Web Module Changes

Local Administrator Interface

• Pages have been reformatted for a 1024x768 display instead of the old 640x480
  • Pages which had long forms now use a tabbed display to reduce the need for scrolling

• Administrator selector enhancements
  • Filter for active/disabled students

• Student selector enhancements
  • Selection of all students beneath a specific hierarchy element
  • Filter for active/disabled students
  • Search for students enrolled in a specific course or certificate program and having a specific status
  • Search for students enrolled in a specific ILT section

• Course selector enhancements
  • Now uses a tree-view similar to the student selector (sub-categories are included in the tree)
  • Filter for active/disabled courses
  • Filter for open/closed ILT sections (when selecting sections)

• Certificate Program selector enhancements
  • Now uses a tree-view similar to the student selector
  • Filter for active/disabled programs

• Course assignment enhancements
  • Disabled students excluded from assignment operations by default, may be included if desired
  • "Recalc Status" available to administrators for selected students
  • Course start-after, cut-off, and target dates can be modified for multiple students and courses

• Results entry enhancements
  • Course-level status may be entered for any course (previously only for courses with no lessons)
  • Status may be entered for all lessons in a course on one form
  • Students can be filtered by current status when entering individual lesson statuses

• HTML editor
  • Fields which may be used to contain HTML data now use a WYSIWYG HTML editor

• Report enhancements
  • Criteria form now uses the course selection form instead of listing all available courses in a drop-down list
  • New report criteria to include/exclude disabled students and courses
  • Standard reports exclude disabled students and courses by default
  • Ad-Hoc report writer supports Interaction and Comments data elements

User login changes

• Login control settings can be tailored to individual student hierarchy elements
  • System-wide settings supported
  • Settings are inherited from ancestor hierarchy elements.

• Password enhancements
  • Can now be case-sensitive
  • Can be set to expire (with a warning period)
  • Re-use can be restricted (with a variable look-back period)
  • Strong passwords can be required (pre-existing feature, enhanced with 2.1)

• Users can be locked out for too many failed login attempts
  • May be unlocked automatically (timed) or manually

Communication/collaboration

• Discussion forums can be associated with courses and student hierarchy elements
  • Students in hierarchy or enrolled in course have automatic access to the forums
  • Administrators may be assigned as "moderators" to specific forums

• Administrators can send messages to students
  • Message can be sent by email or by WBT Manager internal messaging
  • Administrator may disclose their email address as the return address or use the system's generic return address

• "Latest news" display
  • News bulletins can be entered with display start and end dates
  • Bulletins can be directed at the home page, administrator menu, student menu, or any combination
  • Student bulletins can be targeted at specific student hierarchy elements

Instructor-led Training notification enhancements

• Additional fields have been added to location definitions for inclusion in reservation notices
  • Address
  • Travel Directions (HTML capable)

• Additional fields have been added to course section definitions
  • Enrollment Notice1 (HTML capable)
  • Notice2 (HTML capable)

Student Interface

• Java runtime is no longer required for SCORM API support
• Student menu displays "latest news" items
• Student menu allows access to user forums

Catalog enhancements

• Catalog is accessible when not logged on (optional)
  • A course-level flag controls which courses and certificate programs are included on public catalog.
• Catalog is accessible to administrators (optional)
  • Catalog will include only courses that the administrator could select for assignment to their students (system flag can allow all courses to display)
• Public, Administrator, and Student Catalogs may have different data elements display
• Additional user-defined text fields have been added to the course definitions for inclusion in the catalog
• A catalog display control function has been added for system administrators
  • Can modify catalog display settings.
  • Can update new catalog text fields using an HTML editor.
• Catalog layout is now controlled through an XSL stylesheet for easier modification

Instructor Led Training Enhancements

• ILT locations may now be "owned" by specific student hierarchy elements
  • Only administrators for the specified hierarchy element may select the location when defining a new ILT course section
• Additional fields have been added for inclusion in ILT notices
  • ILT location Address and Travel Directions
  • Course section Notice fields

Web Farm Support (optional)

• Session variables have been moved from memory into database storage
• Supports load-balancing without "session-aware" or "sticky-session" routing
• Supports data sharing with ASP.NET components
• User sessions now survive IIS restart or server re-boot

Maintenance Module

Maintenance module notification enhancements

• HTML email format is now supported.
• Additional data elements are now available for use in notices.
• Email test program is available to aid in customization of notices.