Navigating the Tools ribbon

The Tools ribbons contains commands and options for selecting tools that create new objects, manage resources, and enhance the review process.

BranchTrack

Click this to create BranchTrack simulations created using the BranchTrack editor. The BranchTrack editor makes it easy to add and manage scenario-based simulations for project.

See also: Working with BranchTrack objects

eLearning Brothers

Click this to enter the eLearning Brothers Library. In there, you can get ideas and enhance your projects with course starters, games, and interactions from their Template Library, select from a huge collection of cutout people characters in their Cutout People library, and access thousands of stock images, audio, and video assets in their Stock Assets library.

Vaast

Click this to enter Vaast - eLearning Brothers' Virtual Asset and Sharing Technology. Here your organization can manage the design and development of assets - graphics, audio, and video. Organize, store, sort, search, and tag assets across projects from one central location.

See also: Entering Vaast

Variables

Click this to launch the Variable Manager. Variables are objects within a project that enable you to store, modify, and test values of numbers or strings during the runtime of a published project. You can use variable values to conditionally perform actions in a project or set the contents of a text block.

See also: Using the Variable Manager

Resources

Click this to launch the Resource Manager. The Resource Manager gives you access to all of the resources used in project, and all of the information for those resources.

See also: Managing resources

Translations

Click this to launch the Translation Manager. Use the Translation Manager to extract and place text from project into a rich text format (RFT) file. This enables you to translate the text into another language using an RTF editor, such as Microsoft Word or WordPad. The translated text can then be imported into project

See also: Managing translations

Library Objects

Click this pull-down list to manage library objects, including exporting an object as a library object and importing a library object.

Page Layouts

Click this to manage page layouts, such as selecting a new page layout, importing and exporting page layouts and creating new page layouts.

Notes Report

Click this to generate a notes report. Use the Notes Report tool to view the notes associated with a project.

See also: Working with notes

Add Note

Click this to add a note to the current page.Notes can be added throughout a project to serve as reminders or provide instructions to project authors. Notes are only displayed in Edit mode, and do not appear within the published project. You can configure the appearance of your notes as well.

See also: Working with notes

Accessibility Check

Click this to launch the launch the Accessibility Checker. The Accessibility Checker will help in determining if project complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - Paragraph 1194.22 (a) through (p) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 for Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications. The Accessibility Checker only applies to projects that will be published to a Web-based format (HTML, CourseMil, AICC/Web-based, and SCORM/Web-based) and Experience API (xAPI).

Error Check

Click this to launch the Error Checker. An error check identifies any logical errors and warnings within project. For example, if you neglect to add an Exit Project action to project and attempt to publish it to AICC, the program will issue an error. The error will indicate that you must have the Exit Project action defined within the project so that the user returns to the learning management system. The errors that are displayed are dependent upon the type of project and publishing format chosen.

See also: Running an error check

Publish to ReviewLink

Click this to publish project to ReviewLink, an online review tool developed by eLearning Brothers.

See also: Publishing to ReviewLink

Launch ReviewLink

Click this to launch ReviewLink, an online review tool developed by eLearning Brothers.

See also: Launching ReviewLink