Tutorial Advanced e-Learning Builder

 

How to create an activity using Advanced e-Learning Builder?

To create an activity using Advanced e-Learning Builder you do not need programming or complicated authoring. You can use templates to start your work. The program offers five different templates- Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter and Standard. Each template has different types of pages, so you can choose the best variant for you.

The first step creating new activity is the creation of a new project (it is possible to create a new project from template or an empty project). This action can be done using File -> New… or File -> New Page from Template… commands or appropriate buttons. For example we will choose an empty project (File -> New…). An empty project window will appear (Fig.1).


Fig.1

The first page we need to create is a welcome or title page. We will create this page using the template. To do this we press the appropriate button:

As a result, we have a window where we can choose the template we need (Fig.2).


Fig.2

By clicking OK we can start to use this template. Using different tools we can add objects to the page.

For example, we can add transparent text, underlying text, some graphical object and a button to our first page:

- Transparent text
- Underlying text
- Graphics
- Button

All the objects you inserted to the page you can move and control using mouse. You can change properties of objects by clicking them with right mouse button. To change the size of the object press Shift and use the mouse. To delete the object press the Delete object button and click the object you want to delete.

- Delete object

There are two different templates for the title page. The first one is simple (Fig.3).


Fig.3

You have a title, a subject and an author fields prepared for you. To change these fields press right mouse button on them and enter the text you need to the textbox. Also there is a Forward button in this page.

The second variant for the title page has more objects (Fig.4)


Fig.4

Of course, you can change the design of the page as you like. Next page, which can be added to you project is introduction page where you can explain how to use your test (Fig.5)


Fig.5

Then you can add different test pages. These pages can contain text, graphics, multimedia, etc. There could be no questions on the page, there could be only one question (multiple-choice or Yes/No question) on the page (Fig.6) or there could be some questions on the same page (Fig.7)

 
Fig.6

 
Fig.7

Creating and editing multiple-choice questions you usually need a text box to write text and the choice panel to get the answer.

- Choices

Editing properties of choice panel you should enter the title or question text, the number of available choices and the text for each choice. Also don’t forget to mark the right answer in the preview (Fig.8). If you want to let your student to choose some good answers you should take off the mark from the field “Only one answer is possible”.


Fig.8

Working with Yes/No questions you should use the appropriate tool.

- Alternative question

Editing the Yes/No question you should set the right answer and fill in the textboxes for both answers (as positive as negative) (Fig.9).


Fig.9

Creating and editing open questions you should use a textbox for question and an Input box for the answer.

- Input box

You can enter some possible variants of the correct answer and set whether program will distinguish between capital and minuscule letters or not (Fig.10).


Fig.10

The last page you should insert after all questions are inserted is Show results (Fig.11). This page contains the button which allows student to get their results.


Fig.11

The final task, creating your activity is to set up the test properties (Fig.12 and Fig.13) and to check all the pages of the test (Fig.14).


Fig.12


Fig.13

Setting test properties we can define comments, additional strings, and the title of the program. Also we can determine whether the program will show the correct answer or not.


Fig.14

Test Explorer enables to inspect all the pages in the project and to set up properties for each page (Fig.15).


Fig.15

Setting page properties we can define the name of the page, the color and the transition - which page will be shown after the answer (Depending whether an answer is right or not different pages can be shown. This enables us to insert a theory or explanation page - to show it after the wrong answer).

The last work before starting test is to compile it. We can do it using the appropriate button or a menu command Test -> Compile & Run…

- Compile & Run the Test

Program will ask you where you would like to save your project and will compile it. Before running a test you must copy the following test files to folder of your choice:

   compiled file with your test, e.g. my_test.exe;
   all used media files e.g. .AVI, .MPG, .WAW, etc.