Quick Start
This Quick Start guide is intended to help you start the Learning Design Editor
and show you how to add a new Learning Design. It is not meant to be a detailed
guide. Please refer to the main Help pages for a closer look at all the features
of the Editor.
- Ensure that the Projects View is visible. If it is not visible, open it
from the Window->Show View->Projects menu.
- You will see a Project tree view with a group named "Learning
Designs". This is the root group. Right-clicking on this group
allows you to add either a new sub-group or a new Learning Design (LD). You
may manage your LDs in groups if you wish.
The Projects View
- Add a New Learning Design to the root folder or to a folder that you have
created, by selecting New->Learning Design from the right-click
menu or by selecting the option from the main File->New->Learning
Design menu.
- A "New Learning Design" wizard will appear. Give
your LD a name. This is the name that will appear in the Projects View and
has no meaning outside of the Editor. Provide a new system folder and file
name for the XML file by clicking the "Browse..."
button. This will be your "Project folder". We recommend that you
choose an empty system folder and a new file name. In the wizard dialog, select
the parent group to which you wish to add the LD. If you have just started
you will only see the "Learning Designs" group.
Click the "Finish" button.
The New Learning Design Wizard
- The new LD will be inserted in the Projects View and the LD Editor will
automatically be opened.
- Work your way through the various Editor Panels, adding Roles, Activities,
Environments and Services, Plays, Acts and Role Parts in accordance with the
IMS Learning Design specification. For more information, see the rest of this
Help Guide.
- Add files that your LD references from the "Files"
editor page. The right-click menu in this editor page provides you with options
to add or or import new files and folders. You may also drag and drop files
directly from the desktop.
- When you are happy with your new LD, go to the "Export"
editor page. Clicking on the "Check" button shows
you if your new LD is correct, or if it is missing anything. Clicking the
"Refresh" button on the "Check Resources"
section automatically parses the LD for files and dependencies ready for packaging.
Finally, select a destination zip file name in the "Export"
section and click on the "Export" hyperlink to
create the final zip package that contains the imsmanifest.xml file and local
content files.