The Navigation Manager - Importing

The first step to actually using the Learning Design player is to actually import a Learning Design. To do this..

1. Click on File, then Import. A wizard should open - you can choose your Learning Design package from the filesystem.

A checkbox option is available from the dialog. This allows you to either generate everything automatically. This is recommended the first few times you use the player. (The system will create a dummy run and and create/assign a dummy user for each role found). If you wish to do this yourself, then deselect the checkbox.

Note: It is possible to import either zip files or exploded learning design packages. The default filter in the file dialog is set to zip format. To import an exploded package then change the drop down filter list to xml files - then navigate to where the imsmanifest.xml file is located within your Learning Design package.

2. A progress bar should appear on the screen while the Learning Design is processed by the system. If the Learning Design was validated then a message will appear informing you that the import was successful. If the Learning Design did not import correctly - then there is a possibility that the imsmanifest.xml file contains some errors. To see a more verbose description of any package which would not import correctly.

(a) Click Help, then About Reload Learning Design Player. On the pop up box click View Configuration Details, then click the button marked view error log. This will bring up a text file showing you what happened during the import process and may aid you in fixing any problems.

3. If your Learning Design was successfully imported, you should now see a tree structure similar to the screenshot below.

 

As part of the import process, several things have generated by default, so you dont have to do it manully.(If you checked the auto generate box in the Uol import wizard) This includes setting up runs, users and roles.