Structure Editor

Definition

The structure editor is the tool in the authoring environment for structuring course content.

Structure

When you launch the authoring environment, you are taken directly to the structure editor.

The following screen areas and elements are available:

  • Menu bar

  • Toolbar

  • Learning net overview, work space, and dialog area

    Areas where you can create and edit learning nets , learning objects and instructional elements (also graphically).

  • Messages and status line

    Areas where the system displays information and status messages

  • Strategy preview

    An area where you can display learning strategies for the current learning net and the instructional element path

Menu bar

This screen area comprises all of the structure editor’s functions. You can access some of these functions from the context menus as well. You can call additional information about each of the menu functions. To do this, choose Activate Context-Sensitive Online Help in the toolbar and choose the menu function.

Toolbar

In this screen area, you can access frequently used functions by clicking the relevant icons.

Learning net overview

In this screen area, you can create learning nets , learning objects , and instructional elements .

For more information, see Display of Learning Nets in the Learning Net Overview .

work space

In this screen area, you create learning nets, objects, and instructional elements in a graphical layout, as an alternative to the Learning Net Overview . You can create and edit relationships between learning objects.

Above the work space , there is a type of tab page system. When you open a learning net or learning object, a tab page is generated, flagged with the corresponding object symbol. Learning object references, learning net references, instructional elements, and test elements are presented in different colors in the graphical layout.

Navigation in the learning net graphical display is done via the tab page titles or via the learning net overview.

In the work space, there is also a toolbar available for access to specific functions. You can access more functions via the context menus, as in the learning net overview. You can create relationships easily using Drag&Drop.

Dialog Area

In this screen area, you edit learning nets, learning objects, and their references and instructional elements, and store all of the relevant data for them. In addition, you store metadata files for learning nets, learning objects, and instructional elements. You select these attributes or references on the tab pages.

Messages

This screen area contains messages about learning nets, learning objects and their references, and about instructional elements. It also displays messages from the Repository Explorer. Messages are flagged with icons.

The following message types are displayed:

  • Information

  • Warnings

  • Error

  • Fatal errors

In this screen area, there is also a toolbar available for access to specific functions for controlling message display. For more information, see Messages .

Status line

The status line is divided into three sections in which the following status messages are displayed:

  • Content Player

    The system indicates whether the Content Player has stopped or is running.

  • Learning objectives catalog

    The system indicates whether the learning objectives catalog has been synchronized (updated) or not, for example, when a learning objective was created offline.

  • Offline/Online

    The system indicates whether you are in offline or online mode.

Strategy preview

This screen area is split into two sub-areas:

The learning strategy selected in Training Management is displayed on the left. You can change this setting in Customizing for SAP Learning Solution under Start of the navigation path Learning Portal Next navigation step Select Learning Strategies End of the navigation path . Regardless of which learning strategy is set in Training Management, you still have the option of selecting a strategy yourself.In other words, you can select a micro strategy and a macro strategy used for playing a learning net in the Content Player.

The learning net or object is displayed graphically in the right screen area according to the strategy you select. You can use the tab page titles to switch between the navigation display and the learning path display.

In the toolbar, you can access functions for controlling the strategy preview.