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OLAT 6 User Manual v1.0 (2008)

1. a 2 University of Zurich OLAT 6 User Manual http www olat org 5 2008 v1 0 2008 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 Sandra Roth Overall University of Zurich MELS sandra roth id uzh ch e Joel Fisler Specials University of Zurich MELS joel fisler id uzh ch e Sandra H bner Content Hochschule Furtwangen hues hs furtwangen de e Christian Meier Content TU Dresden christian meier tu dresden de e Sven Morgner Content BPS mosv bps system de OLAT 6 User Manual Content Ls Introduction sers ned athena Gail che ied een al ea stu ation 3 1 1 What to Expect From this Manual ss 3 1 2 Man als Stracture ss le an the nn nn en da fre tees tevin 3 1 37 Further Sources of Information seen anni short raies nt et 4 2 General Information on this Learning Platform ss 6 Als Information on OLAT senera enean Manet sde dan aae iea eai aaa sn Me Fakes 6 2 2 Requirements when Working with OLAT ss 6 2 3 Th Idea of Open Source Software 2 58 immense eed ea Gennes 6 2 4 Technology and Navigation sit dite a R Bidet adh edt edie 7 2 5 Rol s and Rights rent fin nant nn a el tes ee NL 7 3 Registr tion Login and Logout ieee en
2. 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 Visibilty and Access you can create learning groups directly However it is not possible to add members or to activate collaborative tools This is what the group management is for 5 2 2 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 3 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 yo
3. 4 1 1 Configuring Entries in Your Home The sections in your Home consist of various shortcuts to your groups your learning resources your calendar your notifications a comic strip as well as to information on OLAT in general 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 indi
4. 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 to cancel the publishing process and try again later s Most users usually work on courses from Sunday till Friday between 10 a m and 10 p m It would 1 therefore be best to publish courses on Saturday morning 11 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 changed or replaced 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 If you want to add a question to your test or realize that you have checked a wrong answer as correct 4 you can copy and save your test in learning resources In the course editor you can then add a new test course element before embedding your new test Archive existing test results and delet
5. El en Htral htrnl ey three Htril ey two htrnil http www olat org 14 7 2008 68 OLAT 6 User Manual You can structure your resources by means of the option Organizations You will see that structure later on in items to the option Organizations by clicking on the right mouse button You can label them according to your needs For each HTML page you will need one such item your browser It is also possible to add Reload Editor File Edit Options View Window Help wee al Content Package w A xX a S beispielcp i supp E eight htrnl ie five rtm a rt Htrril i imscp_v1p1 xsd F imsmanifest xml F imsmd_v1p2p2 xsd ims_xml xsd F a one htrnl isi it at seven htrl six html three Html to Atm D e X 5 1 es beispielcp Profile ms 414 pee MANIFEST 4026CC06 ECC ES Metadata D CRE 6 2B5E 64 45 121F1B13 41E1 5j g Resources E e eight htr five rt Move Down Add Organization 5 Now you can link elements and resources by assigning referenced elements to those items Your result will be presented like this in the preview click on icon that resembles a green book E RelpadlEditor File Edit Options w He Content Package w X i B a ET tive htrnl E tour html imscp_v1p1 xed imsmanitest xml imsrnid_v1 p2p2
6. 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 30 OLAT 6 User Manual Reading Tutor Assessments Assessments can vary You can assess by means of passed failed by means of a score or by means of an individual comment 7 1 10 Assessment ro The assessment feature is suitable for evaluating achievements not handed in electronically The course author or tutor can assess a presentation with passed failed a score or with an individual comment 7 1 11 Contact Form D lt By means of a contact form you can get in touch with a course author via e mail Just fill in the field Subject and Message before sending your note via OLAT 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 use 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 Subscribe to that calendar in order to be kept informed in your personal calendar as well Just select the course calendar in the corresponding l
7. Learning resources in a A lt Learning resource of type Course the main navigation Settings Course Description 2 Select Course in the tool box Information on this entry ID 880574466 Create on your right inte SURE Type EE Course 3 Insert title and description and save CITE Description My first course your settings This field can be formatted using the Wiki Markup language 4 Click on the button Next Sse 5 Confirm opening of course editor Imaga aa MERE a Submit Cancel Next http www olat org 14 7 2008 33 OLAT 6 User Manual Step 2 Insert welcome page 1 Select Single page in the tool box Please select the position of your new course element x Insert course elements on your Target position OS te oD My course right and paste it at a position of your choice _ Core 2 Indicate a short title in the tab Title and description and save your settings 3 In the tab Page content click on Title and description Visibility Access Page content Select or create page Select edit or create page Selected page No page selected 4 Indicate the file name of the HTML m Select or create pagen page to be created e g welcome W a ii Presentation and click on Create With a welcome page No show content immediately v 5 Write a welcome message In an iframe Yes v The page last visite
8. OLAT gt Universit t Z rich gt Fakult ten gt Philosophische Fakult t gt Deutsches Seminar Alle Kurse des Deutschen Seminars SaGontactadipibistiatay 5 Search for your course and click on the Learning resources Learna resource gy E ltere Deutsche Literatur Module 122 185 187 Go to content e F 4 link Select EE DS Neuere Arbeiten zur Gespr chs und Textlinguistik Go to content EE Ds F508 Basismodul LING synchron Kesselheim Go to content Basismodul LING Teil II Wolfgang Kesselheim Fe ae El DS SKAND FSO8 Schwedisch III Lekt re Go to content tional Adapt title and description Schwedisch IH Lekt re Anna Schaffner Do 14 00 15 45 SOD 0 030 FS08 7 Save your settings http www olat org 14 7 2008 OLAT 6 User Manual Your course is now available in the catalog and course participants can find it in the corresponding category 8 4 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 4 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 click on the title of the relevant course Actions that can be performed
9. 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 Gr wo a Indicate your university login and your password before clicking ok University of Zurich Uniaccess login 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 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 You will need the participant s first name last name as well as a valid e mail address 3 2 Login Page In order to log in later on into OLAT you can also use https www olat uzh ch as well as your university s access data In case you should forget your password you can contact your responsible helpdesk At the UZH you would get in touch with the services of the Computer Science department They will reset your password The login page provides you with further features and more information guest access browser check website accessibility cookies that can be used without any login 3
10. you can determine how your learning content should be presented to course participants More detailed information can be found in the context sensitive Help of that field s SCORM learning content will always be presented with a homepage If such a content contains tasks 1 as well as tests you will learn from that homepage more about your score and remaining attempts to take tests Create your SCORM learning content by means of the Reload editor for free For an instruction please 4 go to Using the Reload Editor to Create CPs Just save your learning content as SCORM package and not as CP 9 2 6 Course Element Forum 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 forum entries attaching files Prioritizing threads sticky a certain discussion subject will always appear on top of a list Closing discussion subjects it will no longer be possible to reply to a certain discussion subject http www olat org 14 7 2008 42 OLAT 6 User Manual
11. Hiding discussion subjects a certain subject will no longer appear in the forum list Displaying discussion subjects hidden subject will be displayed anew In the tab Display you can select if your forum shall be presented along with a homepage On this homepage you will see short title title and description of your forum just as indicated in the tab Title and description 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 that only course authors have the write permission Advise your course participants on subscribing to the forum to be kept informed In chapter 7 Learning Activities in Courses you will get further information on opening threads and replying to questions see section Forum 9 2 7 Course Element Wiki W 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 documentation tool or as some sort of knowledge base for your studies and projects If you do not dispose already of a Wiki just create a new one in learning resources The corresponding link can be found on your right in the tool box Create The course element Wiki helps you to embed a Wiki in your course Just click on Select Wiki in the tab Wiki learning content Now you can choose from Wikis created on your own or from Wikis of which you are an appointed o
12. and follow the instructions When editing a group there 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 even more than one time will spare you the configuration of collaborative 4 tools if those are identical in all of your groups 5 2 8 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 17 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 O
13. be changed afterwards If you want to embed another questionnaire you have to add a new course element Questionnaire and delete the old one 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 46 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 section On the course level Information on how to download questionnaire results can be found in Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires 9 2 15 Course Element Enrollment a The course element Enrollment is used to let course participants enroll in learning groups It is then possible to grant only registered members 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 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 In the field Delisting allowed you can decide if a registered course participant should have the possibili
14. course participants and course authors before saving them in log files Please read in the section Record of Course Activities how OLAT creates log files and which configurations can be made 12 4 2 Analyzing Graphically with ANALOG ANALOG is a web based analyzing instrument for log files It is an open source product installed on a server at the UZH to be used online with OLAT For further information please go to the ANALOG website To analyze OLAT log files by means of ANALOG you have to first create log files of your OLAT course before downloading them to your local computer Then start the ANALOG form by using its corresponding URL and send your log file to ANALOG to be analyzed Results will immediately be displayed in your browser Proceed as follows 1 Select Data archiving from the tool box on your right in the course view 2 Select Log files from the menu on your left 3 Select options statistics log file log file format Apache log format 4 Select period of time optional 5 Archive 6 Via Show file you can download the file xyz zip and save it Unzip the file course_statistic_log txt contained in that ZIP file 7 Indicate URL http www olat org analog deform html 8 Select log file before sending it Create statistics The OLAT log file has a specific format corresponding formally to the Apache log format However OLAT log files contain intrinsic information Their interpretation is not b
15. courses tests Wikis etc 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 eight 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 EE 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 chapter 7 in more detail How to create courses will be illustrated in chapter 8 More information on course elements and the course editor can be found in chapter 9 6 1 2 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 t
16. in the detailed view are valid for all learning resources and will be explained further in the section Detailed View of Learning Resources In the following you will get information on course specific features of the detailed view Select the link Modify settings in your tool box to activate or deactivate certain course features 8 4 2 General 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 can implement them in their own course 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 4 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 8 4 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 If you do not want to use a c
17. new documents If course participants are also allowed to upload files they will find a corresponding link 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 upload many files at once there are two options at your disposal First 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 The second option is the access via the OLAT network drive For further information please go to the section WebDAV http www olat org 14 7 2008 29 OLAT 6 User Manual 7 1 9 Tasks By means of the course element Task you can provide exercises to be handed in electronically before being assessed by a tutor It may be that you cannot see all the sections mentioned below since it is not necessary to use all features for a task Groups Learning resources FIMy course off My course Task E Task Course element of the type Task P Assignment The following task has been assigned to you task_week1 pdf View task 1 Drop box Modifications GE Subscribe Please select the link below to hand in a file You have not uploaded any files yet Upload file TA Return box Belo
18. 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 described in the section Hints to Solutions and Feedback in a Test 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 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 When terminating a test no results will be saved when pausing all answers sent so far will be saved 1 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 10 3 5 Scores in Tests The miminum score to pass a test can be determined in the test ed
19. publish a course while others are working on it all non saved data such as entries in forums or Wikis will be lost http www olat org 14 7 2008 48 OLAT 6 User Manual 9 4 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 effect the currently marked course elements as well as all subordinated elements 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 Copying course elements is advisable if you plan to offer team work in groups and want to reuse the 4 same structure http www olat org 14 7 2008 49 OLAT 6 User Manual 10 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 10 1 General Information 10 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 partic
20. questionnaire file in the search mask or by means of My entries Learning resources 7 Next to the title of your test or questionnaire click on the link Select test or Select questionnaire off My course Y Test o Test No test for Test defined Test Title and description Visibility Access Test configuration Test Chosen file No file chosen Choose file hy Information HTML page Selected page No page selected Select or create page 41 incomplete course elements remain Always hide http www olat org 14 7 2008 53 OLAT 6 User Manual Step 5 Publish course to grant access 1 Select Publish in the tool box Editor Publishing x tools on your right b GE RE How to publish modifications of course elements 2 Modification of course access 7 3 Information Important 2 Click on course element before 4 Summary of modifications When publishing deleted course elements its sub elements will be deleted as well When publishing new course elements its sub elements will be clicking Next published toa Please select the course elements you would like to publish a 3 Select All registered OLAT users in the pull down menu section y Bret Modification of course access E 4 Click on Finish Back Next gt Finish Cancel Your test or questionnaire is now embedded and can be used by your course participa
21. to the search result click on the link Show content to get to the course view Set a bookmark when getting to the course view On your right you will find the corresponding link 4 in the box General 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 7 1 Working With Course Elements In the following you will get a list containing the most important course elements you can use 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 Registration a In many courses you have to enroll first There are one or more groups to choose from Select the link Registration to become a member of a group Per registration element only one group enrollment is allowed Such a registration is followed by the appearance of the box My learning group 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 tha
22. 2 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 www olat org 14 7 2008 13 OLAT 6 User Manual 5 Groups In OLAT there are three different kinds of groups project groups learning groups and right groups OLAT users can see their groups in their Home 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 enrollments 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 grou
23. 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 first 3 2 2 Browser Check OLAT is optimized for the Firefox browser version 2 0 and up This browser can be downloaded for free at Mozilla If you want to use a different browser you can test that by means of the browser check You will know if your browser can be used and which OLAT features will then be available http www olat org 14 7 2008 8 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 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 level Check your configuration on your Home section Settings 3 2 4 Cookies In order to work with OLAT your browser has to accept session cookies Usually you do not have to modify your browser settings If OLAT does not run smoothly you will automatically get a message containing information on cookies and on how to accept them 3 3 Session Timeout and Logout OLAT administers a session for all users Each click e g on a question in a t
24. 90 Your questions will be aswered during normal office hours http www olat org 14 7 2008 5 OLAT 6 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 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 at the University of Zurich UZH In September 2000 the OLAT team at that time won the MEDIDA Prix This as well as OLAT s success opened new possibilities In 2001 the Computer Science Services at the UZH 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 summer 2008 OLAT is emploied at all faculties of the UZH as well as the ETH Zurich there are more than 40 000 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
25. AT chat is deactivated and knowing when your chat partner types a reply 12 2 2 Requirements We recommend to use the Psi Chat Client for free Download its software from the Psi website and install it on your computer Mac users might want to use iChat as well Additional requirements Chat server link jabber address of your OLAT server Example jabber olat uzh ch your OLAT user name and your Instant Messaging password s You have to apply for this Instant Messaging password at your OLAT support http www olat org 14 7 2008 65 OLAT 6 User Manual 12 2 3 Setup of External Chat Client 1 Start Psi click on the button at the bottom on your left and select Account Setup eneral 2 Click on Add to add a new account pT 3 Fill in the field Name before clicking on Add j A or Add a contact d New blank message fo Service Discovery B Join Groupchat Account Setup Options A Transfer Manager 4 Change profile amp Play sounds Help ui 4 Indicate your Jabber ID It comprises your OLAT user ey bx heard Peer name followed by the Chat Server link Name Sendra Roth Account Details I Privacy Connection I Misc 5 Save your settings Becat Jabber ID sroth jabber olat uzh ch Example juliet capulet com Password eeeeee Settings E Automatically connect on startup Automatically reconnect if dis
26. AT 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 contents is there to guide you the PDF version additionally provides an index in order 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 or just make an entry in the community s mailing list 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 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 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 after registering and choosing an OLAT user name in order to get further information on its structure and different possibilties to configure your homepage the so called Home The following Chapter 5 deals
27. E four html l SEE Manifest F imsmanifest mil i imamd_v1p2p2 xsd The Manifest node of the i ims_xml xsd Content Package contains E one trl MANIFEST 4026 ll child elements and other Hl a sub Manifests E thr a 4 reusable unit of do M instruction Encapsulates 2 Then you will see your HTML files Fl ReloadiEditor as well as the automatically created Eile Edit Options View Window Help imsmanifest xml file on your left First Dae s a add a metadata element to this manifest _ Content Package beispielcp file by clicking on the right mouse button It is possible to edit metadata by using the right mouse button and 3 eight tra selecting the option Edit metadata A g ive poi You can also add important fields such of imsep_vipt xed f imsmanifest xml Move as title version etc Finally close that f imsmd_v1p2p2 xs ib Move Dow F ims_xml xsd AS metadata editor by clicking ok ASS one html identifier MANIFEST 026 SENTE a Version Aggregate reusable unit o E three tr instruction Encapsulates a two html 3 Now add your learning content e g Ey Reload Editor File Edit Options View Window Help ello BPeax 4 5 p M Content Package beispielcp Profile ns 11 a E veispieicp MANIFEST A026CCOB ECCB 2B5E 64 43 121F1B1341E1 08 supp B eight html E four tl A imsmanifest ril imsmd_v1p2p2 x F ims_xml xsd F one htril eight Html
28. 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 or pointing out any missing or wrong settings In the bottom part of the screen you will see the corresponding explanations to those symbols http www olat org 14 7 2008 38 OLAT 6 User Manual 9 1 3 Configuration of Title and Description Each course element always comprises the tabs Title and description Visibility and Access In addition there is 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 1 Avoid using slashes or full stops in the fields Shor
29. LAT user as course owner co author but 4 nevertheless want him to hold certain rights e g permission to use the group management the course editor or the assessment tool 5 3 1 Creating Right Groups In the course view please open the right management top right Then create a new right group before giving it aname 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 right 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 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
30. administer the glossary 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 18 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 19 OLAT 6 User Manual 6 Learning Resources 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
31. ain course tools How to create and configure such groups is further described in the section Right groups Tutors have the permission to use assessment tools 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 right management 11 2 3 Data Archiving By means of data archiving you upload files conntected to your course in your personal folder 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 Excel 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 When archiving tasks and solutions all attempts loaded into the drop box will be zipped Contributions in forums or file discussions will be archived in the rtf format Attached files as well as the content of folders wil
32. al Reload editor will be explained in chapter 12 6 1 5 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 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 6 Wiki W 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 them in your course please go to chapter 9 section The Wiki Course Element How to generate content within a Wiki will be explained in chapter 7 section Wiki 6 1 7 Glossary Az In the glossary terms will be defined As soon as those terms are used within learning content the 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 11 section Glossary How to use your glossary within a course will be explained in chapter 7 section Glossary 6 1 8 Resource F
33. an 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 43 OLAT 6 User Manual In chapter 7 Learning Activities in Courses you will get more information on how to upload files or how to open threads and reply to questions see section File Discussion 9 2 9 Course Element Folder ec In the course element Folder you can offer files to be downloaded Often folders are used to provide course participants with scripts or foils regarding your course In general all course participants have the permission to downpload 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 For each course element Folder you can dispose of ca 100 MB storage space If you should need 1 more please contact your OLAT support team Ifyou want to use more than one folder e g one for each course event it is recommendable to introduce 4 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 2 10 Course Element Assessment lt The course element Assessment is suitable to assess achievements not handed in electro
34. ased on IP addresses or visited URLs but on OLAT user names OLAT courses OLAT course elements and the date of executed actions 12 4 3 Explanation of ANALOG Web Statistics General Summary Summary of statistical values Monthly Report Sum of activities per month or reporting period Daily Summary Sum of activities per day http www olat org 14 7 2008 70 OLAT 6 User Manual Hourly Summary Sum of activities per hour User Report List of users per number of requests random xy is a single OLAT user this synonym is used throughout the course Directory Report Course nodes visited most of all incl course start and end Request Report Single pages visited most of all cp directory report 12 5 Integration of Multimedia Files in Tests and Questionnaires 12 5 1 Pictures Videos and Audio Files You can embed videos in questions and answers of tests and questionnaires When editing a question or an answer you will find links to upload pictures videos or audio files in the tool box Add on your right Transfer those media files you want to use to the server Click on the link VIDEO no video selected before clicking on Save In the question feedback it is not possible to embed multimedia files 12 5 2 Flash Files Questions with Flash files cannot be edited in the test editor You have to include such a QTI file in your test manually by means of a text editor Do this locally on your computer Test Preparati
35. ash file will then be able to send back its reply in one single string Example of a Flash question excerpt of a qti xml file lt item ident QTIEDIT FLA 1063841914107 title A Flash Test gt lt presentation gt lt material gt lt mattext gt lt CDATA What is the answer to life the universe and everything gt lt CDATA lt mattext gt lt material gt lt response_str ident 1063841914115 rcardinality Single rtiming No gt lt render_extension gt lt material gt http www olat org 14 7 2008 71 OLAT 6 User Manual lt matapplet uri media sendparam swf width 300 height 200 gt lt matapplet gt lt material gt lt render_extension gt lt response_str gt lt presentation gt lt resprocessing gt lt outcomes gt lt decvar varname SCORE vartype Decimal defaultval 0 minvalue 0 0 maxvalue 1 0 cutvalue 1 0 gt lt outcomes gt lt respcondition title Mastery continue Yes gt lt conditionvar gt lt varequal respident 1063841914115 case Yes gt 42 lt varequal gt lt conditionvar gt lt setvar varname SCORE action Set gt 1 0 lt setvar gt lt respcondition gt lt respcondition title Fail continue Yes gt lt conditionvar gt lt not gt lt varequal respident 1063841914115 case Yes gt 42 lt varequal gt lt not gt lt conditionvar gt lt setvar varname SCORE action Set gt 1 lt setvar gt lt respcondition gt lt re
36. bDAV link Example webdav jdoe www olat uzh ch olat webdav Gnome davs user name WebDAV link Example davs jdoe www olat uzh ch olat webdav FUSE WebDAV directories can be mounted directly into the file system also compatible to OSX for more information please go to the FUSE website 12 1 5 Folder Structure If you have setup the connection successfully a directory will be opened on you computer containing the following sub directories coursefolders storage folder of all courses you own This concerns most and for all users holding author rights All other users will only see an empty directory http www olat org 14 7 2008 64 OLAT 6 User Manual groupfolders project groups learning groups right groups you are enrolled in and have access to corresponding folders home both of your personal folders along with the sub folders private and public resourcefolders All resource folders you own This concerns most and for all users holding author rights All other users will find an empty directory 12 2 Using External Chat Clients Instead of OLAT s chat features you can use other chat clients as well Here you will learn more about using the Psi Chat Client but you can also use other chat software e g iChat 12 2 1 Advantages of External Chat Clients In contrast to the OLAT chat using external chat clients means recording chat protocols chatting without OLAT login chatting even if the OL
37. be stored anonymously Ifyou want to receive personalized data you can use a cloze as first question asking the participant to 4 indicate his name However it is not possible to check if your participants do what they are asked for 10 1 3 Comparison Test Self test and Questionnaire The following table exemplifies the difference between test self test and questionnaire http www olat org 14 7 2008 50 OLAT 6 User Manual Test Self test Questionnaire v v A Ad ly Intended use Test Exercise Poll Created with Test editor Test editor Questionnaire editor Question types Single choice multiple choice Kprim cloze Single choice multiple choice Kprim clozet Single choice multiple choice cloze free text Embedding with course Test Self test Questionnaire element Number of attempts to be configurated unlimited only once Archiving of results personalized anonymized anonymized 10 1 4 Requirements You have already created an OLAT course and now want to add a test self test or questionnaire We recommend to prepare 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 Perhaps you have already exported a test or questionnaire file in IMS QTI format from another LMS and want to import it in OLAT Just follow the instructions in section Impo
38. cate your data in your profile and save that information In the tab Visiting card you can decide which data should appear on your card that is what other users should see You can also upload a photo to be published on your visiting card This photo will also be visible when publishing forum contributions You can further adapt the font size and your system language in the tab System OLAT has been translated into 16 languages Your chat features can be determined by means of Instant Messaging e g your status after having logged in http www olat org 14 7 2008 10 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 4 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 4 1 4 Notifications Thanks to OLAT s notifications you are always up to date regardin
39. cessibility 9 Wiki learning resources 21 http www olat org 14 7 2008 75
40. choice Ifyou want to chat with a certain OLAT user who is not a member of your group you have to create a 4 project group first before inviting that user to join You can also open the list of users currently logged on in the footer click on that user s name and start chatting 4 2 2 Receiving Messages You can receive messages in two ways If the chat window is closed your messages will appear as blinking small letters on the left of your asterisk icon in the status bar When clicking on such a small letter a chat window will open containing your message If the chat window is already open new messages will be displayed there 4 2 3 Changing Your Status By clicking on the asterisk icon top right in the status bar you can change your Instant Messaging status Other OLAT users will then know if you would like to chat or not While taking a test your status will automatically be not available Only after completing that test you will be able to continue chatting If you would like to change your status permanently after your login you can do that in your Home 4 section Settings tab Instant Messaging 4 3 Full Text Search Q 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 content in a forum or even in PDF and Word files You will only get search results of the course contents you have access to http www olat org 14 7 2008 1
41. connected Vv Log message history 6 Click on the button at the bottom on your right and go online General Status A 7 Now you will see other members of your project groups Sinde hoi EES Double click on the name of your chat partner to write a Dr message tes onic D Free for Chat 2 Away CR Not Available eS Do not Disturb dt Offiine Publish tune 12 2 4 Recording and Viewing Chat Protocols Before recording chat protocols History you should make sure that you have selected Log message history in Psi section Account Setup http www olat org 14 7 2008 OLAT 6 User Manual There are two possibilities to view chat protocols 1 Double click on the name of your chat partner Click on the button on your right above the input field and select Message history 2 All protocols will be stored on your computer via PsiData profiles default history Open those protocols in a text editor to have a look at them 12 2 5 Participating in a Course Chat If you want to participate in a course chat by means of an external chat client just select in the menu on your left the link Service Discovery before choosing Public Chatrooms Double click on a course indicate a Nickname and enter the chat room by clicking on the button Join 12 3 Using the Reload Editor to Create Content Packagings CPs A Content Packaging CP is a self contained learning content For further information please go t
42. d 6 Click on Save and close cemana Save Step 3 Insert folder for courseware before uploading documents from your computer 1 Select Folder in the tool box Insert course elements on your right and paste it at a position of your choice 2 Indicate a short title in the tab Title and description and save your settings Ey Click on Open folder in the tab Folder configuration 4 Search for a document on your own computer and click Transfer 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 2 Indicate a short title in the tab Title and description and save your settings http www olat org 14 7 2008 34 OLAT 6 User Manual Step 5 Publish course and go online 1 Select Publish in the tool box Editor Publishing 1 How to publish modifications aoe tools on your right pie Crea E RE How to publish modifications of course elements 2 Modification of course access 3 Information Important 2 Click on those course elements you 4 Summary of modifications ered reesei deleted course elements its sub elements will be eted as well When publishing new course elements its sub elements will be want to publish published too Please select the course elements you would like to publish 3 Click Next B F welcome fa 1 Fold
43. e the old course element 11 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 11 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 58 OLAT 6 User Manual When opening the group management you will get an overview of the number of learning groups learning areas 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 All course owners have access to the group management as well as members of a right group that hold rights to use that group management Tutors are only allowed to modify groups they have been assigned to 11 2 2 Right 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 right management you can create right groups and grant access to cert
44. e 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 4 Course Templates and Demo Courses The catalog contains course templates and demo courses to facilitate your first steps as OLAT author by demonstrating how certain course elements can be used to the best advantage Course templates should be copied The homepage of each course template will give information on necessary copy configurations in order to authorize others to get access There are two different templates a small one as well as a large one Demo courses serve as visual guides to get familiar with OLAT s course elements Why not try and test some course elements such as the Wiki Course templates as well as demo courses are available both in German and in English The demo server also provides you with demo courses 1 3 5 Instructions and Documents by Computer Science Services The homepage of the Computer Science Services at the University of Zurich UZH provides you with various instructions that can be downloaded On the one hand you will find simple step by step tutorials on the other hand you will learn how to optimize the use of certain OLAT tools http www olat org 14 7 2008 4 OLAT 6 User Manual 1 3 6 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 chorcall us at 044 635 67
45. eating or editing an event 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 course events will be displayed there for your In the course calendar there will also be events regarding learning groups if you are member of such a group In the group management 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 of your course just click on Modify settings in the tab Calendar http www olat org 14 7 2008 60 OLAT 6 User Manual 11 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 experiences or as forum for experts the course author can determine a certain time to answer questions of 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 your name will be on display If you do not want to offer a course chat you can deactivate it in the detailed view of your course by selecting Modify settings in the tab Course chat 11 3 3 Glossary A glossary serves to e
46. ee certain course elements You can e g determine that registration is only possible within one week option Dependent on date or you can grant access to a particular folder only to registered course participants option Dependent on group or you can provide a questionnaire only for those course participants who have passed a test option Dependent on assessment 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 three options mentioned above Dependent on date Dependent on group and Dependent on assessment 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 Ifa course element is visible but not accessible you can provide an explanation for excluded users in lt the tab Visibility to clarify your reasons http www olat org 14 7 2008 39 OLAT 6 User Manual Use the expert mode for more complicated visibility and access rules When clicking on the button Show expert mode in the tab Visibility and Access you can define your expert rules in the input box provided Open the context s
47. eee enaa R ennemi en etant ieons 8 3 1 Your First OLAT Registration asso am e ede a aaa a a Aa 8 32 osin Parerea ea a e e a a a a a a e te a e e e de ten en 8 3 3 Session Timeout and Logout 28 8e sitter in ane a e a a a 9 4 Home Your Personal Homepage Full Text Search and Chat 10 4 1 Settings and Menu Entries of Your Home 200 cee eeeeessseeseeseceseceeeceseeeseecaesseesseeeseeeneeeaaesnaees 10 AD Cat tech sentiment E nn his nn menant int ees 12 4 3 Bull Text Search tees eg mienne eee NN ni an RT 12 S2GTOUPS 22 1 rende nn men oi ne ee i ee nd en nn et 14 Ds Project Groups fins sitio Eten ner NE Rs AS fates Sn En rte tion se Re ASE 14 5 2 Learning Groups and Learning Areas sense 15 9 35 Right Groups seh em ni eat ler LE nt hat Me Men nee 18 6 Learning Resources islam ails nti cease hie eee 20 6 1 Various Types of Learning Resources ss 20 6 2 How to Find Learning Resources OLAT User without Author Rights 0 0 eee eneeereee 22 6 3 How to Find Learning Resources OLAT Users with Author Rights cece eeeeeseceseceteeeneeees 22 6 4 Actions in the Tab Learning Resources 23 6 5 Detailed View of Learning Resources ss 23 T Learns Activities In Courses mate eed ne lee elle each 26 7 1 Working With Course El ments seins detente determine met 26 7 2 Additonal Course Features 2 42 on M ta intime Matt tite 31 7 3 Course Problems and Error Messages ss 32 8 Cr ating d Course 6 ig vient tate dentist eel e
48. ensitive Help to get examples on how to use expert rules or on how to apply the expert syntax s All 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 also apply to all of your course elements 9 2 Types of Course Elements 9 2 1 Course Element Structure o Cio 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 Alternatively you can put a HTML page e g a welcome page on display by means of the course element Structure All necessary configurations are made in the tab Overview There is even an integrated HTML editor at your disposal if you want to design that HTML page according to your needs s 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 assessible 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 Assess score or Assess passed The option Assess passed eit
49. er c amp M Forum Select all Delete selection Back Next gt Finish cancel 4 Select All registered OLAT users Publishing How to publish modifications of ee in the pull down menu section re o Modification of course access i Pe i 2 LEE of course access erences a ae een ra Information 01 IC Is re ni ss to a e Modification of course access d on LR edf eeo a aes DEEE Ct 5 Click Finish Only owners of this learning resource gt Only owners of this learning resource Owners and other OLAT authors All registered OLAT users Registered OLAT users and quests lt Back Next gt Finish Cancel L 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 1 Open the tab Learning resources Learning resources 2 In the menu on your left click on Learning resources OLAT Catalog Catalog Ba Demokurse und fragebogen pearen form Ba ETH Z rich Ba Kursvorlagen BS P dagogische Hochschule des Kantons St Gallen Ba Plant Science Center Ba SVC Swiss Virtual Campus B TU Wien earning content Ba Universitat Basel Ba Universitat Bern Ba Universitat Luzern Ba Universitat Z rich Ba Universit de Fribourg Universit t Freiburg 3 Navigate to a suitable category 4 In that category select Learning resource in the tool box Add
50. ersion since its release 3 x Furthermore we use standard web applications such as Apache web server Tomcat application server a MySQL data base other data bases are also possible and XML data management Since 2006 Web 2 0 technologies have come into operation e g AJAX for the purpose of implementing intuitive user interfaces s Web applications can cause problems when pushing the back button of your browser We therefore advise you to always use the OLAT navigation to get to the content you look for 2 5 Roles and Rights An essential idea of OLAT are various roles and rights that can be assigned to users Each user can take on one of four main roles 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 his course participants Additionally authors can manage pa
51. essing program Your page will then be stored in the storage folder If you plan to embed another HTML page click on Replace page You will get a list of all HTML pages in your storage folder to choose from In the tab Page content you can determine in the section Safety settings if references in your HTML pages should only be allowed in files of the same folder along with any sub folders or if all files in your storage folder can be referenced In the field Display you decide how your page will be presented to course participants More detailed information can be found by means of the context sensitive Help in the tab Page content 9 2 3 Course Element External Page ral By means of the course element External page you can embed web pages in your course navigation The page s content 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 Embedded source hidden Embedded source visible and New browser window More details regarding these options can be found in the context sensitive Help in the tab Page content For pages tha
52. essment you indicate how your personal assessment should be configured it is modelled on the course element Assessment In order to offer all course participants sample solutions to your tasks just click on Open sample solution folder in the tab Sample solution Then upload relevant documents or create them directly in OLAT In the tab Access you can configure your solutions depending on a certain date to make them 4 accessible e g only one week after your course participants have handed in their work In chapter 7 you will see how this task element is presented to course participants see section Task 9 2 12 Course Element Test y 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 learning resources in the so called IMS QTI format version 1 2 If you have not generated a test before please follow the instructions in chapter 10 Creating Tests and Questionnaires 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 scores detailed assessments Click on Choose file in the tab Test configuration to assign this course element to a test This assignment cannot be modified later on If you want to include another test you will have to add a new course element Test and delete t
53. est restarts the session time of your session If there is no click within 59 minutes in OLAT your session will be terminated at the 60th minute Session timeouts will not be announced After 60 minutes without any activity on your side you have to log in anew All data that have not been saved will be lost You should therefore periodically save your work It is possible to log off of OLAT at any time by using the logout icon on your top right You will then get back to the login page If you do not log off but only close the browser or the browser window your session will go on till your session timeout is reached If you want to use OLAT in public places it is important to log off of OLAT to only close your browser window is not enough As long as your session is active another person could use your OLAT login data at that computer http www olat org 14 7 2008 9 OLAT 6 User Manual r Your Personal Homepage Full Text Search and at After your login you will get to your Home your personal homepage in OLAT This chapter will inform you about how to adapt your Home to your personal needs and how to use further features such as the chat or the full text search 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 in your Home
54. est participants in the second case all results are saved anonymously Each test exists in a standardized file format the so called IMS QTI format IMS 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 chapter 10 6 1 3 Questionnaires wy http www olat org 14 7 2008 20 OLAT 6 User Manual A questionnaire is generally used for data collection e g for the evaluation of an event Each course participant can fill in a questionnaire only once Results will be stored anonymously Questionnaires as well as tests exist in the standardized IMS QTI format For more information on how to create and use questionnaires please go to chapter 10 6 1 4 CP Learning Content Content Packaging abbr CP is a kind of learning content in standardized e learning format The specification of this format also comes from IMS 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 How to create CPs by means of an extern
55. file discussion 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 each uploaded document Uploading Files Select Transfer file to upload 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 transfer files it may be that your course author has not provided you with the right to do so Files transferred by mistake can only be deleted by the course author Opening Threads 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 threads or to reply to contributions as stated in the section Forum Subscribing to File Discussions To be kept informed on new documents in the file discussion just click on Subscribe on the overview page You can also subsribe to each discussion and its corresponding document Modifications will get to you via e mail or you will see them 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 Fina
56. fore create a section Preface Your test or questionnaire can contain as many sections as you like http www olat org 14 7 2008 OLAT 6 User Manual If you want to add a new section or question just select the corresponding element in the tool box on your right before adding it at a position of your choice It is possible to delete or move sections or questions anytime You can even copy questions 4 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 10 3 4 Display Options and Configuration Further options regarding tests and questionnaires can be set at different levels 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 1 This display of time is statistic i e it remains unchanged while time is running untill it is up Only when trying to save your questions will you be notified that it is too late Options regarding feedback and solutions will be explained in the section Hints to Solutions and Feedback in a Test Further informations regarding scores can be found in Scores in Tests 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
57. g 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 57 OLAT 6 User Manual 11 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 11 1 Using Editors During Course Operation 11 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 effect your ongoing course You decide when your modifications should be presented When trying to publish you will get a message on how many users are working on your course at that very moment
58. g 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 be kept informed News will be displayed immediately in the section Notifications after midnight OLAT will send you an appropriate e mail After reading a message you can mark it as read same place as Subscribe If you do not want to receive such messages anymore you can either unsubscribe same place as Subscribe or you can select the option Delete in your Home section Notifications 4 1 5 Bookmarks Bookmarks serve to get faster access to your learning resources In the course view you will find a link in the section General information to be able to set bookmarks 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 The personal folder is WebDAV compatible i e folders in OLAT act as a regular ne
59. get a description on how to embed multimedia files in tests and questionnaires 12 1 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 12 1 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 the Drag and Drop option on your computer e g via the Windows Explorer and copy single files as well as entire directories into OLAT folders 12 1 2 WebDAV Compatible OLAT Folders Via WebDAV you can access the following OLAT folders Personal folder Folders of project groups learning groups right groups Storage folders of courses course owners only Resource folders resource folder owners only 12 1 3 Requirements In order to get access to a folder in OLAT via WebDAV you need WebDAV link WebDAV address of OLAT server as indicated below WebDAV compatible folders Your OLAT user name Your OLAT WebDAV password If you log on in OLAT using access data provided by your institution and do not have an OLAT WebDAV password you have to apply for one first Please contact your OLAT support team 12 1 4 WebDAV Connection Setup Windows XP 1 Open the network environment on your compute
60. hat protocols 66 Cloze question 55 Contact form 31 Contact form course element 47 CP Content Packaging 21 41 67 Context sensitive Help 4 Cookies 9 Course 20 26 33 58 Course calendar 31 37 60 Course chat 32 36 61 67 Course editor 38 58 Course elements 26 38 40 Course preview 48 Course template 4 Course tools 58 Course view 24 CP learning content course element 41 CSS classes 36 Data archiving 57 59 Demo course 4 Dependent on assessment 39 Dependent on date 39 Dependent on group 39 Detailed view 23 36 Drop box 30 45 59 60 Editor tools 38 48 Enrollment course element 15 47 Event 11 Evidence of achievement 12 32 37 61 http www olat org 14 7 2008 Expert mode 40 Expert rules 40 Export 24 External chat client 65 Links to courses 23 External page course element 41 Feedback in a Test 57 File discussion course element 27 43 Flash file in tests 71 Folder course element 29 44 Font size 10 Forum course element 26 42 Free text question 55 Full text search 12 Glossary 21 31 37 61 Group administrator 7 Group management 16 16 17 17 58 Guest access 7 8 24 Hints to solutions in a test 57 Home 10 HTML editor 41 Import 23 24 70 IMS 20 21 IMS 41 Instant Messaging password 65 Instant Messaging status 12 Kprim question 55 Languages 10 Layout 36 Learning area 16 Learning grou
61. he old one http www olat org 14 7 2008 45 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 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 section On the course level Information on how to see test results can be found in Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires 9 2 13 Course Element Self test v 2 The couse element Self test is also used to control achievements in a course In contrast 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 learning resources in the so called IMS QTI format version 1 2 If you have not generated a test before please follow the instructions in chapter 10 Creating Tests and Questionnaires By means of the course element Self test you embed your test in the course In this element data regarding course participants are stored anonymized number of taken tests scores detailed assessments Just click on Choose file in the tab Configuration self te
62. her 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 assessible course elements to be able to clearly distinguish them lt 4 in the tab Score 9 2 2 Course Element Single Page 5 In the course element Single page you can insert HTML pages in your course It is possible to announce general information there such as your program or recommended literature regarding your course You can either create that page s content by means of the OLAT HTML editor or transfer HTML pages separately or as ZIP file from your computer to the storage folder Just click on Select or create page in the tab Page content 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 When uploading a ZIP file there has to be at least one htm or html file to start with All objects such as photos videos etc that are linked relatively must be either saved according to their linking in the storage folder or your ZIP file must contain those objects http www olat org 14 7 2008 40 OLAT 6 User Manual To create a new HTML page you have to indicate a file name of your choice in the field New HTML page before clicking on Create The OLAT HTML editor will open to let you generate your content similar to an ordinary word proc
63. hts 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 32 OLAT 6 User Manual 8 Creating a Course This chapter is meant for course authors and tells you how to create your own course Just use the illustrated step by step guide In addition you will find information on advanced course settings Further details regarding course elements and the course editor can be found in chapter 9 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 electronical format HTML pages Word files CPs etc Now you can apply for author rights at your OLAT support team and get started 8 3 Six Steps to Your Course By means of the following guide you can create your first course in no time and grant participants access Step 1 Start course editor 1 Open the tab
64. ill find data regarding authors and access codes of courses Itis advisable to set a bookmark after having found and opened your course in learning resources The 4 corresponding link will then be on your left in the box General When attending that course the next time you do not have to do this via learning resources Just use your bookmark in your Home 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 if you have author rights If you do not see those additional menu items please turn to your support team 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 6 3 2 Further Possibilities Beneath the menu item Courses there are further options to see your learning resources ordered by type http www olat org 14 7 2008 22 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 Lea
65. ion Actions What course elements are there in OLAT V4 Answers Pos Answers Correct Actions A Assessment FI 1L gt Blog o 1a File Discussion m Td el Questionnaire F Bw A wiki fT Add new answer Your test or questionnaire can now be found in learning resources section My entries Step 4 Embed test or questionnaire in your course 1 Search for your course in learning resources section My entries before opening the course view link Show content 2 Open course editor in the tool box Course tools on your right 3 Select Test Self test or Questionnaire in the tool box Insert course elements on your right 4 Select position of course element and save your settings 5 Indicate short title in the tab Title and description and save your settings Learning resources Learning resources lt Back My course Detailed view Show content Description of learning resource My first OLAT course Information on this entry Initiator amuster Type E Course ID 885817345 External link to this learning resource https olatng uzh ch olat auth repo go rid 685817345 General Can be copied Can be referenced Can be launched Can be downloaded Access have Only owners of this learning resource 6 Click on Choose file in the tab Test configuration or Questionnaire configuration and search for your test or
66. ipants take tests electronically Tests are created with the OLAT test editor You can determine a test s duration its type of questions as well as other configurations It is also possible to import 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 10 1 2 What is a Questionnaire Questionnaires are used for online evalutaions 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 lenght its type of questions and make further configurations It is also possible to import 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
67. ist of your personal calendar 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 4 If you follow the link to the glossary you can print the relevant page along with all glossary entries 7 2 3 Personal 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 31 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 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 b
68. itor 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 56 OLAT 6 User Manual Using a multiple choice question means either scoring if all answers are correct or scoring per one correct answer 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 10 3 6 Hints to Solutions and Feedback in a Test You can provide feedback i
69. l 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 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 24 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 6 5 8 Appointing Users 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 if you do not want others to have all of your rights to that course It is possible to 4 grant only certain privileges e g using the course editor 6 5 9 Copy Learning resources ca
70. l 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 s 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 11 2 4 Assessment Tool In order to assess the course elements Task or Assessment and to assess tests manually you can dispose of the assessment tool You can assess according to users groups or according to your course s structure In the group assessment you select the button Filter course elements if only those elements should appear next to the option Display that are accessable for your group members http www olat org 14 7 2008 59 OLAT 6 User Manual When assessing tasks 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 lt 4 of the data archiving tool To assess the course element Assessment just fill in the assessment form Test
71. 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 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 e g eLML 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 You will get a first impression of OLAT on our demo server 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 2 0 and up a browser that can be downloaded for free Please perform a browser check 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 You can start working in OLAT after choosing your didactic concept and after ada
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73. lly click End test to save your results All these options are available in the form of buttons on your top right http www olat org 14 7 2008 27 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 Close the test to get back to that test s homepage 7 1 5 Self test v 2 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 Click Start to begin with your self test Comparable to tests it is the course author who determines the self test s configuration Close your self test to get back to its homepage 7 1 6 Questionnaire CG 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 Compared to tests it is the course author who determines the questionnaire s configuration Close the questionnaire to get back to its homepage 7 1 7 Wiki W Wikis are suitable for easily creating joint content Each Wiki has a homepage the so called index a Wiki navigation a
74. m 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 Wiki Use the Wiki to jointly create learning content 0 tF HN amp EE The Wiki is especially useful for keeping a learning diary for recording group work and other 4 projects or for creating a link collection When subscribing to a Wiki OLAT will notify you of any modifications 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 enrollment 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 15 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 chapter 8 Creating a Course There are two different ways to create learning groups
75. mmediately 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 Metadata 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 e 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 Often feedback and hints to solutions are used in a self test to give persons a helping hand in finding 4 the correct answers 10 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 10 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 10 4 Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires As soon as a course participant has completed a test self test or questionnaire and you have conducted some data archivin
76. n 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 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 11 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 12 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 FAQ The FAQ page is there to reply to frequently asked questions You find it when launching the OLAT Help feature 1 3 2 Discussion Forum In the discussion forum the OLAT team will answer your questions Each OLAT user is cordially invited to provide answers as well Just subscribe to that forum if you want to be kept informed on modifications of the discussion forum 1 3 3 Context Sensitive Help While working with OLAT you cannot only dispose of this manual but also use OLAT s context sensitive Help This Help feature explains the options you have regarding OLAT s configuration right where you are at that particular moment You will recogniz
77. n 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 if your learning resource can be copied by other OLAT authors as well 6 5 10 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 s When deleting a course its user data e g test results will not be deleted but archived as Excel file in your personal folder http www olat org 14 7 2008 25 OLAT 6 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 you have already gotten information on how to find an OLAT course Next
78. n entre entit tin trois 58 11 1 Using Editors During Course Operation ss 58 1122s Using Course Toolse aen Ha rm Mr nine eae rae Saas ieee enw at 58 11 3 Using Additional Course Features ses 60 11 4 Record Of Course Activities as shes fe denis nent hae dion eed rte er eee En en Es 61 12 Supported Technologies nn men es ne Mel alee eee a rat eee 63 12 7 Using WebDAV nan tn int nn fi eee oa eet nt 63 12 27 Using External Chat Clents etetni aroari keene te tnt Eae er fesse rites elements sde 65 12 3 Using the Reload Editor to Create Content Packagings CPS 0 0 ceeeeeeeseeeseenseceseceeeeeeeenes 67 12 4 Using ANALOG to Analyze OLAT Log Files ss 70 12 5 Integration of Multimedia Files in Tests and Questionnaires 71 Index sinistre Dent E tarte E E it tar sel E 74 http www olat org 14 7 2008 2 OLAT 6 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 experienced OL
79. nically 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 Individul 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 2 11 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 1 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 four sub elements you want to select Assignment assign tasks to your course participants http www olat org 14 7 2008 44 OLAT 6 User Manual Drop box this is the folder where course participants upload their solutions This sub element is bound to a personalized return box Assessment create individual assessments for each course pa
80. ning all tools If you have activated and saved the calendar setting you can configure the write permission regarding the group calendar s Each group can only be provided with one tool of the same type If you want to work with more than 1 one forum or Wiki or if you want to provide documents in more than one folder it is better to use course elements instead You should configure these elements to be only visible or accessible to one specific learning group http www olat org 14 7 2008 16 OLAT 6 User Manual 5 2 5 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 Enrollment 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 yo
81. nly no longer be on display 8 4 8 Calendar When creating a new course an active course calendar is default How to use that calendar is explained in section Course Calendar If you do not want to provide a course calendar you can deactivate that feature in this tab 8 4 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 37 OLAT 6 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 chapter 8 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
82. ntaining the example is no longer needed Zip your qti xml file along with the Media folder The new archive should be labeled qti zip Now your test is zipped and ready to be imported into OLAT Tip for Mac users When creating ZIP files with Stufflt Deluxe files to be zipped will be stored in a new folder generated by StuffIt Those qti zip files cannot be imported into OLAT In OSX you can create a ZIP file via the terminal user interface command zip r qti zip media qti xml When importing data from an external text file into your Flash file you will have to adapt your Flash file containing raw data fla Flash files in OLAT do not follow the path they have been uploaded Flash will always have the browser URL as initial path This is why you have to put the path provided by OLAT oStaticsURL always first turning that path into an absolutely relative one wherever relative paths are used in your Flash file http www olat org 14 7 2008 72 OLAT 6 User Manual Example Instead of loadVariables media foo txt O it has to be loadVariables _root oStaticsURL media foo txt O http www olat org 14 7 2008 73 OLAT 6 User Manual Index Access 39 Administrator log file 62 Assessment course element 31 44 59 Assessment tool 44 45 59 Assignment 44 Author rights 6 7 22 33 Bookmark 11 22 24 26 Browser 8 Browser check 8 Bulk assessment 60 Calendar 11 Catalog 22 Chat 10 12 65 C
83. nteraction 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 3 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 this new features after publishing All settings and modifications will be effective after using the editor 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 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 whan starting your course At last you will get a summary of your published modifications as well as a message containing the number of course participants working on your course at that very moment 1 In case you
84. nts 10 3 Test and Questionnaire Editor in Detail 10 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 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 In tests or questionnaires you can also include multimedia files For further information please go to the section Integration of Multimedia Files in Tests and Questionnaires 10 3 2 Types of Questions There are five different types of questions to be explained in the following http www olat org 14 7 2008 54 OLAT 6 User Manual test only one of those two answers is correct Type of Question Description Example Single Choice A single choice question comprises OLAT came into being in the year a question and at least two answers 1999 O only one of them can be selected In a 2001 2003 Multiple Choice A multiple choice question comprises What course elements are there in OLAT fi by gaps to be filled in by the one taking the test or questionnaire In a test you provide the correct answers synonyms separated by semicolons and decide at the same time if there
85. o CP Learning Content In this section you will learn how to create a CP with a Reload editor before importing it into OLAT Then you can finally embed that CP in your course 4 If you plan to create large CP learning contents we recommend using eLML 12 3 1 Advantages of CPs CP learning content can be used inside and outside OLAT when using platforms that support the specific CP format 12 3 2 Requirements We resommend to use the Reload editor for free It generates the necessary imsmanifest xml file and offers the possibility of a preview Download that software from the Reload website and install it on your computer You will need this editor after having created and saved your learning content HTML pages incl pictures etc Store your pictures in the sub folder supp http www olat org 14 7 2008 67 OLAT 6 User Manual 12 3 3 Creating CPs in the Reload Editor HTML pages to your Resources Use the Drag amp Drop option 1 Start the Reload editor select from Fl Reload Editor the menu File gt New gt IMS Content File Edit Options View Window Help Package and indicate the path of the He j mexX j Bal folder containing your learning content _ Content Package beispielcp The editor will present itself as can be Profile ms11 seen on your right Jmanresr a028cc06 EccS 2B5E 6448 121F1B13A1E4 E P supp z fE eighthtmi E tive htr l
86. older h http www olat org 14 7 2008 21 OLAT 6 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 chapter 8 section Resource Folder 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 learning 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 4 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 el 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 w
87. on If you have never created a test before you will learn how to do this in the chapter Creating Tests and Questionnaires If you have a test at hand open it in the test editor add an empty question before saving your settings This question will serve as wild card to provide you with necessary IDs for your Flash question Now open the detailed view of your test Select Import content in the tool box on your right Then save the qti zip file on your computer s In order to be able to export tests the option Export possible must be activated You can do this in the detailed view by means of the option Modify settings Embedding Flash Files Unzip your exported qti zip file If the provided test contains pictures your ZIP file will already comprise a Media folder If this folder is lacking you will have to create it on the level of your qti xml file in a new Media folder Your Flash file has to be built into your test correctly only then will it be possible to process gained results When embedding Flash files with the lt matvideo gt tag of the type application x shockwave flash in XML there will be no communication with the QTI engine that part that presents your question and controls the test procedure When embedding your Flash file with the lt matapplet gt tag the QTI engine will allow to send back a reply to be processed by that QTI engine The lt matapplet gt tag has to be set within a lt response_str gt tag Your Fl
88. ourse chat you can deactivate it in this tab Ifyou want to record chat protocols we recommend to use an external chat client For more information 4 please go to Using External Chat Clients 8 4 5 Layout If you plan to present your course in a special layout you can upload a file here along with your course specific CSS classes 8 4 6 Resource Folders Resource folders 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 of your course when selecting the sub folder _sharedfolder Only one resource folder per course is allowed http www olat org 14 7 2008 36 OLAT 6 User Manual 8 4 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 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 o
89. ox General a link to the chat room you can enter any time 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 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 learning groups access visibility to that elements or only for a certain period of time Contact the course author to explain why you do not have enough rig
90. ps 15 47 58 Learning resources 20 Links on course elements 39 Log files 36 59 61 70 Quota 11 Multiple choice question 55 My entries 22 Notes 11 31 Notifications 11 Open source 6 6 Owner 7 22 24 24 25 39 Personal folder 11 63 74 OLAT 6 User Manual Profile 10 Wiki course element 28 43 Project groups 7 14 66 Publish 35 48 58 QTI 20 45 50 51 54 Questionnaire learning resources 21 50 Questionnaire course element 28 46 Registration 8 Registration course element 26 Reload editor 41 42 67 Resource folder 22 36 48 63 Return box 30 45 Right groups 18 59 Right management 18 59 Sample solution 30 45 SCORM Learning Content learning resources 21 SCORM learning content course element 42 Search mask 22 Section 55 Self test course element 28 46 50 Session 9 Session timeouts 9 Single choice question 55 Single page course element 40 Storage folder 40 48 63 Structure course element 40 Subscribe 11 27 27 29 31 Support 5 System administrator 7 Task course element 30 44 59 59 Test learning resources 20 50 Test course element 27 45 Test results 20 28 57 Time limit 56 Tutor 17 30 31 39 44 59 60 Types of questions 54 User administrator 7 User log file 62 User name 7 8 32 Visibility 39 Visiting card 10 12 Waiting list 16 47 WebDAV 11 63 WebDAV password 63 Website ac
91. ps 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 starting 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 wri
92. pting your learning content for the web We recommend using a HTML editor such as Dreamweaver to create complex learning content or other tools that help you generate content e g eLML 2 3 The Idea of Open Source Software OLAT is an open source software which 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 our community website www olat org There you can get in contact with the open source community put your name down in the mailing list and exchange experiences http www olat org 14 7 2008 6 OLAT 6 User Manual Why open source There are several reasons first the OLAT team benefits from the software s world wide operation various institutions and companies provide us with valuable input for OLAT s further development The second reason is the fact that thanks to translators from the open source community we are able to offer this software in 16 languages by now The third reason is the UZH s ambition to use open source software and to promote it in order to be independent from proprietary software The largest OLAT setup with over 40 000 users is brought on line at the University of Zurich The community website can provide you with a list containing other known setups 2 4 Technology and Navigation OLAT is a web application and available in a completely new Java v
93. r 2 Select Add network resource A wizard will be opened 3 Click on Next 4 Double click on Select other network resource http www olat org 14 7 2008 63 OLAT 6 User Manual 30 90 9 Indicate your WebDAV link as internet or network address Click on Next Click on Yes to confirm the security advice Indicate your OLAT user name and password Indicate a name for that link or accept the suggested one Click on Finish Windows Vista O STON On ei Mac Click on Computer in the start menu Click on Assign network drive in the menu bar via Further commands Select at the bottom the option Connecting to website Click on Next Check the option Select user defined network source Click on Next Indicate your WebDAV link as internet or network address Click on Next Indicate your OLAT user name and password You can then insert a name for your WebDAV connection Click on Finish If you should get the error message This folder is invalid you can download the Software Update for Web Folders from Microsoft and execute it on your computer Now you should no longer get that error message Open the menu Go to in the Finder and then Connecting to server Indicate your WebDAV link Provide your OLAT user name and password Click on OK Linux There are three possibilites for Linux users 1 KDE in the Konqueror indicate webdav user name We
94. rid 880574466 General Can be copied Can be referenced Can be launched Can be downloaded Access have Only owners of this learning resource Additional information 4 Go to top 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 Metadata On top of the detailed view is the description of your learning resource In the following section you will get further information By means of an external link your course participants can get to your course directly after logging in http www olat org 14 7 2008 23 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 if your course may be displayed 6 5 3 Import 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 in
95. rning Resources You can import into learning resources either from your computer or from your peronal 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 1 2 can be generated in the test editor Additionally it is possible to create resource folders Wikis or glossaries How to do this by means of different editors will be explained further in chapter 8 Creating Courses and 10 Creating Tests and Questionnaires 6 5 Detailed View of Learning Resources There is a detailed view to each type of learning resource refered to in Various Types of Learning Resources 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 s S Learning resources lt Back My course Detailed view Show content Description of le My first OLAT course Information on this entry Initiator amuster Type Course ID 880574466 External link to this learning resource https olatng uzh ch olat auth repo go
96. rse 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 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 only records course visits but not visits on every single page Modifying these settings will be effective immediately Options to analyze log files graphically will be further described in the section Using ANALOG to Analyze OLAT Log Files http www olat org 14 7 2008 62 OLAT 6 User Manual 12 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 get instructions regarding the use of WebDAV to make file transfer easier from your local computer to OLAT folders Secondly you will learn more about using external chat clients to be able to record chat protocols Thirdly you will get information on Reload editors that are used to create so called Content Packagings In addition you will find out how to analyze log files graphically Finally in the fifth section you will
97. rt learning resources 10 2 Five Steps to Create a 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 Step 1 Start test or questionnaire editor 1 Open the tab Learning resources in the main navigation 2 Select in the tool box Create on your right the element Test or Questionnaire 3 Indicate title and description before saving your settings 4 Click on the button Next 5 Confirm opening of editor Learning resource of type Test Settings Test Description Information on this entry ID Initiator Type 880345088 amuster Test Title of learning resource Description Mytest MY first test This field can be formatted using the Wiki Markup language Image regarding learning resouces jpg png gif Submit Cancel Next Now you have started the editor A new test or questionnaire in general comprises a section New section and a question of the type Single choice New question http www olat org 14 7 2008 51 OLAT 6 User Manual Step 2 Add a new question of the type Multiple choice 1 Select Multiple choice in the tool PEETERS x box Add on your right 4 My test N cti 2 Choose position of new question and a ot
98. rticipant Sample solution provide your course participants with sample solutions to their tasks s For each sub element you have to indicate in the tab Access at least one learning group in the field Dependent on group Only then will you gain insight into solutions handed in via the assessment tool of your course before evaluating or commenting them In the tab Assignment you can upload your tasks in file format to the task folder In the field Message to user you can provide general hints regarding your tasks In the field Type of assignment you determine if all available tasks should be offered or if they should be automatically allocated at random Select in the field Type of assignment if several course participants should be able to work on the same task With replacement or if each participant should solve another task Without replacement In the field Preview you decide if a course participant is allowed to have a look at a task before selecting it Keep in mind that when selecting Without replacement in the section Type of assignment you have to offer at least as many tasks as there are course participants In the tab Submit there is a preset text to confirm that a course participant has handed in his task This text can be adapted if needed Alternatively you can select Send text additionally as e mail In this case the confirmation will be sent as e mail to the respective OLAT user In the tab Ass
99. rticipants 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 System administrator A system administrator assigns rights manages users and deletes obsolete learning content Get in contact with your system administrator via support services Besides these four main roles there are others that are seldom used such as the group administrator and the user 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 7 OLAT 6 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 come to know more about 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 To registrate you will further need to know your university s access data Now you can registrate and choose a user name Proceed as follows Start browser
100. s 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 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 11 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 s Not all course features are generally active If you cannot see a certain link to such a course feature it 4 has to be activated first cp the descriptions in the following sub chapters 11 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 regarding 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 cr
101. s well as the tabs Article Discussion Edit page and Version authors on top of its content Wiki Navigation In the Wiki navigation on your top you will find pre set links in the section Navigation 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 easily can get back to a previously visited page In the section Create search article you can look for page titles of Wikis but not for their content via the search box You can also define a title for a new page Finally in the section Tools you will find a link to archive a snap shot of the entire Wiki content in your personal folder By means of the link A Z you will get to the table of contents of all Wiki pages At a glance you will know what already exists http www olat org 14 7 2008 28 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 tab Edit page Your options to format using the Wiki syntax will be explained in the context sensitive Help In order to add a file you have to upload it first via the drop down menu Transfer 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 page
102. s will be set by means of the button Insert link For further formatting options have a look in the row above that button 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 When deleting a page all its versions will be deleted as well It is therefore not possible to restore deleted pages Viewing Versions In the tab Version authors you can retrace who has modified a page 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 Subscribing Wikis Subscribe to a Wiki to be kept informed on modifications You will be notified via e mail or in your Home section Notifications You will be told which pages have been modified A list with the latest amendments can also be found in the Wiki navigation 7 1 8 Folder ec 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 a folder to be notified in the case of
103. save settings New question 3 Indicate title in the tab Metadata as well as other optional configurations Cancel and save your settings 4 Click on New question in the tab Question answers 5 Edit your question and click on Save Meta data Question answers Feedback Question previe and back Question a Question Actions 6 Click on New answer 5 oa aaa L 7 Edit first answer and click on Save and back Answers Pos Answers Correct Actions 8 Depending on the number of answers New answer W L io select Add new answer several times Edit your answers and click on Save ee and back Method of assessment All correct answers v x Score by means of assessment method Ai 1 0 9 Check all correct answer boxes in your correct answers i test and save your settings Minimum score 0 0 Maximum score 1 0 10 You can now modify your method of assessment in your test before saving s Save your settings 11 You can also optionally leave feedback in the next tab before saving your settings Now you can continue adding further questions of your choice Use sections to structure your questions http www olat org 14 7 2008 52 OLAT 6 User Manual Step 3 Save test or questionnaire 1 Click Close save in the tool box Editor tools on your right 2 Save your settings My test Meta data Question answers Feedback Question preview Question Quest
104. selecting Edit content in the tool box on your right If the course view is already 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 My course fg My course amp No problems or errors found in this course ne gf Test eis My course Title and description Visibility Access Overview Score Title and description of course element Id 77710410961817 or Short title My course 2 Title My course 2 Description a en w E This field can be formatted using the Wiki Markup et language guage g Z9 Self test Fse a Set link for this course element S Delete D Move Legend Existing visibility or access restriction Configuration error 4 Configuration may contain errors Course element ready to publish 4Gotot LA 0 0 Build HEAD B Logged in as amuster OLAT users are online MNT Univ 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
105. should be case sensitivity or not 4 one question and at least two answers wa Assessment several answers can be selected In a test Blog several answers can be correct File Discussion Questionnaire Wiki Kprim A Kprim question can only be used What types of questions can be used in a J in a test It comprises one answer and quBSHOnnalre x pe ots exactly four answers The one takin s y ans oa 8 Single Choice that test has to decide for every single Multiple Choice answer if it is correct or not 0 to 4 Kprim answers can be correct Gap text Cloze In a cloze question terms are replaced OLAT is an abbreviation for Free text A free text question is only available in a questionnaire The one answering can insert a text of his choice in a field of any size How do you locate OLAT 10 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 there
106. sprocessing gt lt item gt The attribute of the lt item ident gt tag has to begin with QTIEDIT FLA Only then will the QTI engine display no forms Your Flash should also contain a kind of Send button The following part of a code illustrates how a Flash file reply is sent back to the QTI engine var oResponseURL String _root oResponseURL var oResponseParam String _root oResponseParam sendbutton onRelease function loadVars new LoadVars loadVars oResponseParam inputfield text loadVars send oResponseURL _self POST Copy the example from above into an empty text file documentname txt Open the qti xml file in a text editor along with your text file containing our example The empty question in the qti xml file provides you with necessary IDs for your Flash questions Transfer those IDs to the example in your Flash question Example The item ident ID from the downloaded XML file has to be transferred to the item ident ID of the Flash question The response_lid ident ID of your XML file has then to be transferred to the response_str ident ID of your Flash question You also have to adapt the reference of your Flash file swf Indicate the score for a correct or wrong answer Delete the wild card question in your qti xml file before pasting your Flash question your modified example question exactly at this position The Flash file swf has then to be stored in the Media folder The text file co
107. st to assign your course element to the test s This assignment cannot be modified later on If you want to use another test you have to create a new course element Self test first before deleting the old one A self test is always 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 configured in the tab Self test configuration as well For more information please go to Display Options and Configuration section On the course level Information on how to see test results can be found in Archiving Results of Tests and Questionnaires 9 2 14 Course Element Questionnaire 22 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 learning resources in IMS QTI format version 1 2 If you have never generated a questionnaire before please follow the instructions in chapter 10 Creating Tests and Questionnaires By means of the course element Questionnaire you embed your questionnaire in your course Click on Choose file in the tab Questionnaire configuration to assign that course element to a questionnaire e This assignment cannot
108. t author if you do not plan to participate any longer 7 1 2 Forum cE 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 My visiting card Instead of a standardized 4 image your personal photo will then appear next to your forum entries Opening a Thread If you want to write a new message in your forum just select Open thread Title and contribution are mandatory You can also attach a file It is possible to edit or even delete your message later on http www olat org 14 7 2008 26 OLAT 6 User Manual Answering Forum Contributions If you want to reply to an existing message in a forum just open its thread by clicking on its title Then select Answer with quotation if you want the original message to appear underneath your contribution Select Answer 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 chapter 9 Subscribing to a Forum In order to be kept informed on new forum entries you should select Subscribe in the overview of threads Modifications will get to you via e mail or you will see them in your Home section Notifications 7 1 3 File Discussion In the
109. t 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 4 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 homepage 9 2 4 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 The CP has to be created externally e g with the Reload editor or with eLML In the first case you create your HTML page with a HTML editor of your choice and use the Reload editor to turn your HTML page into a CP In the second case eLML creates your HTML page and the CP for you This CP has then to be imported into learning resources further information can be found in the section Import To assign a CP learning content to your course element click on Select CP learning content in the tab Learning content Now you can choose from imported CPs or from CPs of which you have been appointed as owner To change the assignment of a cer
110. t their message you 4 should use an appropriate short title for the course element Contact form Within your contact form addressees will not be displayed due to privacy http www olat org 14 7 2008 47 OLAT 6 User Manual 9 3 Using Editor Tools 9 3 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 at once 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 3 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 will see all modifications or course elements not yet published in the course preview Features depending on an i
111. t 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 In order to format your description you can use the Wiki syntax There is the possibility to set links on each course element Just click on Set link on course element to have the external as well as the internal link of a course element on display s In order to refer from outside your course to a course element you have to use an external link In order 4 to set links within a course you have to use internal links 9 1 4 Configuration of the Tab s 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 three options Dependent on date Dependent on group and Dependent on assessment 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 s
112. tain CP learning content later on just click on Replace CP learning content in the tab Learning content before selecting another CP http www olat org 14 7 2008 41 OLAT 6 User Manual In the section Display you can determine how your learning content should be presented to course participants Create your CP learning content by means of the Reload editor for free A corresponding instruction 4 can be found in the section Using the Reload Editor to Create CPs 9 2 5 Course Element SCORM Learning Content SCORM means Sharable Content Object Reference Model and is another standardized e learning format supported by OLAT Use the course element SCORM course content to include learning content in the SCORM format SCORM version 1 2 in your course Your SCORM package has to be created externally e g with the Reload editor or with eLML Then you have to import your SCORM package in learning resources further information can be found in the section Import To assign a SCORM learning content to your course element just click on Select SCORM learning content in the tab Learning content Now you can choose from imported SCORM packages or from SCORM packages of which you have been appointed as owner 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
113. te permission regarding the group calendar s Each tool can only be used once in a project group It is 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 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 14 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 Information Group owners can edit this text Calendar 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 Members Here you will see a list containing all group participants and or its owners E Mail Send all group owners or participants an e mail Folder Exchange documents with other group members Foru
114. ted 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 of your course in the tab Evidence of achievement section Modify settings e 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 will still be able to see their own evidences 11 4 Record of Course Activities OLAT records course activities of participants and authors in so called log files By using the data archiving tool you can download those log files to your personal folder http www olat org 14 7 2008 61 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 of your cou
115. to 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 6 5 5 Edit Content If your learning resources can be edited e g courses glossaries tests or questionnaires this link will get you to the corresponding editor 6 5 6 Modify 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 in the course list or in queries via the search mask s If 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 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 wel
116. twork drive Therefore it is very easy to copy move or delete files For more information please go to Using WebDAV s Incase the memory limit Quota is exceeded due to large files in your personal folder you can contact your support team 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 http www olat org 14 7 2008 11 OLAT 6 User Manual 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 or send them a message by means of a contact form In the footer you will find a link indicating all users logged on at that moment 4 2 Chat 2 The OLAT chat enables you to exchange messages with other OLAT users in real time 4 2 1 Sending Messages Just click on those two figures xx xx in the status bar top right next to the Instant Messaging status symbol e g green asterisk and a list will appear You will see all members of your project group currently logged in To start the chat please click on a name of your
117. ty 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 Itis not enough to only select learning areas in the tab Configuration These learning areas have 1 to 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 Ifyou want to restrict the visibility or access of course elements to registered course participants it is not 4 advisable to configure the course element Enrollment as depending on groups course participants would not be able to register at all 9 2 16 Course Element Contact Form lt By means of the course element Contact form you provide your course participants with the possibility to send e mails to predefined recipients In the tab Recipient you can indicate tutors and members of learning groups in the field To you can insert single persons as recipients In the fields Default subject and Default message you can set standardized values that can however be edited later on by course participants when sending an e mail In order to insert several addressees in the field To you have to separate them by commas In order to provide your course participants with information on who will ge
118. u have to do is editing the learning group of your choice before selecting the corresponding learning area in the tab Learning area Learning areas are suitable for using the same course element within a course in several learning groups 4 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 Registration 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 Dependent on groups is activated 5 2 4 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 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 contai
119. u 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 group 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 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 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 6 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 5 2 7 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
120. w you will find any files returned to you by your coach amuster No files or folders EX Sample solution Here you will find some sample solutions provided by your coach solutions No files or folders Assessment Q Passed You have passed Information not available Comments No comments available 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 You will then get an acknowledgment of receipt 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 Viewing Sample Solutions
121. with OLAT s concept of groups e g which group types are feasible in various scenarios Let yourself get inspired and create your own didactic concept Chapter 6 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 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 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 If you want to create tests or questionnaires before implementing them into your course Chapter 10 will tell you which steps to take Now your learning content is complete and can be accessed your participants make active use of it Chapter 11 shows you where to find course results how to assess achievements or where to archive your learning content afterwards http www olat org 14 7 2008 3 OLAT 6 User Manual In the fourth part in Chapter 12 you can make yourself familiar with technologies and tools that will facilitate your work withi
122. wner 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 chapter 7 Learning Activities in Courses section Wiki 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 2 8 Course Element File Discussion The course element File discussion provides you with preset discussion forums in contrast to an ordinary forum discussions here are explicitly based on certain documents Use such a file discussion to let your course participants discuss e g scientific articles or papers In the tab Storage forum configuration you can upload documents in the storage folder of your file discussion by clicking on Transfer file You can also determine if your file discussion should be included in your course or if it should be displayed in a new 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 discussion These preset rights c
123. xplain terms to be found in your course Texts of a course will be search 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 Then open the detailed view 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 deactivate it Course participants are not allowed to add or edit such glossary terms However you can create a corresponding right group 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 of your course via Modify settings in the tab Glossary Per course only one glossary is allowed 11 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 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 opera
124. xsd ims _xrnl xsi f one htrril i r seven html H six Atel fez three html el two html S QCunlent Package beispidcep gt Zip Content Package This ZIP file can now be imported as CP learning content into OLAT Save your settings and zip them File View beispielcp Window Help De X 5 B ws Profile ms 11 F Metadata fy Organizations Ferientotos D i Das F nfte E Resources 4 eight Atl z Achte item Referenced element eight html A node that de fem Value organization t Identifier ITEM OFCBBBOB BE8c sub Manifest EI drop down be http www olat org 14 7 2008 69 OLAT 6 User Manual 12 3 4 Importing CPs into OLAT e In order to import CPs into OLAT you need author rights Log on in OLAT and select Learning resources in the main navigation Select the link CP learning content in the tool box Import on your right Transfer your created ZIP file and indicate title and description Re Oy Save your settings 5 Click on Next Your CP can now be found in your learning resources section My entries In the section Course Element CP Learning Content you can see how CPs are embedded in an OLAT course 12 4 Using ANALOG to Analyze OLAT Log Files 12 4 1 General Information on Log Files OLAT records activities of

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