Setting Presentation Settings for Activities

You can set presentation settings for a leaf item within a learning activity. Presentation settings are different for tests, quizzes, or assessments. Presentation settings determine the time limit for an item and what navigation options are offered by the LMS (such as whether to display an exit link). Navigation options are often set within the SCORM package that is loaded to the LMS . However, you can use these settings to override what was loaded. It is advisable to test the behavior of the learning activity after changing these settings.

Note: If the learning activity does not report progress immediately and does not detect when users navigate away, you may not want to enable any of the navigation links, to avoid losing data.

To set presentation options for individual items:

1. Choose the appropriate client or your own organization.

2. Open the activity detail screen.

3. Click the name of the folder in which the leaf item is stored, if necessary.

4. Click the name of a leaf item.

5. Click Edit (below an item name).

6. From the Edit menu, choose Presentation.
   You see the Presentation Options screen.

   

7. If the user is to have a limited time to complete the item, enter a Time Limit, in minutes.

Note: Time limits are enforced by the interactive learning content: set this only if your content uses this parameter.

8. To provide a link to let users navigate to the previous sibling item in the content, check Show previous link.

   Note: Using the previous navigation link has the same effect as clicking Launch or Resume on the previous sibling item.

9. To provide a link to let users navigate to the next sibling item in the content, check Show continue link.

Note: Using the continue navigation link has the same effect as clicking Launch or Resume on the next sibling item.

10. If the content contains its own user interface control to allow users to exit from the content, clear Show exit link since content does not include it.

11. Click Save Changes.

Note: At any given level in the learning activity's hierarchy, you should set these values consistently where possible, so all siblings have the same presentation settings.

To set presentation options for items in multiple learning activities:

1. Choose the appropriate client or your own organization.

2. Click Content (tab), then Activities (menu).

3. Check each of the activities for which you want to set presentation options or check the checkbox in the header to check all listed activities.

4. From the Select Operation menu at the bottom of the screen, choose Presentation and click Go.
   You see the Presentation screen.

5. Choose the Type of item to which the presentation settings should apply and specify the appropriate settings.

6. Click Save Changes. The presentation settings are changed for all items of the selected type in all the selected activities.