Advice on building a web site w/ Lectora
October 9, 2007 12:00 AM
This one is difficult, simply because the project is bigger then your explanation. What it means is, you can not give us all the details, and therefor you are propably the only one able to give the correct answer to this. I can't give the answer, but I will give it a try:Based on the complexity and the amount of levels you provide, I would go for multiple AU's. Motivation would be:- Multiple AU's allows multiple score's/percentages at the end of the course.- Multiple AU's allow you to split the course, and be able to finish elements instead of having to do everthing in one run.- Multiple AU's allows your course to be smaller then one big huge course.- Multiple AU's (this one is important I think) allows you to publish multiple small files, and therefor making upgrades to only parts of the course a lot easier. Furthermore, updating one of the AU's does not need to interfere with other AU's and will therefor not cause any trouble when publishing and overwriting.Where there are pro's, there must be con's as well.Con's:- No linking between elements. Because it are multiple AU's, you can not build any links between them. It is against the SCORM ruleset to link from one AU to another.- Automatic generated TOC's do not offer you a total view, but only for the current AU. Therefor, you cannot see what will be ahead.- No path-taking. You simply can't make path's that a learner should go through the AU's, for the same reason as linking. It is simply prohibited.The second CON can be partially solved by organising your LMS really well, and making sure this structure does not change.Overall: I would go for multiple AU's, and possibly multiple AWT-files as well. This has the advantage that in case of a AWT-file going corrupt does not ruin everything, but simply a small part.Final advise: Make regular back-ups of all files when working on them.Good luck on the progress, and I sure hope this rather long post will help you a bit!
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