SAP Tutor Version 2.

Delta Presentation

SAP AG

SAP Tutor 2.1

Produce high quality content with less effort

Enhanced flexibility in creating, deploying, and presenting content

Provide new Editor functions while still keeping it simple

Use a single company-wide template for Tutorial creation

Version 2.1 scheduled for October 2005

Player Settings
The Player Setting has been modified to include the Toolbar Visible checkbox rather than Fullscreen In order to assist users on low-bandwidth connections, a Prompt before launching Hyperlink checkbox lets users block hyperlinks from running

Step Descriptions
The Step Descriptions have been enhanced so that there is only a single description area New Features:
Combined The old Task and Step Description areas have been combined into a single area Able to be minimized if the description covers an important part of the screen, or the user wants to hide it for a number of steps, then it can be minimized Moveable if the description covers an important part of the screen then the user can move the description to another part of the screen Scrollable if the description contains more text then can be displayed then a scrollbar will automatically appear Able to be positioned the tutorial author can position individual descriptions in order to not cover important information Able to be sized the tutorial author can change the size of individual descriptions to better fit the available desktop area Colored the Step Description background areas can now have the same colors as the speech bubble background

Resume Lesson
If a Tutorial in Lesson mode is being run from a SCORM compliant LMS, and/or being tracked to a Microsoft SQL, ORACLE, or mySQL database, then if the user exits the tutorial before completing the lesson, then Resume data is stored in the database When the user subsequently starts the same tutorial in Lesson mode again they are prompted whether they wish to Resume or Restart the tutorial Resume Lesson is only available in Lesson mode

SAP Tutor Editor

In this section you will learn about the new features in the SAP Tutor Editor There have been changes and improvements in the following areas, amongst others:
Enhanced Co-operation and Standardization using Centralized Settings and Guidelines Learning Experience (modification to the interface to enhance user participation) Layout and Formatting Creating Tutorials and Re-using Existing Content

Empty Editor
It is now possible for the Editor to be opened without opening a corresponding Tutorial. Provides access to the Help -> About dialog. Allows the Template location and Defaults to be set in a central location for access by all authors in the Project Team.

Settings Menu
Settings Menu Without a tutorial being open in the Editor, the Settings menu is active. To prevent confusion, all other menu items have been disabled, including the Button Bar buttons.

Editor Settings
Menu has been enhanced.
Set Defaults brings together onto one dialog all default settings Templates Location allows the defaults file to be shared by all authors in the project team ensuring consistency and adherence to standards Agent and Bubble can now be viewed and positioned separately in Lesson and Assessment modes Since Descriptions have been enhanced and are now a floating object, they need to be viewed and positioned in the Editor

Set Defaults
The defaults which were previously set in different places have all been gathered into a single location.

Templates Location
In order to help Project Team authors, all the Default settings defined in the Set Defaults dialog have been stored in a single file SAPTutor_Templates.bin Using the Templates Location menu allows a central location to be defined for this file All authors in the Project Team can then access the same default settings by setting their Templates Location to the same place

Agent and Bubble Positioning

The Agent and Bubble positions can now be set individually in both Lesson mode and Assessment mode The Position dialog allows:
the position to be reset to Default the new position to be applied to all

Description Positioning
The Step and Task descriptions have been consolidated into a single Description object. Descriptions are now floating and can be placed anywhere on the screen The Task Description appears at the top of the Description, with the Step Description appearing underneath

Tutorial, Lesson, and Assessment Settings

The Tutorial, Lesson, and Assessment settings have been consolidated onto a single dialog allowing navigation from one screen to the other using menus on the combined screen The relevant screen can still be directly navigated to using the Settings menu in the Editor

Copyright and Mistake Feedback

The Copyright Notice and Mistake Feedback dialogs have been moved onto the Tutorial Dialog which is a more suitable location for both of these settings that affect the whole Tutorial There is also a Background Color Player tab which allows the color of the non-image part of the Player to be set for the entire Tutorial

Task and Step Description Names

Since the Task and Step Descriptions have been combined into a single description, each part can be given a name to help users differentiate the two parts. The names are Rich Text, and can be formatted with the standard fonts, colors, sizes, and styles. If both names are blank then the names dont appear in the description.

Agent and Speech in Assessment Mode

The Agent and Speech can now be set individually in Lesson mode and Assessment mode. This allows differing Agents and Speech engines for each of the modes

Close Menu Item

If access is required to the Set Defaults dialog, which is only available when there are no Tutorials open in the Editor, the new File - > Close menu option can be used to close the existing Tutorial without having to stop and restart the Editor. Once changes have been made to the Set Defaults dialog, then a tutorial can be opened again.

Recently Opened File List

The File menu now has a list of up to the last 10 SAP Tutorials that have been opened in the Editor. In order to reopen a tutorial in the list, click on the desired entry. Whenever a file that appears in the list is opened, its name is promoted to the top of the list. If an entry should point to a file that no longer exists, the entry will remain in the list until selected by the user, in which case the user can choose to create a new tutorial with the same name, or drops off the bottom when more than 10 entries would result.

File Open Default

As a result of the Recently Opened File list, when the Editor is opened from a shortcut or through the menu, then the File Open dialog will default to the Last Opened file. If this file no longer exists then the user will be prompted to create it if they dont select another file.

Import Image
Images in bmp, gif, and jpg format can now be imported into a Tutorial to create a new step for every image file selected The steps are the same size as, and named the same as the original image file Selecting the menu opens up a standard File Selection dialog allowing multiple image files to be selected Clicking OK on the dialog causes each image to be imported as a new step

Import Steps
Import Steps opens up another Tutorial in which steps can be selected for import into the current tutorial

Tooltips
Tooltips can be assigned to any Attention or Interaction area The Tooltip menu becomes active once an area has been selected Tooltips can emulate real tooltips as they appear in applications, or they can be used to provide extra information about an object on the screen Move your mouse pointer over the Back button below to see a tooltip

Step Menu
The Step menu has been consolidated so that the Pointer, Agent, Bubble, and Step Description items are grouped Each of these items has similar submenus, allowing the item to be enabled / disabled per step, for the position of the object to be changed, saved, and reset back to the original location

Pointer
The Pointer has been enhanced so that its image can be replaced by any existing image on the Authors workstation By using an image that is different from the standard, the Pointer can be used to direct the users attention to a particular location

Copy and Paste Attention Area

Sometimes an Attention area is required on a number of steps in a Tutorial The Step Menu now contains menu items allowing an Attention area to be copied and pasted between steps When an Attention areas has been selected, the Copy Attention Area menu becomes active Once an Attention area has been copied, and with no other area being selected, the Paste Attention Area menu becomes active

Formatting Date Variables

The Author can now format Date variables using the date formats available on their system and according to their Locale If System Default is used, then the date will be formatted according to the System Default for the Locale on the Workstation running the Tutorial If any other format is chosen, then the date will be formatted that way on all workstations running the tutorial, irrespective of their Locale settings

Start Parameters
3 parameters have been added to the tutorial start command
/demo /lesson /text

Allows a the same, single tutorial to be used for Show Me, Let Me Try, and Test Me simulations
SAP_Tutor_2.0-2.1_Delta.sim /demo only runs the tutorial as an automatic demonstration SAP_Tutor_2.0-2.1_Delta.sim /lesson only runs the tutorial as an interactive lesson SAP_Tutor_2.0-2.1_Delta.sim /test only runs the tutorial as an interactive assessment

These settings are independent of the Mode setting in the Tutorial Settings

Support for SCORM 2004

SAP Tutor has added support for the SCORM 2004 API Enables SAP Tutor tutorials to be used with any modern Learning Management System Additional Features:
For Assessments, the percentage score obtained by the candidate is returned to the LMS Support has been added for suspending a Lesson. This gives the user the option to restart the SAP Tutor Lesson, or to resume from the step they last finished on (Assessments cannot be interrupted)

Enhanced Multiple Choice Tests

A new feature lets you prepare a pool of Multiple Choice test Questions When the test is run, the Player will randomly select the given number of questions from the pool This will make testing more challenging for the learner and will provide more meaningful test results

Enhanced Audio File Import

You can use audio files to add your own audio instructions as an alternative to using the text-to-speech engines When importing an audio file into a step, you are now given the option to convert the audio file into a Java-compatible format (with consequent loss of audio quality) or to import it unconverted

Export to Word
Export to Word has been completely rewritten to better take advantage of the Word Template capabilities The following tags can be used anywhere within the template, including the Header and Footer:
<Author>, <Category>, <Company>, <CreationDate>, <ModificationDate>, <Title>, <Version>, <Copyright>, <Filename>

The following tags can be used once before the repeating page in the template:
<LessonIntroduction>, <TableOfContents>

The following tags can be used in any order on the repeating page in the template:
<TaskName>, <StepNumber>, <StepName>, <Image>, <SpeechBubble>, <Description>, <MultipleChoiceWithAnswers> or <MultipleChoiceNoAnswers>

Export to Word - cont

The template can be formatted with an Introductory page, headers and footers, odd and even page formatting, as well as including a variable number or pages before and after the repeating page During the export, the tags, <something> are replaced by the relevant item from the tutorial. If the item doesnt exist, then the tag is removed Most text items within the tutorial are now Rich Text. Since it may be necessary to use different font, size, and color than the original text in a printed document, adding f font, s size, or c color to a tag will cause the text to use that characteristic of the tag
e.g. <SpeechBubble,fs> will cause the speech bubble text to use the font Arial, and Size 16, of the tag, but the color wont change e.g. <SpeechBubble,c> will leave the font and size original, but all the speech bubble text will have the SAP Blue colour.

Record the Desktop

Sometimes it is difficult to record some applications. In these cases, select Record the Desktop to record every application you interact with on the workstation The Recorder will now record a step whenever any of the following keys are used:
F1 F12, Tab, Enter, Page Down, Page Up, Left, Right, Up, Down, Home, End, Insert, and Delete

Adjust Application Size

In order to create consistently sized SAP Tutor Tutorials, the image sizes should all be consistent This is especially important when multiple separate applications are recorded in the same Tutorial The Adjust Application Size dialog now contains three predetermined screen sizes, with automatic adjustment depending on whether the Player Toolbar will be visible or not

Mode & Pass / Fail Reporting

The Filter dialog has been modified to include a Mode filter which allows the selection of Lesson or Assessment mode results only.

The Filter dialog has also been modified for Peoplecentric views to allow the selection of Pass / Fail / Never Passed or Completed / Not Completed / Never Completed results, depending on the selected mode

Feedback Follow-up
On screens where the User Feedback is displayed, an administrator can now add notes in the Feedback Follow-up field to indicate When follow-up was done, Who did the follow-up, and What follow-up had been done. This helps to ensure that where follow-up is deemed necessary, notes can be written detailing the level of follow-up

Results View
In addition to the existing Tutorial, Personal, and Feedback views, a Results view has been added to allow administrators to find out, per tutorial, who has run that particular tutorial, and the results they obtained This supplements the Personal View whereby an administrator can find out, per user, what tutorials have been run

Enabling Resume Lesson

Resume Lesson is only available when the lesson is run from a SCORM compliant LMS, or the lesson is being tracked using SAP Tutor Tracking If the user exits the tutorial before completing the lesson, then Resume data is stored in the database When the user subsequently starts the same tutorial in Lesson mode again they are prompted whether they wish to Resume or Restart the tutorial The Resume Lesson capability can be enabled in an existing SAP Tutor database by opening the database with the SAP Tutor Version 2.1 Reporter. This automatically adds the required tables A database created using the SAP Tutor Version 2.1 DB Settings will have all the required tables to enable the Resume Lesson capability

Where to from here?

If you like what you just saw, or would like further information, then please have a look at the SAP Service Marketplace http://service.sap.com/SAPTutor or contact your local SAP Account Executive

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