Publishing dreamweaver mx elearning toolkit

Tracking Results

CHAPTER 18

Using the Learning Site Microsoft Access Database

CHAPTER 19

Sending Results to a Learning Management System

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Chapter 18

Using the Learning Site

Microsoft Access Database

IN THIS CHAPTER

◆ Installing a testing Web server on your computer

◆ Defining tracking information within Learning Site

◆ Creating a database to store information about students and activities

◆ Enabling CourseBuilder interactions to track student performance

◆ Using the Record Administrator to manage students and activities in

Learning Site

◆ Testing and uploading your site

◆ Exploring the Microsoft Access database that Learning Site creates

LEARNING SITE ships with Learning Management System (LMS) functionality con￾tained within Learning Site, driven by a number of scripts and a pre-built Microsoft

Access database all contained within Learning Site.

This chapter walks you through the basic steps of setting up your Learning Site

to include database and tracking (the sections are in the sequence you must follow):

1. Create and define a Web server for testing.

2. Create your Learning Site LMS.

3. Copy the Learning Site administration files into your site.

4. Define tracking for each CourseBuilder interaction in your course.

5. Upload your site to the Web server for testing.

6. Use the Record Administrator to set up and test your course.

7. Publish your course to make it “live.”

To test your Learning Site LMS, you need to use a Web server, which runs the

ASP scripts that drive processing for the Learning Site LMS.

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You can choose to use a remote Web server or, if you are running a Microsoft

Windows system, you can set your system to work like a remote server using

Internet Information Server (IIS) for Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, or XP

Professional systems.

Learning Site does not support Windows 98 or Windows ME as of the print￾ing of this book.

If you are using a Macintosh system, you need to set up a remote server.

Throughout the remainder of this chapter, the phrase Web server refers to the

location you chose for your remote server, whether it is truly remote or on your

Windows system working like a remote server.

Creating and Defining Your

Web Server

If you are working on a Microsoft Windows system, the easiest approach to testing

your Learning Site LMS is to set up a Web server on your own system. This server

operates like a Web server on the Internet, processing scripts, working with data￾bases, and so forth.

To use a Web server on your Windows system, you need to

1. Create and install a Web server on your Microsoft Windows system using

Internet Information Server (IIS).

2. Create a folder on the Web server to store your site, including the tracking

database and processing scripts that Learning Site LMS creates.

3. Define the Remote Info and Testing Server categories in your

Dreamweaver MX site to point to the Web server.

Creating and installing a Web server

To install IIS on your Windows NT, 2000, or XP Professional systems:

1. Insert your Windows NT, 2000, or XP Professional CD in the CD-ROM

drive.

2. Choose Start → Control Panel. Windows displays the Control Panel

window.

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3. Click the Add or Remove Programs icon. Windows displays the Add or

Remove programs window.

4. Click the Add/Remove Windows components button. Windows displays

the Windows Components Wizard.

5. Select the Internet Information Services (IIS) component checkbox as

shown in Figure 18-1, and click the Next button.

Figure 18-1: The Windows Components Wizard shows

the IIS component on a Microsoft Windows XP system.

6. Follow the dialog procedure for installing IIS.

IIS creates a directory on your C:\ drive that serves as the Web server root direc￾tory, similar in function to the root directory on any Web server on the Internet.

The path to that directory is C:\inetpub\wwwroot\.

Once you install your Web server, it starts automatically each time you start

your system. You can, however, explore and manage your Web server, should the

need arise: IIS is accessible through Start → Control Panel, and then select the

Administrative Tools icon.

Creating a Web site folder on your Web server

With your Web server installed, you need to create a folder (subdirectory) with

proper permissions on the server to which you can upload your Dreamweaver MX

site for testing.

To show this process, let’s create a folder named Learning-Remote:

1. Create a new folder within the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ folder by using

File → New → Folder from Windows Explorer or My Computer. Name it

Learning Remote. This is the folder that will store your site on the Web

server.

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