Reload Learning Design Editor Concepts
- The main view is the Project View
(if not showing, it is available from the "Window->Show View->Project
View" menu).
- You add a new Learning Design (LD) to a group folder in the Project View,
specifying a Project system folder, a name for the Learning Design to show
in the Project View tree, and an XML file name.
- When you work on a LD in the Editor, it is saved in the Project folder in
a non-IMS format. You have to "Export and Package" it to convert
it to the IMS Content Packaging and
Learning Design XML format. Conversely, if you wish to edit a LD in the Reload
Editor which is in IMS format in a Content Package zip file, you will have
to Import it into the Project View.
- Each Project folder contains a special Content folder named "content".
All content files should go in this folder or in a sub-folder. These files
can be referenced, viewed and edited throughout the LD Editor and will be
included in the final Zip package. You can manage your files via the "Files"
tab in the Editor.
- When you select "New Learning Design", you may open an existing
LD XML file to bring it into the Project View, or you may enter a new file
name for a new, blank LD.
- You may have more than one LD XML file in the same Project folder. This
way, all the LDs share the same Content folder.
- You may add "Group" folders to the Project View in order to organise
your LDs.
- You can view web content in the in-built Browser (Browser View).
- You can edit simple text documents using the built-in text editor.
- You can create a new text-based file from the "Files" tab by right
clicking in the Files area and and selecting "New File".
- Metadata is added to the LD by referencing stand-alone Metadata files in
the LD Project's "metadata" folder. Create stand-alone Metadata
files in the Reload Content Packaging
and Metadata Editor and save them in the Learning Design's "metadata"
folder. The Metadata file can then be referenced in the Learning Design as
a file location by clicking on the "Metadata" button in the LD Editor.
When the LD is finally exported, the Metadata is automatically added to and
embedded in the LD XML manifest file.