User Guide

Quick Start Guides

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:04:06 GMT

The Campus Pack 3.0 Quick Start Guides can be found here.

User Guide

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:24:26 GMT

About this Document

This is the users help documentation for Campus Pack 3.0. Campus Pack is a suite of social learning applications for use within a learning management system:

Teams LX
Journal LX
Podcast LX
Expo LX
Search LX

To get started, browse from the help topics or use the search button. If you don't find what you are looking for, please contact your institution's help desk.

Copyright Notices

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:31:18 GMT

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Creating Blogs and Journals

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:29:19 GMT

Creating Blogs and Journals

This sections explains the how to create blogs or private journals in your course or organization. The options allow you to create different kinds of assignments and learning activities. The most common types are:

Create the Blog

You can create a blog by adding a special kind of content type within a course or organization Content Area, such as Assignments or Course Documents.

Click the Control Panel link.
Choose the content area (i.e. Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) where you wish to create the blog.
Select Blog from the Select drop-down list in the right corner of the action bar.
Click the Go button to create the blog.

Configure the Blog

Blog Information

Once you have accessed the Create Blog page, you need to complete some information to configure it.

Enter the name of the blog in the Blog Name field.
Enter the description of the blog in the Description field if applicable.

Select Members

Assign the participants (or members) for this blog. This will be the list of authors who will post entries into this blog. You can mix and match individuals and existing groups or pick All Students option. Journals can be made individual by selecting a single user as the only team member and setting the view dates for other users to dates outside of the course duration.

Note: The group option will only appear if groups have already been defined within the course.

Select a group from the Course Groups box.
Click to move the group to the select Groups box.
Select All Students or individual members from the Course Members box.
Click to move the course members to the select Group Members box.

Options

The next section allows you to set various options for this blog. These options allow you to configure this blog for different types of learning activities.

Configure the availability and permissions options for the blog.

Do you want to make this content visible?

Choose the No option if this blog should be hidden from all students. Chose the Yes option if the link should be visible.

Do you want to allow users to view posts by other users?

Choose the Yes option if students can see other students' entries. Choose the No option if students should only see their own entries.

Do you want to enable a public (unauthenticated) RSS feed?

Choose the Yes option to enable public RSS feed for this blog. Choose the No option to disable RSS. If RSS is enabled, you will find a red RSS button ()with the URL in the bottom right corner of the blog.

Be sure that you do not turn this feature on if there is sensitive information in the blog. If you don't know exactly what this option means, then please leave the option off.

Allow students to purge blog entries?

Choose the Yes option if students are allowed to permanently delete entries in the blog.

Who do you want to allow to comment on blog entries?

Select the Nobody option to turn off the comments function; select the Instructor Only option if the instructors is the only person who should add comments; or select the Everyone in Course option if students can also participate.

When can members post to the blog?

Use the date ranges to specify the time range within which students can edit pages. By default there are no date restrictions placed on editing, if editing is enabled for students.

When can other course users view the blog?

Use the date ranges to specify the time range within which students can view pages. By default there are no date restrictions placed on viewing, if viewing is enabled for students.

How shall public references to students be displayed?

If students are posting to this blog, use this option to specify how their names will appear on the screen.

Note: If your institution includes sensitive information in usernames, do not select the User Name or Both options.

Create Gradebook Entry

If the blog is being graded, select the Create a Gradebook Entry option and specify the information for a Gradebook entry to be created for the blog. To remove this entry from the Gradebook after creating it, do so from the Gradebook. Note that a single entry is created in the Gradebook for the entire blog. If you choose to assign multiple grades for a blog assignment you will have to create additional entries as needed.

Optionally create a grade book entry that relates to this assignment.

Text Direction

The last step allows you to set the language options. If you are building sites in a language that is read right-to-left, such as Arabic, you can set the primary text direction. If you do not select an option in this field, all text in the blog will be displayed left-to-right by default.

Choose text direction if needed (if you are using right-to-left language).
Once you have made your selections, click the OK button to create the blog.

Also see the Creating a Private Journal, Creating an Individual Blog, Creating a Group Blog topics for more information.

Creating Additional Wikis

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:36:00 GMT

Creating Additional Wikis

You can create as many wikis as you would like in your course. These wikis can be configured in different ways to create different learning activities. Note that each course or organization also has one Central Course Wiki that you can turn on or off.

If available in your version of Blackboard, additional wikis are created within the Control Panel page or in the Edit View mode of course content areas. Wikis are created by adding a special kind of content type in a course content area, such as Assignments or Course Documents. Additional wikis cannot be created if the instructor has disabled the wiki content type in the course Control Panel page.

Create a New Wiki

Navigate to your course or organization page.
Choose a content area (i.e., Course Documents, Assignments, etc.) or create a new one.
Click the EDIT/VIEW link
Select Wiki from the Select drop-down list in the right corner of the action bar.
Click the Go button.

Configure the Wiki

Once you have accessed the Create Wiki page, you need to complete the information required to configure it for use.

Wiki Information

Enter the name of the wiki in the Name field.
Enter the description of the wiki in the Description field if applicable.
If you want students to access the wiki, select Yes as the Make the wiki available option.

This field determine availability of the wiki to student users in the course. If the No option is selected, then the wiki will not be visible to students in the course content area, however instructors can view the wiki in the Edit View mode of the course content area or when viewing the content area in the course control panel.

If the Yes option is selected, then the wiki will be visible to students, and course users with permissions to view the wiki will be able to enter the wiki.

Select the value to use to reference users in the wiki

Wiki users' names appear in a number of locations throughout the wiki:

At the top of each wiki page, if they were the last person to modify that page
In the Page History, for every revision made by that user
As the author of any comments added by the user

In all of these locations, the user will be referenced with the name value selected for this field. The options are as follows:

User Name: If selected, the user's username will be displayed. Since usernames are generally a field kept private to each user, this option should only be selected if necessary (e.g., jdoe).
Person Name: If selected, the user's first name and last name will be displayed (e.g., John Doe).
Person Name and User Name: If selected the user's first name, last name, and username will be displayed (e.g., John Doe and jdoe).
Given Name: If selected, the user's first name, or given name, will be displayed (e.g., John).

Note: If your institution includes sensitive information in usernames, do not select the "User Name" or "Both" options.

Text direction for wiki content

If you are building sites in a language that is read right-to-left, such as Arabic, you can set the primary text direction. If no text direction is selected, content will be displayed by default from left to right.

Member Settings

Specify course users who should be members of the wiki and the permissions that should be assigned to these members.

The options are as follows:

All Course Members: Select this option if all students in the course should be able to add and edit content in the wiki.
Specific Course Members and Groups: Select this option if only specific students, specific course groups, or some combination of students and course groups should be able to add and edit content in the wiki. If this option is selected, then select the groups and individual course members who should be added as members of the wiki.

Select the Wiki members option.
If the Specific groups and course members option has been selected, select groups from the Course Groups box and/or from the individual students from the Individual Course Members box.
Click to move the group or member to the Selected Members box.
Select the Allow students to permanently delete wiki pages checkbox if applicable.
Select the Allow members to export the wiki checkbox if applicable.
Select the View Comments checkbox if applicable.
If this option has been assigned, select the Write Comments checkbox to allow members to add comments.
If you want to allow edits during a specific timeframe, select the appropriate Allow Edits After and Allow Edits Until options.

Allow students to permanently delete wiki pages

By default, wiki members are unable to permanently delete wiki pages. When this setting is not enabled, all deletions made by students can be undone -- i.e., the content can be restored to the wiki. If this setting is enabled, students have the option to perform a restorable delete on a wiki page or to permanently delete the page. Instructors can always permanently delete wiki pages regardless of whether this setting is enabled or not.

Allow members to export the wiki

Enable this option if members of the wiki should be able to export the site. Instructors will always have the option to export the site. The Export Site link will not be displayed to student users, however, unless this option is selected.

Comment permissions

Instructors can set permissions for viewing comments and writing comments for student members of the wiki. Instructors always have the option to view and add comments to any wiki page. If the View Comments option is selected, then members can view comments only. If the Write Comments option is selected, then members can both view and write comments. The Write Comments option cannot be selected unless the View Comments option is also selected.

Set date and time restrictions for editing the wiki

If wiki members should only be able to add and edit content in the wiki for a specified time, enable these date settings.

Non-Member Settings

Teams LX allows instructors to make wikis available for non-members to view and comment. This is a useful feature in cases where the instructor would like to encourage peer review among students. In this use case, the instructor can assign one or more students in the course as a member of the wiki, which allows those students to add and edit content in the wiki. The wiki can then be opened up for non-members to view and add comments. This allows other members of the course to provide the members of the wiki with commentary on their work.

Allow non-members to view the wiki

This field is selected by default. It provides access to non-members (i.e., course members who are not selected as members of the wiki, as well as course guests and observers) with access to view the wiki. Uncheck this field if only members of the wiki and instructors should be able to access the wiki.

Date and time restrictions for viewing the wiki

This set of date and time fields allows the instructor to limit wiki access for non-members to specific time periods. If neither of the checkboxes are selected, then non-members can view the wiki for as long as they have access to the course.

Comment permissions

Instructors can set permissions for viewing comments and writing comments for non-members. These permissions can only be set if the instructor is allowing non-members to view the wiki. If the View Comments option is selected, then non-members can view comments only. If the Write Comments option is selected, then non-members can both view and write comments. The Write Comments option cannot be selected unless the View Comments option is also selected.

Create Grade Book Entry

If the wiki is being graded, select the Create a Gradebook Entry option and specify the information for a Gradebook entry to be created for the wiki. To remove this entry from the Gradebook after creating it, do so from the Gradebook. This creates a single entry in the Gradebook for the entire wiki.

Expo LX

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:27:10 GMT

Overview

This is the end-user help documentation for Expo LX - version 3.0. Expo is an application that allows users to create, publish, and share wikis, blogs, portfolios, learning communities, and other websites.

To get started, browse from the help topics or use the search button. If you don't find what you are looking for, please contact your institution's help desk.

In this section, the following topics are addressed:

Podcast LX

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:51:35 GMT

Overview

This is the end-user help documentation for Podcast LX - version 3.0. Podcast is an application that allows instructors to create and share podcasts within their courses in a learning management system.

To get started, browse from the help topics or use the search button. If you don't find what you are looking for, please contact your institution's help desk.

In this section, the following topics are addressed:

Frequently Asked Questions

Accessing Podcast Content

Subscribing to a Podcast

Instructor Guide to Podcast LX

Journal LX

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:51:14 GMT

Overview

This is the end-user help documentation for Journal LX - version 3.0. Journal is an application that allows users to create and share blogs and reflective journals within a learning management system.

To get started, browse from the help topics or use the search button. If you don't find what you are looking for, please contact your institution's help desk.

In this section, the following topics are addressed:

Finding a Blog or Journal Site

Using a Blog

Instructor Guide for Journal LX

Teams LX

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:50:57 GMT

Overview

This is the end-user help documentation for Teams LX - version 3.0. Teams LX is an application that allows users to create and share wikis within a learning management system.

To get started, browse from the help topics or use the search button. If you don't find what you are looking for, please contact your institution's help desk.

In this section: the following topics are addressed:

Finding a Wiki

Using a Wiki

Instructor Guide for Teams LX

Using a Wiki

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:58:28 GMT

Using a Wiki

A wiki is a website of one or more pages that allows people to add and edit content collectively. This wiki has an easy-to-use editor that lets you quickly add content and style your work. Your wiki starts off with one page: the homepage. You can add new pages at any time and link them together.

In this section, the following topics are addressed:

Site Navigation and Page List

Page History

Recovering Pages

Enabling RSS Feeds

Subscribing to a wiki

Subscribing to change notifications

Subscribing to a wiki

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:03:24 GMT

Subscribing to a Wiki

Wiki pages can be reviewed directly from the course page; however, students can subscribe to a wiki using a feed aggregator (e.g., Bloglines, Firefox Live Bookmarks or Google Reader). The RSS feed for the wiki must be enabled by the administrator before subscribing.

Subscribing Using Bloglines

Enter a course.
Navigate to the wiki.
On the course wiki page, click located on the bottom right of the page.
Select Bloglines from the Subscribe to the feed using drop-down menu.
Click the Subscribe Now button.
On the Bloglines page, click the Available Feeds checkbox for the course blog.
Click the Subscribe button.

Subscribing Using Google Reader

Enter a course.
Navigate to the blog.
On the course blog page, click located on the bottom right of the page.
Select Google from the Subscribe to the feed using drop-down menu.
Click the Subscribe Now button.
On the Google page, click either the Add to Google homepage button or the Add to Google Reader button.

Enabling RSS Feeds

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:58:22 GMT

Wiki pages can be reviewed from the course page or viewed in a feed aggregator, such as Google Reader. After the RSS feed has been enabled by the administrator, students can subscribe to the feed.

For Course-wide Wikis

Enter a course.
Click the Control Panel link.
Click the Configure Wiki Tool link.
Select Yes as the Do you want to enable public (unathenticated) RSS feed option.
Click the OK button.

For Course Content Wikis

Enter a course.
Navigate to the folder or area that contains the wiki.
On the wiki page, click the edit link.
Click the Modify button for the wiki.
Select Yes as the Enable an RSS feed? option.
Click the OK button.

See the Subscribing to a wiki topic.

Subscribing to change notifications

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:29:13 GMT

If notifications are turned on for a blog you can subscribe to receive email notifications when the blog is updated. the changes that trigger notifications include edits to the content and comments. You will not receive notifications for any changes made by you.

Click on Subscribe to receive change notifications. The notifications will be sent to your email address already registered in Blackboard.

If you are already subscribed to change notifications you can click on Unsubscribe to stop receiveing change notifications.

Subscribing to change notifications

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:28:31 GMT

If notifications are turned on for a wiki you can subscribe to receive email notifications when the wiki is updated. the changes that trigger notifications include edits to the content and comments. You will not receive notifications for any changes made by you.

Click on Subscribe to receive change notifications. The notifications will be sent to your email address already registered in Blackboard.

If you are already subscribed to change notifications you can click on Unsubscribe to stop receiveing change notifications.

Using a Blog

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:05:29 GMT

Overview

A blog, is a website that is designed to be updated frequently with new entries. The entries in a blog are usually displayed in reverse-chronological order (most-recent first).

This blog application has an easy-to-use editor that lets you quickly add content and style your work.

The following topics are addressed in this section:

Calendar View

Viewing Recent Posts

Monthly Archives

Commenting on an Entry

Subscribing to change notifications

Using a Wiki

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:28:22 GMT

Overview

A wiki is a website of one or more pages that allows people to add and edit content collectively. This wiki has an easy-to-use editor that lets you quickly add content and style your work.

Your wiki starts off with one page: the homepage. You can add new pages at any time and link them together.

The following topics are addressed in this section:

Site Navigation and Page List

Page History

Recovering Pages

Subscribing to change notifications

Teams Notifications

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:10:27 GMT

Click on Subscribe to receive change notifications. The notifications will be sent to your email address already registered in Blackboard.

If you are already subscribed to change notifications you can click on Unsubscribe to stop receiveing change notifications.

Journal Notifications

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:14:32 GMT

Click on Subscribe to receive change notifications. The notifications will be sent to your email address already registered in Blackboard.

If you are already subscribed to change notifications you can click on Unsubscribe to stop receiveing change notifications.

Using a Blog

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:32:18 GMT

Using a Blog

A blog, is a website that is designed to be updated frequently with new entries. The entries in a blog are usually displayed in reverse-chronological order (most-recent first).

This blog application has an easy-to-use editor that lets you quickly add content and style your work.

To learn more, browse the topics in this section or use the search function.

In this section, the following topics are addressed:

Calendar View

Viewing Recent Posts

Monthly Archives

Commenting on an Entry

Subscribing to a Blog

Subscribing to change notifications

Enabling RSS Feeds

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:17:10 GMT

Journal entries can be reviewed from the course page or viewed in a feed aggregator, such as Bloglines and Google Reader. After the RSS feed has been enabled by the administrator, students can subscribe to the feed.

For Course-wide Blogs

Enter a course.
Click the Control Panel link.
Click the Configure Blog Tool link.
Select Yes as the Do you want to enable public (unathenticated) RSS feed option.
Click the OK button.

For Course Content Blogs

Enter a course.
Navigate to the folder or area that contains the blog.
On the blog page, click the edit link.
Click the Modify button for the blog.
Select Yes as the Do you want to enable public (unathenticated) RSS feed option.
Click the OK button.

See the Subscribing to a Blog topic.

Subscribing to a Blog

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:23:57 GMT

Subscribing to a Blog

Blog entries can be reviewed directly from the course page; however, students can subscribe to a blog using a feed aggregator (e.g., Bloglines or Google Reader). The RSS feed for the blog must be enabled by the administrator before subscribing.

Subscribing Using Bloglines

Enter a course.
Navigate to the blog.
On the course blog page, click located on the bottom right of the page.
Select Bloglines from the Subscribe to the feed using drop-down menu.
Click the Subscribe Now button.
On the Bloglines page, click the Available Feeds checkbox for the course blog.
Click the Subscribe button.

Subscribing Using Google Reader

Enter a course.
Navigate to the blog.
On the course blog page, click located on the bottom right of the page.
Select Google from the Subscribe to the feed using drop-down menu.
Click the Subscribe Now button.
On the Google page, click either the Add to Google homepage button or the Add to Google Reader button.

Editing an Entry

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:00:29 GMT

Editing an Entry

Click the edit link next to the title of an entry to begin editing it.

Graphical Page Editor

The edit screen is identical to the screen for creating a new entry. It contains a graphical editor that allows users to write text, format it, add images, and add links to files or other pages. You can type into the text box or cut and paste from a web page or a Word document.

To learn your way around the editor, begin editing a page and then hold your mouse pointer over any of the buttons to see a brief explanation of the function.

For a complete review of the text editor buttons, see the Understanding the Text Editor Quick Start Guide.

Link Functions

This feature allows you to insert a link to another blog entry or to an external website.

Highlight the text that you want to link to another page.
Click .
If the link is to an existing entry, select the Link to an existing entry option and select the entry from the list of blog entries.
If the link is to an external web site, select the Link to an external web site option and enter the address in the URL field.
Click the Insert button.

Add Image Function

This allows you to insert an image directly into your entry. Within the editor, you either upload an image or provide a hyperlink to an image on another web server.

To insert a local image:

Click on the Insert Image button ()
Select the "Upload an image" option.
Browse to locate the image you wish to upload.
Enter an image description.
Click Upload to add the image.

To insert an external image:

Click on the Add Image button ().
Select the Include an image from an external web site option.
Enter the URL of the image you wish to embed in your wiki.
Click the OK button.
Enter an image description.
Click the Insert button to add the image.

Uploading and Attaching a File to a Page

Click the Upload File button ().
Click the Browse to locate the file.
Select the file.
Click the Open button.
Click the Upload button.
Click the Insert button.

Editing in HTML Source Mode

Documents created in the editor are converted into HTML when saved. You can view the HTML code produced by the editor by clicking in the text editor toolbar.

Note: This feature can be used to provide finer control of the page formatting than is possible by using the editor controls alone. Use of this feature requires prior knowledge of HTML.

Save Controls

Save edits made to your page by clicking the Save button located at the bottom right of the screen. To stop editing without saving changes, click on the Cancel button.

More Functions

The Graphical Page Editor has support for many more functions such as Undo, Redo, Find, Replace, Insert Table, Full screen editing, and more. To learn your way around the editor, try experimenting! You can also hold your mouse pointer over any of the buttons to see a brief explanation of the function.

See the Creating a New Entry topic.

Note: Administrators of your system can apply disk space quotas to your blogs. When this is done, if you exceed the amount of space you may use, you will receive a message indicating that you have exceeded the maximum allowed disk space when adding new content to your blog. In this case, you may have to permanently delete some entries from your blog in order to add the new content.

Editing a Page

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Editing a Page

To edit a page, click the Edit link that appears in the sidebar on the right. This will launch the graphical page editor, which has a set of formatting controls as well as controls that allow users to link files or pages and add images.

Graphical Page Editor

You can type into the editor pane or cut and paste text and images from an HTML page or a Word document and then edit the inserted text.

To learn your way around the editor, begin editing a page and then hold your mouse pointer over any of the buttons to see a brief explanation of the function.

For a complete review of the text editor buttons, see the Understanding the Text Editor Quick Start Guide.

Link Functions

This feature allows you to insert a link to a new page, an existing page in the wiki, an external web site, or an anchor on the same page.

Add a link in your document to a new page, existing wiki page, or external web page.

Highlight the text you wish to turn into a link.
Click the Insert Link button, which looks like a chain link ().
From the resulting dialog box, select the type of link you wish to add:
- Link to a new page
- Link to an existing page (within the same wiki).
- Link to an external page
- Link to an anchor (on the same page)
Enter the detail (website URL, file location, page, etc.) for the link and click Insert.

Linking to a New Page

When a link is created to a new page, the new page is created when the link is created. This is one way to create a new page within a wiki. See the Creating a New Page topic.

Linking to an Existing Page

All pages within the wiki are available for users to link to from any other page in the wiki. To create a link to an existing page in the same wiki:

Highlight the text on the page that should become the link to the other page in the wiki.
Click the Insert Link button, which looks like a chain link ().
In the dialog box, select the Link to an existing page option.
In the menu that appears beneath the Link to an existing page option, select the page to which you wish to link.
Select the Insert button.

The link will now appear in the rich text editor, however it is not added to the page until you select the Save button on the Edit page.

Link to an External Page

To create a link to a page on an external site:

Highlight the text on the page that should become the link to the other page in the wiki.
Click the Insert Link button, which looks like a chain link ().
In the resulting dialog box, select the Link to an external web site option and enter the URL for the external website in the text field that appears beneath this option.
Select the Insert button.

The link will now appear in the rich text editor, however it is not added to the page until you select the Save button on the Edit page.

Link to an Anchor

The rich text editor allows users to create anchors on wiki pages. An anchor is a spot somewhere within a page to which users can link.Use the Insert/Edit Anchor button, which looks like an anchor (), to create an anchor somewhere on a wiki page. To link to that anchor:

Highlight the text on the page that should become the link to the other page in the wiki.
Click the Insert Link button, which looks like a chain link ().
In the resulting dialog box, select the Link to an anchor option and select the anchor in the select menu that appears beneath this option.
Select the Insert button.

The link will now appear in the rich text editor, however it is not added to the page until you select the Save button on the Edit page.

Add Image Function

This feature allows you to insert an image directly into the page. Within the editor, you either upload an image or provide a hyperlink to an image on another web server. Place an image in-line in your page by uploading or linking.

To insert a local image:

Click on the Insert Image button ()
Select the "Upload an image" option.
Browse to locate the image you wish to upload.
Enter an image description.
Click Upload to add the image.

To insert an external image:

Click on the Add Image button ().
Select the Include an image from an external web site option.
Enter the URL of the image you wish to embed in your wiki.
Click the OK button.
Enter an image description.
Click the Insert button to add the image.

Uploading and Attaching a File to a Page

To attach a file to a page, edit the page and then click the Upload File button ().

Editing in HTML Source Mode

Documents created in the editor are converted into HTML when saved. You can view the HTML code produced by the editor by clicking in the text editor toolbar.

Note: This feature can be used to provide finer control of the page formatting than is possible by using the editor controls alone. Use of this feature requires prior knowledge of HTML.

Save Controls

Save edits made to your page by clicking the Save button located at the bottom right of the screen. To stop editing without saving changes, click on the Cancel button.

More Functions

The Graphical Page Editor has support for many more functions such as Undo, Redo, Find, Replace, Insert Table, Full screen editing, and more. To learn your way around the editor, try experimenting. You can also hold your mouse pointer over any of the buttons to see a brief explanation of the function.

Note: Administrators of your system can apply disk space quotas to your wikis. When this is done, if you exceed the amount of space you may use, you will receive a message indicating that you have exceeded the maximum allowed disk space when adding new content to your wiki. In this case, you may have to permanently delete some content from your wiki in order to add the new content.

Course Search

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:24:12 GMT

Course Search

The course Search tool differs from the institutional Search by only returning results within the current course.

Enter a course.
Click the Course Tools button in the Tools area.
On the Tools page, click the Search tool.
Enter the search information in the Search for field.
Click the Search button.

Search LX

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:51:50 GMT

Overview

Search LX is a search engine for course management systems created by Learning Objects, Inc. It allows users to quickly search and find documents that would otherwise not be searchable. The application searches most types of content in your online course environment, such as blog posts, wiki pages, Microsoft Word documents, Adobe PDFs, HTML, and text documents.

Search LX is the fastest way to find content in your course or community sites. Rather than spending time traversing multiple levels of folders, you can enter a search phrase to search all of a course's content and see the search results in seconds.

Search LX is able to find content that other search engines such as Google can't reach. Through a tight integration within the course management system, Search LX understands and enforces all of the business rules that restrict access to content, such as user role, course role, membership in courses and organizations, content availability, etc.

This application is evolving quickly based on the feedback we receive from our users. We welcome your thoughts and suggestions. Please email us at support@learningobjects.com to give feedback or get technical support.

In this section, the following topics are addressed:

Frequently Asked Questions

Interpreting Search Results

Advanced Search