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Browsing Course Critiques

This new feature lets you browse through course critiques submitted by students, starting with those most recently submitted. This is available in two places:

1) Course Manager --> Critiques

Select a course, and then click on the Critiques tab. In addition to the drop-down form used to select the critique used for the course, there is a table below which lists critique submissions for the selected course starting with the most recent. Ten items are shown at a time, and you can browse to earlier submissions using navigation arrows (only visible when the total submissions is greater than 10). Click on the student name to browse to the student information, or click on the Completion Date (highlights row) to launch the critique report in a separate window.

2) System Manager --> Students

Click on the Critiques tab. Similar to above, except that submissions for all courses are listed.

Posted by Brian On 09/22/04 At 06:59 PM

Master Catalog Building

Help! My catalog is disappearing!

Building custom catalogs is a good way to give specific customers what they need without a lot of unneeded clutter, just as long as you understand the catalog building process.

Posted by Brian On 08/07/04 At 12:21 AM

Make it easy for your referers to purchase seats

Problem:

You have a referer, set up as an Organization with a Training Manager Account. They have a customer who wants to buy several seats for their employees. Entering students one at a time and then purchasing a course by credit card for each is time consuming. How to make this more efficient?

Posted by Brian On 07/23/04 At 04:25 PM

Support Available Here

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Posted by Brian On 07/19/04 At 06:00 PM

Exelearn LMS now with SCORM 1.2

Both the Exelearn Commerce and the Exelearn Corporate learning managements systems now manage the delivery of SCORM 1.2-compliant content. Coming soon is a SCORM 1.2 content player, offering the same features and ease-of-use currently available with the Exelearn AICC content player.

Posted by Brian On 07/19/04 At 05:03 PM

XML: Green Light Go

Here is an excerpt from the article that keeps on giving, still available here.

Eventually, all e-learning products will use XML, making developing, delivering, and managing Web-based training easier and faster. In all likelihood, though, HTML (the Web publishing standard) won't be singing its swan song for years to come. So, what does XML mean for training now?

According to David Troug, senior analyst of the e-business infrastructure division of Forrester Research, it means planning ahead so you're not stuck "communicating in a dead language." He says, "As companies move from classroom training to Web-based training, they need to develop content using XML standards or else they're setting themselves up for disaster down the road. XML is the standard for how all computer systems will exchange information in the not-so-distant future."

XML has start-to-finish implications for WBT, including reducing online production time, developing more engaging training content, and integrating systems enterprisewide for easier program administration and management. The ultimate carrot at the end of the XML stick is a reduction in Web publishing costs by as much as 50 percent. Here are the key benefits that are driving XML momentum.

Posted by Brian On 02/24/04 At 03:13 PM