Pilot
PaperTalent
Workshop
Teachers & Content Developers
Content Training
o Introduction PaperTalent
o Course actions
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Course information
Completion
Course rules
Course scheduling
Lesson information
Content
Projects
Tests
Content tree management
Copy from another lesson
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Lesson rules
Glossary
User status
Reports
Files
Scorm
Administration
Smart content
Introduction
Platform which contains digital content to support education and digitalblended learning.
o An advanced training method with more possibilities than viewing clips
and animations.
o This workshop explains you how to create and manage e-learning content
on the platform.
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Course actions
o Course actions are settings that Professors can perform on their courses,
described as a coherent object on top of contained lessons.
Course actions are visible on the Professor's homepage (a set of actions
next to each Course).
o Course actions define certificate formats and issuing conditions, rules,
availability and the order of completing the course lessons.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Course actions: Information
o The Information tab includes a detailed
description of the course under several
topics (e.g. Objectives, Resources).
PaperTalent provides total freedom on how
these topics will be used. Part of this
information is visible to the student through
the integrated tooltip, when the student
passes over a course on the catalog.
o Apart from this basic information, the
professor can also describe the lesson using
several course metadata, that follow the
Dublin Core standard.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Course actions: Completion
o The Completion tab lists all the students
of the course and their progress. It allows
professors to toggle the Autocomplete option for the course.
This option ensures that all students
satisfying the lesson or course criteria,
are automatically acknowledged by the
system and given the completed status.
The professor can override the completion
status by hand using the related function
next to each user's name (last column).
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Course actions: Rules
o Course rules define the order in which
course lessons can be accessed and
completed. This option is important in
cases where we need to set
prerequisites for certain lessons.
PaperTalent offers support for complex
prerequisite rules. For example Lesson3 can depend on Lesson-1 *and*
Lesson-2; only when both Lesson-1 and
Lesson-2 are completed will Lesson-3
become available for the student.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Course actions: Prerequisites
o Through the course rules tab, we can
add rules between different courses
and though define the order in which
courses can be accessed and
completed. We simply select the course
on which our course depends from the
list and submit it.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Course actions: Order
o The Order tab offers a drag-and-drop
interface to change the order of the
lessons inside the courses.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Course actions: Scheduling
o The scheduling tab offers an
interface for setting the availability
for individual lessons inside the
course.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Lesson information
o Lesson information is a means for the
professor to portray to the user the
information regarding the lesson's
requirements. For example, to
acknowledge exactly what is required
during this lesson, the topics to be
covered, the assessment method and any
other relevant information. As you can see
to the right, this information is easily
compiled by the professor. The "greenplus" symbol activates the relevant field,
where information can be entered and
edited. The information is confirmed for
publication using the "green-tick" symbol.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Content
o If professors are responsible for managing
the content of their own lessons or courses.
When entering a new lesson, the first thing
that a professor has to do is to create units
and subunits to develop the content tree
within lessons and then update existing ones.
In order to create this structure there is the
function "Content" available. Adding new
content or modifying content is accomplished
using the tools on the top of the page.
o Professors have the following content
management options:
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Editing/creating content
Adding files
Import Scorm content
Applying a function to all units
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Content
o Editing / Creating content
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When we select to create a unit or update an
existing one, an editor appears which allows us to
manipulate text, images and other multimedia
objects, as well as to define some basic options
for the lesson.
Using the editor, editing existing and creating
new content is simple and quick. Text can be
created or edited using the WYSISYG editor.
Apart from the content management, the unit
update function allows the professor to define
some characteristics for each unit, such as if the
content is theory or examples, how the students
will complete the unit (autocomplete, complete
with question) etc. Finally, through this page the
professor can easily upload pdf files as content of
the unit, by toggling to pdf content. All he has to
do is to upload the pdf file and the content of the
unit is ready. Now the pdf file will open as a unit
inside PaperTalent.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Content
o Adding files
Each unit can contain multimedia files in its content
i.e. images,mp3 files, videos, java script, etc.
These files can be inserted to the unit using the links
provided by the editor shown in lower right image.
However, the media files must first be uploaded to the
file manager for them to become available through
the multimedia links above. The files placed in the file
manager can be automatically inserted in the editor
by clicking on the "Insert" arrow.
o The multimedia files can be inserted by using the
multimedia button that you will find in the editor.
By clicking on this button the file manager opens.
You will have to select the file that you want to insert.
You can also define the dimensions of the multimedia
file and add a small description when you add the
media into the editor.
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Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Content
o Import SCORM content
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Professors can also import
existing SCORM compliant
content or export SCORM
content for use with other
compatible platforms. The
SCORM content is managed by
the function "SCORM" in the
professor's page. In order to
import SCORM content, the
professor can use the "import
SCORM content" link, under
content tools shown above.
Clicking this link, the professor
will be prompted to choose the
location from which to upload
the SCORM file.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Content
o Applying a function to all units
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In the content tools box you will find
the option to "Apply a function to all
units".
By using this function you can apply
some settings to all the units of your
lesson automatically, as well as to
your SCORM 1.2 content. Let's say for
example that you want all the units of
the lesson to have the navigation
handles hidden from the users.
You will select to hide all navigation
handles from the selection box and
then you will click on the green arrow
to apply the change. From now on,
none of the units will have navigation
handles available to the students.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Tests
o Questions creation
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Using the "tests" link on the lesson's homepage and entering
the "questions" tab, professors can create a pool of questions
to be used in the tests. PaperTalent supports the following
types of questions: empty spaces, free text, multiple choicessingle correct answer, multiple choices-many correct
answers, match, true/false, empty spaces, drag and drop.
All questions are corrected automatically, apart from open
text questions that must be corrected manually by the
professor. Professors have the option to provide students
with explanations of answers, generated directly after test
submission, indicating the correct answers and explanations.
While compiling questions, the professor must define various
details. For example, which unit of the lesson the question
refers to, the difficulty level and the estimated time to
complete each question. These options will help PaperTalent
group similar questions and generate random tests, when
required.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Tests
o Adding tests
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Once the questions pool is created, professors can create tests
by entering the "tests" tab. In order to create a test, the
professor must first define the characteristics of the test:
The "Duration in minutes" box allows professors to define the
duration of the test. However, this is not obligatory, since
questions set up correctly with assigned completion times, can be
used to determine the total test time. In the "Test repetitions"
box we can set the number of times that the student will be able
to take the same test. From the moment that we allow the test
repetition we can allow students to redo only the wrong
answered questions, by selecting this option from the test
advanced characteristics. The "Maintain history" box defines the
number of test executions that will be kept for each student. The
"Mastery score" box must define the minimum threshold score,
enabling PaperTalent to assign test attempts with pass or fail
evaluations. Apart from the basic test options, there are some
advanced settings available to the professor, as shown in the
image below. For example, using the retain best score option, the
system will show the student's best results by default. Another
interesting setting is that the professor can define a password for
a specific test and only the users who have this password will be
able to take this test, after submitting it in the test's first page.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Tests
o Adding tests
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The Basic parameters include the duration of the
test and/or the number of the questions to be
included. Priority can also be set between the
number of questions vs the duration of the test,
allowing PaperTalent to generate an accurate test.
Through the Adjust difficulty tab the difficulty level
(low, medium, hard, very hard) of questions to be
included in the test can be defined.
The Adjust type tab allows for the allocation of
question types (true/false, open text etc.) to be
included in the test.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Tests
o Adding tests
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The Questions by percentage tab offers the ability to
define the percentage of questions from each unit of
the lesson, to be included in the test. For example, if
we want to create a test referring only to one unit of
the lesson, we will set a 100% percentage in this unit.
Of course, this parameter requires that we have
assigned each question to a specific unit of the lesson
when creating it.
Finally , there are the Advanced settings. This tab
allows for the allocation of questions from the total
number selected, in order to generate a different
when re-attempted by the user. Every time a student
starts the test, the system will automatically combine
the question allocated from here, and in conjunction
with the other parameters, generate a new random
test. Apart from that, the professor can allow the
students to define themselves how many questions
they want to use in each test execution.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Tests
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Every time a student submits a test, the professor
will see it on their Tests page. There is a list of
the Recently completed tests where professors
can view when a student submitted which test,
with what score etc. If the test contains open text
questions, then the Pending indication will show
"Yes", prompting the professor to evaluate and
assign scores.
Once submitted, professors can preview solved
tests, add student feedback to tests or test
questions, view test analysis based on student's
scores for each lesson unit or delete test
executions.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Content tree management
o Managing the content tree management
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Inside the content tree management page, the
professor can see all the units and subunits
created for the lesson, allowing for the following
options:
Change a unit's position inside the lesson tree: by
dragging the unit from its current position and
dropping it in the desired place.
Deactivate/activate units: simply by clicking on
the relevant button. Deactivated units will not
appear in the lesson's content, neither in the
professor's nor in the students page.
Delete units from the lesson: using the Delete
button next to each unit.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Copy from another lesson
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Allows professors to add content from an existing lesson
to another. Enables the sharing of specific data between
lessons e.g. a chapter or the glossary of an existing lesson
can be copied to another lesson.
Once the lesson has been created by the administrator, the
professor can access it from their "my lessons" page.
Entering into the lesson's homepage, the professor will see
the "copy from another lesson" option. This enables the
professor to choose a lesson from which they want to copy
content, glossary, surveys, questions from, to the current
lesson, shown to the right.
Using the drag and drop function, professors can choose a
chapter from the existing lesson by dragging it and
dropping it into the new lesson, in the order required.
Once all the required chapters from the current lesson
have been copied, professor's can move onto other lessons
and copy chapters, if required.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Lesson rules
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Lesson rules allows professors to predetermine how
students should perform their e-learning duties and
progress though the lessons/ courses to achieve their goals.
Creating content traversing rules
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Clicking on the "add rule" of the content traversing rules, shown above, the
professor will presented the following options:
Using these options, the professor can determine who the rule is applicable
for, i.e. all users or a particular user, and which units to be excluded from.
This rule can be based on the user not having seen a particular unit, where
the particular unit must be selected, or can be set for "always" if the
professor wants to make sure no student can progress further than a
predetermined unit.
The professor can also ensure students read the chapters in serial order, by
enabling the ready rule shown above. Once enabled, students must view the
units in serial order, otherwise they will not be able to view the unit until the
previous unit is read.
Lesson completion rules
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These rules determine how each lesson is completed, and ensure students
follow a specific path in order to complete the lesson. Clicking on the lesson
completion tab, the professor will have the following options:
According to these lesson completion rules, in order for the students to
complete the lesson they must: 1)have seen all units and 2)passed all tests.
As the "Auto complete" has been enabled, students who meet this criteria,
will automatically complete the lesson. If disabled, professors will have to
manually approve lesson completion for students meeting the criteria, giving
professors more control but being more time consuming.
Clicking on the "add condition" link above, professors can change the lesson
completion rules.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Glossary
CHECKEN BIJ PT VOLGENS MIJ NIET ALLE
GLOSSARY WORDEN GEDEELD!!
o Each lesson has its own glossary section. The
professor of the lesson can easily add terms
and definitions, by clicking add definition,
shown below, and entering the term and
definition in the corresponding fields.
When the professor of a particular lesson
enters a definition into the glossary, the
defined word will be highlighted within its
original context, also showing the definition
entered.
Glossaries can be copied between lessons,
thus avoiding re-entering the same terms
and definitions, but maintaining the option
to either modify the definition of a term or
exclude a term from the glossary altogether.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
User Status
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The professor must be able to view the progress of
his students. For this reason PaperTalent has
the User status function. By clicking on this the
professor can see the list of all the lesson's users
and whether they have completed the lesson
completion conditions or not. If the professor have
defined through the lesson rules that the lesson
will be completed automatically, when a student
completes the lesson conditions the status is
turned to completed automatically. Otherwise, the
professor must click on the last button that shows
the student's progress throughout the lesson and
he can set the lesson as completed for this
student, set his score and his comments.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Reports
o PaperTalent provides extensive reports
for different system objects. Access to
reports is provided based on the type of
user and role inside the system.
Administrators have access to all
reports, whereas professors have access
to reports relating to their lessons and
users. One can define sub-user types
with different privileges on reports. All
reports can be exported in EXCEL or PDF
format.
o Apart from the reports presented in this
chapter, PaperTalent also provides
custom reports that you can create by
using the "User reports generator" tool.
More information on this tool you can
find in the Custom reports.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
User reports
o Through the user reports administrators
and professors can search for a specific
user. Specific user names can be entered
in the search filed to generate their
report. Typing "%" generates a list of all
available users, allowing the
administrator or professor to choose a
specific user and obtain their report.
Apart from the reports presented in this
chapter, PaperTalent also provides
custom reports that you can create by
using the "User reports generator" tool.
More information on this tool you can
find in the Custom reports.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Lesson reports
o The administrator and professor can
either enter the lesson name or use the
"%" search feature to find the lesson
they want to generate the report for.
o NOTE: the administrator will have access
to all lessons on the system whereas the
professor will only have his own lessons
to choose from.
o Once the lesson is selected, the
information will be generated.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Course reports
o Using the search field, as with the
previous reports, the administrator or
professor can choose the relevant
course they want the report for.
o Indicating the lessons within the chosen
course, this report generates the
information shown to the right. This can
be further filtered to show active,
inactive or all users within the specific
course.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Test reports
o There is a search field for these reports,
where administrators or professors can
locate the test they want the report for.
o NOTE: Administrators can generate
reports for all tests on the system
whereas professors can only generate
reports for the tests within their own
lessons.
o The "question analysis" section of the
report indicates the scores achieved for
each question and shows the
percentage of users that chose each
answer.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Test reports (2)
o The "test analysis" section, indicates the
percentage of users to achieve a score
within the various "score brackets". This
shows administrators or professors the
percentage of users to achieve a score
within the relevant score bracket or
above.
o This section of the report indicates the
questions on the test, showing the
question type, difficulty and scores
achieved.
o The "users tab" indicates the users that
have attempted the test, the number of
attempts and the minimum, maximum
and average scores achieved by each.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Branch reports
o This report allows us to select a branch
within the organization and view
information specifically about that
particular branch. For example, users in
that branch or job positions within that
branch.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Files
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The Files function is the digital library of
the lesson. Each lesson has its own file
manager, where all the files concerning the
lesson are uploaded and stored. Several
types of files are supported. To upload a
file the professor clicks on the upload file
link. He is able to upload more than one
files at a time, adding them by clicking on
the green cross icon. We must be careful not
to exceed the size limit shown in the upload
page, which of course can be changed.
The file manager appears together with the content editor, allowing the professor to add files in his text. There
are some options available for every file. The users can download the file on their computer, view the file's
metadata, edit the name of the file and delete it.
Finally, the professor can decide which files he wants to share with his students by clicking on the Share button.
In this case, the students will be able to see in their lesson the file manager, which will contain the selected
Shared files only. Through their file manager the students can download these files and save them in their
computer, as a supplementary training material.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Scorm
o PaperTalent is a scorm 1.2 compliant and certified platform form the ADL
organisation since 2006. eFront 3.6 is also compliant with SCORM 2004/4th
Edition and IMS content packaging format.
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SCORM support
SCORM import
SCORM export
SCORM data usage
SCORM Retakes set up
Specific SCORM vendor notes
IMS support
o VAPA does not use SCORM content on
PaperTalent.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Administration
o Lesson administration is the central point
that controls the lesson characteristics and
its look-and-feel. The Professor can use
this page to enable different modules and
characteristics for the lesson, to control
how lesson elements will be presented, to
initialize the lesson's dynamic data (e.g.,
user progress) and finally to import/export
lesson material. This page is available to
Administrators as well from the lessons list
on their interface.
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Lesson options
Layout
Initialization
Import/export
Users
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Administration
o Lesson options
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These options allow professors
to control various aspects of
the lesson delivery by enabling
and disabling the various
options. To enable an option,
the professor should click on it
until it is a bold color. To
disable it, it should turn to a
shadow option, shown below
encircled in blue.
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Administration
o Lesson modules
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The same principle applies for
the lesson module options,
whereby the professor's
should enable the modules
they want included in their
lesson, and disable the ones
they don't.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Administration
o Layout
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Professor's can also determine the layout of
their lesson's homepage, which will alter how
the students view the homepage of the
lesson. Using the drag and drop function,
professors can easily alter the order the
students view their homepage.
To eliminate/ include certain options from the
lesson homepage, the professor must first
disable / enable them from the lesson options
page, mentioned above. Although altered by
the professor, each student can further adjust
the existing blocks on the lesson homepage,
using the drag and drop function outlined
above. However, they will always have the
same options available, that is they cannot
delete blocks from their homepage but simply
change the order they view them.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Administration
o Initialization
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This feature allows professors to reset lesson data
when user's first use the particular lesson. For
example, a professor may use a particular lesson
year in year out, and will therefore have particular
announcements or events for that year, which will
need to be reset for the new students
commencing in the new year/ new course.
This feature is very useful when professors use
the same lessons year in year out or with short
courses where the users are frequently changing.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Administration
o Import/Export
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Professor's can import existing lesson content into PaperTalent
using this easy to use import function. Compatible with a
variety of file types, allowing professors flexibility when
incorporating lesson data to their lessons, for example, Zip and
PDF files can be imported and PaperTalent will transform them
directly into the working content tree, using folder names as
unit names within the lesson.
Using the options shown above, professor's can reset the lesson
data they want, by simply checking the tick boxes next to the
specific data type they want to reset. For example, if the
professor is importing a survey file to incorporate in their
lesson's data, the professor can tick the survey check box while
importing, which will delete existing surveys and replace them
with the new ones being imported.
Professor's can easily export existing lessons, including all the
lesson data they have created with the PaperTalent system, by
simply clicking on the "export" button, shown below, from
within the lesson they want to export. They can also choose if
they want to export the lesson's files or not, by clicking on the
relevant checkbox.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/
Smart Content
o Smart content provides professors with
a useful tool for importing structured
data and converting it directly into
working content tree. Smart content
converts folder names as unit names
within the lesson and folder content as
unit content.
At first, we have to organize the
content we want to import in
PaperTalent, on our computer.
We have to create at least one folder
to insert our pdf files in it, and then
zip it.
Source: http://wiki.efrontlearning.net/