How to Use CourseLab 2.4

1. How to UseCourseLab 2.4 Prof. Roberto E. López Universidad Central del Caribe April 2012

2. SystemRequirements • Minimum system requirements for working with CourseLab: • Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/2003; • Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher; • 50MB hard drive space; • Minimum system requirements for viewing learning modules: • Microsoft® Windows® 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 (limited support for Microsoft® Windows® 95 *), and Linux • Internet Explorer 5.0 (Internet Explorer 5.5 orhigherrecommended), Mozilla FireFox 1.0 or higher, Netscape® 7.2 or higher, limited support** for Opera 9.0 and higher and Safari 3.0 (Win) and higher • JavaScript enabled • XML support enabled (Microsoft® XML Parser 3.0 or higher recommendedfor Internet Explorer***)

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

4. TestingCapabilities The current version of CourseLab supports the following types of questions: • single choice • multiple select • ordered items • numerical fill-in-blank • text fill-in-blank • matching pairs

5. Supportedformats • Text • RichText-modetextediting • HTML-modetextediting • JavaScript codeinsertion • Pictures • GIF (includingAnimatedGIF) • JPG • PNG • BMP • Video • AVI • WMV (Windows Media Video) • MPEG • MOV (QuickTime Movie) • RM (Real Media) • FLV (Adobe Flash Video) • Audio • AIFF • WMA (Windows Media Audio) • MP3 • WAV • SWF (Adobe Flash) • RichMedia • Adobe Flash • Adobe Shockwave • Java-applets • Attachingexternalfiles • Text file (TXT) • HTML (.HTM, .HTML) • Rich Text Format (RTF) • Microsoft Word (DOC) • Microsoft Excel (XLS) • Adobe PDF • ZIP archive

6. Hierarchy

7. Course Lab Window

8. Course Lab Window Working Area

9. Course Lab Window Outline Pane

10. Course Lab Window Slides Pane

11. Course Lab Window Frames Pane

12. Course Lab Window Timeframe Pane

13. Course Lab Window Frame Pane

14. Creating a New Course • File • New • Course

15. Editing a Module • Module • Desing Settings

16. SpecialSlides • Title Slide • Master Slide • Normal Slide

17. Editing Title Slide • View • Title

18. Editing Master Slide • View • Master

19. Editing Normal Slide • View • Normal

20. New Slide • Insert • New Slide

21. Publishing Formats • There are different output choices for Course publishing: • For launching from a CD • For distribution in a Learning Management System, which supports the AICC standard • For distribution in a Learning Management System, which supports the SCORM 1.2 standard • For distribution in a Learning Management System, which supports the SCORM 2004 standard

22. 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

23. Module RuntimeSettings • Module • Runtime Settings

24. Module RuntimeSettings • General Tab • Identifieris a short Module ID which will be used in the Learning Management System. • Descriptionis a brief informal description of the Course, which will be used within the Learning Management System in the Module card.

25. Module RuntimeSettings • Checks Tab • specifythesoftware components that need to be checked for availability on a student’scomputer prior tolaunchingModule.

26. Module RuntimeSettings • Runtime Tab • specifyany extra executionparameters.

27. Module RuntimeSettings

28. Module RuntimeSettings