Lotus LearningSpace R5.01 Deployment Guide

Lotus LearningSpace R5.01 Deployment Guide

by Mike Ebbers
Released September 2002
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

This IBM Redbooks publication describes Lotus LearningSpace R5 in detail. LearningSpace is a framework for managing and delivering online courses. It provides a Web interface and a back-end database for organizing, delivering, and tracking such courses.

LearningSpace 5 provides tighter integration of its product components than previous versions. In addition, it offers many new features and tools to both the instructor and student. These include record and playback, improved audio/video, and breakout sessions, as well as enhanced administrative features. The popular topic of reporting is covered in detail.

The book first introduces Lotus LearningSpace R5, and then discusses planning considerations. It goes on to explain the installation process, and concludes with a description of the administrative tasks, including reporting.

This book will be useful to anyone who needs to plan for and deliver a Lotus LearningSpace R5 e-Learning system.

Table of contents

  1. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  2. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this redbook
    2. Become a published author
    3. Comments welcome
  3. Part 1: Introduction
    1. Chapter 1: About LearningSpace
      1. What is e-Learning
        1. The IBM 4-Tier Learning Model
      2. What is LearningSpace
      3. LearningSpace 5 vs. 4
      4. Collaboration Module Version 5 vs. Version 4 (1/2)
      5. Collaboration Module Version 5 vs. Version 4 (2/2)
      6. SCORM 1.1 compliance information
    2. Chapter 2: Licensing considerations
      1. LearningSpace user licensing
      2. Third party database management systems
      3. Crystal Reports
  4. Part 2: Planning
    1. Chapter 3: Cultural adoption and corporate readiness
      1. Introduction
      2. Step I: Share the vision across the corporation
      3. Step II: Lay the foundations for e-Learning strategy
      4. Step III: Implement the strategy
      5. Step IV: Transitioning to new roles
        1. Traditional roles
        2. Roles in the LearningSpace environment
      6. Step V: Assessing the effectiveness of e-Learning
      7. Further reading on these topics
    2. Chapter 4: Architecture overview
      1. Core server
      2. Content server
      3. Relational database management system
      4. Collaboration server
      5. Domino server
      6. Overview of components and tasks
      7. DataFlow
      8. Conclusion
    3. Chapter 5: Hardware and software requirements
      1. General requirements
      2. Requirements for database servers
        1. Hardware requirements
        2. Software requirements
        3. Time zone settings
      3. Requirements for LearningSpace servers
        1. Hardware requirements
        2. Software requirements for Core and Collaboration servers
        3. Software requirements for Core server only
      4. Content and authoring tools
        1. IBM tools
      5. Client requirements
        1. Hardware requirements
        2. Software requirements
    4. Chapter 6: Architecture considerations
      1. Network analysis
        1. Network planning
        2. Network protection
      2. Hardware right-sizing
        1. Hardware components
        2. Administrative decisions
        3. Users
      3. Load balancing
        1. Core servers
        2. Collaboration servers
        3. Database servers
      4. Recovery
        1. Monitoring
        2. Backup strategy
  5. Part 3: Installation
    1. Chapter 7: Pre-installation
      1. Gathering necessary information
        1. Recommended basic environment
        2. Exploring the LearningSpace documentation
      2. Operating system
        1. Operating system suggestions
        2. IP addresses and host names
      3. Additional installations for the Core server (1/2)
      4. Additional installations for the Core server (2/2)
        1. Internet Information Services
        2. File Transfer Protocol
        3. Additional Microsoft components
      5. System security (1/3)
      6. System security (2/3)
      7. System security (3/3)
        1. Microsoft security tools
        2. Directory security
        3. Using a security template
        4. Securing IIS
        5. Anti-virus software
        6. Using SSL
    2. Chapter 8: Setting up Core servers
      1. Before you begin
      2. Set up the database connectivity (1/2)
      3. Set up the database connectivity (2/2)
        1. Prepare ODBC access
        2. Create the LearningSpace Core database
        3. Create a database user account for LearningSpace Core
        4. Create an ODBC data source connection
      4. Install the LearningSpace Core software
      5. Verify the installation (1/2)
      6. Verify the installation (2/2)
        1. Check for installed LearningSpace icons
        2. Check IIS settings
        3. Try to access the administration interface
      7. Configure the Core server
        1. Changing the password of the default administrator account
        2. Changing Core settings
      8. Additional Core servers
        1. If you want to connect to the same Core database
        2. If Core servers are also content servers
    3. Chapter 9: Setting up Collaboration servers
      1. Before you begin
      2. Install the software package
      3. Configure the server
        1. Enabling Collaboration synchronization
        2. Enabling Single Logon
      4. Additional Collaboration servers
    4. Chapter 10: Setting up LearningSpace clients
      1. Client requirements
      2. Browser settings
      3. Browser plug-ins
    5. Chapter 11: Troubleshooting
      1. Verifying the environment
      2. Known problems (1/2)
      3. Known problems (2/2)
        1. Internet Explorer error messages
        2. Core Database connection problems
        3. Tracking does not work
        4. Java exception
        5. Test host connection fails in Collaboration settings page
        6. Collaboration problems
      4. Where to get more information
    6. Chapter 12: Integration with external systems
      1. IBM Mindspan InterOpt 5
  6. Part 4: Administration
    1. Chapter 13: Using multiple databases
      1. Using LearningSpace Database Utility
      2. Creating additional databases (1/2)
      3. Creating additional databases (2/2)
      4. Setting up an additional database (1/4)
      5. Setting up an additional database (2/4)
      6. Setting up an additional database (3/4)
      7. Setting up an additional database (4/4)
        1. Applying LearningSpace startup design to a database
        2. Registering the database for use by LearningSpace
        3. Duplicating database-specific files in IIS
        4. Configuring FTP settings for publishing assessments
        5. Making the access of additional databases easier
        6. Restarting the Internet Information Services
      8. Handling LearningSpace preferences remotely (1/2)
      9. Handling LearningSpace preferences remotely (2/2)
        1. Using remote administering clients
        2. Using the registry editor
        3. Using LearningSpace Database Utility remotely
    2. Chapter 14: Populating with users
      1. User profiles - the tool for creating groups
        1. User profiles - controlling access
        2. User profile design checklist
        3. Reduced database diagram for permissions
      2. Registering users (1/3)
      3. Registering users (2/3)
      4. Registering users (3/3)
        1. Manual user registration
        2. Importing users from a text file
        3. Importing users from a Domino server
        4. Importing users from existing HR systems
        5. Maintaining a hybrid import model
      5. Authentication
        1. Authentication against LearningSpace Users table
        2. Authentication against Domino directory
        3. Authentication against an LDAP directory
        4. Authentication against LearningSpace Collaboration server
    3. Chapter 15: Populating with content
      1. Scenarios about placing the courseware
        1. Providing content with a LearningSpace Core server
        2. Storing content on local or remote servers
        3. Storing content on Domino servers
      2. Creating a course structure
        1. Assigning responsibility
      3. Including assessments and tracking (1/2)
      4. Including assessments and tracking (2/2)
        1. Creating questions
        2. Creating assessments
        3. Including assessments in course structure
        4. Tracking
        5. Custom assessments
      5. Exporting and importing AICC-compliant courses
      6. Collaboration content
      7. Integrating third-party content
      8. Organizing content
        1. Course profiles
    4. Chapter 16: User enrollment
      1. Manual enrollment
        1. Self-enrollment
        2. Enrollment on the LearningSpace administrator interface
      2. Auto-enrollment using user profiles
        1. Auto-enrollment on LearningSpace administrator interface
        2. Auto-enrollment during text file import
      3. Unenrollment
        1. Self-unenrollment
        2. Unenrollment on LearningSpace administrator interface
        3. Auto-enrollment with profiles and unenrollment
    5. Chapter 17: Maintaining the LearningSpace system
      1. Server maintenance plan
      2. Maintenance tasks in detail
        1. Determining fully qualified host names and TCP/IP addresses
        2. Viewing and saving the Windows event log
        3. Roles and responsibilities
        4. Suggested LearningSpace server restart sequence
        5. Starting and stopping a Collaboration server
    6. Chapter 18: Reporting
      1. Standard reports (1/2)
      2. Standard reports (2/2)
        1. Determining reporting needs
        2. Generating standard reports in the reporter module
        3. Known issues with standard reports
      3. Reporting administrative tasks
        1. Reporter permissions
        2. Reports permissions
      4. Reporting technical aspects
        1. LearningSpace 5 reports and the database structure
        2. The LearningSpace 5.01 database tables
      5. Generating custom reports (1/5)
      6. Generating custom reports (2/5)
      7. Generating custom reports (3/5)
      8. Generating custom reports (4/5)
      9. Generating custom reports (5/5)
        1. Report customization requirements
        2. Creating custom ASP reports
        3. Editing an existing Crystal Reports report
        4. Creating a custom report using Crystal Reports
        5. Inserting custom reports into Lotus LearningSpace
        6. Known issues with custom reports
  7. Part 5: Appendix
    1. Appendix A: LearningSpace default module permissions
      1. Course catalog permissions
      2. Enrollment module permissions
      3. Global module permissions
      4. Home module permissions
      5. Learning home module permissions
      6. Materials module permissions
      7. My courses permissions
      8. Planner Module Permission
      9. Profiles Module Permissions
      10. Reporter module permissions
      11. Reports module permissions
      12. Results module permissions
      13. Users module permissions
    2. Related publications
      1. IBM Redbooks
        1. Other resources
      2. Referenced Web sites
      3. How to get IBM Redbooks
        1. IBM Redbooks collections
    3. Index (1/2)
    4. Index (2/2)
    5. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: Lotus LearningSpace R5.01 Deployment Guide
  • Author(s): Mike Ebbers
  • Release date: September 2002
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: None