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How to Use CourseLab 2.4 Prof. Roberto E. López Universidad Central del Caribe April 2012

System Requirements 

Minimum system requirements for working with CourseLab: › Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/2003; › Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher; › 50MB hard drive space;

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Minimum system requirements for viewing learning modules: › Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 (limited for

Microsoft® Windows® 95 *), and Linux › Internet Explorer 5.0 (Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher recommended), Mozilla FireFox 1.0 or higher, Netscape® 7.2 or higher, limited ** for Opera 9.0 and higher and Safari 3.0 (Win) and higher › JavaScript enabled › XML enabled (Microsoft® XML Parser 3.0 or higher recommended for Internet Explorer***)

Compliance to Standards 

Learning modules created using CourseLab are compliant with the following e-Learning standards: › AICC (http://www.aicc.org/ ) › SCORM 1.2 (http://www.adlnet.org/ ) › SCORM 2004 (SCORM 1.3)

(http://www.adlnet.org/ )

Testing Capabilities The current version of CourseLab s the following types of questions:  single choice  multiple select  ordered items  numerical fill-in-blank  text fill-in-blank  matching pairs

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ed formats 

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Rich Media › › ›

Pictures › › › ›

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AIFF WMA (Windows Media Audio) MP3 WAV SWF (Adobe Flash)

Text › RichText-mode text editing › HTML-mode text editing › JavaScript code insertion

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Audio

GIF (including Animated GIF) JPG PNG BMP

Video › › › › › ›

AVI WMV (Windows Media Video) MPEG MOV (QuickTime Movie) RM (Real Media) FLV (Adobe Flash Video)

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Adobe Flash Adobe Shockwave Java-applets

Attaching external files › › › › › › ›

Text file (TXT) HTML (.HTM, .HTML) Rich Text Format (RTF) Microsoft Word (DOC) Microsoft Excel (XLS) Adobe PDF ZIP archive

Hierarchy Learning Management System Learning Module Folders Slide Fram e

Course Lab Window

Course Lab Window

Working Area

Course Lab Window

Outline Pane

Course Lab Window

Slides Pane

Course Lab Window

Frames Pane

Course Lab Window

Timeframe Pane

Course Lab Window

Frame Pane

Creating a New Course 

File › New  Course

Editing a Module 

Module › Desing

Settings

Special Slides 

Title Slide

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Master Slide

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Normal Slide

Editing Title Slide 

View › Title

Editing Master Slide 

View › Master

Editing Normal Slide 

View › Normal

New Slide 

Insert › New Slide

Publishing Formats 

There are different output choices for Course publishing: › For launching from a CD › For distribution in a Learning Management

System, which s the AICC standard › For distribution in a Learning Management System, which s the SCORM 1.2 standard › For distribution in a Learning Management System, which s the SCORM 2004 standard

Publishing a Course 

The sequence of publishing steps is as follows: › 1. Specify the runtime settings for each

Module › 2. Specify the Course runtime settings › 3. Launch the “Publish Course” wizard

Module Runtime Settings 

Module › Runtime Settings

Module Runtime Settings 

General Tab › Identifier is a short

Module ID which will be used in the Learning Management System. › Description is a brief informal description of the Course, which will be used within the Learning Management System in the Module card.

Module Runtime Settings 

Checks Tab › specify the software

components that need to be checked for availability on a student’s computer prior to launching Module.

Module Runtime Settings 

Runtime Tab › specify any extra

execution parameters.

Module Runtime Settings

Module Runtime Settings