eLearning Courses Overview

Learn about eLearning Courses

1 About eLearning Courses
2 Benefits
3 Key Terms and Glossary
4 eLearning Courses & eLearning Packages
5 Before uploading an eLearning Package
6 Where to find eLearning Courses & eLearning Packages
7 eLearning Course Management
8 Importing Courses
9 FAQ’s
10 Additional & Supported Reading

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About eLearning Courses

eLearning courses offer flexible, self-paced learning that can be accessed via your Learner Portal from anywhere with an internet connection. eLearning Courses can provide interactive and engaging content, in a variety of media formats, and include immediate feedback, making your Course content more accessible and convenient for a diverse range of learners.

Please Note

You must be within the Advanced band or higher to use eLearning as this is a chargeable module/integration. Please speak to your CSM if you are unsure whether you should have access to this feature.

Benefits

Here are the benefits of eLearning Courses:

Course availability	As eLearning is a self-led format, Delegates can learn at their own pace and on their own schedule. This flexibility makes it easier for Delegates to balance their Course with any other commitments, and can support Delegates working from any location, in any time-zone.
Scalability	As eLearning courses do not depend on a Trainer or a Venue, they do not have a maximum number of Delegates, this means that the course content can be delivered to a large scale of Delegates easily.
Cost-effective	eLearning Courses are typically more cost-effective for both the Delegates and the Training Provider! Delegates do not need to pay for transport, accommodation, or additional equipment, and the Training Provider does not need to pay for a venue, trainer, or catering.
Consistent content	As eLearning materials are the same for each Delegate, eLearning ensures that all Delegates receive the same content and experience, delivered in the same way.
Supporting multiple types of learner	eLearning Courses can be made up of multiple media formats, including text, audio, video, and interactive elements such as quizzes. This means that eLearning can accommodate for different learning styles and needs.

Key Terms and Glossary

SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model)	SCORM is a set of standards for eLearning content that ensures compatibility and interoperability between different LMS platforms.
eLearning Plan	eLearning Plans are a bundle or package of eLearning courses to guide Delegates through specific knowledge areas, eLearning Plans are very common for induction packages.
eLearning Package	An eLearning Package is zipped file that contains all the necessary components to deliver a SCORM-compliant eLearning course, eLearning Packages are uploaded into your platform and then assigned to your eLearning Course Templates.
Blended Learning	Blended Learning is where a Course is run with a hybrid approach, combining eLearning elements with traditional face-to-face classroom Sessions, providing a mix of both methods.
Training Points	Training Points can determine the minimum pass scores that a Delegate must achieve to pass the eLearning Course. If you are publishing your eLearning courses in SCORM 1.2, you must have a Minimum Pass Score populated to pass across success status and ultimately set your Delegates to Completed. If you are publishing your courses in SCORM 1.2 and cannot see this area of the eLearning template, contact the Customer Support Team.
Quick Start	Quick Start allows your Delegates to start the Course immediately after purchase
Auto Complete	Auto Complete will change the Delegate's Status to Completed when the Delegate has completed and passed the package
Set to 'Completed' if Passed	If the Success Status of the delegate that is sent from the package is Passed, but the Completion Status is either not set or is Incomplete, then ticking this option will automatically set the delegate's Completion Status to Complete.
Show Success Overview for Delegates	The Success Overview provides Delegates with details about how well they performed on the course. If you allow your Delegates to resit eLearning courses, you can now hide this information from them by unchecking this option when creating the Course Template.

eLearning Courses & eLearning Packages

eLearning Package

An eLearning Package is zipped file that contains all the necessary components to deliver a SCORM-compliant eLearning course.

The eLearning Package needs to be uploaded to your platform first, then you can create your eLearning Course Template.

eLearning Course Template

eLearning Courses are created slightly differently from Class and Web Courses. eLearning Courses are created by using Course Templates and attaching the uploaded Package to the Course Template

Before uploading an eLearning Package

There are some important things to know before you upload an eLearning package to your platform:

You will need to ensure you have the eLearning Module enabled on your platform to provide eLearning Courses to your users. If it is not enabled, you will need to contact your Customer Success Manager to get it enabled first.
Your eLearning packages need to be SCORM compliant. SCORM is an industry-recognised standard file type for eLearning packages. Your eLearning packages will need to be SCORM files for them to be compatible with your accessplanit platform.
If your eLearning package exceeds 100MB in size then you may need to contact the Support Team to adjust the maximum file size limit
If the total size of your eLearning packages exceeds 5GB, you will need to request additional storage by contacting your Customer Success Manager.
The eLearning package needs to provide us with both a Completion Status and Success Status if you would like the delegates to be marked as completed automatically.

SCORM compliant eLearning Packages
There are multiple versions of SCORM. We support the following options:

SCORM 2004 - recommended option
SCORM 1.2 - has limitations (see below)

At the bare minimum, all packages should pass across the score and completion status of the Delegate. Ideally, they should also include the Delegate's success status (available in SCORM 2004).

Please note, that we always recommend publishing in SCORM 2004.

SCORM 1.2 limitations

If you publish a course in SCORM 1.2, the package cannot automatically pass across success data over to the accessplanit platform, as this version of SCORM does not support success statuses.

You will need to get in touch with the Customer Support Team and ask them to enable Training Points in your eLearning templates to force the platform to set a Delegate's success status. You will then need to input the Minimum Pass Score (as dictated by your package) into the relevant field against the template.

Without this being entered, Delegates enrolled on courses running in SCORM 1.2 will not be able to be marked as Passed in your accessplanit platform, so will not be set to Completed if Set to 'Completed' if Passed is ticked.

You will need to make sure that the score entered into the Minimum Pass Score is kept up to date if any changes are made to the scoring against the package.

Where to find eLearning Courses & eLearning Packages

Go to ‘Profile’ and then ‘Administration’ in the top right-hand corner of your Platform and select ‘eLearning Packages’ from the Administration Menu
This will open the ‘eLearning Package’ DataGrid
From the DataGrid, you can search and add filters to narrow down exactly which Course you are looking for, then view and edit the details of that Course

From the Main Navigation Menu, select ‘Courses' and then 'eLearning’
This will open the eLearning Course DataGrid
From the DataGrid, you can search and add filters to narrow down exactly which Course you are looking for, then view and edit the details of that Course

eLearning Course Management

Learn how to create and manage eLearning Courses on your platform:

Importing Courses

Learn how to import Course information into your platform:

Import Course Templates

Import new Courses in Bulk

How to Import Delegates for eLearning Courses

For additional Importing Pages please visit our Course Overview page

FAQ’s

Why does my eLearning DataGrid look different to the Others?

eLearning Courses are created slightly differently from Class and Web Courses, from the eLearning DataGrid you can see a list of all Delegates who have booked the eLearning Course, you can see all Bookings made for an eLearning Course and add the eLearning Course directly to your Basket from this DataGrid. Because the Courses are created differently, there is a different View to the other Course DataGrids.

If you need to see specific information relating to the eLearning Course, you can view this from the Course Templates DataGrid

Can I make a Placeholder booking on an eLearning Course?

No, it is not possible to add a placeholder booking for your eLearning Courses through the shopping basket or Checkout, this is due to eLearning courses requiring a named delegate for eLearning features such as 'lifetime' (how long the delegate has to complete the course).

What software can I use to design and publish my eLearning Packages?

Providing the software can publish your eLearning Package in one of the available formats, you can use any eLearning publishing software.

Please Note

We recommend publishing in SCORM 2004 so we recommend selecting a provider that offers this option.

What version of SCORM player does accessplanit use?

accessplanit uses Version 20.1.3.78

What eLearning Package types are supported?

The below options are supported by accessplanit:

SCORM 2004 (2nd, 3rd, & 4th editions)
SCORM 1.2

Additional & Supported Reading

eLearning Plans

https://accessplanit.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/867860578

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