Learning Objects

Management of Learning Objects, and detailed description of configuration and usage of each LO type

• Learning Materials Management
• File Upload
• HTML Pages
• SCORM
• Test

Learning Materials Management

The Learning Objects management page is made by three tabs:

1. Course Objects: list of actual LO of the course, available for students. They can be directly created from this area or imported either from MyObjects or Shared Objects areas.
2. Shared Objects: a repository of LO shared among all the courses and users with permission to access this tab
3. My Objects: personal materials' repository for the logged user. A private area for teachers in which they can store their own objects, create new objects or import objects from other teachers. It is an inter-course area in the sense that the objects placed there can be viewed from any of the courses managed by the teacher. 

In all the tabs, LO Objects can be organized into folders/subfolders.

Course Objects

New Folder: Create a new folder

New Learning Object: create a new learning object.

LO types

• SCORM
• TEST
• Upload file
• HTML page
• Survey

The following LOs are available until Forma 4 and REMOVED SINCE FORMA 4.1 and it won't be possible to create new ones. Previously created LOs will keep working but may be removed in feature released. 

• FAQ
• Glossary
• Links

LO actions and features

1. View: open and launch the learning object. Actions will be tracked as for normal fruition
2. Edit: access the edit page for this of learning object. Each type of learning object has a different edit mode.
3. Copy: duplicate the object
4. Properties: edit object properties for:
   1. Prerequisites
   2. LO Properties
5. Categorize: Add description, category, and tags for the knowledge base
6. Assign: assign this LO only to specific users
7. Order: move the object up and down in the list
8. Move: move the object to a folder or into another tab
9. Delete: remove the LO. All trackings will be deleted

Properties: Prerequisites

Click on the “Properties” icon to open the Properties > Prerequisites tab.

Here you can select the LO in the course that need to be completed for the object to be unlocked

Properties: Properties

Here you can set the general configuration settings for this object. Different LO types might have different option sets.

General options, available for all types of objects:

Title:  display LO name. Editable only for SCORM objects, for other types use their edit page

Hidden: decide whether this object must be visible or not for students (default: yes)

Publish from/until: the object will be visible only between the selected dates. Leave empty for unlimited

Number of Views: define how the object must be accessible based on its completion status

End Object Marker: if set to yes, completing this object will set the user status on the whole course to “complete”.

Options for both TEST and SCORM LO:

Bookmark: this object's score will be reported as separate start score or final score for the course

Assign to selected users

Here you can assign the LO only to selected users or groups. Other users won't see the object.

Categorize

Use this form to categorize the object within the Forma Content Library

Shared Objects

This is the area where teachers can share teaching objects with other teachers, can import them to their own homepages or directly to the courses section.

Note:

• Importing entails making a new copy of the imported object, which will therefore be treated as a completely new object
• Teachers can create, copy and move any shared LO, but can delete only their own. Only administrators can delete LO by other users.

My Objects

Materials in this area can be viewed and managed only by the logged user, and are shared among all the courses where he has teacher permissions.

File Upload

Select and upload from your computer any file to be used as a course material.

Downloadable files will be marked as “completed” once the users clicks on the download link.

You can set the “title” as the name to be shown for this object

Description can be entered but won't be shown with the existing platform features.

 

HTML Pages

Use the “HTML Page” learning object type to create a custom content page.

Explore the editor feature to:

• write Formatted Text
• Images
• embed media (i. YouTube or Vimeo videos)

 

You can also attach multiple files for download

SCORM

Upload SCORM Objects

SCORM LO Properties

Test

Test Questions

Manage Questions

Insert/Edit Questions

Question Category: Select a category for this question. It will be possible to calculate category scores for each test compiling. Categories are globally defined for the whole platform in backend question category configuration

Difficulty: set a difficulty level that can be uses to automatically weigh scores calculation.

Question Types

This is the list of the available question types and test elements:

SC — Single Choice

MC — Multiple Choice

ET — Extended Text

TE — Text Entry

IC — Inline Choice

HT — Hot Text (Find the wrong term)

UP — Upload File

AS — Association

TE — Title

BR — Page Break

Test Options

Test display options

Attempts settings

Test Suspension: to avoid conflicts when using test suspension the option "number of views" in the LO properties should be set to infinite

Results page settings

Time Management

Score Management

• A required score for the test to be considered as “passed”
• Grading by marks or percentage
• Set score per individual question
• Resetting the maximum score
• Dividing the maximum score by question, evaluated according to the difficulty level assigned to the question, score assigned to individual questions

Feedback Management

• Possibility of assigning textual feedback according to the score attained
• Possibility of assigning the achievement of a competency
• Subscription to a specific course depending on the result.

Insert Feedback