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Configuration. Part 2

Appearance

The Appearance section allows customizing front pages that are displayed when a user enters the system.

To change the front page settings:

  1. Go to Configuration - > Appearance in the left menu.
appearance
Fig. ‘Appearance’
  1. Change the settings as described in the following table:
    Field Step
    JoomlaLMS Top menu  
    Show Top menu Select Yes if you want the Top menu to be shown in the LMS, otherwise select No.
    Top menu style Define the Top menu style using the drop down list.
    Show menu item heading Select Yes if you want the menu item heading to be shown.
    Course SelectBox  
    Show course SelectBox Select Yes if you want the course SelectBox to be shown, otherwise select No.
    Results displaying options
    Show SCORM status as

    Select 'Progressbar' if you want the SCORM status to be shown as a progressbar with the percentage completed shown;

    select 'Text' if you want the SCORM status to be shown as a Complete/Incomplete text message;

    select 'Icon' if you want the SCORM status to be shown as Complete/Incomplete icons.
    Show Learning Path status as

    Select 'Progressbar' if you want the Learning Path status to be shown as a progressbar with the percentage completed shown;

    select 'Text' if you want the Learning Path status to be shown as a Complete/Incomplete text message;

    select 'Icon' if you want the Learning Path status to be shown as Complete/Incomplete icons.
    Show Quiz status as

    Select 'Points received + status icon' if you want the Quiz status to be shown as the number of points received and a status icon;

    select 'Points received' if you want the Quiz status to be shown as the number of points received;

    select 'Percentage' if you want the Quiz status to be shown as the percentage of correct answers;

    select 'Percentage + status icon' if you want the Quiz status to be shown as the percentage of correct answers and a status icon;

    select 'Complete/Incomplete' if you want the Quiz status to be shown as a Complete/Incomplete text message;

    select 'Passed/Failed' if you want the Quiz status to be shown as Passed/Failed text message.
    Meta Data  
    Meta Description Enter a line for representation in search engines: this line will be displayed as a topic in the list of search engine results.
    Meta Keywords Enter key words that describe your course; these key words will be taken into account by search engines when searching for relevant web pages.
    Homepage configuration  
    Show "Courses list" module Select Yes if you want the "Courses list" module to be published on the user's home page; otherwise select No.
    Expand all categories by default Select Yes if you want to expand all the categories by default; otherwise select No.
    Show "All courses" link Select Yes if you want the "All courses" link to be published on the user's home page; otherwise select No.
    Show "Announcements" module Select Yes if you want the "Announcements" module to be published on the user's home page; otherwise select No.
    Show "Homework" module Select Yes if you want the "Homework" module to be published on the user's home page; otherwise select No.
    Show "DropBox" module Select Yes if you want the "DropBox" module to be published on the user's home page; otherwise select No.
    Show "MailBox" module Select Yes if you want the "MailBox" module to be published on the user's home page; otherwise select No.
    Show "Certificates" module Select Yes if you want the "Certificates" module to be published on the user's home page; otherwise select No.
    Show "Latest Forum Posts " module Select Yes if you want the "Latest Forum Posts " module to be published on the user's home page; otherwise select No.
    Number of items in modules Specify the number of items to be displayed in modules on the user's home page.
    Homepage text Enter the greeting text for registered users. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the text.
    Homepage text for 'guest' users Enter the greeting text for unregistered users. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the text.
  2. Click the Save icon (save icon) at the top of the page to save the changes.

SMF forum integration

This section helps you to manage the forum threads directly from JoomlaLMS Back-end.

To add a new forum:
  1. Go to Configuration->SMF forum integration in the left menu.
  2. Click on the New button (save icon) at the top of the list. The following form will open: cb_integration
  3. Fill in the necessary fields:
Board name: Specify the name of the board
Published: Check Yes if you wish this board to be published, otherwise check No
Parent Board: Choose the parent board for this board from the dropdown menu
Forum type: Choose the forum type for this board from the dropdown menu
Set course owner as Board moderator: Check Yes if you wish to apply this option, otherwise check No
Additional board moderators: Specify the users who can be additional board moderators
Board description: Enter board description
Advanced access: Check Yes if you wish to apply this option, otherwise check No
Additional permissions: Choose the roles of the users who can have additional permissions on this board
Click on the Save button (save icon) to add the board otherwise click on Cancel (cancel icon).
To edit a forum:
  1. Go to Configuration ->SMF forum integration in the left menu.
  2. Select a board.
  3. Click on the Edit button (edit icon).
  4. Make necessary changes and click the Save button (save icon) or the Cancel button (cancel icon) to discard.
To delete a forum:
  1.  Go to Configuration ->SMF forum integration in the left menu.
  2. Select a board in the list.
  3. Click on the Delete button (delete icon).

CB Integration

This section helps you to tune the Community Builder installed on your site.

To integrate CB do the following:

  1.   Go to Configuration -> CB Integration in the left menu.
cb_integration
Fig. 'Community Builder Integrating'
 
         2.   Specify all the fields using drop down lists. This is used for invoices for certain users, so choose information corresponding to the selected user data.
         3.   Click on the Save button (save icon).
You can add new profile fields, edit and delete them.
 
 
Page Tips Management
 
It's possible to manage page tips  configuration. 
 
To add a new page tip do the following:
  1. Go to Configuration -> Page Tips Configuration in the left menu.
page_tips_configuration
Fig. 'Page Tips Configuration'
  
         2.   Click on the New button (newadmin icon) at the top of the list. The following form will open:
  adding_page_tip
Fig. 'Adding a New Page Tip'
 
         3.   Select a page to which your are going to add a tip using drop down list.
         4.   Enter the tip text.
         5.   Click on the Save button (save icon) to add a tip otherwise click on Cancel (cancel icon).
To edit a tip:
  1. Go to Configuration > Page Tips Configuration in the left menu.
  2. Select a tip.
  3. Click on the Edit button (edit icon).
  4. Make necessary changes and click the Save button (save icon) or the Cancel button (cancel icon) to discard.
To delete a tip:
  1.  Go to Configuration > Page Tips Configuration in the left menu.
  2. Select a tip in the list.
  3. Click on the Delete button (delete icon).

Menu Manager   

Menu Manager allows administering of the users menu. In the administrative area it's possible to tune Home Page menu and menu for all types of JoomlaLMS users: Guests, Teachers, Students, CEO/Parents by adding or hiding menu items in the top menu. Note that for each user role the course menu contains a different set of menu items (so for Students the system presupposes one set of menu items, while for CEO/ Parent users there is a different (limited) set of menu items).

To customize course menu items:

  1. In the left menu go to Configuration -> Menu Manager. The system will display a list of menu items for the Home page.
  2. From the drop down list on the right select what menu you want to customize:
  • Guest 
  • Homepage menu,
  • Teacher menu,
  • Student menu,
  • CEO/ Parent menu.
menu_manager
Fig. ‘Menu Manager’

 

Use the icons on the page to perform the following operations:

Icon Name Description
published icon

unpublished icon
Published

Unpublished		 Click the Published/ Unpublished icons next to the necessary menu items to make these items available/ unavailable to course users.
up icon

down icon
Move up

Move down		 Click the Move Up/ Move Down icons next to menu items to change the order of items in the menu.
save icon
Save To change the order of several menu items at once, enter the necessary order index (number) into the text fields next to menu items and click Save.
publish icon
unpublish icon		 Publish

Unpublish		 To publish/ unpublish a group of menu items, select check boxes on the left and click the Publish or Unpublish icons in the top right corner of the page (to select all items in the list, use the check box in the table head).

 

To navigate away from the Menu manager page, click Cancel (cancel icon) in the top right corner.

Note: Menu items marked with the disable icon icon are disabled in the LMS configuration. Items can be enabled in the Configuration section.

Languages

Default interface language for the application is English. However course users have an ability to choose another interface language (currently it is possible to choose between Brazilian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish).

The administrative area allows you to manage interface languages: make them available/ unavailable, export language files or import into the system files with new languages. To work with the list of interface languages, in the left menu go to Configuration - > Languages. The system will display a list of interface languages:

list of languages

Fig. ‘List of Languages’

 

Use the icons on the page to perform the following operations:

Icon Name Description
published icon

unpublished icon
Published

Unpublished		 To make languages available/ unavailable for course users, use the Published and Unpublished icons.
delete icon Delete To delete certain languages, select check boxes next to the required languages and click Delete in the top right corner of the page.
export icon Export To export language files, select a check boxes next to the required language and click Export in the top right corner of the page. Open or save files on your computer.
import icon Import To import files for a new interface language, click Import in the top right corner. On the displayed page click Browse to specify location of a ZIP package with language files on your computer (the package should contain PHP language files). Click Save to import files. ZIP package name will be taken as the name of the newly imported language; if a language with the same name already exists, it will be rewritten.

 



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