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Efront Quick Guide
Efront Quick Guide
eFront
Quick Guide
EPIGNOSIS LTD
44, Katehaki, Athens, Greece, 11525 & Patras Science Park, Stadiou Str, Platani, Patras, Greece, 265 04 email: info@epignosis.com.gr, info@efront.gr phone: (+30) 210 6756008, (+30) 210 6756112 Fax: (+30) 210 6756527
CONTENTS
CONTENTS ............................................................................. 3 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 4 2. E-FRONT QUICK GUIDE ........................................................ 5
2.1 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ........................................................ 5 2.2 STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL .............................................................. 7
2.2.1 Overview ................................................................................... 7 2.2.2 Create a new lesson .................................................................... 7 2.2.3 Enroll Users ................................................................................ 8 2.2.4 Describe the lesson ..................................................................... 8 2.2.5 Create the lessons structure ......................................................... 9 2.2.6 Create tests .............................................................................. 10 2.2.7 Activate Components ................................................................. 11 2.2.8 Create rules.............................................................................. 12 2.2.9 Track users progress ................................................................. 13 2.2.10 Register As a Student ............................................................... 17 2.2.11 Complete chapters ................................................................... 19 2.2.12 Communicate .......................................................................... 21
1. INTRODUCTION
eFront is an easy to use, visually attractive, SCORM compatible, eLearning and Human Capital Management platform. Easy to use: eFront was build from the scratch with the end user in mind. You will find it rather natural to get used to its interface where most options are self-explanatory. Visually attractive: We didn't want to build another eLearning tool. We aim at building the most beautiful eLearning tool. Technologically advanced: eFront is an Ajax enabled, Unicode, LDAP and SCORM supporting, multilingual eLearning platform. Pedagogical concepts: Integrated to eFront are sound pedagogical concepts that guide users and keep them motivated. Complete: eFront includes a wide variety of components that help you create your lesson structure and add content, build online-tests, communicate with others, track users history and progress, conduct surveys, assign projects, and create certifications.
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From the XAMPP control panel, we restart Apache (pressing "Stop" and then "Start". If this doesn't work, try restarting the computer
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Access the location http://localhost/install/install.php, preferably using Internet Explorer 7 or Mozilla Firefox
8. Click the Install button 9. The first step lists the prerequisites and settings required in order for the system to work correctly. If there aren't any prohibitive situation (marked with the "forbidden" sign), we may move on. 10. At the second step, user must insert the database settings. Database type is always "MySQL". Database host is usually "localhost" (or may be a single dot "."). Database user is root and password may be left blank (unless after installing XAMPP we set one). Database name may be anything, preferably "eFront". 11. Clicking on "Next" will create the database and the corresponding database tables. 12. The next step has to do with system settings. You may use default values provided. Most of these settings may be later changed through the administrator menu. 13. At the next step we must create an administrator account and optionally a sample professor and student account. 14. Finally, we may optionally insert a sample lesson, either the default provided, or one that we upload. 15. After finishing installation, we may use the system by accessing its home page, usually http://localhost. 16. Important note: You *must* delete the installation directory, in order for the system to function.
We use "Maya Civilization" as the name of our new lesson. We put it under "Ancient Civilizations" category and save the new lesson.
Each unit can have a father unit allowing us to build a tree structure for the content. A flexible visual editor helps speedup the process of adding new content.
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From "Tests" tab we create a new test and we include several of the created questions.
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There are two tabs, the "Lessons" tab where we can find information about the student's progress, and the "More info" tab where we can track general info concerning his communication through the system, the system usage etc.
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"Tests": we can track info on the lesson's tests results (which users have taken the tests, what is their score)
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"Traffic": we can define a specific period of time to watch the lesson statistic information (traffic).
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Test reports: We select the test that interests us and we can find info about the number of the correct and false answers given in each question.
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Self registration: From eFront's main page, the student clicks on "New user account" and he sets his personal settings.
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By clicking it, the student is guided to the first unit of the lesson .Every time the student completes a unit he should click on the bottom button ("set the unit as completed") so that his progress can be measured.
The next time that he accesses the same lesson, the Start button will be replaced by the Resume button. By clicking on it, he is guided to the first unit he has not yet completed.
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2.2.12 Communicate
There are three main communication tools provided by the platform: forum, chat and personal messages. Forum: Each lesson has its own forum, in order to allow users to discuss topics concerning the lesson. Entering the forum page, users can either create a new topic or reply to an existing one. To create a new topic, the user clicks on "New topic" and then he sets its title and subject (message).
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Chat: Using this tool, users are able to exchange instant messages, in real time, provided that they are connected to the system at the same time.
Personal messages: With this tool, users can send personal messages one to another or to a group, something like an internal email. To send a message, go to "Messages", "New message", type % to select the user(s) who will be the recipient, then type the subject and the message (body).
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By clicking on the blue arrow, next to the recipients field, someone can easily find a user, according to specific criteria.
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Every time the user receives a new incoming message, a notification appears on his page. By clicking on it, he enters automatically the messages page to read it and reply if he needs to.
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