work in groups and want to reuse the same structure IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 50 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 10 Creating CP Learning Content This chapter explains course authors how to create Content Packagings Additionally you will find information on how to embed your CPs in courses and explains the features of the CP editor 10 1 General Information Content Packaging CP is self contained learning content in a standardized e learning format e g an online module of your subject For further information please see the section CP Learning Content Page 18 in the chapter Learning resources When creating your learning content as CP you can use it not only within OLAT but in
41. will be able to link your artefacts to that folder You can create artefacts by clicking on Add artefact within the menu item My artefacts Just select the required artefact type before creating your text file or blog artefact Similar to the accumulative artefact tool you just have to follow the directions of the artefact creation tool You can write a text upload a file or create a learning journal A learning journal is a blog to document your learning progress Afterwards you have to indicate a title and a description before deciding on key words for your artefact Then you confirm that you are the author of that artefact and indicate your reflections before selecting an accumulative folder After creating or assembling artefacts you can also search for artefacts by means of the menu item My artefacts in order to e g edit artefacts or delete ones from your list There are two possibilities to search for artefacts The tag browser will help you to browse for key words of your artefact tags Then you can use the artefact search feature to additionally search for the type the creation date the title or the description of an artefact Furthermore you can save your queries to avoid having to indicate your search criterion anew These queries can be adapted or deleted as required You can have a look at your artefacts in the detailed view or the table view This table view presents an overview of your artefacts and provides a possibility t
42. will see all modifications or course elements not yet published in the course preview Features depending on an interaction between participant and system will not be available in the course preview e g enrolling in groups starting a test self test or questionnaire and performing tasks in the course element Task 9 4 3 Publishing As long as you have not published your course and granted access your course participants will not be able to find your course in the search mask or the course list Course modifications will not be effective during your course you have to publish it once more This means that you can prepare new course content in the course editor Your participants will only see new features after publishing them All settings and modifications will be effective after using the tool Publish in the course editor First you have to select all those course elements you have modified and want to publish Your choice will be reduced to course elements that are available for publishing Then you determine who should have access to your OLAT course See section Modify settings Page 22 to learn more about those four options at your disposal Now you can complete your publishing process Just click on Finish At this stage you will be informed on course elements that may not have been configured correctly and could cause problems when starting your course At last you will get a summary of your published modifications as
43. your name will be on display If you do not want to offer a course chat you can deactivate it in the detailed view Page 21 of your course by selecting Modify settings in the tab Course chat IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 78 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 18 3 3 Glossary A glossary serves to explain terms to be found in your course Texts of a course will be searched for glossary terms results will be marked accordingly When moving the cursor over such a term its definition will be displayed If you want to use such a glossary in your course you have to create one first in learning resources A corresponding link can be found on your right in the tool box Create In the tab Term and synonyms you can determine the technical terms to be explained as well as these terms synonyms In the tab Flexions you can also identify flexions of a term if a Morphologic service is available Course participants will not only be able to see a term s definition when moving the cursor over that term e g referendum but also when moving it over that term s flexions e g referendums referendum s In the tab Definition you can finally comment on these technical terms After creating your glossary open the detailed view Page 21 of your course and select that glossary in the tab Glossary section Modify settings In your course there will be a link to that glossary course participants will be able to activate or
44. ML pages users can not only read Wiki pages but also edit them A Wiki can document group work or serve as a kind of knowledge base for your course Wiki pages are created by means of a special Wiki syntax before editing and linking them to one another Introduce Wikis as knowledge base created by advanced students to be used as reference in an introductory course or as a list of links for series of lectures that are related thematically A Wiki is a learning resource usually embedded in an OLAT course You can use the same Wiki in several courses If you have not created a course yet you will find further information in the chapter Creating Courses Page 32 before creating your Wiki by means of the following instruction 11 2 Four Steps to Your Wiki By means of this guide you will be able to create a Wiki for your course in no time before adapting it according to your needs Step 1 Open course editor and insert Wiki course element Search for your course in learning resources section My entries and open it Tabellensuche Click on Course editor on your right in the toolbox er Lernressourcen Course tools leine Eim Titel der Lernressource Urheber Zugriff Detailansic 4002 zogo Mein US hy meinmuster Detailansicht Mon cours meinmuster Detailansicht Select Wiki on your right in the toolbox Insert course My course meinmuster Detailansicht element 8 D
45. P address or Preview the address of your application script on that server Indicate your external server s IP address in the field Address or a file by means of the search icon next to the address field If there aren t any files to choose from in the storage folder you have to upload a file first Please indicate your specifications in the field Size Default settings are Video Width 420 px and hight 300 px Audio Width 300 px and hight 0 px Click on Insert Step 5 Save single page 1 Click on Save and close Speichern Speichern und schliessen Abbrechen Step 6 Publish and activate course a Select Publish in the tool box Editor tools on your right aiaa z peera ca een Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen 2 Click on course element before clicking Next tine wichtig Fa ait der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Select All registered OLAT users from the pull down Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten menu section Change course access oia B Einzelne Seite Alle ausw hlen Auswahl l schen Click on Finish i lt Zur ck Weiter gt Fertigstellen Abbrechen Your single page is now embedded
46. T 7 8 User Manual By means of iCal a standard to manage events you can integrate various OLAT calendars into another calendar e g the Google calendar It is therefore also possible to integrate any other calendar into the OLAT calendar 4 1 4 Notifications Thanks to OLAT s notifications you are always up to date regarding your courses or groups you will be informed about new documents in a folder about answers to forum entries or modified Wiki pages In many places you can select the option Subscribe to notifications to be kept informed News will be displayed immediately in the tab Home section Notifications OLAT will send you an appropriate e mail once a day If you don t want to receive such messages via e mail you can adapt these settings in your Home tab Settings section Notifications If you don t want to be kept informed any longer via e mail there is always the possibility to unsubscribe from your notifications You can either do that within a course same position as Subscribe to notifications or in your Home section Notifications in the tab Settings In your Home you will find all notifications regarding course modifications of the past 31 days in the tab Notifications section Notifications 4 1 5 Bookmarks Bookmarks serve to get faster access to your learning resources In the detailed view of your course you will find a link in the box Learning resource to be able to set bo
47. This chapter introduces you to various types of learning resources and explains how to search for such resources First this will be exemplified from the point of view of an ordinary OLAT user without author rights then from the point of view of an OLAT user with such rights Each learning resource will be explained in the detailed view by means of metadata These metadata give further information on e g who has access to learning content The owner of a learning resource can modify the name of his learning resource its description or access as well as add other owners 6 1 Various Types of Learning Resources OLAT comprises different types of learning resources With the exception of courses they have in common that they can be embedded into one or more courses 6 1 1 Course EB An OLAT course can accompany lectures seminars or tutorials and represent diverse didactic concepts such as group puzzles or problem based learning OLAT courses are unique document types They can contain any number of course elements How to work with those different course elements will be explained in the chapter Learning Activities in Courses Page 24 in more detail How to create courses will be illustrated in the chapter Creating Courses Page 32 More information on course elements and the course editor can be found in the chapter Course Elements and Course Editor Page 38 6 1 2 CP Learning Content Content Packaging abbr CP is a
48. a9 University of gt Zurich IT Services OLAT 7 8 User Manual http www olat org 7 2014 v7 8 2014 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 e OLAT Team Overall University of Zurich MELS support olat uzh ch OLAT 7 8 User Manual Table Of Content 1 Introduction 3 What to Expect From this Manual 3 Manual s Structure 3 Further Sources of Information 4 2 General Information on this Learning Platform 5 Information on OLAT 5 Requirements when Working with OLAT 5 The Idea of Open Source Software 5 Roles and Rights 5 3 Registration Login and Logout 7 Your First OLAT Registration T Login Page 7 Session Timeout and Logout 8 4 Home Your Personal Homepage Full Text Search and Chat 9 Settings and Menu Entries of Your Home 9 Full Text Search 12 Chat 12 5 Groups 13 Project Groups 13 Learning Groups and Learning Areas 14 Right Groups 16 6 Learning Resources 18 Various Types of Learning Resources 18 How to Find Learning Resources OLAT User without Author Rights 20 How to Find Learning Resources OLAT Users with Author Rights 21 Actions in the Tab Learning Resources 21 De
49. ab Learning content Geesse TRE cece cette EICP Lerninhalt Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Lerninhalt lick on A re ate CP Lerninhalt auswahlen Gew hlter CP Lerninhalt Kein CP Lerninhalt ausgew hlt CP Lerninhalt w hlen erstellen oder importierenfh Indicate title and description of your CP and save your ai Click on Select create or import CP learning content in the ew A BE DP 32 g settings Zeichensatz Inhalt Automatisch v Zeichensatz Gleich wie Inhalt x Javascript Click on Next Now you are within the editor Anew CP usually consists of one chapter CP learning content and one page New page IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 51 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 3 Edit CP 1 Click Edit ICK ON 11 gt oip Mein Kurs esem Kurs gefunden CP Lerninhalt e a EI CP Lerninhalt Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Lerninhal CP Lerninhalt ausw hlen Gew hlter CP Lerninhalt Q Mein CP CP Lerninhalt auswechseln Editieren Darstellung CP Navigation v anzeigen Zeichensatz Inhalt Automatisch v Zeichensatz Gleich wie Inhalt bd Javascript Speichern Edit title Double click on the title and insert a new one ETNEN a X CP Lerninhat BI y a 3 Edit content Edit page in the provided field and format 2a amp Gea i before saving it C K a Nez namen
50. al folder Page 10 6 5 12 Manage Owners As author of a learning resource you can appoint other OLAT users as owners co authors of your learning resource These owners will hold the same rights you do Use right groups Page 16 if you do not want others to have all of your rights to that course It is possible to grant only certain privileges e g using the course editor IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 23 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 7 Learning Activities in Courses In this chapter learning activities within a course will be explained from the participant s point of view Here you will get information on working with course elements or using additional course features Frequent sources of errors and error reports will be commented on In the section How to Find Learning Resources OLAT user Page 20 you have already gotten information on how to find an OLAT course Please select from your search results the link in Title of learning resource to get to the course view Set a bookmark On your right you will find the corresponding link in the box Learning resources in the detailed view as well as in the box General in your course view When opening that course for the next time you do not have to go to learning resources first just use the course bookmark in your Home Page 10 7 1 Working With Course Elements In the following you will get a list containing the most important course elements you can us
51. also apply to your entire course elements 9 2 Access Restrictions in the Expert Mode 9 2 1 Use of Expert Rules In case of more complicated visibility or access rules you can also use the expert mode You can e g limit a course element s access to a specific user name It is also possible to interrelate several restrictions to each other Just click on Display expert mode in the tabs Visibility and Access in order to define your expert rules in the box provided 9 2 2 Configuration of Expert Rules Expert rules certify if there is an attribute with a specific value IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 39 OLAT 7 8 User Manual isGuest accessible only for guests isGuest 0 isCourseCoach available only for users tutoring a learning group isCourseCoach 0 isUser available only for one specific user isUser pmuster j inthe tabs Visibility and Access there will be more examples of expert rules within the context sensitive Help There are various options to interrelate single rules to each other The two most important operators to combine attributes are j AND conjunction amp OR conjunction Please note that an OR conjunction precedes an AND conjunction In order to handle an AND conjunction first you have to use brackets Example The expert rule inLearningGroup Participants IntensiveCourse amp isCourseCoach 0 means that either participants of an intensive course or all tu
52. ampus course You will then be forwarded to the course editor In contrast to standard courses campus courses created based on your own ones will not be published or activated automatically Therefore you have to publish and activate your course on your own When setting your visibility and access rules please consider adding campus groups as well to ensure that students can access your contents Then you can publish and activate your new course recommended setting All registered OLAT users and guests 8 5 3 Continue campus course of previous semester for courses extending over several semesters If you want to offer a certain course for more than one semester it is also possible to alternatively choose a campus course already existing before continuing that one Therefore you won t have to create a new course Your old campus course will just receive the title of the current semester its description will be adapted accordingly In addition you as well as your students will be able to see your new campus course along with the one continued in your Home IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 35 OLAT 7 8 User Manual In order to continue a campus course for more than one semester just click on the button Create course in the portlet My campus courses of your Home right next to the course you want to continue Then select Continue existing campus course with students from previous semester Choose the c
53. ampus course to be continued from the table before clicking on Continue campus course You won t create a new course The campus course selected will just be adapted regarding its title and description it will afterwards be visible in the portlet My campus courses of your Home In contrast to the options 1 and 2 students won t be enrolled automatically in such continued campus courses New students have to be added manually within campus group B Students from the previous semester no longer participating must be removed manually from campus group A 8 6 Additional Settings in the Detailed View In the detailed view of a course you can modify your course description or other settings you can activate additional course features and appoint other course owners 8 6 1 Display of Detailed View There are two possibilities to get to the detailed view To change from a course to the detailed view you have to select the link Detailed view in the tool box General on your right To change from learning resources to the detailed view just select the link Detailed view Actions that can be performed in the detailed view are valid for all learning resources and will be explained further in the section Detailed View of Learning Resources Page 21 In the following you will get information on course specific features of the detailed view Select the link Modify settings in your Learning resource tool box to activate or deact
54. ant for course authors and tells you how to create your own course There are two possibilities to create and publish your course in no time You can either work with the Wizard to create courses or use the course editor and follow our step by step guide In addition you will find information on advanced course settings Further details regarding course elements and editor can be found in the chapter Course Elements and Course Editor Page 38 8 1 General Information OLAT courses can represent lectures seminars group puzzles or problem based learning A maximum of flexibility is guaranteed by using any number of course elements in any order of your choice therefore it is easy to realize your didactic concept 8 2 Requirements You have a certain didactic concept in mind and know what your course participants learning target is You have already adapted your learning content to be used on a learning platform in electronic format HTML pages Word files CPs Page 18 etc Now you can apply for author rights at your OLAT support team Page 4 and get started 8 3 Just a Few Clicks and the Course Wizard Will Create Your OLAT Course There is anew Wizard to help you create courses This Wizard is meant for course authors who prefer to use only the most popular course elements in OLAT without having to deal with the entire range of features available in the course editor By selecting Course in the tool box Create inside the tab
55. anual Three Steps to Create and Manage Topics 67 17 Creating Tests and Questionnaires 70 General Information 70 Five Steps to Your Test Self test or Questionnaire 71 Test and Questionnaire Editor in Detail 72 Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires 75 18 Course Operation 76 Using Editors During Course Operation 76 Using Course Tools 76 Using Additional Course Features 78 Record of Course Activities 79 19 Using Videos and Audios 80 Six steps to use videos in the course element Single page 80 Three steps to your video in the course element External page 82 Four steps to your video in the course element Podcast 83 Note regarding formats 84 20 Supported Technologies 86 Using eLML to Create E Learning Content 86 Using WebDAV 86 Using External Chat Clients 87 Index 91 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 1 Introduction 1 1 What to Expect From this Manual This user manual helps you to make yourself familiar with OLAT while thoroughly explaining OLAT s functionality The OLAT manual is meant for people interested in e learning as well as in making use of OLAT for various reasons If you have not worked with OLAT before you will get more information on how to get started with this learning platform step by step which includes searching for predefined learning content its adaption as well as the handling of collaborative tools Perhaps you are already an experie
56. arting point for creating a project group In the tool box Create on your right you have to click on Project group before giving your group a name Save your settings Your project group will then appear on the list containing all groups in the tab Groups as well in your Home section My groups 5 1 2 Configuring Tools of Project Groups Having created a project group you can now provide it with collaborative tools in the tab Tools If you want to modify your configurations later on e g deactivate some tools you have to do this via the tab Groups Click on that project group s title and open the menu item Administration In the tab Tools you can now activate or deactivate collaborative tools In the tab Tools of the context sensitive Help you will get more detailed information on available OLAT tools If the tool Information is activated and saved you will be able to edit the information meant for your group members right beneath the list containing all tools If you have activated and saved the calendar setting you can configure the write permission regarding the group calendar j Each tool can only be used once in a project group It is therefore not possible to e g provide your members with more than one folder 5 1 3 Managing Project Groups In the tab Members you determine if members should see each other or not Additionally you can add more group owners that will hold the same rights as you do
57. assung der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete nderungen Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Select All registered OLAT users from the pull down a R Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten menu section Modify course access Click on Finish Your task is now embedded in your course Depending on the configuration of your task element course participants will be able to select a task and submit their solution Course authors and tutors of learning groups can then assess and return all submitted and corrected files by means of the assessment tool Page 77 og a M Aufgabe Weiter gt h Fertigstellen Abbrechen Course authors can determine in the course editor if they want to receive an e mail along with their course tutors whenever a course participant uploads a task Course participants will get an e mail after having been assessed 14 4 Further Configurations 14 4 1 Tab Sub elements Select 1 5 of all available sub elements Sub elements selected can then be configured in the next tab exception return box IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 62 OLAT 7 8 User Manual For each sub element there has to be at least one learning group in the tab Access to be indicated in the field Depending on group T
58. at that moment all their results will be lost since that questionnaire is not complete All results achieved between replacing and publishing a questionnaire will be lost as well A questionnaire will always be started along with a homepage in your course You can design its content individually in the section Information HTML page The presentation of results etc can be configurated in the tab Questionnaire configuration as well For more information please go to Display Options and Configuration Page 73 section On course level Information on how to download questionnaire results can be found in Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires Page 75 9 3 19 Course Element Enrolment H lt The course element Enrolment is used to let course participants enroll in learning groups It is then possible to restrict access to certain documents or to assign group work Just define in the tab Configuration in which learning groups participants will be able to enroll When indicating a learning area this area will be offered to all learning groups In case IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 47 OLAT 7 8 User Manual you have not already created learning groups or in case you need more such groups you can perform this by clicking on Select and Create in the tab Configuration For further information please go to Learning Groups and Learning Areas Page 14 In the field Del
59. be able to find your learning resource via the search mask or in the course list This setting is mandatory if you want your course to be open for participants 4 Registered OLAT users and guests Even via the guest access you can search for learning resources Guests will hold limited access to your course i e they will not be able to enroll in groups nor contribute to forums nor perform a task etc These settings in OLAT courses allow you further to determine the use of additional features course chat glossary course calendar resource folder etc For more information please go to the section Using Additional Course Features Page 78 6 5 8 Add to Catalog As soon as a learning resource has been activated it can be inserted in the catalog via the detailed view Just select the category your learning resource should be related to Learning resources can be inserted more than once at different spots in your catalog All categories selected will be displayed in the detailed view section Catalog entry Here you can delete them as well 6 5 9 Close The function Close will change a course s status to Closed only available in the detailed view of courses This way you inform course participants that your course will no longer be edited or updated The course s configuration course settings access or visibility rules will not be affected All users holding access rights will still be able to access the course content ac
60. be able to see all the sections mentioned below since in your topic assignment not all features are active j lf you are authorized by the course author to act as topic author you can announce a topic For further information on accepting and supervising participants please go to the chapter Course Elements and Course Editor section Topic author Page 48 Selecting Topics As course participant you will see any announced topics in a table When clicking on that topic s title you will get further details regarding dates or links to files attached Depending on your configuration you can choose between one or more topics The course author is the first to determine if your selection should be accepted or if the person in charge has to accept your application as a start As soon as your selection is definite you will see a corresponding entry in the table On your top right you will find a link to your learning group with the title of your topic If the person in charge has accepted your application it will no longer be possible for you to sign out in that case you have to ask the person in charge to do that for you Uploading Files to the Drop Box Click on the topic s title In the tab Folder you will find the drop box Depending on your configuration you will only be able to upload files within a certain period of time since there is a deadline to meet For further information on deadlines please go to the tab Description Download
61. bed in the section Hints to Solutions and Feedback in a Test Page 74 On the course level there are further display options When embedding your test or questionnaire in a course you will find these options in the tab Test configuration or Questionnaire configuration You can limit the number of attempts to answer a question and determine how often a user may try and take a test The maximum to be specified is 20 If you plan to forbid the menu navigation one question after the other will automatically appear the person taking your test will not be able to navigate to another question To display the menu navigation is still possible just use the option Display menu navigation You can also allow users to make personal notes during a test However after that test those notes will no longer be available When terminating a test no results will be saved when pausing all answers sent so far will be saved A If you pause in a test with time limit it can very well be that your time is up when trying to continue If persons taking your test should see their results immediately after completing it select the option Show results after completing a test Results can also be displayed on your course s homepage When choosing this option you can additionally indicate when those results should be made public You can further determine how detailed your display should be 17 3 5 Scores in Tests The minimum score to pass a test can be
62. binden werden dessen Episoden angezeigt podcast RSSfeed and generally ends with xml Episoden selbst erstellen Einen bestehenden externen Podcast einbinden IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 83 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 4 Publish and activate course right K b tei 2 Anderung des Kurszugriffs 3 Hinweise Zusammenfassung der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete nderung Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Click on Course element before clicking on lt lt Next Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Select Publish from the tool box Editor tools on your Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten 3 Select All registered OLAT users from the pull down menu section Change course access Click on Finish Zur ck eiter gt Your podcast is now embedded and course participants will be able to download the first episode or start a video in their browser j In case you use a SWITCHcast channel such as SWITCHcast Channel OLAT Help Demo _ https cast switch ch vod channels lh4puj34gi please verify that this channel is not private You can adapt this in your SWITCHcast channel via Change permissions We recommend to use the link iPod format RSS Feed to be found in the channel view section Subscribe on your
63. ch uploaded document Uploading Files Select Upload file to transfer your own file In order to have a look at that file just click on the file s name It will open in a new window If it is not possible to upload files it may be that your course author has not provided you with the right to do so j Files uploaded by mistake can only be deleted by the course author Opening Topics and Answering Forum Contributions In order to take part in discussions just click on the link Show next to the file name Now it is possible to open new topics or to reply to contributions as stated in the section Forum Page 24 Subscribing to File Dialog Notifications To be kept informed on new documents in file dialogs you can either click on Subscribe to notifications on the overview page or you can subscribe to each notification regarding dialogs and new entries You will receive an e mail relating to any modifications or just find those in your Home section Notifications 7 1 4 Test 7 A test is meant for efficiency controls within a course Its result will be stored and the course author is able to assign it to the corresponding person Click on Start to begin with the test According to its configuration you may pause and continue later on It depends on the test s settings if you can cancel it without storing any results achieved so far Finally click Finish test to save your results All these options are available in the f
64. cording to their individual rights however only as long as you do not sign them out of their groups tutors as well as participants By clicking on Close you can determine in several steps if catalog entries of your course shall be deleted if tutors and participants shall be signed out of learning and right groups in your course and if tutors and participants shall be notified of your actions by e mail i Changing the course status cannot be reversed 6 5 10 Copy Learning resources can be copied therefore it is possible e g to use an old course structure for your next course When copying a course its structure folder content its HTML pages and group names but not the members will be adopted User data such as forum entries group members etc not As owner of a learning resource you can determine section Modify settings Page 22 if your learning resource can be copied by other OLAT authors as well 6 5 11 Delete Only learning resource owners have the permission to delete that resource A learning resource can only be deleted if it is not used within a course at that moment When deleting imbedded learning resources e g in a test you will get a message indicating the relevant course First you have to delete the course element Test in that course to be able to delete that test in learning resources When deleting a course its user data e g test results will not be deleted but archived as Excel file in your person
65. cores detailed assessments Click on Select create or import file in the tab Test configuration to assign this course element to a test or create a new one j lf you want to exchange an embedded test just click on Exchange in the tab Test configuration before selecting your new test In case there are test results already existing it is possible to download them to your personal folder Attention In case participants are taking a test at that moment all their results will be lost since that test is not complete All results achieved between replacing and publishing a test will be lost as well A test will always be started along with a homepage in your course You can edit the content of this page in the section Information HTML page In the section Confirmation when Taking a Test you can decide if course owner and tutors should be notified via e mail in case there are new test results The presentation of results etc can be configured in the tab Test configuration as well For more information please go to Display Options and Configuration Page 73 section On the course level Information on how to see test results can be found in Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires Page 75 9 3 17 Course Element Self test 2 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 46 OLAT 7 8 User Manual The course element Self test is also used to control achievements in a course In contras
66. course yet the chapter Creating Courses Page 32 will be helpful before generating a blog by means of the following instruction 13 2 Four Steps to Your Blog With the aid of the following guidelines you will create a blog for your course before adapting it according to your needs Step 1 Open course editor and insert blog course element 1 Search for your course in learning resources section My entries and open it Click on Course editor in the toolbox Course tools on ur Lernressourcen Tabellensuche your right alte EE I mio corso Ze re u 5 TERE i Wikis i Z Mein Kurs meinmuster Detailansicht Select Blog in the toolbox Insert course elements on your Won cous menmuster Detalan My course meinmuster Detailansicht e OLAT Autoren nicht ffentlich egistrierte OLAT Benutzer G ste t esitzer d ol ris oRr se on Select position at which you want your blog course element to be inserted and save your settings 5 Indicate a short title for your course element in the tab Title and description and save your settings learning content 31 unvollst ndige Kursbausteine verbleiben off Mein Kurs o Blog Es ist noch kein Blog f r Blog ausgew hlt 2 Click on Create BGs Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Blog Lerninhalt Blog auswahlen i Click on Select create or import blog in the tab Blog Blog wahlen
67. d link with the page s title in order to generate and edit that page Artikel erstellen Diskussionsprotokoll 3 Create Wiki page Indicate a title for your new Wiki page in u arikei_oikussin the box Create article and click on Create Then click on en inp k 5 Bearbeiten Index menu in order to adapt that menu according to your needs Index Link einf gen or add external links Save your settings Close Wiki tab and click on course tab Step 4 Publish and activate your course Adapt Wiki menu Click on Modify in the box Wiki nn artikel _Poishussion 1 Publi der And 7 ublizieren der nderungen Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen von Kursbausteinen 2 nderung des Kurszugriffs Click on course element before clicking on Next 3 Hinweise wichtig Zusammenfassung der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete nderungen Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert In the pull down menu select All registered OLAT users in eae eat ee g Select Publish on your right in the toolbox Editor tools Publizieren Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten the section Modify course access z Zur ck Weiter gt h Fertigstellen Now your Wiki is embedded and course participants can read your Wiki con
68. d to know your university s access data Please have a look at the UniShortname website http www id uzh ch dl mobil uniaccess html in case there are any questions concerning your UniAccess data Now you can register and choose a user name Proceed as follows Start browser Type https www olat uzh ch Select your institute or university by means of the pull down menu e g University of Zurich Click on Login AE a ie eae Indicate your university login and your password before clicking ok University of Zurich your Shortname and corresponding password 6 Accept the message Browser Website Certified 7 Type your OLAT user name e g jdoe That user name cannot be altered afterwards 8 Read our terms of use and accept After registration you will get to your Home Page 9 your personal OLAT homepage Do you want to take a course in OLAT but you are not a member of one of those institutes on the list In this case you have to get in contact with the responsible course author If you are such an author and want to invite course participants from outside you should apply for specific accounts at support services Page 4 You will need the participant s first name last name as well as a valid e mail address 3 2 Login Page Please use the OLAT login page along with your university s access data to register with OLAT If you don t have a password you can always contact your helpdesk At the UZH plea
69. data in the tab containing all files in folders before locking your file If you want to upload many files at once you can zip your files on your computer then upload those ZIP files before unzipping them in the OLAT folder ZIP files can also be used to download several files at once Just create a ZIP file in the OLAT folder before uploading it to your computer 7 1 11 Assessment The assessment is meant for evaluating achievements not handed in electronically Course authors or tutors can assess e g a presentation by means of passed failed by means of a score or an individual comment You will receive an e mail whenever there is a new assessment 7 1 12 Tasks By means of the course element Task you can create exercises to be handed in electronically before being assessed by a tutor You will receive an e mail whenever there is a new assessment It may be that you aren t able to see all of the sections mentioned below since there are unused features regarding your task of Mein Kurs Aufgabe nderungen Abonnieren uote ig Aufgabe etailansicht tizen Zuweisung Boo Ihnen wurde folgende Aufgabe zugewiesen Aufgabe_Wochel pdf Aufgabe ansehen Abgabeordner Wahlen Sie den untenstehenden Button um eine Datei abzugeben Sie haben bisher noch keine Dateien hochgeladen Datei hochladen Une R ckgabeordner Hier finden Sie Dateien die Ihr Betreuer Ihnen zur ckgegeben hat BS amuster Keine
70. dd a new section or question just select Add in the tool box on your right before adding the new element at a position of your choice It is possible to delete or move sections or questions anytime You can even copy questions It is advisable to copy questions if there are questions with the same possibilities to answer e g if several questions could be answered by selecting a value between 1 and 5 17 3 4 Display Options and Configuration Further options regarding tests and questionnaires can be set at different levels IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 73 OLAT 7 8 User Manual On the test level you determine if a test should be taken within a certain period of time If a test has some time limit this can be recognized by the hourglass icon and the display of total time and time ending Options regarding feedback and solutions will be explained in the section Hints to Solutions and Feedback in a Test Page 74 Further information regarding scores can be found in Scores in Tests Page 74 On the section level you determine if there should be a time limit when working on a section how many questions from that section should appear in your test or questionnaire and if the sequence of your questions should be at random or not On the question level you will find more information on display and configuration options in the tab Meta data Here you can also give hints and or the correct solution further descri
71. derungen Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Select All registered OLAT users from the pull down menu section Modify course access Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten in G M Blog usWwe 4 Click on Finish ur ck Weiter gt fh Fertigstellen Abbrechen Your blog is now embedded and course participants can read the first entry 13 3 Further Configurations 13 3 1 Tab Access By default only course authors may create entries Course participants can read them assess and comment on them If you want course participants to create entries by themselves just deactivate the check box Locked for learners in the section Read and Write Course participants will not be able to edit entries they created Only course authors or moderators are allowed to make modifications In the section Moderate you determine who will have the right to moderate a blog This means that a course participant may then edit that blog and delete all entries and comments j this configuration is only relevant if entries are created within OLAT When embedding an external blog you cannot determine who will be able to create entries 13 3 2 Subscribing to Blog Notifications Course participants can subscribe to blog notifications to be informed as soon as there are new entries 13 3 3
72. determined in the test editor on top level This score is only relevant if your test is included in a course with the course element Test On the question level you determine how many points can be received with each question The correct answer to a single choice question will gain all points giving a wrong answer will gain 0 points Indicate the score to a certain question in the field Score of the tab Question answers Using a multiple choice question means either scoring if all answers are correct or if one single correct answer already counts First decide on a method of assessment in the tab Question answers and save your settings Then indicate the score for all correct answers or the score for each correct answer right next to your answers The assessment of Kprim questions is preset Three correct answers always gain half the score four correct answers mean full score Indicate your maximum score in the tab Question answers If there are several possible answers to your cloze question separate them by semicolons You can choose between two different assessment methods either scoring per all correct answers or scoring per one correct answer First decide on your method in the tab Question answers and save your settings Then either indicate your score for all correct answers or for each single answer right next to the cloze 17 3 6 Hints to Solutions and Feedback in a Test You can provide feedback immediately
73. dolatlive99 uzh ch Ressource Passwort Passwort speichern Benutzereinstellungen Lokaler Alias Benachrichtigung ber neue Mails Dieses Buddy Icon f r dieses Konto benutzen Entfernen E Dieses neue Konto auf dem Server anlegen Sachen IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 88 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Click on the tab Advanced before selecting the following settings Connection security Use encryption if available Verbindungssicherheit Verschl sselung benutzen wenn verf gbar R V Erlaube Klartext Authentifikation ber einen unverschl sselten Kanal Check the option Allow plaintext auth over unencrypted streams Verbindungsport 5222 Verbindungsserver Connect port 5222 Proxys f r Datei bertragungen 7 BOSH URL http chat olat uzh ch bind BOSH URL http chat olat uzh ch bind NEEE ER Check the option Show custom smileys 12 Finally click Add C Dieses neue Konto auf dem Server anlegen Now you can see other members of your project groups in the Buddy list Double click on your chat partner s name to write a message 20 3 4 Setup of External Chat Client Adium Install Adium before selecting XMPP in the drop down box Service of your setup assistant 2 Indicate your jabber ID OLATUSERNAME idolatlive99 uzh ch in the corresponding field 3 E
74. dy opened just select the link Course editor in the tool box Course tools on your right You will recognize the activated course editor by the watermark edit in the background 2 willkommen 2 i a order so gt Mein Kurs EI Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Ubersicht Punkte pete Titel und Beschreibung des Kursbausteins i N a be E OP BHED Sere ee moai Legend R 2 3 a ca a a a 4 e 5 amp 2 Ri n 3 D ce N a a i 5 Etel Rer On your right in the tool box Editor tools you will find the link to three editor tools as well as the possibility to close the editor and get back to the detailed view or the course view resp The tool box Insert course elements provides a list of all available course elements The third tool box Modify course elements contains further actions regarding course elements e g delete 9 1 2 Adding Course Elements A course can comprise any number of course elements In a course you can use several course elements of the same type they can be nested as well Click on the course element of your choice in the tool box Add course element on your right and select the position where you want your element to be inserted Now you can configure your new course element In the course navigation you will see most of the time a symbol next to each course element indicating its characteristics
75. e nicht ffentlich Select position at which your course element should be inserted and save your settings eine Eintr ge i urse Fr CP halte EE Il mio corso meinmuster Detailansicht M Lerninhalte orlage Besitzer dieser Ler rag Alle Autori Saecalircenardne Registrierte ess enordner G ste 5 Indicate a short title for your course element in the tab Title and description and save your settings Click on Choose create or import file in the tab Configuration test self test questionnaire O naan rns vn es Es ist kein Test f r Test definiert Test Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Test Konfiguration Test Gew hlte Datei Keine Datei ausgew hlt Indicate title and description of your test and save your Swan Te er men Informationstext HTML Seite settings Gew hlte Seite Keine Seite ausgew hlt l Seite ausw hlen oder erstellen Your file is now created and consists of one section as well as one single choice question by default If there are no such questions in your test you can delete that default single choice question as soon as you have added any other question Select your type of question e g multiple choice in the toolbox Add on your right Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Test Konfiguration Test Gew hlte Datei R Mein Test Select position at which your new question should be
76. e folder where course participants upload their solutions i Return box this is the folder where course participants will find their tasks corrected Assessment create individual assessments for each course participant Sample solution provide course participants with sample solutions of their tasks How to create tasks step by step and further information on other configuration possibilities can be found in the chapter Creating Tasks Page 61 How course participants will see the course element Task will be explained in the chapter Learning Activities in Courses section Task Page 28 9 3 15 Course Element Portfolio Task IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 45 OLAT 7 8 User Manual By means of the course element Portfolio task you can provide predefined portfolio templates to be filled by your course participants Their tasks can then be submitted electronically and assessed by a tutor A In order to assess course participants they have to be registered in a learning group first Otherwise you will not be able to find that participant within your assessment tool By means of the tab Learning content you can create new portfolio templates or select a predefined one How to create a portfolio task as course author will be explained in the chapter Creating Portfolio Tasks Page 64 Additionally you can determine a deadline for your portfolio task in the tab Learning content You
77. e for your course Perhaps you want to use several course elements of the same type or you want to use other terms for that elements For your orientation please refer to the icons to recognize the element s type 7 1 1 Enrolment a In many courses you have to enroll first There are one or more groups to choose from Select the link Enrolment to become a member of a group Per registration element only one group enrolment is allowed Such an enrolment is followed by the appearance of the box My learning group Page 14 on your right Perhaps the number of members is limited per group If there are no more vacancies you can have the possibility to put your name on a waiting list depending on the course configuration You will automatically move up as soon as a group member leaves that group for good Most of the time you can delist from a group you have registered before If this is not the case the course author has not permitted to delist oneself you will have to contact that author if you do not plan to participate any longer 7 1 2 Forum 5 The forum is used most of the time for exchanging information among course participants or for contacting the course author Upload a photo in your Home section Settings in the tab Profile Instead of a standardized image your personal photo will then appear next to your forum entries Opening a Topic If you want to write a new message in your forum just select Open new topic
78. e group calendar j Each group can only be provided with one tool of the same type If you want to work with more than one forum or Wiki or if you want to provide documents in more than one folder it is better to use course elements Page 38 instead You should configure these elements to be only visible or accessible to one specific learning group 5 2 6 Managing Members of Learning Groups There are two different ways to allocate members to a learning group 1 Course participants enroll on their own 2 The course owner allocates participants to corresponding learning groups The first option is suitable for courses with many participants for participants you do not know yet or for participants who should decide on their own in which learning group they want to register e g when assigning tasks to be performed in groups This option is activated by means of the course element Enrolment When configuring your course please determine in which learning group s your participants should be able to register The second option is suitable for participants you already know in which learning groups they belong and if you want to make sure that only those will be able to register who qualify for your learning groups In the course view please open the group management if you plan to add any members Then select All learning groups on your left and click on the link Edit right next to the group name In the tab Members you then add gro
79. e section Information HTML page The presentation of results etc can be configured in the tab Self test configuration as well For more information please go to Display Options and Configuration Page 73 section On the course level Information on how to see test results can be found in Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires Page 75 9 3 18 Course Element Questionnaire Bg By means of a questionnaire you can carry out online evaluations in your course e g at the beginning to find out what your course participants expect You can also process the results gained with statistic methods or evaluate your course at the end Results will be stored anonymously A questionnaire has to be imported or created first in IMS QTI format version 1 2 If you have never generated a questionnaire before please follow the instructions in the chapter Creating Tests and Questionnaires Page 70 By means of the course element Questionnaire you embed a questionnaire in your course Click on Select create or import questionnaire in the tab Questionnaire configuration to assign that course element to a questionnaire j lf you want to exchange an embedded questionnaire just click on Exchange in the tab Questionnaire configuration before selecting a new one In case there are results already existing you can download them to your personal folder Attention In case participants are taking a questionnaire
80. e the group management the course editor or the assessment tool 5 3 1 Creating Right Groups In the course view please open the rights management top right Then create a new right group before giving it a name Finally save your settings 5 3 2 Configuring Tools of Right Groups After creating a right group you can provide it with collaborative tools in the tab Tools If you want to modify your configuration later on e g if you prefer to deactivate some tools please go to the rights management and select All right groups then click on the link Edit right next to the corresponding right group In the tab Tools of the context sensitive Help all available OLAT tools will be explained in more detail 5 3 3 Configuring Authorizations of Right Groups In the tab Authorizations you determine the rights your group members should have Group management Members are allowed to use the group management of their course and do what a course author is permitted to do IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 16 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Course editor Members are allowed to use the course editor along with all its features Data archiving Members have access to data archiving i e they are allowed to archive course data such as forums etc Assessment tool Members can assess and comment on the progress of course participants by means of the assessment tool Glossary tool Members are permitted to administer the gl
81. e will be further features at your disposal at your right in the bottom tool box such as sending an e mail to all members Copying learning groups several times will spare you the configuration of collaborative tools if you want those tools to be identical in all of your groups 5 2 9 Leaving or Deleting Learning Groups In the tab Groups of the main navigation at the top you will see all of your groups Just click on the group name you want to leave Then select the menu item Course before clicking on Start on your right Choose the one registration element of the group you have enrolled in and select Delist Perhaps your course author has already closed the course or does not allow you to delist on your own In this case you have to contact the course author and ask for assistance Only course authors can delete learning groups After examining all learning groups in the group management just select the link Delete right next to the relevant group You can delete learning areas in the view All learning areas 5 3 Right Groups Course authors can assign rights to other OLAT users regarding their course all they have to do is invite those users to join their right group Similar to learning groups such right groups are linked with a specific course Right groups are suitable if you do not want to appoint an OLAT user as course owner co author but nevertheless want him to hold certain rights e g permission to us
82. eben Kopieren Zippen Entzippen 69 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 17 Creating Tests and Questionnaires This chapter explains how tests and questionnaires can be created A step by step instruction will support course authors by means of the following table to efficiently work with the test and questionnaire editor In addition you will get information on how to embed tests and questionnaires in your course and how to archive gained results 17 1 General Information 17 1 1 What is a Test What is a Self test Tests are used to control achievements in a course By means of a test you can examine your participants knowledge at the beginning of your course check it after each completed module or let course participants take tests electronically Tests are created with the OLAT test editor You can determine a test s duration its type of questions Page 73 as well as Other configurations It is also possible to import Page 21 tests in the IMS QTI format version 1 2 Tests are created as independent learning resources before embedding them in a course You decide if a test should be a self test for practice purposes or a real test for examination purposes In the first case you may want to use the course element Self test while in the second case you may prefer the course element Test Results of self tests are stored anonymously test results are stored personalized 17 1 2 What is a Questionnaire Questionnaires
83. eceive data in the form of tables as well as in the form of charts Table data can be downloaded as Excel files e g for further processing charts can be downloaded as png files to your computer Relevant for your total of course accesses are user clicks on a single course element however clicks on this element s content will not be counted If a user selects the Wiki from course navigation this click will count it will not count when clicking on a link within that Wiki Statistics can be created per hour per day per weekday per week sorted by organization e g University of Zurich by type of organization e g university by study level e g bachelor as well as by study field e g Psychology Furthermore you can choose a certain period of time per day and per week during which any course access should be displayed in your statistics 18 3 Using Additional Course Features In addition to the course editor and course tools there are other features at your disposal A corresponding link to those course features can be found in your course on your right in the section General information Not all course features are generally active If you cannot see a certain link to such a course feature it has to be activated first cp the descriptions in the following sub chapters 18 3 1 Course Calendar Each course has its own course calendar to be able to administer course events Only course owners have the write permission regardin
84. ed a test self test or questionnaire and you have conducted some data archiving you will be able to see its results Results of self tests and questionnaires will be stored anonymously After archiving you will dispose of the following data persons anonymized by sequential number questions dealt with given answers score self test It is the same with test results but all data will be stored personalized first name last name user name Select the link Data archiving in the course view from the tool box Course tools On your left go to Test and questionnaire Start archiving and follow the instructions Results will be available as Excel file that can also be downloaded IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 75 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 18 Course Operation You have granted access to your course course participants are already working on your learning content This chapter explains which tools can be used by course authors during course operation which additional features are at their disposal and how they can archive course activities 18 1 Using Editors During Course Operation 18 1 1 Modifications During Course Operation Make modifications during course operation as usual by means of the course editor You can delete move add or copy course elements As long as you do not publish your modifications they will not affect your ongoing course You decide when your modifications should be presented When trying t
85. eibung Ordner Teilnehmerverwaltung Beschreibung des Themas Titel Projekt Notfall Verantwortlich Mein Tutor Beschreibung Bei diesem Projekt geht es um Themenstatus Teilnehmer pr fen Anzahl Bewerber belegt total Nicht limitiert Anhang Thema editieren Thema l schen l Themenstatus auf Belegt setzen Participants accepted can now submit files via drop box regarding their chosen topic in the tab Folder IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 68 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 3 Manage files optional 1 If there are files already submitted just click on the tab Folder within your topic before opening a participant s folder It is possible to return files via return boxes Just select the folder of a participant already accepted in the tab Folder and click on Upload file IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 i Themenvergabe lt Zur ck Beschreibung Ordner Teilnehmerverwaltung F Abgabeordner E gt Abgabeordner meinmuster3 Name w emergency doc Gr sse T 10KB DOC Datei Ge ndert Status Metadaten 18 01 11 18 09 Ma R ckgabeordner E gt R ckgabeordner Name Ba meinmuster Ba meinmuster3 Dokument erstellen Gr sse Typ Ordner Ordner et Ordner erstellen ES Datei Ge ndert Status Metadaten 18 01 11 18 07 18 01 11 18 09 Alle ausw hlen Auswahl l schen Verschi
86. einmuster Detailansicht Select Podcast in the toolbox Insert course elements on My course meinmuster Detailansicht your right BER DERKUOSO EBE Choose position at which you want to insert your podcast q course element and save your settings 5 Indicate a short title for your course element in the tab Title and description and save your settings Podcast learning content ome Gruppen Lernressourcen li k oip Mein Kurs 31 unvollst ndige Kursbausteine verbleiben odcas Podcast IC on re ate Es ist noch kein Podcast f r Podcast ausgew hlt Podcast 2 m Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Podcast Lerninhalt Indicate title and description of your podcast This Gew hlter Podcast Kein Podcast Lerninhalt ausgew hlt Click on Select create or import podcast in the tab mm information will appear in the header of your podcast Save STS TT FEBESBE your settings Click on Next IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 56 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 3 Fill podcast with content Click on Edit Home Gruppen S Lernressourcen EE Mein Kurs off Mein Kurs Keine Probleme oder Fehler in diesem Kurs gefunden 7 odcas 9 F Podcast 2 If you want to add a picture to your podcast header just click und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Podcast Lerninhalt on Ed
87. erstellen oder importieren settings 1 Indicate title and description of your blog and save your Gew hr Blog Ken Lina usw h Step 3 Fill Blog with Content Click on E dit Home Gruppen Le ce EElMein Kurs Keine Probleme oder Fehler in diesem Kurs gefunden G Blog If you want to add a picture to your blog header just click on A is Lerch Edit blog and upload pic Sew her Bog Cb Mein so Blog auswechseln Editieren IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 59 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Click on Create your own entries Mein Blog Blog bearbeiten 4 Indicate title description and content before clicking on erster Blog Publish ann Eintr ge 0 F r diesen Blog sind keine Eintr ge vorhanden 2 Sie k nnen entweder neue Eintr ge selbst erstellen oder einen externen Blog einbinden Ar Wenn Sie einen externen Blog einbinden werden dessen Eintr ge angezeigt Eintr ge selbst erstellen Einen bestehenden externen Blog einbinden Further entries can be added later on following the same pattern or directly within the course view Step 4 Publish and activate your course Select Publish in the toolbox Editor tools on your right cations Publizieren der Anderungen s x ngerun es Kurszugriffs Click on course element before clicking Next Hinweise ict Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete n
88. etc assist you in organizing an event OLAT is not a Content Management System CMS Since OLAT means Online Learning and Training the main objective is not the creation of learning material Therefore additional tools should be used when creating or editing larger amounts of learning content Learning content that has been generated externally can be imported into OLAT by means of standardized interfaces However in order to be able to create simple pages in OLAT there are applicable tools such as the HTML editor Further information about OLAT can be found on the community website www olat org http www olat org You will get a first impression of OLAT on our demo server http demo olat org even if you do not have an OLAT setup 2 2 Requirements when Working with OLAT OLAT is a web application In order to work with OLAT you will need an internet connection as well as a modern web browser OLAT is optimized for Mozilla Firefox http www mozilla europe org de products firefox a browser that can be downloaded for free Please perform a browser check Page 7 to be sure that your browser will support all of OLAT s features If you want to offer courses in OLAT you have to apply first for author rights by contacting your support team Page 4 You can start working in OLAT after choosing your didactic concept and after adapting your learning content for the web We recommend using a HTML editor such as Dreamweaver to create compl
89. etermine how your learning content should be presented to course participants More detailed information can be found in the context sensitive Help of that field SCORM learning content will always be presented with a homepage If such content contains tasks as well as tests you will learn from that homepage more about your score and remaining attempts to take tests 9 3 7 Course Element Folder ED In the course element Folder you can offer files to be downloaded Often folders are used to provide course participants with scripts or slides regarding your course In general all course participants have the permission to download files from that folder All course authors additionally may upload files These preset rights can be adapted according to your needs in the tab Access of the respective course element j For each course element Folder you can dispose of ca 100 MB storage space If you should need more please contact your OLAT support team If you want to use more than one folder e g one for each course event it is recommendable to introduce the course element Structure before subordinating your folders to that structure All restrictions regarding visibility and access then have to be configured in the course element Structure only 9 3 8 Course Element Wiki Use a Wiki to easily create learning content together with your course participants A Wiki is suitable for doing group work it can serve as documenta
90. ex learning content or other tools that help you generate content 2 3 The Idea of Open Source Software OLAT is an open source software according to the definitions of the OSI Open Source Initiative http www opensource org This means that its code is at your disposal for free You can download it use it adapt it and develop it further without having to pay license fees Further information on this open source project can be found on the OLAT website www olat org http www olat org 2 4 Roles and Rights Essential ideas of OLAT are various roles and rights that can be assigned to users Each user can take on one of four main roles IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 5 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Guest Guests who are not registered will have only limited access to OLAT They can see learning content that is open to the public however they cannot participate in any learning activities such as contributing to a forum discussion The login page provides a link to that guest access Registered OLAT user Each user has a distinct user name this name cannot be altered after registration Users may benefit from open learning content and participate in all learning activities In addition there is storage space as well as a homepage at each user s disposal that can be configured individually A registered user can furthermore create his own project groups Author An author can create or import learning content for
91. f your topic assignment you can add further details to the topic s description determine deadlines for registration and submission decide how many course participants are allowed to select your topic and upload additional files if needed How to configure topics If you want to modify your configuration later on just click on the topic s title Now you will be able to edit that topic change its status from Open to Closed or vice versa or delete that topic IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 48 OLAT 7 8 User Manual How to manage participants If the configuration of your topic assignment requires that course participants have to be accepted by the topic author you will see on the home page of topic assignments the note Check participant in a table as soon as somebody has applied for your topic Now open the tab Topic assignment and accept the application of your candidate s It is also possible to add or remove participants in this tab manually How to upload and return files In the tab Folder section Drop box you will find all those files course participants have submitted In the section Return box you can put files already corrected There will be one sub folder for each course participant 9 3 21 Course Element Notifications This course element allows you to embed notifications in your course structure These notifications will be visible in your course Course authors can determine the amo
92. form In the footer you will find a link indicating all users logged on at that moment 4 1 10 ePortfolio An ePortfolio is used to document learning results as well as learning processes and is therefore meant to assist in reflecting on someone s process of development The menu entry ePortfolio serves to create accumulative folders of portfolios before making those accessible to certain people OLAT users as well as guests You can also have a look at other users folders or perform portfolio tasks of an OLAT course In order to create a portfolio folder or perform a portfolio task you have to create or assemble artefacts first Artefacts are documents of your learning process as well as your work performed Artefacts can be e g texts files posts in a forum or blog or evidences of achievement You can assemble the following artefacts Posts in forums IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 10 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Files in folders Wiki pages R Evidences of achievement Posts in blogs First you have to select the ePortfolio icon e g in a post of yours before following the steps of your accumulative artefact tool You can indicate the title as well as the description of your artefact you can provide it with key words commonly known as tags to facilitate your search later on or you can write a text as memory aid to justify the selection of your artefact If you have already created an accumulative folder you
93. g entries Such entries can be assessed by means of 1 5 stars It is also possible to see assessments of other blog readers In order to write a comment or read other entries you should click on the link Comments Blog entries can only be created if a course author has provided his authorization Just click on Create new entries to write a new blog entry You can either publish this entry directly determine a date for its publication or save your entry as a draft Subscribe to notifications of your blog if you do not want to miss any new entries You will be notified of new ones via e mail or find those in your Home section Notifications 7 1 10 Folder ED In folders courseware is stored In general only course authors are allowed to upload files course participants can only read files stored in folders Subscribe to notifications of a folder to be notified in case there are new documents Modifications are sent to you by e mail or can be found in your Home section Notifications IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 27 OLAT 7 8 User Manual If course participants are also allowed to upload files they will find a corresponding button on their top right In order to store those files in a structured way it is possible to create subfolders If you are allowed to upload files you will also be able to delete files in folders If you want to prevent others from deleting your files you should click on the icon Meta
94. g that calendar Course participants only have the permission to read they cannot create new events or edit existing ones You can also link events to a certain course element Just select the corresponding course element in the tab Link when creating or editing an event Y 4 An example for such a link is to combine a certain deadline with the relevant course element Task When subscribing to a course calendar that calendar will be copied to the calendar list of your personal calendar Page 9 course events will be displayed there for you In the course calendar there will also be events regarding learning groups if you are member of such a group In the group management Page 76 you can determine write permissions and visibility in learning group calendars If you do not want to use a course calendar you can deactivate it in the detailed view Page 21 of your course just click on Modify settings in the tab Calendar 18 3 2 Course Chat By default there is a chat room for each course the so called course chat It can be used as informal platform to exchange information or as forum for experts course authors can determine a certain time to answer questions of their course participants Whenever there appears a letter icon next to the course chat link there are new messages waiting in the chat room When entering the chat room your name will not be displayed Only if you select the option Show user name in chat room
95. he Btfenich SOs Determine the position of your course element Single page and save your settings DERE HE In the tab Title and description you should indicate a short title for your course element before saving your settings 31 unvollst ndige Kursbausteine verbleiben T nzelne Seite Definieren Sie eine HTML Seite f r Einzelne Seite 2 Choose an adequate name for your new HTML page and en Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Seiteninhalt click on Cre ate Seite ausw hlen editieren oder erstellen Gew hlte Seite Keine Seite ausgew hlt Seite ausw hlen oder erstellen IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 80 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 3 Embed video in single page A meine video seite html Zuletzt ge ndert 03 12 13 11 42 utf 8 Schriftart Schriftgr e A 387 Foe x MES Ei 2 yan a Am mo i n editieren Unterst tzt FLV Video keora re diert AAC Select the option Embed video from the menu Step 4 Add or edit video General Advanced Type from the pull down menu General Select the necessary format for your video in the section Type Video FLV F4V MP4 and M4V h264 encoded AAC and M4A In case you select a streaming server HTTP or RIMP in the BEE section Type the additional field Streaming server will size a20 x soo appear Here your should indicate your server s I
96. he Sie publizieren m chten menu section Modify course access 4 Click on Finish Weiter gt Fertigstellen Abbrechen Your podcast is now embedded and course participants can download the first episode 12 4 Further Configurations 12 4 1 Tab Access By default only course authors may create episodes Course participants can download them comment on and assess them If you want your course participants to create episodes as well just deactivate the check box Locked for learners in the section Read and write Course participants will not be able to edit episodes created by themselves Only course authors or moderators are allowed to make modifications In the section Moderate you determine who will have the right to moderate a podcast This means that a course participant will then be able to edit that podcast as well as delete all episodes and comments j These settings are only relevant if episodes are created within OLAT When embedding an external podcast it will not be possible in OLAT to determine who will be allowed to create episodes or not 12 4 2 Subscribing to Podcast Notifications Course participants can subscribe to podcast notifications to be informed in case there are new episodes On the homepage of your podcast you will find various possibilities to subscribe to a podcast via the feed URL of a portal such as iTunes IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 57 OLAT 7 8 User Manual
97. his course participants Additionally authors can manage participants within learning groups before archiving or deleting them after that course has ended Registered users can apply for author rights at their appropriate support services Page 4 System administrator A system administrator assigns rights manages users and deletes obsolete learning content Get in contact with your system administrator via support services Page 4 Besides these four main roles there are others that are seldom used such as the group administrator the user administrator and the learning resource administrator These roles are part of those responsibilities a system administrator bears The role basically dictates the rights a user has in OLAT It is also possible to assign additional rights to users You can for instance allow a registered OLAT user to supervise groups and to evaluate group participants You can even add any author as owner co author to your course which means that this new owner has the right to edit your course as well IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 6 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 3 Registration Login and Logout In this chapter you will learn how to register in OLAT and how to log out Additionally you will find more of the information available on the login page 3 1 Your First OLAT Registration In order to work with OLAT you need an internet connection as well as a browser Page 7 To register you will further nee
98. ht a Click on those course elements you want to publish 3 Click Next Select All registered OLAT users in the pull down menu section Modification of course access Publizieren Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen nderung des Kurszugriffs Hinweise Zusammenfassung der nderungen Publizieren Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen nderung des Kurszugriffs Hinweise Zusammenfassung der nderungen Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen Wichtig Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten ofa B 3 Willkommen Eu M Ordner WI Forum Alle ausw hlen Auswahl l schen Weiter h Fertigstellen Abbrechen nderung des Kurszugriffs Wichtig nderungen des Kurszugriffs beziehen sich auf den gesamten Kurs G Falls Sie den Kurs f r registrierte Benutzer oder f r G ste freischalten denken Sie bitte daran ihn im Katalog unter der gew nschten Rubrik einzutragen Alle registrierten OLAT Benutzer iv Nur Besitzer dieser Lernressource Click Finish Select Close editor in the box Editor tools Besitzer und brige OLAT Autoren Alle registrierten OLAT Benutzer IR Regist
99. hus course authors and tutors of learning groups will be able to have a look at all files submitted by means of the assessment tool of that course before assessing and commenting on them 14 4 2 Tab Assignment You upload your task files to the task folder in the tab Assignment In the field Message for user you can provide general information for all course participants regarding your tasks In the field Type of assignment you determine if a course participant can choose between all available tasks or if your tasks should be allocated automatically as well as randomly Select in the field Type of sampling if several course participants shall be able to work on the same task task can be reclined or if each course participant shall work on a different task task cannot be reclined If a task is selected manually you can further decide in the field Preview if course participants shall be allowed to have a look at a task before selecting it j In case a course participant is not allowed to recline a task you have to offer at least the same number of tasks as there are course participants 14 4 3 Tab Handing in Here you can determine if owners and tutors should receive an e mail whenever a course participant has performed and handed in a task 14 4 4 Tab Assessment Here you define how each course participant shall be assessed By default a tutor can assess tasks by means of Passed failed If you prefer to allocate poin
100. ics How to configure topic assignments In the tab Configuration you determine first how many topics can be selected by one participant if this selection is definite or if it has to be accepted by the topic author first Furthermore you can add additional fields to describe a topic in more detail This description will then be displayed in the table containing all topics announced Here you can also determine if registrations and submissions shall only be possible within a certain period of time In the tab Sub elements you can choose if there should be a drop box as well as a return box in your topic assignment Course participants will then upload their files to that drop box while topic authors will return those files by means of a return box How to appoint topic authors In the tab Persons in charge you add those OLAT users who should be able to announce and supervise topics These persons do not necessarily have to hold author rights j you remove a topic author who has already announced a topic he will still be able to supervise it However this person will no longer be able to announce new topics Role of topic authors When being authorized by a course author to act as topic author you can announce as well as supervise topics Just open the course view and navigate to your topic assignment How to create a new topic Click on Create new topic and indicate its title as well as a description Depending on the configuration o
101. iles 36 77 79 LTI page course element 42 Quota 10 Multimedia 84 Multiple choice question 73 My entries 21 Notes 10 30 Notifications 10 Notifications course element 49 Open source 5 5 Owner 6 21 22 22 23 39 Personal folder 86 Person responsible for topics 67 Podcast learning resources 19 56 Podcast course element 27 43 56 80 83 91 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Podcast external 57 83 Portfolio task 10 19 29 46 64 Profile 9 Project groups 6 13 89 Publish 34 50 76 OTI 19 46 70 71 72 Questionnaire learning resources 19 70 Questionnaire course element 26 47 Registration 7 Resource folder 20 36 50 86 Return box 28 29 45 Right groups 16 77 Rights management 16 77 Sample solution 29 45 63 SCORM learning content learning resources 18 SCORM learning content course element 42 Search mask 20 Section 73 Self test course element 25 47 70 Session 8 Single choice question 73 Single page course element 41 80 Statistics 78 Storage folder 41 49 80 86 Structure course element 41 Subscribe to notifications 10 25 25 Support 4 SWITCHcast 80 82 84 System administrator 6 Tag 11 Task course element 28 45 61 77 77 Test learning resources 19 70 Test course element 25 46 80 Test results 19 25 75 Time limit 74 Topic assignment course element 29 48 67 Topic authors 29 48 Tutor 15
102. in der Kontaktliste Neue Kontakte k nnen Sie ber den Men punkt Kontakte hinzuf gen Sie wollen Adium nach Ihren W nschen einrichten ber das Adium Men erreichen Sie die Einstellungen und die AdiumXtras Webseite 20 3 5 Recording and Viewing of Chat Protocols Before recording chat protocols system logs please make sure to select Log all status changes to system log in the section Tools Settings Log Pidgin In order to see chat protocols just right click on your chat partner s name before clicking on Show log When using Adium you will find your chat protocols in the menu Contact section Show scripts IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 90 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Index AAI attributes 40 Access 39 Accumulative folder 10 Administrator log file 79 Artefact 10 12 29 65 Assessment course element 28 45 77 Assessment tool 45 63 77 Assignment 45 Audio 80 84 Author rights 5 6 21 32 Blog learning resources 19 Blog course element 27 44 59 Blog external 60 Blog 59 Bookmark 10 20 22 24 Browser 7 Browser check 7 Bulk assessment 77 Calendar 9 Course calendar 30 30 37 49 78 Campus course 20 21 34 35 35 Catalog 20 23 34 Chat 9 12 87 Chat protocols 90 Close course 23 Cloze question 73 CP learning content learning resources 18 Context sensitive Help 4 Course 18 24 32 76 Course chat 30 36 78 Co
103. in your Home 4 1 1 Configuring Entries in Your Home Sections in your Home consist of various shortcuts e g to your courses notifications and groups You can choose which sections should be displayed in an arrangement of your choice Let us assume that most of the time you have to deal with groups Therefore you may want to position the section My groups more prominently just click on Configure page on your top right Then move the section My groups wherever you want to by means of the arrows provided You can further determine how many entries should be visible within a certain section In order to do this just click on one of the following icons Sort manually or Sort automatically If you choose Sort manually you will be able to determine the selection of entries as well as their sequence If you do not want to see certain sections in your Home you can deactivate these sections Deactivated sections will be displayed at the bottom of the page when configuring your Home You can reactivate them anytime After completing your configuration you should click on End configuration on your top right 4 1 2 Settings In the menu on the left just underneath the option Settings you can modify your personal data This may be necessary if you want to forward OLAT e mail messages to another mail address or if you want to create a visiting card Just indicate your data in your profile and save that information By mea
104. ing Files from the Return Box In the tab Folder you will find files in the section Return box the topic author has returned to you 7 1 15 E mail lt IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 29 OLAT 7 8 User Manual By means of an e mail you can get in touch with your course author Just fill in the field Subject and Message before sending your e mail via OLAT 7 1 16 Calendar The course element Calendar offers an alternative view on the course calendar Page 30 that can be selected on your right in the box General A course author can predefine a date for your calendar view e g a particular week and appoint a time for certain events during that week 7 2 Additional Course Features Within a course there are a number of additional course features at your disposal the course author can activate or deactivate according to his needs 7 2 1 Course Calendar A course author can embed a course calendar to administer events and dates regarding his course The link to such a course calendar can be found at your right in the box General The calendar will open in a new window Only course authors are allowed to add events to the course calendar Click on the button Add to personal calendar so that your deadlines will show in your personal calendar Page 9 Just select the course calendar from your personal calendar list 4 By means of the icon iCal in the calendar list section you can integ
105. ings Indicate a short title in the tab Title and Description and save your settings Learning content oin ein Kurs a vollst ndige See verbleiben Portfolioau e Es ist noch keine Portfoliovorlage f r Portfolioaufgabe ausgew hlt A Portfolioaufgabe Click on Create Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Lerninhalt Bewertung M con Esra ae SEE 3 Indicate a title as well as a description and save your settings ea Portfoliovorlage w hlen oder erstellen fh Click on Next Click on Select or create portfolio template in the tab IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 64 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 3 Design portfolio task Click on lt lt Edit Home Gruppen S Lernressourcen EE Mein Kurs M Kurs keine Probleme oder Fehler in diesem Kurs gefunden Portfolioaufgabe o N Portfolioaufgabe Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Lerninhalt Bewertung abe mux Portfoliovorlage w hlen oder erstellen Gew hlte L Meine Portfoliovorlage Portfoliovorlage Portfoliovorlage auswechseln Editieren fn mm BHO Ow Just click on the Plus icon to add a new page Such pages amp Gruppen S Lemressourcen E Meine Portfo can then be supplemented by structural elements editor ofan Meine Portfoliovorlage meine erste Portfoliovorlage Seite hinzuf gen L Choose appropriate titles for your pages and str
106. isting allowed you can decide if a registered course participant should have the possibility to delist from a learning group In the group management you can determine while editing learning groups if there should be a waiting list and if moving up automatically from that list should be possible j lt is not enough to only select learning areas in the tab Configuration These learning areas have to be assigned to learning groups as well You should make such assignments in the group management of your course More detailed information can be found in the section Creating Learning Areas and Assigning Learning Groups Page 15 lt 4 If you want to restrict the visibility or access of course elements to registered course participants it is not advisable to configure the course element Enrolment as depending on groups course participants would not be able to register at all 9 3 20 Course Element Topic Assignment Ev The course element Topic assignment is useful if you want to announce e g topics for term papers in your course before having them supervised Course authors determine the detailed configuration of their topic assignment This comprises e g who has the right to announce and supervise topics how topics have to be described or how many topics can be selected by one course participant What makes this course element so special is the fact that not course authors but topic authors will announce and supervise such top
107. it podcast and upload pic a ea Podcast auswechseln Eeiisren jh Click on Create your own episode ome Gruppen J Lerressourcen fimen Kurs Formen Podcast Mein Podcast 4 Indicate title select audio or video file from your computer Autor amuster Mein erster Podcast and click on Publish cmm E 2 a fc Gas Bord Episoden F r diesen Podcast sind keine Episoden vorhanden 7 Sie k nnen entweder neue Episoden selbst erstellen oder einen externen Podcast einbinden Se Wenn Sie einen externen Podcast einbinden werden dessen Episoden angezeigt Episoden selbst erstellem Einen bestehenden externen Podcast einbinden Additional episodes can be added later on following the same pattern or directly within the course view Step 4 Publish and activate your course Select Publish in the toolbox Editor tools on your right hle 1 Publizieren der nderungen Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen von Kursbausteinen 2 nderung des Kurszugriffs g Click on course element before clicking Next 3 Hinweise wichtig Zusammenfassung der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete nderungen Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Select All registered OLAT users from the pull down Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welc
108. ivate certain course features 8 6 2 General Information In this tab you determine what other OLAT users can do with your course Copying possible means that your course can be copied The option Referencing possible is not relevant for courses in other learning resources e g the glossary it means that other course authors could implement those resources in their own courses Execution possible indicates that the course view can be started Export possible says that your course can be downloaded Options selected will only be accessible for those user groups you have indicated in the field Access have With the exception of Execution possible all other options require author rights 8 6 3 Log Files Indicate in this tab if OLAT should create log files for your course and decide upon their level of detail How to download log files and what information these files can have will be explained further in the section Record of Course Activities Page 79 8 6 4 Course Chat When creating a new course an active course chat is default Possible scenarios in a course and further details on chat rooms are explained in the section Course Chat Page 78 If you do not want to use a course chat you can deactivate it in this tab If you want to record chat protocols we recommend using an external chat client For more information please go to Using External Chat Clients Page 87 8 6 5 Layout If you plan to p
109. kind of learning content in standardized e learning format The specification of this format comes from IMS http www imsglobal org OLAT supports the IMS CP version 1 1 2 CPs are suitable for being either used in OLAT courses or outside of it OLAT supports this format therefore learning content cannot only be used in OLAT but in other LMS as well Further information on generating Content Packaging can be found in the chapter Creating CP Learning Content Page 51 6 1 3 SCORM Learning Content Another standardized e learning format supported by OLAT is the SCORM format version 1 2 SCORM is short for Sharable Content Object Reference Model and a reference model for exchangeable electronic learning content of the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative ADL http www adinet gov SCORM learning content is suitable for courses within OLAT as well as courses outside OLAT supports this format therefore your learning content can be applied not only in OLAT but also in other LMS 6 1 4 Wiki Wikis are particularly suited for creating content jointly in an easy way A Wiki can be used for working in groups as documentation tool or as knowledge base for your studies and projects For more information on how to create Wikis and embed those in your course please go to the chapter Creating Wikis Page 54 How to generate content within a Wiki will be explained in the chapter Learning Activities Within a Course secti
110. king on a course element A click on course elements such as Single page External page CP learning content and SCORM learning content will result in displaying the default setting Only content All other course elements will show Title description and content by default There is the possibility to set links on each course element Just click on Set link for this course element to have the external as well as the internal link of a course element on display In order to refer to a course element from outside your course you have to use an external link In order to set links within a course you have to use internal links 9 1 4 Configuration of the Tabs Visibility and Access You can limit the access to course elements in two ways If you want to limit a course element s visibility it will no longer appear in the course navigation If you plan to limit its access it will still appear in the course navigation however when clicking on it your participants will get a message that this course element is not accessible In the tab Visibility there are four options Depending on date Depending on group Depending on assessment and Depending on attribute by means of these options you can determine who will see when and under which circumstances a certain course element in the course navigation OLAT users excluded by those predefined rules will not be able to see certain course elements You can e g de
111. l format In addition to results of tests assessments and tasks also log files will be archived For further information please go to Record of Course Activities Page 79 When archiving tasks and solutions all attempts loaded into the drop box will be zipped Contributions in forums or file dialogs will be archived in the rtf format Attached files as well as the content of folders will be added Wiki pages will be zipped along with all uploaded files You can also archive sheets of grades for the SAP Campus Management by means of Exporting grades for module j When deleting a course all course data but not the course elements will be stored in your personal folder automatically All course owners have access to the data archiving tool as well as members of the respective right group Page 16 18 2 4 Assessment Tool Please use the assessment tool to assess the course elements Task Portfolio task and Assessment It is also meant for assessing tests manually You can determine in the course editor if you want to receive an e mail whenever there are tasks handed in or new test results You can assess according to users groups or according to your course s structure In the group assessment you can have either all assessable course elements on display or only those to be assessed by yourself By clicking on Display only those elements will appear that are accessible for your group members When assessing tasks
112. lf test Questionnaire element 17 1 4 Requirements You have already created an OLAT course Page32 and now want to add a test self test or questionnaire We recommend preparing questions and answers of a test or questionnaire electronically e g as Word file such a file can be easily transferred to a test or questionnaire editor later on IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 70 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Perhaps you have already exported a test or questionnaire file in IMS QTI format version 1 2 from another LMS and want to import it in OLAT Just follow the instructions in section Import learning resources Page 21 17 2 Five Steps to Your Test Self test or Questionnaire Just follow the instructions below to create a simple test or questionnaire in no time before embedding it in your course and activating it for your participants Step 1 Open course editor and insert course element Search for your course in the tab Learning resources and open it Tabellensuche Click on Course editor in the toolbox Course tools on or Lernressourcen BOE your right IS Titel der Lernressource Urheber Zugriff Detailansic 5 Mein KTS hy meinmuster Detailansicht Mon cours Select Test Self test or Questionnaire in the toolbox meinmuster Detailansicht NNO Paw a O meinmuster Detailansicht Insert course elements on your right c
113. ll registered OLAT users from the pull down in the Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten section Modification of course access os DW Portfolioaufgabe Alle ausw hlen Auswahl l schen 4 Click on Finish Fertigstellen Abbrechen Your portfolio task is now embedded in the course Course participants can access it and integrate artifacts in its folder Course authors as well as tutors can review and evaluate all portfolio tasks handed in by means of the assessment tool Course participants will get an e mail whenever there are new assessments IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 66 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 16 Managing Topics of Topic Assignments This chapter helps persons responsible for a topic to manage topics of a topic assignment Here you will find an illustrated step by step guide on how to create topics and how to manage participants 16 1 General Information The course element Topic assignment is used within an OLAT course A course author can configure this element as needed and appoint persons responsible for a topic Further information on how to configure topic assignments can be found in the chapter dealing with the element Topic assignment Page 48 Persons responsible for topics can offer their course participants a variety of topics before managing these participants along with their topics Course participants will be able to s
114. ll still be able to see their own evidences 18 4 Record of Course Activities OLAT records course activities of participants and authors in so called log files By using the data archiving Page 77 tool you can download those log files to your personal folder There are two sorts of log files The administrator log file records personalized data of course authors In the user log file activities of course participants will appear User data in the user log file will be anonymized by using a sequential number generated randomly This number persists throughout the course Thus it is possible to observe activities of participant X in course Y but you will not be able to compare these data with course Z since your participant will get another number in course Z How detailed data should be stored in log files can be determined in the detailed view Page 21 of your course in the tab Log files section Modify settings Open the context sensitive Help in that tab and follow the according link if you want to learn more about available log file entries A To analyze course activities it is necessary to correctly set up the data recording when creating a new OLAT course Click on Modify settings in the detailed view of your course before selecting the tab Log files Then choose the value Detailed INFO FINE in the section User log file The preset option Normal INFO only records course visits but not visits on every single page
115. matically generated overview incl preview you can choose up to ten subordinate course elements whose preview will appear in one or two columns In OLAT there is even an integrated HTML editor at your disposal if you want to design a HTML page according to your needs e g a welcome page j Each new course contains the course element Structure as top element in the course navigation you cannot delete it nor move it nor convert it into another type of course element In addition you can combine the status of assessable course elements Task Test SCORM learning content Assessment in the course element Structure According to the display of your choice you have to select in the tab Score the corresponding option in the section Calculate score or Calculate passing score The option Calculate passing score either depends on a minimum score defined by yourself or you can adopt the status Passed or Failed from the selected course element Use explicit short titles for all of your assessable course elements to be able to clearly distinguish them in the tab Score 9 3 2 Course Element Single Page a In the course element Single page you can insert various files in your course It is possible to announce general information there such as your program or recommended literature regarding your course There are three possibilities to embed a page s content in your course i Create new HTML
116. nced OLAT user but now you want to provide others with learning content in OLAT In this case the chapters on learning resources course elements course editor and the ones on how to create courses or tests will assist you in your work If you are already an OLAT expert this manual will serve as a work of reference Its table of content or the index is there to guide you to find what you are looking for as fast as possible Please note the OLAT support team at the University of Zurich will be glad to consider any suggestions for improvement regarding this manual Your valuable assistance will help us to discover unclear or wanting passages in order to improve future versions 1 2 Manual s Structure This manual consists of four parts The chapters 1 3 deal with the Introduction to this Learning Platform Chapter 2 Page 5 concentrates on OLAT s basics You will learn that OLAT is an open source learning platform with several different OLAT user roles at your disposal Chapter 3 Page 7 shows you how to register in OLAT how to use further features on the login page and finally how to log off In the second part you will learn How to Use OLAT Please read Chapter 4 Page 9 after registering and choosing an OLAT user name in order to get further information on its structure and different possibilities to configure your homepage the so called Home The following Chapter 5 Page 13 deals with OLAT s concept of groups e g which group types
117. ng Sichtbarkeit Zugang Lerninhalt Bewertung and save your settings You can choose between Score Mu u a Minimal erreichbare 1 0 Punkte granted incl min max Passed failed with option Type Maxmalemeihbare 60 Punkte of display automatically or manually and Individual Bestandennict E bestanden ausgeben Art der Ausgabe O Automatisch durch Punkteschwelle comment Important In order to assess portfolio tasks your Smanuol durch Beaver course participants have to be registered in a group ee Hinweis f r alle Benutzer U z 2 2A Z 33 Folgende Punkte werden bewertet e Wahl der Artefakte passend zur Aufgabenstellung Reflexion zu den Artefakten Hinweis f r Betreuer Pfad p Speichern Abbrechen IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 65 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Step 5 Publish course Select Publish on your right in the tool box Editor tools Publizieren Publizieren der Anderungen Publizieren der Anderungen von Kursbausteinen von Kursbausteinen nderung des Kurszugriffs Click on course element before clicking on Next Hinweis wichtig Zusammenfassung der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete nderungen Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Select A
118. ng assessed by course authors or tutors 15 2 Requirements Please consider before adding a portfolio task what kind of learning evidence and how much you plan to demand from your course participants Additionally you should think about how to reasonably structure your portfolio tasks In case you haven t created a course yet the chapter Creating courses Page 32 will tell you how to do so Then the following guide will help you to create portfolio tasks A Course participants have to be registered in learning groups in order to assess their portfolio taks submitted 15 3 Five Steps to Your Portfolio Task The following guidelines will help you to add portfolio tasks to your course in no time Step 1 Open course editor and insert a portfolio element Search for your course in My entries in learning resources and open it Tabellensuche Click on Course editor on your right in the tool box m lee Course tools en Titel der Lernressource Urheber Zugriff gt Detailansic Ei ns 28 gt Il mio corso meinmuster B eta ser F z 3 Mein Kurs meinmuster B Detailansicht Select Portfolio task in the tool box Insert course mon court ee SSO My course meinmuster B Detailansicht rnressource nicht ffentlich n nicht ffentlich Benutzer elements on your right REN BER EBFSIISEHE DERECHO Select position of your portfolio task to be inserted and save your sett
119. ng groups access visibility to that element or only for a certain period of time Contact the course author to explain why you do not have enough rights 7 3 3 Course Modifications When working on a course and getting the message that the course has been modified the course author has just updated that course in the meantime Click on the button Close course and restart to get to the updated course version 7 3 4 Campus Course Not Visible If it is not possible to see a certain course in the portlet My campus courses in your Home there are a number of reasons 1 You haven t booked that course via the module booking system yet or less than 24 hrs have gone by since your booking that module Please book your course and wait at least 24 hrs before looking for that course again 2 You are a licentiate student or guest auditor Just look for your course as usual by means of the search mask in the tab Learning resources 3 I fyoustill can t see your course then send an e mail to your IT support using your UZH e mail address and provide the following information exact course title according to the university catalog along with your OLAT user name to be found at the bottom left after logging on in OLAT j if the link to your course is shown grayed out your lecturer hasn t created that campus course yet IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 31 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 8 Creating Courses This chapter is me
120. ng to your needs Regeln auch bei Besitzern und Betreuern anwenden Abgabeordner w Expertenmodus anzeigen O F r Lernende gesperrt O Datumsabh ngig Gruppenabh ngig Optionally adapt confirmation text in the tab Handing in Nur f r die Blau 2b Erstellen Lerngruppen Beispiel Rot Gr n and configure e mail settings Nur f r die Beispiel or 2 01 2 Erstellen Lernbereiche Select assessment option in the tab Assessment 3 Aufgabe Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Teilbausteine Zuweisung Abgabe Bewertung Musterl sung Available are Score granted incl minimum maximum EEE ENTE score Display passed failed incl option Type of 2 Fi Minimal erreichbare 1 0 display manually or automatically and Individual Bulle Maximal erreichbare 6 0 Punkte Punkte vergeben Ja v comment Save your settings Bestanden Nicht bestanden ausgeben Art der Ausgabe Click on Open folder of sample solution in the tab Sample solution before uploading your sample solutions Manuell durch Betreuer Punkteschwelle f r Bestanden Individueller Kommentar Hinweis f r alle Benutzer Step 3 Publish and activate your course a Select Publish in the toolbox Editor tools on your right TE 2 ee a Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen 2 nderung des Kurszugriffs Click on course element before clicking Next 3 ese wichtig Zusammenf
121. ning resources 6 2 1 Catalog In the catalog course authors can range their learning resources hierarchically similar to a college or university catalog Just navigate through its categories to find the learning content you are looking for Use the search mask in case you should not find the appropriate course in the catalog It may be that the course author has not yet listed that course in the OLAT catalog 6 2 2 Search Mask The search mask helps you to find all learning resources you have access to You can look for titles authors or descriptions ty d You should limit your search to certain types of learning resources to avoid too many useless hits 6 2 3 Courses Alphabetical List Here you will see all courses you have access to in alphabetical order In addition you will find data regarding authors and access codes of courses Xx 4 It is advisable to set a bookmark after having found and opened your course in learning resources The corresponding link will then be on your right in the box Learning resource in the detailed view as well as in the box General in your course view When attending that course the next time you do not have to do this via learning resources Just use your bookmark in your Home Page 10 6 2 4 Portlet My campus courses for Students On your home page there is a portlet called My campus courses Here you will find the links corresponding to your courses booked earlier A In order t
122. nk to the chat room you can enter any time Just click on Connect to course chat before clicking on Enter course chat At first you will always be anonymous Above the text field there is the possibility to put your user name on display General chat features will be further explained in the section Chat Page 12 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 30 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 7 3 Course Problems and Error Messages If you cannot open a course or single course elements it may be that the course author has not given you the relevant rights or the course is being updated at that very moment 7 3 1 Course Authorization Given the case that you have just found an interesting course in learning resources and want to get to the course view If you are notified that you do not have enough rights to launch that course this means that the course is restricted to a certain learning group or to a certain period of time Perhaps you have been able to launch a course but later on you get an error message telling you that its authorization has been changed This means that the course author has restricted the access in the meantime or closed that course In both cases please contact the course author to grant you access 7 3 2 Authorization Regarding Course Elements Perhaps not the entire content of a course is visible or you have no access to certain course elements This means that the course author grants only particular learni
123. nly in one place If a lesson is available in eLML format it will be possible to transform it at the push of a button into different output formats such as X HTML for Web SCORM or IMS Content Packaging for LMS PDF Corporate Identities etc For further information please go to the eLML web page http www elml org 20 2 Using WebDAV WebDAV means Web based Distributed Authoring and Versioning it is an open standard to transfer files online OLAT supports this protocol and thus helps you to easily transfer files from your computer to OLAT folders 20 2 1 Advantages of WebDAV Without WebDAV it is only possible to upload files in OLAT by means of ordinary upload forms You can either select each single file separately or several zipped files at once With WebDAV you can use Drag amp Drop on your computer to copy single files as well as entire directories into OLAT folders 20 2 2 WebDAV Compatible OLAT Folders Via WebDAV you can access the following OLAT folders Personal folder Folders of project groups learning groups and right groups Storage folders of courses course owners only Resource folders resource folder owners only 20 2 3 Requirements In order to get access to a folder in OLAT via WebDAV you will need WebDAV link WebDAV address of OLAT server as indicated below any WebDAV compatible folder Your OLAT user name Your OLAT WebDAV password j You can set your WebDav password on your homepage secti
124. ns Click on Close Save in the toolbox Editor tools on your Mein Test Metadaten Frage Antworten Feedback Fragevorschau 22 Frage Frage Aktionen Welche Kursbausteine gibt es in OLAT 2 Save your settings Antworten Pos Antworten Korrekt Aktionen Bewertung M 7S Blog ca Fragebogen M Portfolio F wiki vi gt gt e gt gt gt Neue Antwort hinzuf gen Step 5 Publish and activate your course Navigate back to your course editor p Publizieren der nderungen Click on Publish in the toolbox Editor tools on your ee nderung des Kurszugriffs Hinweise Wichtig ri ht Zusammenfassung der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete nderungen Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Click on course element before clicking on Next Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten Select All registered OLAT users from the pull down Ale ausw hlen Auswahl sehen menu section Modify course access lt Zur c weiter gt Fertigstellen Abbrechen Click on Finish Your test or questionnaire is now embedded and can be used by your course participants Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen 17 3 Test and Questionnaire Edito
125. ns of check boxes you can decide which data should appear on your visiting card that is what other users should be able to see You can also upload a photo to be published on your visiting card This photo will also be visible when publishing forum contributions or comments You can further adapt the font size and your system language in the tab System By means of the feature Instant Messaging you can define your settings regarding the chat e g your status after having logged in 4 1 3 Calendar In the calendar you can see your private events as well as events regarding calendars of groups and courses In the list right underneath the active calendar day you can hide and unhide each calendar or determine which calendar should be displayed in a certain color Should your calendar remain empty or should certain events not appear it could be that you forgot to select that calendar in the calendar list In order to add a new event to your calendar you have to click inside the appropriate calendar field If you are a group member you have to first select from the pull down menu to which calendar personal calendar or group calendar you want to add your new event Events can be edited or deleted by clicking on their time specification Use the OLAT event search to find events already existing By means of the link Go to date you can directly navigate to any past or future date IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 9 OLA
126. nter your Instant Messaging password in the corresponding field and click on Continue before clicking on Finish Select Preferences from the menu Adium 5 Then click on the button Edit at the bottom on your right to Adium Einrichtungsassistent finish your account s setting 4 Willkommen Um mit Ihren Freunden Ihrer Familie oder Ihren Mitarbeitern chatten zu k nnen m ssen Sie ein Konto bei dem selben Dienst besitzen W hlen Sie einen Dienst und geben Sie Ihren Namen und Passwort ein falls Sie noch kein Konto besitzen k nnen Sie mehr Informationen auf adium im finden Adium unterstitzt so viele Konten wie hinzuf gen Sie m chten Sie k nnen jederzeit weitere Konten unter Konten in den Adium Einstellungen hinzuf gen Dienst YV XMPP Jabber ID rsevcikova idolatlive99 uzh ch IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 89 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Click on Options before entering http chat olat uzh ch O Adium Einrichtungsassistent bind in the field BOSH server Then provide 5222 in the Bi Gliickwunsch field Port before clicking on OK Mit Hilfe der Statusanzeige in der Kontaktliste oder dem Statusmen k nnen Sie bestimmen ob andere Sie als anwesend oder abwesend sehen Alternativ k nnen Sie ber den Men punkt Eigener Status auch eine eigene Statusnachricht eingeben Um eine Nachricht zu senden doppelklicken Sie einfach auf den entsprechenden Namen
127. o publish you will get a message on how many users are working on your course at that very moment A All users working on your course at that moment will have to restart the course Test results or forum contributions that have not been saved will be lost If there are users of your course and it is possible to publish your modifications at a later date we recommend canceling the publishing process and trying again later Most users usually work on courses from Sunday till Friday between 10 a m and 10 p m It would therefore be best to publish courses on Saturday morning 18 1 2 Modifications in Tests Self tests and Questionnaires As soon as a test self test or questionnaire is embedded in a course it is only possible to correct typing errors Open your test or questionnaire in the editor und make your modifications Embedded tests self tests and questionnaires cannot be modified further Let us assume that you could add questions or check other answers as correct then not all participants would have the same conditions any longer In addition results could have been saved that would no longer be assignable to that new version of your test or questionnaire file This is why editing embedded tests self tests and questionnaires is restricted 4 If you want to add e g a new question to your test or if you have checked a wrong answer as being correct just copy that test in learning resources before saving it Then exchange your file in the co
128. o see those courses in this portlet your lecturer has to create that course first In addition at least 24 hrs must have gone by since your booking a module At the University of Zurich campus courses are currently only available for members of the Faculty of Philosophy Theology Science and the Faculty of Economics IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 20 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 6 3 How to Find Learning Resources OLAT Users with Author Rights In addition to the menu items Catalog Search Mask and Courses you can dispose of other possibilities to look for learning resources have author rights If you do not see those additional menu items please turn to your support team Page 4 to apply for author rights first 6 3 1 My Entries Here you can see all learning resources you have created or you have been appointed as owner co author My entries is your starting point when editing those learning resources you have not published yet You will directly get to this view by selecting the tab Learning resources 6 3 2 Further Possibilities Beneath the menu item Courses there are further options to see your learning resources ordered by type 6 3 3 Portlet My campus courses for Lecturers On your home page there are your courses for the current semester in the portlet My campus courses You will find courses from February 1 for your spring semester and from August 1 for your fall semester respec
129. o sort columns alphabetically In the detailed view you can edit or delete your artefacts y 4 You can configure your display settings by selecting only a certain amount of artefact attributes in the detailed view Within the menu item My accumulative folders you can create folders or allocate artefacts Such a folder can be structured according to your needs by inserting pages or other structural elements In the editing mode you can adapt your folder as required e g by determining your display settings or moving structural elements and artefacts via Drag amp Drop Additionally you can comment on folder entries or assess them When copying accumulative folders you can choose between adopting only their structure or also their artefacts You can release your accumulative folder as follows i for one or more distinctive OLAT users R for all OLAT users for one or more OLAT groups i for one or more persons not registered in OLAT Please use the release invitation for the latter option people will then get an e mail containing a link to their accumulative folder It is also possible to limit the access to accumulative folders if necessary Within the menu item My portfolio tasks you will find portfolio tasks of OLAT courses You can perform those tasks i e link required artefacts to that folder before submitting them In case you have already performed those tasks you can still have a look at them j Ha course author restricts
130. odes and comment on them An advantage of podcasts is that media data can easily be provided and used regardless of location Additionally you can produce as well as use episodes independently of any broadcasting time compared to radio shows 12 2 Requirements Produce an audio or video file for your podcast episode by means of appropriate recording software e g GarageBand http www apple com ilife garageband before saving it in a Flash compatible format FLV MP3 MP4 M4V M4A or AAC In case you have not created a course yet you will get further information in the chapter Creating Courses Page 32 on how to proceed before generating a podcast by means of the following instruction 12 3 Four Steps to Your Podcast With the aid of this guideline you will be able to add a podcast to your course in no time and create your first episode Step 1 Open course editor and insert podcast course element Search for your course in learning resources section My entries and open it Tabellensuche Click on Course editor in the toolbox Course tools on ar Lernressourcen your right 5 eine Eintr ge 3 n urse ae cP ninhalte 3 EE Il mio corso meinmuster _ Detailansicht Sc Lerninhalte ra Tn lage Besitzer diese r Alle Au Ap Registrie e ordner p i i Titel der Lernressource Urheber Zugriff Detailansic 409 3o55 o Mein US hy meinmuster Detailansicht Mon cours m
131. okmarks In your Home you can then edit or delete these bookmarks 4 1 6 Personal Folder In your personal folder OLAT provides you with storage space Here you can store presentations you want to use from another computer or cache a research paper etc This personal folder contains two areas the Private and the Public one Only you will have access to your private area In the subfolder Public you can store files you want to share with other OLAT users By means of the link Other users you can search for other OLAT users and have access to those users Public folder via the menu item Folder j incase the memory limit Quota is exceeded due to large files in your personal folder you can contact your support team Page 4 to allocate more space 4 1 7 Notes You can take notes in each course You can collect and edit your notes before even printing them 4 1 8 Evidence of Achievement An evidence of achievement is a certification of some assessment e g tests written examinations or other tasks handed in to be reviewed Course authors determine if OLAT should create assessments in their course Course participants will see their evidences of achievement after taking a test etc that has been assessed 4 1 9 Other Users Search for other OLAT users Have a look at their visiting card at the Public area of their personal folder at any released portfolio folders or send them a message by means of a contact
132. ollections 5 1 5 Leaving or Deleting Project Groups In the tab Groups on top in the main navigation you will see all groups you have enrolled in There you can leave a project group and delete all those groups you have created or have been nominated as co owner 5 2 Learning Groups and Learning Areas Learning groups are always linked with courses They are often used for the enrolment in a course the registration for an excursion for assigning presentations etc Or you can use learning groups for granting write permission to your course or single course elements or you can assign various tasks to course participants Learning groups can be combined to form one learning area 5 2 1 Creating Learning Groups Since learning groups are always linked to an OLAT course you have to create that course first A relevant guide can be found in the chapter Creating Courses Page 32 There are two different ways to create learning groups 1 Via the group management In the course view you will find the link Group management on the top right There you can generate new learning groups or learning areas The group management also enables you to edit existing groups add new members activate collaborative tools or even delete groups 2 Directly in the course editor When configuring the registration element or when using the tabs Visibility and Access you can create learning groups directly However it is not possible to add membe
133. omepage 9 3 4 Course Element LTI Page By means of the course element LTI page it is possible to integrate external learning applications in your course before having their content displayed in an OLAT window LTI means Learning Tool Interoperability and is an IMS standard to embed external learning applications such as e g a chat a media Wiki a test editor or a virtual lab Indicate the URL to be referenced in the tab Page content along with its key and password When selecting this LTI page in the course navigation any user data course information or keys will be transferred to the embedded application password controlled and in the background Your learning application will check access rights and grant access with a valid key 9 3 5 Course Element CP Learning Content CP means Content Packaging and is an e learning standard for learning content Use the course element CP learning content to include learning content in the IMS CP format IMS CP version 1 1 2 in your course You can create CPs directly within OLAT further information can be found in the chapter Creating CP Learning Content Page 51 Or you can create a CP externally In the tab Learning content just click on Create select or import CP learning content in order to assign a CP to your course element or to create a new CP CPs can either be imported to the course editor or by means of the tab Learning resources further information
134. on Settings Just select the link Settings before clicking on the button Set password in the tab WebDav If you already have an OLAT password you can use this one to access WebDav 20 2 4 WebDAV Connection Setup Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and Mac IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 86 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Since folder names containing umlauts will neither be indicated nor edited in the Finder or the Windows Explorer we recommend using Cyberduck with operating systems such as Windows XP Vista 7 8 and Mac Cyberduck is an open source software supporting connections via WebDAV and therefore enabling file uploads as well as downloads by means of the a option Cyberduck Setup Setup First install the WebDAV client Cyberduck http as ch EB Then open Cyberduck H Click on the button New connection Then select WebDAV http SSL from your list 5 Indicate the server www olat uzh ch Then provide your OLAT user name and the appropriate password Note the check box Anonymous login must not be selected Finally click on Connect After logging on successfully to OLAT via WebDAV you will see four OLAT folders Information on the folders structure can be found in chapter 19 1 5 Page 87 Indicate the path olat webdav in the section Extended Ts Linux Linux users should use the Dolphin File Manager Kubuntu KDE Desktop or the Nautil
135. on Wiki Page 26 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 18 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 6 1 5 Podcast cy A podcast allows you to upload audio or video files that can later be made available in OLAT Podcasts can either be accessed directly in OLAT or they can be subscribed via online services such as iTunes in order to copy single episodes to mobile devices later on Your course participants will be able to easily assess or comment on such podcast episodes Information on how to create and embed podcasts in your course can be found in the chapter Creating Podcasts Page 56 Further details on how to use podcasts as course participant will be explained in the chapter Learning Activities in Courses section Podcast Page 27 6 1 6 Blog In a blog you can easily publish or update personal as well as professional information Blogs are often used as a kind of diary or journal Course participants will be able to comfortably assess or comment on blog entries Information on how to create and embed a blog in your course will be found in the chapter Creating Blogs Page 59 Further details on how to use blogs as course participant will be explained in the chapter Learning Activities in Courses section Blog Page 27 6 1 7 Portfolio Template e A portfolio task is meant for documenting learning results as well as learning processes Course participants can complete a portfolio task before receiving an
136. order to playback your content you have to install the RealPlayer or any other adequate plug in first IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 85 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 20 Supported Technologies This chapter contains several instructions regarding technologies that can be useful when working with OLAT The following is meant for OLAT authors who frequently use this software First you will find further information here on eLML a means to create e learning content Secondly you will get instructions regarding the use of WebDAV to make file transfer easier from your local computer to OLAT folders In addition you will learn more about using external chat clients 20 1 Using eLML to Create E Learning Content eLML eLesson Markup Language is a markup language based on XML to create structured e learning content It is open source and often used for large scale e learning projects in case you want to provide lessons in different output formats and in various LMS There are two essential reasons to use eLML when creating learning content unity as well as flexible output options Lessons created in eLML are built uniformly since they follow structures consistent with educational guidelines However these structures are flexible enough to allow for various learning scenarios In eLML data will strictly be separated from their representation which means that content is independent of its layout Thus modifications of contents are made o
137. orm of buttons on your top right The course author decides how often you may take that test and how often you may try each single question According to the configuration of the test it is allowed to use the navigation or not If not you will have to respond to one question after the other It is also the course author who determines when and how detailed you will get your test results When finishing or cancelling your test you should click on the button Close on the upper right to get back to that test s homepage 7 1 5 Self test Ea Zu Contrary to tests results of self tests will be stored anonymously Self tests are suitable for practicing and can be taken as often as you like IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 25 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Click Start to begin with your self test Similar to tests Page 25 it is the course author who determines the self test s configuration When finishing or cancelling your self test you should click on the button Close on the upper right to get back to that test s homepage 7 1 6 Questionnaire Pi Questionnaires are used for evaluations or opinion polls Each questionnaire can only be filled in once Its results will be stored anonymously Click on Start to begin with your questionnaire Similar to tests Page 25 it is the course author who determines the questionnaire s configuration When cancelling your questionnaire you should click on the button Cl
138. ose on your upper right to get back to that questionnaire s homepage 7 1 7 Wiki Wikis are suitable for easily creating joint content Each Wiki has a homepage the so called index a Wiki navigation as well as the tabs Open discussion Edit page Show page and Show versions on top of its content Wiki Navigation In the Wiki navigation on your left you can start searching for a specific term in the section Search If there are no hits you can extend your search to your course or to OLAT as well In the section Navigation you will find pre set links Owners of Wikis most of the time these are course authors are able to adapt the section Wiki menu and add their own links In the section Progress you will see those five Wiki pages you have visited last So you can easily get back to a previously visited page By means of the link From A Z you will get to the table of contents of all Wiki pages At a glance you will know what already exists Modifying the Content of a Wiki Page In order to add content you have to navigate to the relevant page and activate the editing mode via the button Edit page In the tool bar of your Wiki there are various formatting options at your disposal It is also possible to include pictures media links mathematical formulas internal or external links These options as well as the Wiki syntax will be further explained in the context sensitive Help In order to add a file y
139. ossary 5 3 4 Managing Members of Right Groups In the tab Members you determine if members should see other group members or not How to add members is explained in the section below It does not matter which role a member holds i e you can grant ordinary users without any author rights access to OLAT tools Members of a right group will hold those rights you have configured beforehand in order to be able to use all collaborative tools When clicking on the icon Download table underneath the button Add users an Excel file will be generated containing all members of your right group 5 3 5 Using Tools of Right Groups After activating all tools of a right group group participants will see the same menu items as described in the section project group Page 13 5 3 6 Leaving and Deleting Right Groups Participants of right groups cannot leave such a group on their own they will have to ask the course author to delist them The owner of a right group can delete such a group by clicking on the link Delete in the right management next to the relevant group IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 17 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 6 Learning Resources gt The core of OLAT are its learning resources The term learning resources is used for filing learning content on the one hand via the tab Learning resources and for the learning content stored there on the other hand e g courses tests Wikis etc
140. other learning platforms that support this CP format as well CPs in OLAT are usually embedded in a course It is possible to use the same CP in several courses For example you can use an introductory module not only within a course for beginners but also as starting point in a more advanced course If you have not created any courses yet you will get some guidance in the chapter Creating courses Page 32 before creating your CP by means of the following instruction 10 2 Five Steps to Your Content Package The following helps you to create a Content Package in no time before embedding it in your course and activating it for your participants Step 1 Start course editor and insert CP course element 1 Search for your course in Learning resources section My entries and open it Click on Course editor in the toolbox Course tools on or Lernresso rcen Tabellensuche Such ke your right eine Eintr ge Urme Titel der Lernressource Urheber Zugriff CP halte Mein KUS meinmuster Detailansicht Mon r meinmuster Detailansicht Select CP learning content in the toolbox Insert course meinmuster Detailansicht elements on your right Si E en Select position at which your CP course element should be inserted and save your settings 5 Indicate a short title for your course element in the tab Title and description and save your settings n Ku oa t
141. ou have to upload it first via the drop down menu Upload file at the bottom of your page Navigate to the relevant position on the Wiki page Then select your file via Insert file and click Save Links to other Wiki pages will be set by means of the button Insert link Creating and Deleting Wiki Pages The easiest way to create a new page is to search for a page title in the navigation via the search mask click Search and open the red link Another possibility is to create a link to your new page directly from an existing page For that purpose please use the following Wiki syntax Two opening squared brackets page title two closing squared brackets Example link name Articles written on your own can be deleted in the tab Edit page A When deleting a page all its versions will be deleted as well It is therefore not possible to restore deleted pages IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 26 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Viewing Versions By means of the button Show versions you can retrace who has modified a page in OLAT how and when exactly Contact the Wiki owner often the course owner if content has been deleted Only he will be able to restore an earlier version of that Wiki page Subscribing to Wiki Notifications Subscribe to notifications to be kept informed on Wiki modifications You will be notified by e mail or in your Home section Notifications A list with the latest amendments can also
142. portfolio tasks you will have to abide by these rules Within the menu item Released accumulative folders you can see any folders you have access to By changing your view you will also be able to browse through folders released for all OLAT users IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 11 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 4 2 Full Text Search The box for the full text search is at the top right of the status bar The full text search helps you to look for search terms in the course or group content in a forum or even in PDF and Word files You can furthermore look for users portfolio folders artefacts and documents in any user folder The only exceptions are private folders since they will not be indexed j You will only get search results of the course contents you have access to In order to search in more detail please use the advanced search You will find it when clicking on the magnifier icon next to the full text search box Select the option Advanced search You will be provided with a list of search results that is linked to the learning content along with your search term For more detailed information regarding the search syntax please go to Apache Lucene http lucene apache org java docs queryparsersyntax html 4 3 Chat In the OLAT Chat you can exchange messages with other OLAT users in real time 4 3 1 Sending Messages By clicking on those two digits xx xx on the top right of the menu bar next to the In
143. r being created All you have to do is upload your documents to the corresponding folder If you have already created your own successful courses you can create campus courses based on one of those In contrast to the first option this new course will not be published and activated automatically You should therefore always open the course editor before publishing your course and granting access If you want to offer a certain course for more than one semester it is also possible to alternatively choose a campus course already existing before continuing that one Therefore you won t have to create a new course Your old campus course will just receive the title of the current semester its description will be adapted accordingly In addition you as well as your students will be able to see your new campus course along with the one continued in your Home In contrast to the options 1 and 2 students won t be enrolled automatically in such continued campus courses Students from the previous semester will still be enrolled however it is possible to add students or remove them from groups manually Itis possible to modify campus courses in the course editor according to your needs These modifications have to be published later on A At the moment campus courses are only available for members of the Faculty of Philosophy Theology Science and the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zurich 8 5 1 Your Standard Course in Jus
144. r in Detail 17 3 1 Format and Standardization Tests and questionnaires will be stored in a standardized format the so called IMS QTI format version 1 2 For more information please go to the following website of IMS http www imsglobal org question Creating and saving tests and questionnaires in a standardized format enables you to use them as course elements in different OLAT courses on the one hand on the other you can apply your tests and questionnaires in other LMS that support the same version of that IMS QTI format version 1 2 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 72 OLAT 7 8 User Manual In tests or questionnaires you can also include multimedia files 17 3 2 Types of Questions There are five different types of questions to be explained in the following Type of Description Example Question Single Choice O O Multiple Choice A single choice question comprises a question and at least two answers only one of them can be selected In a test only one of those two answers is correct A multiple choice question comprises one question and at least two answers several answers can be selected In a test several answers can be correct In welchem Jahr ist OLAT entstanden TARE 2001 2003 Welche Kursbausteine gibt es in OLAT d Bewertung O Blog C Fragebogen Portfolio C wiki A Kprim question can only be used in a test It comprises one welche Fragetypen k nnen im
145. rate your course calendar into other calendars 7 2 2 Glossary If your course author uses a glossary in your course you will see its link on your right in the box General The glossary will open in a new window If you want to use it within your course activate that glossary in the tab General If a term from the glossary is used e g in a Wiki its definition will be displayed when moving your cursor over that term 3 4 If you follow the link to the glossary you can print the relevant page along with all glossary entries 7 2 3 Notes It is possible at any time to make notes to an OLAT course On your right in the box General you will find a link to personal notes These notes can later be edited in your course or in your Home section Notes Page 10 7 2 4 Evidence of Achievement An evidence of achievement is a confirmation of an existing efficiency control e g taken tests or assessed tasks If a course author has activated the evidence of achievement option if there are assessable course elements if you have already taken a test and if that test has been assessed you can see on your right the box General along with your evidence of achievement All your evidences of achievement will be listed in your Home section Evidence of achievement Page 10 It always opens in a new window and is printable 7 2 5 Course Chat If the course author has activated the course chat you will see in the box General a li
146. rcen EE 1423 100 2 Basismodul NDL Einf hrung in die Detailansicht Literaturwissenschaft Gruppe 8 Kolloquium EE ltere Deutsche Literatur Modul 117 Detailansicht EE bung alte Sprachstufen HS 09 Th ny Detailansicht EE Experimental Phonetics and Sound Change Detailansicht Vorlesung EE Basismodul LING Neuere Sprachgeschichte A Detailansicht Nievergelt EE Basismodul LING Neuere Sprachgeschichte L Th ny Detailansicht EE Basismodul LING synchron Detailansicht EE Basismodul LING synchron 2008 09 Detailansicht 8 5 Creating a Campus Course In the portlet My campus course members of the Faculty of Philosophy Theology Science and the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zurich will see their courses according to the university catalog Lecturers can create campus courses corresponding to their courses with just a few mouse clicks Campus courses and the module booing system are synchronized daily Students will therefore be enrolled automatically in campus groups as can then be seen in their Home IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 34 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Just click on Create course in the portlet My campus courses You can choose if you want to create a campus course as a standard one along with download folder and the possibility to communicate or if you prefer a campus course based on one of your own courses Standard courses are available immediately afte
147. re to find course results where to assess achievements or how to archive your learning content after your course s completion In the fourth part in Chapter 19 Page 86 you can make yourself familiar with technologies and tools that will facilitate your work within OLAT We recommend these tools that complement OLAT s features since many OLAT users can tell you about their positive experience they have made over the years IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 3 OLAT 7 8 User Manual Depending on your OLAT user role you will be interested in various chapters of this manual The chapters 1 4 and 7 describe features that are at the disposal of all OLAT users Chapter 5 and 6 first deal with information regarding all users The second part then concentrates on specific author features The chapters 8 18 are only relevant for OLAT users without any author rights if a course author has provided these users with certain tasks e g the mentoring of groups Chapter 19 can help authors who work with OLAT regularly and who want to get familiar with further auxiliary technologies 1 3 Further Sources of Information 1 3 1 Information and Documents on the OLAT Website On the website http olat org documentation you will find any information on OLAT along with user manuals and answers to frequently asked questions FAQ 1 3 2 Context Sensitive Help While working with OLAT you cannot only dispose of this manual but also use OLAT s contex
148. reated a course yet the chapter Creating Courses Page 32 will help you to do so before creating your tasks by means of the following instruction In addition your course participants have to be registered members of learning groups in order to be able to assess and return their tasks already submitted 14 3 Three Steps to Your Task By following this guideline you will have created a task for your course in no time Step 1 Open course editor and insert task course element Search for your course in learning resources section My entries and open it Tabellensuche Click on Course editor in the toolbox Course tools on Lernressourcen BEE your right SS SQ D3 Titel der Lernressource Urheber Zugriff Detailansic Mein US m meinmuster Detailansicht Mon cours meinmuster Detailansicht Select Task in the toolbox Insert course elements on your My course meinmuster Detailansicht ight rig 9 Besitzer dieser Lernressource nicht ffentlich Alle OLAT Autoren nicht ffentlich egistri Benutzer OBER D a Select position at which you want your task to be inserted and save your settings i a u Te CP Lerninhalte a a EE Il mio corso meinmuster Detailansicht alte 3 Wikis Blogs E ortfoliovorlage r e ordner Glossar 5 Indicate a short title for your course element in the tab Title and description and save your settings
149. resent your course in a special layout you can upload a file here along with your course specific CSS classes 8 6 6 Resource Folders Resource folders Page 19 are suitable for using the same files in several courses at once First you create such a resource folder in learning resources You will find its corresponding link in the tool box Create on your right In the tab Resource folder you then select that resource folder you want to use in your course The files stored there can be found in the storage folder Page 49 of your course when selecting the sub folder _sharedfolder Only one resource folder per course is allowed IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 36 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 8 6 7 Evidence of Achievement An evidence of achievement is the confirmation of an efficiency control and represents taken tests or assessed tasks If you want OLAT to create such evidences of achievement please activate this option in the tab Course participants can retrieve their evidences of achievement in their Home section Evidence of achievement Page 10 starting with the beginning of the course If you deactivate this feature your participants will no longer see their evidences of achievement However they are not lost those evidences will only no longer be on display 8 6 8 Calendar When creating a new course an active course calendar is default How to use that calendar is explained in section Course Calendar
150. rierte OLAT Benutzer und Ga Abbrechen Weiter gt Fertigstellen lt Zur ck Now your course is visible for OLAT users and can be used Step 6 Integrate course in the catalog so that course participants can get faster access Open the tab Learning resources In the menu on your left click on Catalog 3 Navigate to a suitable category Mi Home amp Gr Lernressourcen P OLAT PS Demokurse und fragebogen neu ETH Zurich Kursvorlagen P dagogische Hochschule des Kantons St Gallen CP Lerninhalte Plant Science Center SCORM Lerninhalte g SGGG Wikis S C Swiss Virtual Campus Podcasts TU Wien Blogs Universitat Basel Universitat Bern Tests Universitat Z rich Universite de Fribourg Universitat Freiburg Ressourcenordner WBY Lernressourcen Katalog Suchmaske Meine Eintrage Kurse Portfoliovorlage Fragebogen Glossar 4 In that category select Learning resource in the tool box Add Gruppen SLernressourcen Lernressourcen ps OLAT gt Universit t Z rich gt Fakult ten gt Philosophische Fakult t gt Deutsches Seminar Katalog Search for your course and click on the link Select en Optional Adapt title and description by means of the link Edit Save your settings Your course is now available in the catalog and course participants can find it in the corresponding category Alle Kurse des Deutschen Seminars Lernressou
151. rred to the personal calendars of your course participants When displaying a certain semester week in your calendar and inserting links on course elements that calendar will serve as a kind of overview showing all events and tasks of that week 9 4 Using Editor Tools 9 4 1 Storage Folder The editor tool Storage folder in a course serves to store used files e g HTML pages or documents from other folders You can upload files create copy move or delete them in your storage folder Additionally you can zip or unzip files All these actions can be performed with single files and folders or with several ones at once IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 49 OLAT 7 8 User Manual All course elements of the type Folder used in your course can be accessed via the storage folder in the sub folder _courseelementdata you can even edit them there A resource folder of a certain course can be viewed in the storage folder via the sub folder _sharedfolder however it is not possible to edit it there 9 4 2 Course Preview The editor tool Course preview enables you to see course settings and content from the course participant s point of view By clicking on Course preview you will first get to the configuration menu to simulate your course at a certain point in time as member of a distinct learning group or with other attributes used in your course In contrast to the view of the course content you
152. rs or to activate collaborative tools This is what the group management is for 5 2 2 Group Names When creating groups please mind to choose appropriate group names OLAT users will appreciate to be able to draw conclusions from group names and the courses taken You could e g select the name ParticipantsSocialPolicy instead of just Participants IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 14 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 5 2 3 Number of Participants and Waiting List When creating a learning group there is the option to limit the number of participants you can determine how many members your group should have When activating a waiting list potential members can enter their names on that list in case the limit is exceeded If there are members leaving the group or if the course author cancels some previous registrations persons on the waiting list will move up automatically if the option Transfer automatically has been selected 5 2 4 Creating Learning Areas and Allocating Learning Groups In the course view you have to open the group management By means of the tool box on your right you can then create a new learning area before allocating single learning groups to this learning area If a learning area already exists you can use this one to allocate certain learning groups All you have to do is editing the learning group of your choice before selecting the corresponding learning area in the tab Learning area Learning areas
153. s the Adobe Flash Player proprietary but available for free to playback your content Further details can be found in the section FLV and F4V Quicktime Quicktime is developed by Apple and represents a multimedia platform offering applications file formats and programming environment It differentiates between videos and multimedia The multimedia format mov or qt can contain audio video effects as well as text In order to playback your content you have to first install the Apple Quicktime Player or any other adequate plug in Further details can be found in the section MP4 and MAV Shockwave Shockwave is another file format by Adobe Systems and not to be mistaken for the format Flash SWF dcr files can contain audio as well as pictures In order to playback your content you need a plug in only available for Windows and Mac OS Mac OS only fully supports Shockwave as of version 11 Windows Media This platform developed for Microsoft Windows offers various applications and formats The multimedia format asf wma wmv or wm can contain audio and video In order to playback your content you have to install the Windows Media Player or any other adequate plug in first Real Media RealMedia is the general term for file formats by the company RealNetworks It distinguishes between RealAudio ra RealVideo rv rm and rmvb as well as meta file formats ram and rpm In
154. s the description of your learning resource In the following section you will get further information 4 By means of an external link your course participants can get to your course directly after logging in In addition you will get further information on actions other OLAT authors are allowed to do As author or owner of a learning resource you will get a list of owners in the drop down menu Additional information along with a summary of settings and information on how to use that learning resource 6 5 2 Show Content By means of the button or the link Show content you will get to the course view As owner of a learning resource you can determine in the section Modify settings Page 22 if your course may be displayed 6 5 3 Export Content Export your learning resource as ZIP file Tests questionnaires CP and SCORM learning content can be imported into other LMS supporting the same standard Courses Wikis and glossaries can be imported into other OLAT installations As owner of a learning resource you can determine in the section Modify settings if content may be exported 6 5 4 Set Bookmark It is possible to mark your learning resource by means of a bookmark to quickly find it in your Home s bookmarks Page 10 6 5 5 Edit Content If your learning resources can be edited e g courses glossaries CPs blogs podcasts tests or questionnaires this link will get you to the corresponding editor 6 5 6 Modify
155. se editor in case you want to embed your learning resource in that course How to use various editors will be further explained in the chapters Creating Courses Page 32 Creating CP Learning Content Page 51 Creating Wikis Page 54 Creating Podcasts Page 56 Creating Blogs Page 59 Creating Portfolio Tasks Page 64 and Creating Tests and Questionnaires Page 70 6 5 Detailed View of Learning Resources There is a detailed view to each type of learning resource referred to in Various Types of Learning Resources Page 18 Learning resources are listed there along with their metadata data describing that resource Additionally you can dispose of further actions depending on your access authorization as well as on that resource s type IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 21 OLAT 7 8 User Manual lt Zur ck Mein Kurs Detailansicht Inhalt anzeigen i Inhalt exportiere Inhalt anzeigen Inhalt exportieren Beschreibung der Lernressource Typ E Kurs diese Lernressource Ausf hrung m glich Export m glich Zugriff haben Nur Besitzer dieser Lernressource esi Zusatzinformationen 4 nach oben You will get to the detailed view of a learning resource by clicking on the title of that learning resource in the list or by selecting the link Detailed view in the tool box General within your course 6 5 1 Meta Data On top of the detailed view there i
156. se use the web site https www olat uzh ch https www olat uzh ch or get in touch with the services of the Computer Science department hitp www id uzh ch hilfe beratung html They will reset your password if required The login page provides you with further features and more information guest access browser check accessibility to be used even without any registration 3 2 1 Guest Access You can use OLAT as guest as well The so called guest access provides an insight into OLAT with limited access to certain features you will only get to learning content that is explicitly open to the public In order to have access to other material and activities you will have to register Page 7 first 3 2 2 Browser Check OLAT is optimized for the Firefox browser This browser can be downloaded for free at Mozilla http www mozilla europe org de products firefox If you want to use a different browser you can test that one by means of the browser check You will find out if your browser can be used and which OLAT features are available 3 2 3 Website Accessibility Website accessibility means optimization of access for visually impaired people Here you will get information on shortcuts to essential system elements IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 7 OLAT 7 8 User Manual By means of the so called Web 2 a mode you can highlight certain elements on screen This mode can be activated and deactivated on the user le
157. stablish notifications via email ne S Schriftart Schriftgr e A 700 21 x 2 EO Anzahl Platze limitieren Anhang achrichtigung I Auswahl bwahl Speichern IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 67 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 5 Optional If you want to appoint additional tutors for your topic just click on Add user s in the tab Administration of participants section Topic authors before selecting the person required i Themenvergabe lt Zur ck Beschreibung Ordner Teilnehmerverwaltung Verantwortliche des Themas Importieren Benutzer hinzuf gen J 1 Eintrag Nachname E Mail mein tutor ch Wahl Benutzername Vorname OO meintutor Mein Tutor Ol Gal Wann hinzugef gt 18 01 11 17 46 Alle ausw hlen Auswahl l schen Entfernen Akzeptierte Teilnehmer Importieren Benutzer hinzuf gen Es wurden keine Daten gefunden die angezeigt werden k nnen Your topic will now appear in your topic assignment and course participants will be able to apply 4 If the check box E mail notification when selecting deselecting Topics is activated in your topic description you will receive an email as soon as a course participant applies for your topic Step 2 Manage participants Click on the title of your topic in the topic overview before going to the tab Administration of participants Select
158. stant Messaging status symbol e g ereen star a list will pop up There you will see all members of your project group logged on at that time To start a chat you just have to click on the name of the one you would like to chat with If you want to chat with an OLAT user who is not a member of any of your groups you have to create a project group Page 13 first before inviting that user to join Another option is to open a list in the footer with all users logged on before clicking on a user name to start your chat 4 3 2 Receiving Messages Messages can be received in two ways In case the chat window is closed messages will appear as small blinking letters on the left next to the star icon that can be found on the top right of the menu bar When clicking on that small letter a chat window will open containing your message In case the chat window is already open all new messages will be displayed there 4 3 3 Changing Your Status By clicking on the star icon on the top right of the menu bar you can change your Instant Messaging status That way you can show other OLAT users if you would like to chat or not While taking a test your status will automatically show the status Please do not disturb Only after that test you will be able to chat again If you prefer to have a different status than available after your login you can adapt these settings in your Home in the tab Instant Messaging IT Services University of Zurich 5
159. t a Few Mouse Clicks When creating a campus course as a standard one your course will be immediately published and activated Your course s language depends on the one indicated in the university catalog The following four languages are available German French Italian and English In order to create a standard course just click on the button Create course right next to the course needed within the portlet My campus courses Select Create standard course with download folder and communication tool Then click on Create campus course You will get to the course view of the course just created Now you can upload your documents to the corresponding folder 8 5 2 Creating a Campus Course Based on One of Your Own Courses If you have already created courses successfully it is possible to create a campus course based on one of your own courses Your course will be copied before receiving its title according to the course indicated in the university catalog A learning area as well as learning groups will be added to your new campus course Students will be automatically enrolled in such learning groups In order to create a campus course based on one of your own courses just click on the button Create course right next to the course needed in the portlet My campus courses of your Home Select Create campus course based on your own course Then select the course you want to use from the table before clicking on Create c
160. t sensitive Help This Help feature explains the options you have regarding OLAT s configuration right where you are at that particular moment You will recognize this feature by a question mark icon Just click on that icon to open the context sensitive Help feature within a new window 1 3 3 Course Templates and Demo Courses In the tab Learning resources you will find a catalog containing demo courses and course templates to facilitate your first steps as OLAT author by demonstrating how certain course elements can be used Course templates are meant to be copied The homepage of each course template provides information on necessary copy configurations before activating your course There is a large course template as well as a small one Demo courses serve as illustrative material to get familiar with OLAT s course elements before testing them e g the Wiki Course templates and demo courses are available in German and English 1 3 4 Support The OLAT team answers questions by members of the UZH immediately via the OLAT support Please send an e mail to the following address support olat uzh ch or call us at 044 635 67 90 Your questions will be answered during regular office hours IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 4 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 2 General Information on this Learning Platform This chapter gives an account of OLAT s development and of the people behind this system Then you will learn something about
161. t to the course element Test self tests are suitable to get practice results of self tests will be saved anonymously Self tests can be taken as often as needed The course element Self test contains learning resources of the type Test Therefore it is up to you if you want to offer a test or a self test Your test has to be imported or created first in the so called IMS QTI format version 1 2 If you have not generated a test before please follow the instructions in the chapter Creating Tests and Questionnaires Page 70 By means of the course element Self test you embed your test in a course In this element data regarding course participants are stored anonymized number of taken tests scores detailed assessments Just click on Select create or import file in the tab Configuration self test to assign your course element to a test or create a new one lf you want to exchange an embedded test just click on Exchange in the tab Test configuration before selecting your new test In case there are test results already existing it is possible to download them to your personal folder A Attention In case participants are taking a self test at that moment all their results will be lost since that test is not complete All results achieved between replacing and publishing a test will be lost as well A self test is always started along with a homepage in your course You can design its content individually in th
162. tailed View of Learning Resources 21 7 Learning Activities in Courses 24 Working With Course Elements 24 Additional Course Features 30 Course Problems and Error Messages 31 8 Creating Courses 32 General Information 32 Requirements 32 Just a Few Clicks and the Course Wizard Will Create Your OLAT Course 32 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 Six Steps to Your Course With the Course Editor 32 Creating a Campus Course 34 Additional Settings in the Detailed View 36 9 Course Elements and Course Editor 38 General Configuration of Course Elements 38 Access Restrictions in the Expert Mode 39 Types of Course Elements 41 Using Editor Tools 49 Deleting Moving and Copying Course Elements 50 10 Creating CP Learning Content 51 General Information 51 Five Steps to Your Content Package 51 11 Creating Wikis 54 General Information 54 Four Steps to Your Wiki 54 Further Configurations 55 12 Creating Podcasts 56 General Information 56 Requirements 56 Four Steps to Your Podcast 56 Further Configurations 57 13 Creating Blogs 59 General Information 59 Four Steps to Your Blog 59 Further Configurations 60 14 Creating Tasks 61 General Information 61 Requirements 61 Three Steps to Your Task 61 Further Configurations 62 15 Creating Portfolio Tasks 64 General Information 64 Requirements 64 Five Steps to Your Portfolio Task 64 16 Managing Topics of Topic Assignments 67 General Information 67 Requirements 67 OLAT 7 8 User M
163. tandardized IMS QTI format version 1 2 For more information on how to create and use questionnaires please go to the chapter Creating Tests and Questionnaires Page 70 6 1 10 Resource Folder l IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 19 OLAT 7 8 User Manual In a resource folder you can store various documents to be used in several courses e g rules regarding the forum that are valid in different courses of one series A HTML page containing those rules is stored in the resource folder and referenced by several courses More information on how to create resource folders and use them in a course can be found in the chapter Creating Courses section Resource Folder Page 36 6 1 11 Glossary 1 1 AZ In the glossary terms will be defined As soon as those terms are used within learning content a student will see their explanation Additionally you can get a list of all terms and definitions in a printable version More information on how to create a glossary and embed it into your course can be found in chapter Course Operation section Glossary Page 79 How to use your glossary within a course will be explained in the chapter Learning Activities in Courses section Glossary Page 30 6 2 How to Find Learning Resources OLAT User without Author Rights In the main navigation just click on the top tab Learning resources Then there are several possibilities to search for lear
164. tents edit pages already existing and create new pages 11 3 Further Configurations By default all course participants have the right to read and write Wikis Only those OLAT users having created Wiki pages or registered Wiki owners are allowed to delete those Wiki pages These pre set rights can be adapted in the tab Access of your course element according to your needs Only registered Wiki owners are allowed to modify a Wiki menu If you do no longer wish to use a Wiki as collaborative tool but only as a kind of reference i e you do not want its content to be altered just lock that Wiki s access in the tab Access of your course element in the section Edit create article IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 55 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 12 Creating Podcasts This chapter explains step by step how course authors can create podcasts before embedding them in their course Furthermore you will find information on additional configuration possibilities 12 1 General Information The term Podcasting comprises words such as iPod and Broadcasting and means producing and providing audio as well as video files Podcasts can be subscribed to before uploading episodes either by means of online services such as iTunes to mobile devices or using them directly within OLAT Such episodes will be shown sorted by time the latest news will always appear on top Course participants will be able to assess epis
165. termine that registration is only possible within one week option Depending on date or you can grant access to a particular folder only to registered course participants option Depending on group You can provide a questionnaire only for those course participants who have passed a test option Dependening on assessment or you can offer additional documents only for course participants of a certain field of study option Depending on attribute In order to exempt course authors and tutors from these rules you have to deactivate the option Apply rules for owners and tutors In the tab Access there are the same four options mentioned above Dependening on date Depending on group Depending on assessment and Depending on attribute by means of these options you determine who will be able to access when and under which circumstances a certain course element OLAT users excluded by those predefined rules will see certain course elements but will not be able to open them In order to exempt course authors and tutors from these rules you have to deactivate the option Apply rules for owners and tutors e If a course element is visible but not accessible you can provide an explanation for excluded users in the tab Visibility to clarify your reasons j Al restrictions on course elements will also apply to their sub elements This means that if you restrict the top course element s visibility that rule will
166. tion tool or as some sort of knowledge base for your studies and projects The course element Wiki helps you to embed a Wiki in your course Just click on Select create or import Wiki in the tab Wiki learning content to assign a Wiki already existing or to create a new one The chapter Creating Wikis Page 54 will tell you how to do so step by step In order to change the assignment of a Wiki later on click on Replace Wiki in the tab Wiki learning content before selecting another Wiki In general all course participants have read and write permission in a Wiki Only those OLAT users who have created the Wiki or users appointed as owners are allowed to delete Wiki pages These preset rights can be adapted in the tab Access of the respective course element according to your needs In the chapter Learning Activities in Courses section Wiki Page 26 you will find more information on how to adapt the Wiki syntax how to create new pages and how to view different versions of a Wiki page 9 3 9 Course Element Podcast cy The course element Podcast can either be used to easily provide others with your own audio and video files or with external podcast episodes in OLAT Course participants will get access to episodes directly within OLAT they can also upload episodes to portals such as iTunes before copying them to a mobile device IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 43 OLAT 7 8 User Manual
167. tively Campus courses for past semesters can be found in the tab Learning resources section My entries At the University of Zurich campus courses are currently only available for members of the Faculty of Philosophy Theology Science and the Faculty of Economics 6 4 Actions in the Tab Learning Resources If you hold author rights you will find two tool boxes on your right Import and Create 6 4 1 Import Learning resources generated outside of OLAT can be imported if they have a format that is compatible Suitable formats have been commented on in the section Various Types of Learning Resources Page 18 You can import into learning resources either from your computer or from your personal folder in OLAT In your tool box just select the type of learning resources you want to add and follow the instructions If you want to import an entire course you will be asked if you want to import its referenced learning resources e g a Wiki or a test as well Click OK if you want to do this 6 4 2 Create You can create courses in the course editor in unique OLAT format Tests and questionnaires IMS QTI format version 1 2 can be generated in the test editor CP learning content can be generated in the IMS CP editor Additionally it is possible to create resource folders Wikis glossaries blogs or podcasts Wikis blogs podcasts and CPs can either be created in the tab Learning resources or within the cour
168. tors of learning groups will have access to a course element 9 2 3 Use of AAI Attributes By means of AAI attributes you can set access rules within a course to make sure that only course participants with specific user attributes e g members of a certain organization will have access to your course material AAI means Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure and allows university members to use systems of other participating institutions with only one user name and password For further information please go to Switch http www switch ch de aai Available attributes and possible values are described in the AAI Attribute Specification https www switch ch aai docs AAI Attr Specs pdf in English The two most common attributes can be found in the following table along with examples of their corresponding expert rules Attribute Example Expert Rule and Explication swissEduPerson University or home hasAttribute swissEduPersonHomeOrganization uzh ch only HomeOrganization organization members of the Zurich University will get access swissEduStudyBranch3 Field of study 3rd__ hasAttribute swissEduPersonStudyBranch3 6400 only classification veterinary medicine students will have access j For further fields of study please go to the List of University Study Branch Codes http www switch ch aai support documents studybranch html home organizations can be found in the List of all Home Organizations h
169. ts For Windows and Linux we recommend using the Pidgin Chat Client for free Mac OS X users should use the Adium Chat Client Pidgin and Adium can be downloaded via the Pidgin website http www pidgin im Install this software on your computer Additional requirements Your OLAT user name and Your Instant Messaging password You can find your Instant Messaging password on your homepage section Settings in the tab Instant Messaging 20 3 3 Setup of the External Chat Clients Pidgin 1 Start Pidgin before clicking on the button Add at the bottom on your left Willkommen bei Pidgin Sie haben keine IM Konten konfiguriert Um sich mit Pidgin zu verbinden dr cken Sie unten auf den Hinzufiigen Button und konfigurieren Sie Ihr erstes Konto Wenn Sie mehrere IM Konten mit Pidgin benutzen wollen dr cken Sie erneut auf Hinzuf gen um sie einzurichten Sie k nnen sp ter ber Konten gt Konten verwalten im Buddy Listenfenster zu diesem Dialog zur ckkehren und Konten hinzuf gen bearbeiten oder l schen Bearbeiten L schen Schlie en 2 Then select the protocol XMPP in the tab Basic 3 Indicate your OLAT user name in the field Username Einfach Erweitert Proxy 7 r Anmeldeoptionen Then enter idolatlive99 uzh ch in the field Domain Protokoll W XMPP 5 Provide your Instant Messaging password in the field Benutzer olabyz Password Domain i
170. ts instead or in addition just modify your configuration by indicating a minimum and maximum score or by replacing Passed failed automatically with a passing score Optionally you can provide space for individual comments regarding each course participant In addition you can provide further information in the fields Notice for all users and Notice for tutors e g some general comment on how to assess course participants 14 4 5 Tab Sample Solution In order to provide all course participants with a sample solution regarding your tasks just click on Open sample solution folder in the tab before uploading appropriate documents to that folder In the tab Access you can configure your sample solution date dependently in order to have it revealed e g only after that task s deadline IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 63 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 15 Creating Portfolio Tasks By means of ePortfolios lerners are able to organize and reflect on their learning progress This chapter will explain how course authors can create portfolio tasks for their course participants An illustrated step by step guide will show you how to configure portfolio tasks according to your needs 15 1 General Information By means of a portfolio task you can provide a predefined folder in your course to be filled with evidence by course participants documenting their learning progress These folders can be submitted electronically before bei
171. ttp www switch ch aai participants allhomeorgs html In case course participants have problems when accessing course material restricted by AAI attributes you can check if these AAI user accounts correspond to the attributes required by the access rules Just ask the user to log on via the AAI Attribut Viewer https aai viewer switch ch before sending you a screenshot There you will see if there are any attributes and values Not all home organizations will provide their staff with each and every AAI attribute Please clarify this with those home organizations that are concerned Registered users without appropriate attributes can be accepted in learning groups you can then adapt your expert rules accordingly by means of the following rule in LearningGroup group name IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 40 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 9 3 Types of Course Elements 9 3 1 Course Element Structure 70 Do The course element Structure serves to arrange your course By default it offers an automatic overview of all sub elements along with short title title and description Use this course element to arrange your course content and or to clearly separate your modules By means of the course element Structure you can determine to put either an automatic overview an automatic overview with preview or your own HIML page on display All necessary configurations are made in the tab Overview When selecting Auto
172. ublish and activate your course Select Publish in the toolbox Editor tools on your right elias 1 Publizieren der Anderungen Publizieren der Anderungen von Kursbausteinen von Kursbausteinen 2 nderung des Kurszugriffs 2 Click on course element and then go Next 3 Hinweise wichtig Zusammenfassung der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete nderungen Kursbausteine ebenfalls gel scht Analog werden beim Publizieren von neuen Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten in Modification of course access Alle ausw hlen uswahl l schen 4 Click on Finish lt Zur ck Weiter gt Fertigstellen The CP is now embedded in your course and course participants can read its content In order to edit this CP just click on Edit in the tab Learning content Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Select All registered OLAT users from the pull down menu eed TR IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 53 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 11 Creating Wikis This chapter will explain how course authors can create Wikis in OLAT before embedding them in a course Here you will find an illustrated step by step instruction as well as information on how to adapt Wikis according to your needs 11 1 General Information A Wiki Hawaiian for fast is a hypertext system for websites In contrast to HT
173. ubmit expositions via drop boxes Corrections can then be returned via return boxes 16 2 Requirements A course author has already embedded the course element Topic assignment in a course and appointed you as person responsible for a topic 16 3 Three Steps to Create and Manage Topics The following guidelines will teach you in no time how to offer topics via the course element Topic assignment before managing your course participants The following example will show that the course author has configured the topic assignment to not immediately accept a participant s topic choice This choice has to be confirmed first by the person responsible for that topic This means that course participants have to apply for a topic before being accepted or rejected by persons responsible for topics Step 1 Open course and create topic Search for your course in learning resources and open it sy teeta 2 Navigate to the topic assignment in the course menu on your Eme E Infomation zur Themenvrgabe SEE left ibun NICHT eng ell aka shinee ert werden Die Anz oh The emeni ist ni icht bes chra nkt n noch keine Themen erfasst Click on Create topic at the top of the content area 4 Provide information on your topic title description in the EThemenvergabe Zur ck tab Description Additionally you can limit the number of Beschreibung Ordner Teinehmerverwaltung Thema editieren candidates attach files and e
174. uctural CE Meine Portfoliovorlage elements before writing all necessary directions for your Layout w hlen schlicht course participants in the description box Pages and B L schen Titel Erste Seite 3 of inhaltsverzeichnis Artefakt Tabelle Miniatur Ansicht structural elements can be moved via Drag amp Drop later on 5 Eere Fun Destine Beschreibung BIUMLEESESA X Verlinken Sie Forenbeitr ge und einen Leistungsnachweis Determine in the section Restrictions what kind of artefacts course participants should be allowed to upload and to what extent Pad Einschr nkungen mindestens 1 Forum genau 1 Leistungsnachweis Speichern Step 4 Configure portfolio task 1 Optionally you can define a deadline in the tab Learning Portfolicaufgabe Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Lerninhalt Bewertung content of the course editor and provide a message for a Gew hlte Portfoliovorlage L Meine Portfoliovorlage course participants _Portfoliovorlage auswechseln Editieren Portfolioaufgabe konfigurieren Abgabetermin Okeine Fix ORelativ Abgabetermin am 01 02 2011 fA Mitteilung an Benutzer BsUwiFSBBEA y Achtung Die Portfolioaufgabe k nnen Sie nach der Abgabe nicht mehr ndern Pfad p Speichern 2 Select your assessment options in the tab Assessment Portfolioaufgabe Titel und Beschreibu
175. unt of notifications to be displayed within a course 9 3 22 Course Element E Mail lt By means of the course element E Mail you provide your course participants with the possibility to send an e mail to pre defined recipients There are two possibilities to send messages You can either select groups and learning areas you want to send a message to in the tab Recipients or you directly indicate your e mail addresses In the fields Subject form and Message form you can pre define default values to be edited later on by your course participants when sending e mails inorder to enter several addresses in the field E mail addresses you have to separate them by line breaks By means of a suitable short title for the course element E mail you can provide your course participants with information to whom they can send messages For privacy reasons they will not be able to see the recipients addresses in your e mail form 9 3 23 Course Element Calendar By means of the course element Calendar you can embed a course calendar in the course structure This course element offers an alternative view on the course calendar to be found on your right in the box General In the tab Calendar configuration you can decide which date should be displayed when a course calendar is activated from the course structure Furthermore you can initiate that dates from your course calendar will automatically be transfe
176. up members either as tutors or participants Tutors They can appoint or delete members as well as provide learning groups with collaborative tools In addition they have access to the assessment tool Page 77 Being the course author you do not have to be appointed as tutor you already hold course owner rights incl all rights a tutor will have Participants They can use collaborative tools of a group IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 15 OLAT 7 8 User Manual y 4 The classic role of a tutor can be represented in OLAT by means of those tutor rights mentioned above When clicking on the icon Download table underneath the button Add users an Excel file containing all owners or participants of a learning group will be generated 5 2 7 Using Learning Group Tools After enrolling in a learning group you will see the box My learning groups on your right in the course view As soon as the learning group tutor has activated some group tools group members will see the same menu items described earlier in the section project group Page 13 5 2 8 Additional Features in the Group Management In the course view please open the group management The course author has then the possibility to download one or more Excel files containing data regarding members of learning groups or learning areas Please select the appropriate link in the tool box Create lists and follow the instructions When editing a group ther
177. ur external page is now embedded j In case you use a SWITCHcast channel such as SWITCHcast Channel OLAT Help Demo https cast switch ch vod channels 1h4puj34qi you should verfiy that this channel is not private You can adapt this via Change permissions in your SWITCHcast channel We recommend to use the link All clips in this channel to be found in the clip view on your right section Share This link should be similar to the one mentioned in the example above IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 82 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 19 3 Four steps to your video in the course element Podcast In the chapter Creating a podcast Page 56 you will learn how to create the course element Podcast before embedding it in your course You will also know how to use episodes with locally stored videos and how to embed videos that are stored on an external server Step 1 Open course editor and embed podcast course element 1 In learning resources search for your course section My entries before opening it Lernressourcen Tabellensuche Titel der Lernressource Urheber Zugriff gt Detailansic Il mio corso meinmuster Detailansicht Mein KUS meinmuster Detailansicht Mon cours meinmuster Detailansicht My course meinmuster Detailansicht Besitzer dieser Lernressource nicht ffentlich Autoren nicht ffentlich istrierte OLAT Benutzer ich Select position of your
178. urich 5 8 2014 41 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 9 3 3 Course Element External Page ral By means of the course element External page you can embed web pages in your course navigation The content of the page will be displayed in an OLAT window It is recommended to use this course element when planning to include pages containing database queries e g research tools online exercises etc It is only possible to link external pages via HTTP or HTTPS protocols First you have to indicate the URL to be referenced in the tab Page content In order to see that linked page correctly there are the following four options to choose from Completely embedded source hidden Embedded source hidden Embedded source visible and New browser window source visible More details regarding these options can be found in the context sensitive Help in the tab Page content For pages that require authentication you can provide the corresponding values in the fields User and Password If you are not sure which option is best in your situation you can try Completely embedded first to test the other alternatives till your page is displayed correctly You can allow your course participants to see the page content by clicking on a course element or you can provide a homepage alternatively This homepage will then contain short title title and description of that course element You can find this option in the field With h
179. urse editor 38 76 Course elements 24 38 41 Course preview 50 Course template 4 Course tools 76 Course view 22 CP learning content course element 42 42 CP editor 51 CSS classes 36 Data archiving 75 77 Demo course 4 Depending on assessment 39 Depending on attribute 39 Depending on date 39 Depending on group 39 Detailed view 21 36 Display of course elements 39 Drop box 28 29 45 77 77 Editor tools 38 49 eLML 86 E mail 30 E Mail course element 49 IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 Enrolment course element 14 24 47 ePortfolio 10 64 Event 9 Evidence of achievement 10 30 37 79 Expert mode 39 Export 22 External chat client 88 Links to courses 22 External page course element 42 80 82 Feedback in a test 74 File dialog course element 25 45 Flash 84 Folder course element 27 43 Font size 9 Forum course element 24 44 Free text question 73 Full text search 12 Glossary 20 30 37 79 Group administrator 6 Group management 14 15 15 16 76 Guest access 6 7 23 Hints to solutions in a test 74 Home 9 HTML editor 41 iCal 30 Import 21 22 IMS 18 19 42 Instant Messaging password 88 Instant Messaging status 12 Kprim question 73 language 9 Layout 36 Learning area 15 Learning groups 14 47 76 Learning resource administrator 6 Learning resources 18 Links on course elements 39 Log f
180. urse editor by means of the test course element before embedding your new test file If there are results already existing they will be archived in your personal folder Course participants who have already taken that test will be notified via e mail about that modification Now you can edit your new test file 18 2 Using Course Tools In addition to the course editor there are a number of other tools that can be started in the tool box Course tools in your course on your top right 18 2 1 Group Management Do you want to see who has enrolled in your learning group Or should there be another group for a planned excursion All modifications regarding existing groups or groups to be created have to be made in the group management There you will find an overview of all groups as well as group members When opening the group management you will get an overview of the number of learning groups Page 14 learning areas Page 14 and group members in your course By means of the sections on your left you will get to a list containing all groups Using the option Edit enables you to modify groups and learning areas How to create and configure learning groups and how to administer group members has been described in the section Learning Groups and Learning Areas Page 14 All course owners have access to the group management as well as members of a right group Page 16 that hold rights to use that group management Tutors are only allo
181. urse element and save your settings In the tab Page content indicate your IP address in the section URL oe p 1 unvollst ndige Kursbausteine verbleiben Immer ausblenden Titel und Beschreibung Sichtbarkeit Zugang Seiteninhalt We recommend the option Embedded source visible for egies uns ne a video platforms with integrated player con eae nz antrat som Gestaltungsmittel Frames CSS Javascript u daf r zu Eingebettet Quelle verborgen Determine how your content should be presented to users 5 Externe Seite Step 3 Publish and activate course g Select Publish in the tool box Editor tools on your right EI 7 enges derer ger Publizieren der nderungen von Kursbausteinen 2 Click on course element before clicking Next hie wichtig resins assung der Beim Publizieren von gel schten Kursbausteinen werden deren untergeordnete Select All registered OLAT users from the pull down Eingebettet Quelle sichtbar Neues Browser Fenster Quelle sichtbar lick on lt lt Save Vollst ndig integriert Quelle verborgen Kursbausteinen deren untergeordnete Kursbausteine ebenfalls publiziert Bitte w hlen Sie die Kursbausteine aus welche Sie publizieren m chten menu section Change course access a o M Externe Seite lt Zur ck Weiter gt Fertigstellen Abbrechen i Click on Finish Alle ausw hlen Auswahl l schen Yo
182. us File Manager Ubuntu Gnome Desktop 1 Server www olat uzh ch 2 Folder olat webdav 3 OLAT user name 4 WebDAV password 20 2 5 Folder Structure If you have successfully set up the connection a directory will be opened on your computer containing the following sub directories coursefolders storage folder with all the courses you own This will concern most and for all users holding author rights All other users will only see an empty directory sroupfolders project groups learning groups and right groups you are enrolled in and have access to their corresponding folders home both of your personal folders along with the sub folders private and public sharedfolders all the resource folders you own This will concern most and for all users holding author rights All other users will only see an empty directory 20 3 Using External Chat Clients Instead of OLAT s chatoption you can use other chat clients as well Here you will learn more about using the Pidgin Chat Client but you can also user other chat software supporting the BOSH technique IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 87 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 20 3 1 Advantages of External Chat Clients Using external chat clients in contrast to the OLAT chat means recording chat protocols chatting without OLAT login chatting even if the OLAT chat is deactivated and knowing when your chat partner types a reply 20 3 2 Requiremen
183. vel Check your configuration on your Home section Settings Page 9 3 3 Session Timeout and Logout When logging in a so called session will be started System administrators can determine a session s duration Each click e g on a question in a test will restart your session it is therefore possible to work with OLAT as long as you want However if there isn t a click for a predefined amount of time your OLAT session will be terminated and any unsaved data lost You should therefore save your data regularly It is also possible to terminate a session by logging out If you don t log out but only close your browser window your session will continue If you use OLAT in public areas it is vital to log out to only close the browser window is not enough As long as your session is active others could use your OLAT data IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 8 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 4 Home Your Personal Homepage Full Text Search and Chat A After your login you will get to your Home your personal OLAT homepage In this chapter you will learn how to adapt that Home to your needs and how to use other features such as the full text search or the chat 4 1 Settings and Menu Entries of Your Home Each OLAT user can adapt the Home area to a certain extent On the one hand you can restructure the sections displayed according to your needs On the other hand there are a number of personal settings you can set up
184. w to upload files or how to open topics and reply to questions see section File Dialog Page 25 9 3 13 Course Element Assessment The course element Assessment is suitable to assess achievements not handed in electronically You can evaluate manually e g presentations by course participants with passed or failed with a score or with an individual comment The course element Assessment serves to preconfigure the assessment of such achievements Individual assessments can be inserted by using the assessment tool of your course According to your assessment you can preconfigure the display of a score of a status or a comment in the tab Assessment In the field Information for all users and Information for tutors you provide general information on how to assess achievements In order to assess a course participant personally that participant has to be member of at least one learning group of your course 9 3 14 Course Element Task By means of the course element Task you can provide exercises to be handed in electronically before being assessed by a tutor To be able to assess course participants these participants must already be registered in a learning group Otherwise those participants will not appear in your assessment tool In the tab Sub elements you determine which of the following five sub elements you want to select j Assignment assign tasks to course participants Drop box this is th
185. wed to modify groups they have been assigned to IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 76 OLAT 7 8 User Manual 18 2 2 Rights Management Do you want certain users to have the right to use course tools but you do not want to provide them with owner rights In the rights management you can create right groups and grant access to certain course tools How to create and configure such groups is further described in the section Right groups Page 16 Tutors have the permission to use assessment tools Page 77 in learning groups It is not necessary to create a right group for that purpose However tutors can only assess members of groups they have been assigned to All course owners have access to the rights management 18 2 3 Data Archiving By means of data archiving you upload files connected to your course in your personal folder Page 10 All archived data will be stored in your personal folder section Private sub folder Archive by using course titles You can archive results of tests self tests or questionnaires drop boxes containing task course elements and log files Those archived files of tests etc will be stored in Excel format You will dispose of information on when a certain user has taken your test how this user has replied to your questions and what score this user has achieved Archived self tests and questionnaires will comprise anonymized user data Course results will also be stored in Exce
186. you should first download those results that your course participants have put in the drop box Then fill in the assessment form How to assess a task e g passed failed or using a score can be defined in the configuration of the course element Task Assessment options cannot be modified within the assessment tool If there are a lot of files in your drop box it is advisable to download all of those files at once by means of the data archiving Page 77 tool To assess the course element Assessment just fill in the assessment form Tests embedded in courses will be assessed automatically but you can have a look at different attempts in the assessment tool as well as scores achieved You can also modify the number of attempts manually or add a personal comment By means of the bulk assessment you can assess several users at once Just follow the instructions to learn how to use such a bulk assessment 4 Users will receive an e mail whenever there are new assessments IT Services University of Zurich 5 8 2014 77 OLAT 7 8 User Manual All owners of courses have access to the assessment tool as well as members of a corresponding right group and last but not least all tutors Owners may assess all course participants tutors only those they have been assigned to 18 2 5 Statistics This course function provides you with statistics regarding access to your OLAT course All course owners have access to those statistics You will r

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