SAP Tutor

Version 2.1

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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