Latest revision as of 03:45, 2 January 2016

1 Overview

An eCourse is a structure that holds information of any kind usually for the purposes of training or operational support.

bxp is not an authoring tool. It does not make videos or draw pictures. It is a Learning Management System (LMS) for managing content and users.

bxp follows international standards in construction, specifically SCORM. SCORM has a number of versions.

To understand the concept, the information is stored in roughly the structure of Book, Chapter and Page.

Each page can be likened to a clear plastic folder. A page can contain any amount of information in a broad range of formats, from text to images, audio recordings, multimedia, PDF documents, Word Documents or almost anything else you care to upload.

2 How to build an eCourse

2.1 Create a Book

To build your first eCourse you need two modules. The first is eCourse Management . This will allow you to do all the building and security.

Log into bxp using the details supplied in your Welcome Email. If you need any help getting logged in please contact us on support@allnone.ie or phone us +353 1 429 4000

When you are logged in:

Main Menu > eCourse Management > Book Management > Create a Book

There are three boxes on this page which must be filled in: Book, Chapter and Page. When you build an eCourse, you must fill these in as they are the names for the book title, the book's first chapter and the first page within that chapter.

After you press the "Create Book" button you will be re-directed to the eCourse console. From here, you an quickly add chapters, pages and media to your eCourse.

2.2 Create a Chapter

To add another chapter to a book, click on the "Chapter - Add" button. All you have to do is to give the Chapter a name and then go down and click "Create Chapter".

If you want to find out more about the options available you can read more here ECourse_Chapter_-_Edit

On the complete page you can now choose "Add a Page to this Chapter"

2.3 Create a Page

The process is similar to adding a chapter. Just give the Page a title and scroll to the bottom and click "Create Page".

For more information on the other options available you can read more here ECouse_Page_-_Edit

Choose "View the eCourse" to go to the Table of Contents of the Book.

2.4 Navigating the Table of Contents

The table of contents will present you with your book, chapter and the page will be compressed up into the Chapter.

If you click the icon, your page will appear.

There are icons to the right of the books and chapter levels. A at a book level will quickly add a chapter. A at a chapter level will quickly add a page.

Every book you create will automatically be searchable in the eCourse Search at the bottom right of every page of bxp.

Firstly let's add some content to our page.

2.5 Adding Content to a Page

Open up your Chapter and click the name of your Page. This should take you through to the Page.

It can be useful to note the Reference of your eCourse page ECourse_-_Reference_Code

At the bottom of the page you have the option to "Add Text to this Page" which allows you to add text / html immediately to the page.

You also have "Add Media to this Page" which allows you to upload materials such as PDF, Docs, PowerPoints, videos, anything.

3 What's Next?

If you'd like to see how some of our clients are already using bxp for eLearning solutions. bxp eLearning

If you'd like to see how some of our clients are already using bxp for Quality Assurance solutions. bxp Quality Assurance

eCourse is an entire pillar of bxp The_Modules_of_bxp This means there is a lot to it and lots of really interesting things that can be done.

Very often people want to build and integrate tests with their training material:

• How to build your first test Examination_-_Building_a_Test
• In the Chapter add the Id of your test to Stop or Support point test ECourse_Chapter_-_Edit

Documentation can be integrated into numerous parts of the operation tools Form_-_Integrating_Documentation

If you'd like to know a little more around the subject of eLearning, we've produced a guide which introduces the concepts Click here

We have many articles about different aspects of our Learning and Development tools Category:Topic:Learning_and_Development

If you're interested in some concepts around the development of materials we have produced a handy guide Scenario_-_Developing_Training_Materials