Use

This function lets you make system settings under the following headings:

General

Wizards

Profile

Messages

General

You can make or change the following settings:

The following options are available for graphical display of learning nets in the work area:

Grid

Directed

Compact

As far as possible, you should use the display option directed , since this layout algorithm tries to retain the arrow directions in the relationships. This display option requires more space than the compact option, however.

There are multiple options available for configuring the appearance and color scheme of the interface.

When you make these settings, you must activate them. You can activate them directly.You may have to restart the Authoring Environment, however, before the changes take effect.

The indicator Free Macro and Micro Strategy Selection is set in the standard system. If you deselect this indicator, you cannot select the macro and micro strategy combination you want when playing a learning net.You must use the macro and micro strategy combinations specified in Training Management.

Hierarchical Display of Learning Nets or Objects

In the Authoring Environment , there are two display options for learning nets and learning objects in the learning net overview. The default display option is a hierarchical display of learning nets and learning objects.

If you switch off this option, learning nets and objects are displayed in list format. References are displayed below the relevant learning net or learning object.

The indicator Activate Graphics on Opening is set in the standard system. This settings causes the system to branch directly to a referenced learning net on opening.

The indicator Display Relationship Names is set in the standard system. This setting causes relationship names to be displayed beside the arrows in the graphical work area.

Refresh Graphical Display Automatically If... contains a number of options for changing objects in the graphical work area.

The more actions you select to be automatically refreshed, the more up-to-date the display. The fewer actions you select, the more coherent the display.

If you select the indicator Display all hidden dialogs , you can display messages that were hidden.

Save the learning net MS Outlook . The following message is output: The following learning net/object was saved successfully: MS Outlook .

You can hide this message by setting the indicator Do not display this message in the message dialog box. All messages for this object will no longer be displayed. To reactivate this function, set the indicator Display all hidden dialogs .

Wizards

You can select the wizards you want to work with from the list. The default settings is that all of the wizards are active.

For more information about working with wizards, see Wizards in the Authoring Environment

Profile

Under Role, you can switch between the roles Subject Matter Expert and Instructional Designer . When you start the Authoring Environment for the first time, the system requests you to select a role.

Under Function Activation, you can find all of the functions that are typically deactivated for a given role in the standard system. You can activate any of these functions by selecting the relevant indicator.

For more information about these roles, see The Role Concept in the Authoring Environment .

Messages

Under Display Message Types , you can select message types to be hidden.

Under Display Messages , you can select which sorts of messages are to be hidden.

The default setting is that all message types and messages are active.

In the Messages screen area, you must then choose Refresh Messages to delete the relevant messages from the display.

For more information, see Messages