Distribute Instructional Content

This topic provides steps to create learning resources, which includes sections, course catalog, training plan, and question banks.

After creating roles, granting permissions to a role, and assigning a role to a user group, you need to add instructional content.

Instructional content can be divided into the following categories:

Content that is provided as part of a Section (Section Content)

Content that is provided outside of a Section (Campus Content)

Content that is provided as part of a Section includes:

Media Assignments - Anything that is stored in the Media Library; documents, video, images, archived website, web pages, and URL

SCORM 1.2 Lessons

Media Library Images within assignment descriptions

Content that is provided outside of a Section includes:

Shared Documents (Library in 5.8): Includes bookshelves that are shared to groups. Those bookshelves are made available to students who have memberships in the shared groups.

Group Pages: Each group has a basic web site called Group Pages (or shared pages). The Student’s My Community is a combination of all of these groups that have been shared to the groups the student has a membership in.

The Media Library is not available to students accept where one of its files has been exposed (Media Assignment or Image in a rich text area). The media library is a special ‘hidden’ bookshelf that only admins can see.

Instructional content refers to content in digital form that is hosted on the LMS. This serves the purpose of instructor-led and self-paced learning. In context of the NexPort Campus, content creation includes the following within its scope: sections, training plans, course catalogs, and creating and administering tests and surveys. Such learning resources are systematically designed with an aim to keep the students engaged throughout the course curriculum.

Instructional content is delivered in the following modes:

Instructor-led: These courses are facilitated by the instructors and are time bound. The students undertake the online course under the guidance of an instructor. This type of course usually establishes deadlines for completion of assignments and lessons, and for course completion. Instructor-led curriculum offers feedback, answers to questions, and flexible delivery schedule to suit the needs of the students in a real-time environment.

Self-Paced: These courses are not time bound and the students are not under the supervision of an instructor. Students undertake the section at their own pace without the supervision of an instructor, and are not associated with any group.

The following illustration represents the creation of learning resources, though it may not necessarily be in the same sequence.

How to add a section?

Sections are an aggregation of assignments. When a student is enrolled for a course, they are essentially enrolled in one of the sections of that course. In context of NexPort, there can be one or more sections in a course, which is included in a course catalog.

Step 1: Click Administration > Manage Campus > Group Tools > Sections.

Step 2: Click the New Section link.

Step 3: In the New Section dialog box, type the values in the Details, Settings, and Certificates tabs.

Step 4: Click Create.

Step 5: A new section is added to the list of sections on the Sections page.

For more information about adding a section.

Sections (Courses)

How to add a course catalog?

In NexPort Campus, a course catalog provides a logical space for all sections to be organized and stored for a given course of study.

Step 1: Click Administration > Manage Campus > Organization Tools > Course Catalog.

Step 2: On the Course Catalog page, click New Catalog.

Step 3: In the box that is displayed, type the name of the course catalog.

Step 4: In the Categories area, click the icon to create a new category.

Step 5: Click this category, and then in the Category Details area, click Add Items to add sections.

Step 6: In the Add Sections dialog box, click Add next to the sections and training plans to be added to the selected category, and then click Done.

Step 7: The Items list is updated with the sections and training plans added.

For more information about adding a course catalog.

Course Catalogs

How to share a course catalog?

A course catalog provides a logical space for all sections for a given course to be organized and stored. An organization can have multiple course catalogs and numerous sections within each catalog.

Step 1: Click the Sharing tab.

Step 2: The Sharing page is displayed.

Step 3: In the organization tree, select the box next to the organization with which you need to share the course catalog.

Step 4: Click Shared or Shared With New Descendants.

Step 5: The course catalog is shared.

For more information about sharing a course catalog.

Course Catalogs

How to add a training plan?

A training plan is a structured organization of sections logically ‘strung together’, such that the students are required to undergo the sections in the sequence specified.

Step 1: Click Administration > Manage Campus > Organization Tools > Training Plans.

Step 2: Click the icon.

Step 3: In the Create a Training Plan area, add the values, and then click Save.

Step 4: The training plan is added.

For more information about adding a training plan.

Training Plan

How to build a training plan?

Information related to the training plan such as sections to be included, elective, transcript, prerequisites, grading system, certificate, and other applicable settings are to be typed in the training plan.

Step 1: Click Administration > Manage Campus > Organization Tools > Training Plans.

Step 2: In the training plan list, click the icon next to the training plan to be built.

Step 3: Type the values in the Palette, Details, Prerequisites, Edit Grade Point Scale, Certificates, and Options tabs.

Information associated with the training plan are saved, which includes the following, sections, elective, transcript, prerequisites, grading system, certificate, applicable settings, and other details.

For more information about modifying training plan.

Training Plan

How to add a question bank?

A question bank is a compilation of all the questions pertaining to a course of study. When a test is designed, which is to be later administered to the students, questions are drawn from the question bank, either sequentially or randomly, based on the configuration.

1. Click Administration > Manage Campus > Organization Tools > Question Banks.

2. Click the icon.

3. The New Question Bank dialog box is displayed.

4. Type the name and description for the question bank, and then click OK.

5. A new question bank is added.

For more information about adding a question bank.

Question Banks

How to add questions to the question bank?

1. Click Administration > Manage Groups > Organization Tools > Question Banks.

2. The question banks list is displayed.

3. In the last column, click the icon next to the question bank to which you need to add questions.

4. The Editing <question bank name> page is displayed, containing various tabs.

5. Click the Questions tab.

6. Click the icon, to add a question to the question bank.

7. The Edit Question tab is displayed.

8. Type the question and answer details on the Edit Question tab, click Apply to apply the changes to the question, and then click OK.

9. The question is added to the question bank.

10. Repeat step 4 and step 5 for all the questions that you need to add.

For more information about adding questions to the question bank.

Question Banks

How to set tests or a survey?

Tests serve to evaluate the progress of a student and gauge the learning outcome for a course. It instills a certain level of rigor to the course. You can set test papers by drawing questions from the question bank that is previously created, and then create a test assignment.

1. Click Administration > Manage Groups > Organization Tools > Tests and surveys.

2. The list of tests and surveys created is displayed.

3. Click the icon. In the Add dialog box, type the values, and then click OK.

4. The test or a survey is set.

For more information about adding a test or a survey.

Tests and Surveys

How to manage a test or survey?

There are multiple approaches to manage a test or survey. The section provides two approaches.

Approach 1:

1. Click Administration > Manage Campus > Group Tools > Sections.

2. Click the Assignments tab.

3. In the Edit Assignments area, select the assignment type—in this case, ‘Test Assignment’, and then click Add an assignment.

4. In the New Writing Assignment dialog box, type assignment details such as topic name and description, grading mechanism, strategy for late submission of assignments, and then click Save.

5. The test assignment is created.

For more information about adding new test assignment.

Tests and Surveys

Approach 2:

1. Click Classroom > My Training > Enrollments.

2. Click the section title.

3. You are directed to the classroom.

4. Click the Instructor tab.

5. Click the section title > Manage Assignments > Test Assignment.

6. Type information about the test assignment details such as selection of the test, attempt limits, grading mechanism, and then click Save.

7. The test assignment is created.

For more information about adding new test assignment

Tests and Surveys

You have created the requisite learning resources. Now, you need to connect with the students. For more information.

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