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AICC Course Importer

You can import AICC-compliant Courses directly into your LearnCenter. Each AICC-compliant Course contains a file with the .CRS extension. This file allows other systems to determine the properties of the Course and import it. Files used by the AICC importer (key files) to import an AICC Course into the LearnCenter must be in ASCII format. For detailed information about AICC standards and AICC files, visit www.aicc.org.

Currently, LearnCenter does not fully support AICC multiple AU content. Such content does not track correctly and causes the content to go to completed status prematurely.

On the ControlPanel:

Click on the Content menu to expand it.
Click AICC Course Importer.

Type the File Path (to your Taleo Learn-provided FTP site) to the Course you want to import following the example shown on the page.
Type the File Name.
Click Import Another Course if you want to import more than one AICC Course at the same time. Another row of fields displays on the page. Complete them as you did in the previous two steps. You can upload as many as 30 Classes at one time. To remove a Course from the upload list, click next to its file path information.
Select one of the following for What does each AICC Assignable Unit Represent:

Chapter - the Courses will be imported with separate chapters for each AU. Select this option for very simple Course structures. This eliminates blocks.
Page - the Courses will be imported with one chapter for each block and will contain separate pages for each AU. Select this option for block structures. AICC-compliant Courses contain Assignable Units (AUs). This option is recommended in most cases.

Each AU may act like a lesson or a page, depending on the original author's preference. With the import process you can convert each AU to either a chapter or a page. For example, the Block and AU structure depends on the author’s preference or authoring tool package. If you select Page, each Block is created as a Chapter and each AU in that block is created as a Page. If you select Chapter, each AU is created as a Chapter of its own ignoring the Block structure.

Sample AICC Course:

Course Name: My Exam Course

Block: Exam 1

AU: Question 1

AU: Question 2

AU: Question 3

Block: Exam 2

AU: Question 1

AU: Question 2

If you select Page, you will see:

Course Name: My Exam Course

Chapter: Exam 1

Page: Question 1

Page: Question 2

Page: Question 3

Chapter: Exam 2

Page: Question 1

Page: Question 2

If you select Chapter, you will see:

Course Name: My Exam Course

Chapter: Question 1

Page: Untitled

Chapter: Question 2

Page: Untitled

Chapter: Question 3

Page: Untitled

Chapter: Question 1

Page: Untitled

Chapter: Question 2

Page: Untitled

Once you select an option, the Design The Course section expands to include additional fields. Many of these fields may have had default settings indicated at the LearnCenter level on the Course Options page, but you can override these settings here.

Select one of the following from the Display this Course drop-down list to indicate how you want Users to access the Course:

Embedded in the page - the Course will be part of the current page and will begin to play when the page is loaded. If you select this option, type the Course Width and Course Height to indicate how big you want it to display on the page. You can only type numeric values and percent sign (%). If the percent sign is used, the value must be between 0 and 100.
As a link - a link will be placed in the User Controls area of the main LearnCenter page. When the User clicks this link, a new window opens and the Course begins to play.

Click the Allow Reviews check box if you want to enable Users to submit reviews for the Course.
or
Clear the check box if you do not want to enable Users to submit reviews for the Course.

The Allow Reviews check box only displays if the Ratings and Reviews feature is active for this LearnCenter. See Ratings and Reviews for information about this feature.

Select one of the following from the “failed” Behavior drop-down list to indicate how you want to control the completion status of the Course when a “failed” lesson status has been passed to LearnCenter:

Inherited - the behavior will always match this LearnCenter's setting. (Default is Completed but Failed)
Completed but Failed - the Course will be marked as completed and could show a failed status, depending on the Course requirements.
Incomplete - the Course will be marked as In Progress, indicating that it has not yet been completed.

Select one of the following from the Display Feedback Form drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - to not display a Feedback Form after completion of a Course, regardless of the Class' or Course's value for this setting.
Yes - to display a Feedback Form after completion of every Course.

Select one of the following from the Always Show Next Button drop-down list. The Next button is used to move through all pages within the Course, move to the next Course, or exit out of a Course:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, No is used.
No - only shows the Next button if there is a Course logically next in a Class or if it is not the last page of the Course if launched standalone.
Yes - to always show the Next button in order to continue with the Course or exit the Course.

Select one of the following from the Allow Exit on Next drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - enforces the User to keep experiencing the next Course until there is no Course logically next or they have reached the end of the Course or Class.
Yes - provides a message to the User to continue to the next Course or exit at the last page of the Course, only if there is another Course after.

The Allow Exit on Next option works in conjunction with Always Show Next Button. This option is not applicable if the Always Show Next Button is not enabled, a User is not experiencing a Class session, or if there is no Course that is next after a Class session.

Select one of the following from the Navigation Button Tips drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, On is used.
Off - to not enable the dynamic help text that displays at the right of the Course player's navigation button sections.
On - to enable the dynamic help text that displays at the right of the Course player's navigation button sections.

Select one of the following from the Center Navigation Buttons Only drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenteris default, No is used.
No - to not group the navigation buttons.
Yes - moves the navigation buttons to one side of the Course player window (separate from the administrative buttons which still appear in the center)

Select one of the following from the Show Header drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - to disable the header and footer. The footer can only be disabled if you are using Course player Classic view. See Optional Footer and Header for Courses for additional information.
Yes - to enable the header and footer.

Select one of the following from the Keep Session Alive drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - to not keep the session alive while a User is experiencing a Course.
Yes - to keep the session alive while a User is experiencing a Course

Select one of the following from the Scoring Behavior drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Always Update is used.
Always Update - any score that is recorded is reflected towards the Course's tracking record.
Retain Highest - any scores that are equal to or lower are not reflected in the LearnCenter's Course tracking record.
Retain First - if a score is already present for the current Course, it will not be overwritten by any subsequent scores the User may achieve. This ensures the first score is always kept in the Course's tracking record. Type the name of the Author. (Optional)

Select one of the following from the Show Information Bar drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - to not display the Course information bar.
Yes - to display the Course information bar.

In the Import Your Course section, select the Import the Course into the public catalog check box to make the Course available to all LearnCenter. Admins with the ability to create an enrollment will have access to it.
or
Clear the check box to only make this Course available to the current LearnCenter. Only you have access to the file and only if you are within the LearnCenter to which it was imported.

If you are only importing one Course at this time, you can append or overwrite existing Courses of the same name.

Select one of the following to specify how the imported Course should be handled:

New - to create a new Course based on the imported file.
Overwrite - to replace an existing Course with this imported file.
Append - to add this imported file to the end of an existing Course.
Create New Version - create a new version of an existing Course. If you select this option, additional fields display.

Select the Course for which you want to create a new version from the drop-down list.
Select the Send Communication Message check box to trigger the sending of a message to all Users who are taking or already took the previous version of this Course.
or
Clear the check box to not send a Communication Message.
Select the Reset Score to Zero check box if you want the scores of all Users who took the previous version of this Course to be reset to zero.
or
Clear the check box to not reset the scores.
Type a Version Description in the text box.
Click Continue Import. A message displays on the page to indicate if the import was successful. You may receive warnings about certain items when you import. Warnings will not prevent you from working with the file. However, if you receive an error message, you will not be able to continue working with the file.