CourseCompanionforAdobeCaptivate

Understandhowyourcoursecontentisbeingused: Trackusageofcontent Tracklearnerbehavior Getfeedbackonthecoursebytrackingthelearnermetrics Trackprogressofthecourseasyourollitout Trackeffectivenessofthecontent

Course Companion for Adobe Captivate (ACCC) provides content creators with insights that help understandthelearnersresponsetocoursecontent.ACCCallowscontentcreatorstoinstantlymeasure andvisualizelearnerengagementwiththelearningcontent.

CourseCompanionforAdobeCaptivatecomponentsandworkflow
ACCCWidget:ThecomponentinsertedintoAdobeCaptivateprojectsbytheauthor.TheACCCwidget collectsandsendsinformationaboutthelearnersinteractionstotheACCCserver. ACCCServer:Thebackendcomponentthattracksthelearners'interactionsandgeneratesreports.This serveriscurrentlyhostedontheAdobenetwork. ACCCDashboard:Theuserinterfacethatdisplaysrealtimelearneranalysisreportstoauthorsand peopletheyhaveauthorized. Note:Currently,acourseisequivalenttoamoduleinCourseCompanionforAdobeCaptivate,andthese termsareusedinterchangeablyinthisdocument.

Workflow
1. AuthorsinserttheACCCWidgetintotheirAdobeCaptivatecourses,andhostthepublished SWFoutputfilesonawebserver. 2. AuthorslogontotheACCCDashboardandspecifypreferencesforinterpretinglearners interactionsforamodule. 3. Whenelearnersgothroughthecourses,theACCCWidgetseamlesslycollectsstatisticsoftheir interactionswiththecourse,andsendsthedatatotheACCCServer. 4. TheACCCServerparsesandstoresdatabasedonpreferencessetbytheauthor.Thedata collectedisofthreetypes: Metadataaboutthecontentsofthecoursesuchasslidecount,slideduration,andmedia type. Learnerrelateddatacollectedduringthelearnersprogressthroughthecourse.For example,thetotalnumberoflearners,andtheslidewheretheydroppedoutofthecourse.

Databasedonpreferences,andcriteriaforthereportsdefinedbytheauthor.Forexample, thenumberofusersthatcompletedthecourse.

5. AuthorsaccessreportsandstatisticsusingtheACCCDashboard. 6. Basedontheanalysisofthereports,authorsimprovecontentintheirelearningcourses. 7. Authorspublishanupdatedversionofthecourseandtrackhowthenewversionofthecourse fareswithrelationtothepreviousversion.

InsertingtheACCCwidgetinAdobeCaptivateprojects
1. DownloadtheALS.zipfilefromtheAdobeLabssite. 2. Unzipthefolder. 3. OpenyourAdobeCaptivateproject. 4. ClickthefirstslideoftheprojectintheFilmstrip. 5. ClickInsert>Widget. 6. BrowsetothelocationwhereyouhaveunzippedALS.zip,andopenLAWidget.swf. 7. ProvideyourAdobeIDcredentials,andclickLogin.IfyoudonothaveanAdobeID,clickSignUp tocreateanAdobeID.Theaccountcreationisquickandfreeofchargetoallusers. 8. RegisterthecoursewiththeACCCServerbyprovidingthefollowingdetails: ServerURL:TheURLoftheACCCServer.ThisfieldiscurrentlyprefilledtopointtotheACCC ServerhostedontheAdobenetwork. ModuleID:AnautogeneratedIDforthecourse.Informationinthisfieldappearsautomatically afteryouclickRegister. Version:Theversionofthemodule.Youcanassignanyalphanumericvalueastheversion number. Forexample,ifthisisthefirstversionofthemoduleforwhichyouareenablingtracking,you cancallitV1.Afteranalyzingthereportsandmodifyingthemodule,changetheversionnumber tosayV2,andaddthecoursetothedashboard. ThemodulenamesaresuffixedwiththeirversionnumberanddisplayedontheDashboard. Versioningyourmoduleshelpsyoutrackalltheversionsofthecourse. Description:Thedescriptionofthecourse. 9. ClickRegister. 10. ClickOKwhenamessageappearsindicatingthattheregistrationissuccessful. Thewidgetappearsontheslide.Resizeitasrequiredandplaceitanywhereontheslide. 11. InthePropertyInspector,changethetimingofthewidgettoRestofProject. Note:Thiswidgetisnotvisibletoyouruserswhentheyruntheoutputoftheproject. Whenyoucompletetheauthoringofcontent,publishtheAdobeCaptivateprojectasaSWFfile.Host theSWFfilealongwiththeHTMandJavaScriptsupportfoldersonawebserver.Youcanfindthe supportfoldersintheoutputfolderwhereyoupublishedtheSWFfile.

Creatinganupdatedversionofthemodulesorcourses
Aftermakingchangestothecoursesbasedontheanalysesofreports,youarereadytoloadanupdated versionofthemodule. DoubleclicktheACCCWidgetintheopenAdobeCaptivateproject.TheWidgetPropertiesdialogbox appears.LoginwithyourAdobeIDcredentialsandeditthepropertiesofthewidget. YoucanedittheACCCServerURLassociatedwiththewidget,andtheversionnumber,andthe descriptionofthemodulethatcontainsthewidget.ClickRegistertoregisterthenewversionofthe course. Note:WhenyouclickRegister,anewmoduleIDisgeneratedforthenewversionyoucreated.Afteryou loadthecoursetotheDashboard,thisversionisdisplayedasaseparatemodulewiththecorresponding statistics.

ACCCdashboard
AccesstheCourseCompanionforAdobeCaptivatedashboard
Clickthefollowinglink: http://als.adobe.com/ LoginusingyourAdobeIDandpassword. TheACCCDashboardconsistsofthefollowingtabs:
Dashboard DetailedView Quiz Interaction Compare Table

GettingstartedwiththeAdobeLearningSolutionDashboard
WhenlearnersgothroughanelearningmodulewiththeACCCWidget,thestatisticsonthelearner interactionsarepostedtotheACCCServerautomatically.. SettingpreferencesforelearningcoursesontheDashboard 1. LogontotheACCCdashboard. 2. ClickPreferencesandspecifythefollowing: (Optional)KeyslidesandEndslides

(Optional)ThumbsUpCriteria.Dependingonthesecriteria,thethumbsupsignisdisplayed againstthemoduleontheDashboard Completioncriteria.Thecompletioncriteriacanbethequizscoreorthekeyslides. Theendslidecriterionisamust.Theauthorcanchooseamongtheremainingtwocriteria indashboardpreferences.Eachoftheabovecriteriaisassignedequalweightinthefinal score.Forexample,ifboththecriteriaareselected,thenbymeetingoneofthecriteria,a learnergetsascoreof33%.

(Optional)Dropouttimeandsittingtimeout. (Optional)AdobeIDsofpeoplewhomyouwanttoauthorizeforaccessingthestatisticsof themoduleontheDashboard.Click'+'andtypetheAdobeIDs. Important:Afterprovidingaccesstoaperson,youcannotunauthorizetheperson.

TheDashboardnowdisplaysgraphsandstatisticsbasedonthepreferencesyouhavesetforthe module. AnalyzingthestatisticsandreportsontheACCCDashboard ClickthenameofthemoduleintheDashboardtab.Thestatisticsofthemoduleisdisplayedintheform ofreportsandgraphsontheDashboard,DetailedView,andTableViewtabsetc. Toviewdetailedreportsofthemodule,clickDetailedView,andscrolldowntoviewthedifferent reports.ThesereportsaregeneratedacrossallthelearnersthatyouseeintheLearnerListgraph. Toviewdetailsaboutaspecificlearner,clickthebarcorrespondingtothelearnerintheLearnerList graph.Otherreportsonthetabnowdisplaythestatisticspertainingtotheselectedlearner. Toviewthereportsofthemoduleinatabularformat,clickTableView.Youcanexportthetabular reportasaCSVfile.

Samplereports Whatisthetimespentbylearnersoneachslideofthecourse? DetailedView>TimeSpentPerSlidereport Whicharethetopslidesonwhichthelearnersarespendingmoretimethanestimated? DetailedView>TimeSpentPerSlidereport.Thetopthreeslideswithtimevariancearedisplayedinred. Howweretheinteractionsusedbythelearners? Interactiontab. Howisaspecificcourseprogressing?

Dashboardtab>ProgressIndex. Basedonthelearnersenrolledintothecourse,learneractivity,slidecompletionandquizpass/fail statistics,eachcourseisassignedavaluebetween016: 0to2Neutralstate 3to13Notsogood 14to16Good

TheRecommendedActionsareaprovidessuggestionsonhowyoucanimprovethecourse. Whichtypeofmediaisbeingusedonaslide? ClickDetailedViewandscrolldowntotheMediaUsedsection. Whicharethetopslidesthatthelearnersaredroppingouton? YoucanfindmoredetailsintheDetailedView>DropOutsection.

Glossaryoftermsusedinthedashboard Averagequizscore:Theaveragescorebyalllearnerswhoansweredthequizinamodule. Completion:Courseissaidtobecompletedifthelearnerhascompleted80%oftheslidesincourse. Completionpercentage(CP):Thepercentageofslidesalearnerhascompletedincourse. Modulecompletionpercentage:Averagecompletionpercentageofamoduleacrossalllearners. Modulecompletionpercentage=(sumofcompletionpercentageofalllearners)/(numberoflearners). Distraction%: The time percentage a learner was idle during the course. Distraction% = Idle time during the course / (idle time + actual time) * 100 Dropouttime:Thetimedurationspecifiedbytheauthorafterwhichalearnerisconsideredtobea dropoutifthesessionisidle. Dropoutslide:Theslidethatwasvisitedlastbyadropoutlearner. Endslides:Theslide(s)thatlogicallyconcludesthecourse.Bydefault,thelastslideinthemoduleis consideredastheendslide. Failed%:Thepercentageofstudentswhofailedinaquizincludedinacourseoramodule.Ifthecourse ormoduledoesnotcontainaquiz,thisstatisticsisnotshownontheDashboard.Thepassingscoreis specifiedbyauthorsintheAdobeCaptivateproject. AuthorSpecifiedTime):Theidealtimeduration,accordingtotheauthor,thatisrequiredtoviewa slide.Bydefaultthisisthetimeofslideincaptivatecourse.Itcanbechangedinpreferences. Idletime:Thetimedurationwhenthelearnerisnotgoingthroughthecourseandso,theACCCServeris notreceivinganydata. Inactivesince:Thetime,innumberofdays,sincethecoursewaslastaccessedbyanylearner.

Keyslides:Aslidethatisdeemedimportantbytheauthor. Learnerenrollment:Numberoflearnerswhoaccessedtheselectedmodule. Maximumtimevarianceon:Slideswheretheactualtimetakenbylearnersascomparedtotheideal timeisthemaximum. Module:PublishedoutputofanAdobeCaptivateproject.Currently,amoduleisthesameasanAdobe Captivatecourse(whichisequaltoapublished.cptxfile). No.oflearners:Numberoflearnersenrolledfortheselectedmodule. Partiallycomplete:Acourseispartiallycompleteifthelearnerhasvisitedlessthan80%oftheslides. Session:Acollectionofsittingswherethetimedurationbetweenanytwoconsecutivesittingsisnot morethantheDropouttimeduration. Sittingtimeout:Thedurationafterwhichthenumberofsittingsisincrementedifthelearnerisidle. Timevariance:Moduletimevarianceistheaveragetimevarianceacrossalllearnersenrolledforthe course.Thetimehereisthetimetakentocompletethemodule. Slidetimevariance=(actualtimetakenidealorauthortime)/(idealorauthortime)*100 Totallearners:Numberoflearnerswhohavestartedthecourse. Thumbsup/down:Thecriteriontodisplayathumbsuporathumbsdownsignforacourseisdefinedby theauthorinDashboardpreferences.Thecriterionisacombinationofthecompletion%andquizscore acrosslearners. Forexample,theauthorcouldconfigurethatif80%ofalllearners,whohavecompletedthecourse, havescored40%inthequizzesthenit'sathumbsup.