Content Builder

Version 6.1

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Training and Development
Table of Contents

Overview 2

Web Course Organization 3

Accessing Content Builder 4

Modules 6

Sub-Modules 8

Pages 11

Useful Tools in Creating Page Content 13

Importing Pages 18

Copying Existing Pages 19

Building Tests 20
Overview—Building Web Contents

MyPD comes with two course types that include web page content.

Blended—face-to-face meetings + web content. This course type includes not only web page content, but also face-to-face meetings. It allows developers to access the Roster tools (through Class—Rosters), plus the web content builder. RECOMMENDED!

Web-Based—straight web content. Participants complete the web contents on their own and pass the course/get credit by passing the test set up by the course developer. There is no class roster for developers to see, which can be a problem if you want to see who register for your class.

Both course types allow developers and participants to have threaded discussions through Portfolio Tools—Conference, the native threaded discussion/communication tool that only web courses can access. Instructor-led courses cannot access the Conference tool.


Course Organization

MyPD allows for organization of web content into Modules, Sub-modules, and Pages. Modules and sub-modules are groupings with no contents, like chapters and sections that organize the content of a book or manual. Pages contain the actual course content.

An example of this type of organization is as follows:

1.  Module One

  1. Sub-module One
  2. Page one
  3. Page Two
  4. Page Three
  5. Sub-module Two
  6. Page One
  7. Page Two
  8. Page Three

2.  Module Two

  1. Sub-module One

Analogy

Book/Manual / MyPD
Chapter / Module
Section / Sub-module
Page / Page


Opening the (Web) Content Builder

·  Set up your course following the steps listed in the Course Development Guidelines.

·  Choose “Blended” as the Course Type, and complete setting up your course and class.

·  On the Admin Function Menu, follow the path Courses—Course Name—Content—Content Builder.

·  Click on Content Builder to open the “New Module” page.

·  ADMIN FUNCTION MENU IS COURSE SENSITIVE. Once you exit your blended course, you have to edit your course from the Open/Edit Course screen first to access the Content Builder if you want to edit your web content at a later time.


Creating a New Module

Modules are the equivalent to major chapters in a book and contain a grouping of sub-modules.

On the New Module data entry page,

·  Name: Type the name of the module. Overview: Optional. Overview is used to help participants in navigating the course from the table of contents by providing description/extra information about the module.

·  Module Number: Type nothing if you are accepting the default numerical sequence.

·  Click the Save As New button to create the module and return to the New Module page where the new module is displayed in the modules list.

·  Repeat the above steps to create all modules you want to add to the course.


Editing Module Overviews

Modules can have overviews which aid users in navigating the course from the table of contents. This is optional.

·  Click the Edit button associated with the module to access the data entry boxes.

·  Type the overview for the module in the Overview text box.

·  Click the Save Changes button to save the overview.


Editing Module Content/Creating Sub-Modules

A module’s content consists of sub-modules. Complete the following steps to edit a module’s content:

On the New/Edit Module page, click the Sub-module tab to open the New Sub-Module page.

·  Module: Use the drop-down menu to choose the module you want to edit

·  Name: Type in the sub-module title

·  Overview: Type in the overview of the sub-module as needed. This helps the navigation at the Table of Contents view, and is optional.

·  Sub-Module Number: Skip to accept default.

·  Click the Save As New button to return to the New Sub-Module page.

·  Repeat the steps until you have created all sub-modules for all modules.


Re-Ordering Modules/Sub-Modules

·  You may want to re-order the modules, particularly if you add a new module but need it to fall in between two existing modules.

·  On the New Module page, click the Edit button associated with the module to access the data entry boxes.

·  Type in the new order number for the module and click Save Changes. MyPD will re-order the subsequent modules/sub-modules accordingly.


Edit Sub-modules

Sub-modules are the equivalent to a subsection under a chapter in a book and contain a grouping of pages. From the Edit Sub-Module page you can rename sub-modules, re-order sub-modules, edit sub-module overviews, and delete sub-modules.

Directions are exactly the same as editing modules.


Editing Pages

Pages contain the actual content of a course. From the New Page screen you can add new pages, re-order pages, and delete pages.

Accessing the New Page

·  Edit your course from the Open/Edit Course screen.

·  Click on the Content Builder link under Courses—Course Name—Content.

·  On the Content Builder screen, click Pages tab to access the following data entry page.


Creating a New Page

·  Submodule: Choose the sub-module from the drop-down listing.

·  Title: Type in the name of the page.

·  (Page Area): Enter you page content as appropriate.

·  In Design mode, you see a toolbar at the top of the Overview area with various familiar formatting icons. As you enter and format text directly in the Overview window you may use these icons just as you would in a word processing program.

·  You may also add formatted text from MS Word in Design mode. Create your document in Word. Copy the text from your Word document (Edit→Copy or Ctrl-C). Click on the Paste From Word icon.

·  A dialog box will appear asking you to paste in the text using the shortcut method. To preserve your formatting, take the check mark off the box next to Remove styles. Click Insert. Your text will appear in the Overview window properly formatted.

·  In the html Code mode, you can input html code to design the page and also see the html code produced for all edits created in the Design mode.

·  Always remember to click the Save As New /Save Changes button so that your work will not be erased.


Useful Tools in Creating Page Content

Adding Web Links

·  In the Administrative Functions Menu, select the Courses— 'Course Name'—Content –Content Builder option to see that course's Content Builder page.

·  Highlight with you cursor the text you wish to be the link and click on the Insert/Edit a Hyperlink icon on the Design mode toolbar, .

·  The Insert Link window will open. Choose the type of link from the Link To: column on the left side of the window.

·  Each link type requires different information. Enter the necessary information.

·  If you are adding a webpage link, the Address must include http://

·  The Title will appear as a popup when the user moves the mouse over the link.

·  You may choose to open the link in the same window, a new window, the parent window or the top window. Default is opening in the same window.

o  RECOMMENDED! Choose “Open in a new window”.

·  Click the OK button to add the link to the page.

·  After making changes to a page, always click the Save Changes button.


Adding Document Links

·  In the Administrative Functions Menu, select the Courses— 'Course Name'—Content –Content Builder option to see that course's Content Builder page.

·  Highlight with your cursor the text you wish to be the link and click on the Document Library icon on the Design mode toolbar, .

·  In the Document Library window, select the document you wish to link from the list on the left side of the window.

·  If the document you wish to link is not yet in the Document Library, you will need to click on Browse to locate the file and then click Upload File to add it before it is available for your use.

·  After selecting the appropriate document, click the OK button to add the link to the page.

·  When a participant clicks on the link, he/she will be prompted to open or save the document.

·  After making changes to a page, always click the Save Changes button.


Adding Graphics

·  In the Administrative Functions Menu, select the Courses— 'Course Name'—Content –Content Builder option to see that course's Content Builder page.

·  Click on the area in your page to insert the graphic and then click the Media Library icon on the Design mode toolbar, .

·  When the Insert Image window appears, select the image you wish to use in the left pane. It will appear in the Preview area.

·  If the image you wish to link is not yet in the Document Library, you will need to click on Browse to locate the file and then click Upload File to add it before it is available for your use.

·  Click OK to insert the image onto your page.

·  To format the position of your image in relation to text or to add a border to your graphic, right click the image and choose Image Properties.

·  The Image Properties window will appear. Adjust the settings as desired.

·  After making changes to a page, always click the Save Changes button.


Adding Videos

·  In the Administrative Functions Menu, select the Courses— 'Course Name'—Content –Content Builder option to see that course's Content Builder page.

·  Click on the area in your page to insert the video and then click the Document Library icon on the Design mode toolbar, .

·  In the Document Library window, select the document you wish to link from the list on the left side of the window.

·  If the video you wish to add is not yet in the Document Library, you will need to click on Browse to locate the file and then click Upload File to add it before it is available for your use.

·  The types of files accepted are SWF, DCR, MOV, QT, AVI, WMA, MP3, MPG, MPEG, WMV, RM, RPM and it has to be less than 8MB.

·  After selecting the video, make sure the Embed box is check marked and then click the OK button to add the video to the page.

·  After making changes to a page, always click the Save Changes button.


Importing Pages

·  In the Administrative Functions Menu, select the Courses— 'Course Name'—Content –Content Builder option to see that course's Content Builder page.

·  Place your HTML files and graphics together in a ZIP file. Any HTML files not in subdirectories will be considered pages. Body content will be extracted and imported into the page with the same name (removing the .html suffix), and links to media files and other pages will be automatically updated.

·  Click on the Import Pages tab on the Content Builder page.

·  Click the Browse button to locate the zip file containing your page(s).

·  Select the Sub-module for the page from the sub-module drop down menu.

·  If you’d like to overwrite previous versions of the pages, click the Overwrite box.

·  Click the Import button to complete the import process of the page(s).


Copying Page Content from an Already Existing Page

MyPD allows developers to copy all content (text and media) to a single page from any other page and any other course in the system. This maximizes the development process by eliminating the need to reenter content that already exists.

·  Click the Edit button associated with the desired destination page to access the Edit Page screen.

·  Click on the Copy Page button to open the Copy a Page screen in a separate window.

·  Select the desired source page from the drop-down listing of each filed.

Click Copy to copy the selected content to the new page and return to the Edit Page screen.
Building a Test

·  In the Administrative Functions Menu, select the Courses— 'Course Name'—Assessments—Tests option to see that course's Question Builder page.

·  Click the button (Pre-Test or Test) that is in the same row as the section for which you want to create a test and corresponds to the type of test you want to create. If you click a Review Questions button, MyPD will display the Questions List, see next section for details on how to add, edit and delete test questions. Otherwise, MyPD will display the Test Info page.

·  On the Test Info page, complete the following steps: (None of the following are required.)

o  Test Time Limit—In this text box, type the amount of time, in minutes, you want to give the participants to complete the test.

o  Delay after test is failed—In this text box, type the number of days you want to require Participants to wait before they can retake a test.

o  Accept Feedback—In this drop-down menu, select Yes to allow Participants to provide written feedback with each test question and feedback at the end of the test.