In the normal flow of the work involved, if you are planning
to use FlexAuthoring to create your course content, you would do so before
using the Course Builder tools (table method or visual method) to assemble the
course sections and tests.
If you plan to build your courses entirely from external
files, such as PowerPoint, Word, PDF, Flash or Video files, you do not need to
use FlexAuthoring. In that case, you should move on to the next section of this
guide.
Start by choosing an existing course, or enter a Course
Title to create a new course. (You may have some courses in your system that
use content created with FlexAuthoring and some that do not.)
FlexAuthoring will then display any Lessons and Learning
Screens that you have already built for this course.
From the Courses Menu, select “FlexAuthoring” or “Authoring
Tool.”If you have not licensed the
FlexAuthoring premium authoring tool, you will see the term “Authoring Tool” in
places that would otherwise say “FlexAuthoring.”Sometimes these terms are used
interchangeably in this guide.
Pages that you have created using the FlexTraining
Authoring Tool are called Learning Screens. At the top of the page is
where you begin to create a new Learning Screen. Just enter in the name of the
Learning Screen that you would like to create and click on the “New Learning
Screen” button.
The bottom portion of the screen is for editing,
previewing or deleting screens you have already authored. If you have already
created Learning Screens for this course, they will display in this section of
the page. If there are no screens yet authored for this course, then obviously
no list will appear. The list of screens can be sorted by Lesson Name, Learning
Screen Name, Sequence Number or Template type simply by clicking on the
underlined column heading.
The Lesson Name column has a “Click to Preview” link.
Click on the link to view the full lesson preview in a pop-up window.
The Actions column has three image buttons. Click on the
pencil to edit that Learning Screen. Click on the Eye to view a live preview of
the page exactly as the student would see it. Click on the Trashcan to delete
that screen from your course. Be careful, as deleting a screen cannot be
undone.