Building Courses in WBT Manager

This section describes how to build a course based on Captivate-generated Flash movies in an AICC-compliant and SCORM 1.2-compliant LMS, WBT Manager from Integrity eLearning.

In order to begin, you must first install WBT Manager. This is a relatively simple process, usually done by a network administrator. See the WBT Manager Installation and Customization Manual available at www.ielearning.com/wbt/support/documentation.cfm for details.

WBT Manager has three separate interfaces:

• A client-server System Administrator interface for setting up and managing all aspects of the training program
• A browser-based Local Administrator interface for registering learners and assigning courses
• A browser-based Learner Interface for launching assigned courses, and tracking progress

Please note that only the System Administrator interface offers the capability to build courses.

Course Hierarchy

Standards-compliant e-learning is made up primarily of courses and lessons.

A course typically covers a relatively large subject, such as "Using Microsoft Windows XP" or "Safety on the Job." Learner enrollment is done at the course level.

Courses are made up of lessons. Every course must contain at least one lesson, and most courses have several of them. In some courses, lessons are organized into instructional blocks that appear on learner menus.

Lessons provide access to the actual learning content. When a learner chooses a lesson from a course menu, WBT Manager launches the related learning object.

Most lessons are "tracked," which means that they send information data about the learner's progress to WBT Manager. For details about the data sent by Captivate to WBT Manager, see the section "Data Sent to WBT Manager" below. Some courses may include "untracked lessons" or "reference items" that do not send any information.

Comparing WBT Manager, AICC, and SCORM 1.2 Content Hierarchies¹

WBT Manager course hierarchy accommodates the AICC and SCORM 1.2 content hierarchies as shown in the following table:

¹ Adapted from Fallon, C. and Brown, S., e-Learning Standards, A Guide to Purchasing, Developing and Deploying Standards-Conformant e-Learning, Boca Raton, FL: St. Lucie Press, 2003

WBT Manager element name	Specification equivalent(s)	Description
course	AICC: course SCORM 1.2: organization	This is the level at which learning content is assigned to learners and at which it can be transferred between LMSs.
instructional block	AICC: instructional block SCORM 1.2: item	This level serves primarily as a grouping mechanism for lessons and other instructional blocks. Blocks can be nested to as many levels as required.
lesson	AICC: assignable unit (AU) SCORM 1.2: sharable content object (SCO)	This is the level at which the actual learning content (learning objects) is launched and tracked.
reference item	AICC: not supported SCORM 1.2: LMS-launched asset	This is a SCORM-only construct. It is an item of learning content that is launched but not tracked by WBT Manager.

Learning Objects

For the purposes of this paper, each Flash file that you create with Captivate is considered a learning object, which is equivalent to:

• an AICC assignable unit (AU)
• a SCORM 1.2 shareable content object (SCO)

The important thing to remember is that whatever you call it: lesson, learning object, assignable unit, AU, shareable content object or SCO; it is the smallest piece of content that can be tracked individually by an LMS.

Data Sent to WBT Manager

Learning objects comprised of Flash content produced with Captivate automatically send data about the learner’s performance to WBT Manager. This data falls into two categories:

• Results data: overall data about the learner’s progress in the learning object
• Interaction data: sent about each interaction the learner completes in the learning object

Note that this data is the same whether your learning object uses the SCORM 1.2 or the AICC output option.

Results Data

The following data items are automatically sent to WBT Manager. This is referred to as the “results data” in the diagram below.

• Score: The final score for learning object, based on the cumulative total of the weighted scores for each completed interaction
• Time: The time the learner spent in the learning object during the current session

• Lesson status: The status of the learning object when exited by the learner. This will be set to one of the following values:

  • Passed or Failed: If the learning object has a score and this option is selected in the Captivate Quiz Manager.
  • Completed or Incomplete: If the learning object returns a score or this option is selected in the Captivate Quiz Manager.
• Lesson location : The point of exit (slide number) from the learning object. WBT Manager stores the lesson location when the learner exits a learning object part-way through a session. The next time that the learner opens the learning object, the first slide displayed is the last slide viewed in the previous session.
• Resume data : Information about the learner’s progress in the learning object. WBT Manager stores resume data when the learner exits a learning object part-way through a session. The next time that the learner opens the learning object any further quiz questions answered will be added to the previous answer data (on questions 1-5) saved from the previous session(s). 

Interaction Data

The following data items are automatically sent to WBT Manager when the learner completes each interaction in the learning object. This is referred to as the "interaction data" in the diagram below.

• Date: The date that the interaction was taken. This is set automatically.
• Time: For AICC-supporting learning objects: The time that the interaction became available to the learner. For SCORM-supporting learning objects: The time that the learner completed the interaction. This is set automatically.
• Objective ID: The identifier of the objective that the interaction is linked to (if any). This value is defined by the developer. Used to identify the specific learning objective that the interaction is testing achievement for.
• Interaction ID: An identifier for the interaction that is unique within the learning object. This value is defined by the developer. This identifier will be is used to identify the specific interaction (click-box, text-entry or quiz frame) that the interaction data relate to.

• Type: The type of interaction. This is automatically set to one of the following values:

  • choice for Captivate Multiple choice quiz questions
  • true-false for Captivate True/False quiz questions
  • fill-in for Captivate Fill in the blank questions
  • long fill-in for Captivate Short answer questions
  • matching for Captivate Matching questions
  • likert for Captivate Likert questions
• Correct response(s): The correct response(s) for the interaction. This value is defined by the developer.
• Learner’s response(s): The actual response(s) selected by the learner.

• Result: The result of the interaction. This is automatically set to one of these values:

  • correct
  • wrong
• Weighting: The scoring value of the interaction. This is set by the developer.
• Latency: The total time spent in the interaction. This is set automatically.

Note: WBT Manager also implements an optional SCORM 1.2 and AICC data item called mastery_score. For more information on mastery-score please see the section "SCORM/AICC Data Tab" section below.

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