The document describes a new authoring workflow and environment for creating and editing learning objects. The new authoring environment is web-based, WYSIWYG, and integrated with the rest of the platform. It allows authors to create new learning objects, edit existing ones, and automatically populates metadata. When publishing a modified learning object, it will either overwrite the existing one if the author is a contributor, or create a new copy with the author attributed if they are not previously a contributor.

1. Sergey Sosnovsky, Saarland University / DFKI
Authoring
Workflow
Saarbrücken, 08/07/2015

2. Old Authoring Workflow
Source Content Conversion Tools
Content in OMDoc Slicing
Individual Learning Objects Structure Annotation
Typed Learning Objects Metadata Annotation
Annotated Learning Objects Translation
Final Content

3. Old Authoring Environment

4. New Authoring Environment

5. New Authoring Environment (cont.)
❖ WYSIWYG
❖ Web-based
❖ Built into the rest of the platform
❖ access to content and tools (search, exercise runner)
❖ Creation of new Learning Objects (Static and Interactive)
❖ Automatic population of descriptive metadata (creator,
contributor, date)
❖ Editing/Translation of existing Learning Objects (Static and
Interactive)
❖ Metadata, Formulae, Exercise interaction inheritance

6. New Authoring Environment (cont.)
To edit an existing learning object is must
be copied to the workspace…
…if the licence permits
it
Learning Objects are created and edited
in a personal workspace of the author
Access to
the content
base

7. New Authoring Environment (cont.)
Changes are saved to
Sandbox
Once ready, the LO
can be published
Publishing LO
❖ If author is already a
contributor or creator
❖ Exis5ng learning
object will be
overwri:en
❖ If NOT
❖ A new copy of this LO
will be created with
the author as a
contributor

8. Summary New LO?
YES,
creating new
NO,
modifying existent
Start authoring
Creator=You
New LO is
created in your
Workspace
NO,
Licence forbids
derivatives
YES
A new copy of
the LO is
created in your
Workspace
Contribuotr=You
Are you already Creator or
a Contributor of this LO
NO
When Publishing
a new copy of
the LO is
created in the
content base
YES
The LO is
copied to your
Workspace
When Publishing
the LO is added
to the content
base
When Publishing
the LO is
updated in the
content base
Licence allows
changes
Not
Possible

9. Creating a new exercise