Publisher You can publish courses as well as passive content directly to your Skillport site by enabling the Skillsoft Publisher from within the Admin menu.
To configure Publisher
1. Click Configuration > Features > Publisher on the top navigation bar.
2. Configure the settings as needed:
Enable Publisher - Select yes to enable the Publisher option in the Admin menu. The default setting is no.
Publisher URL - The url of the Publisher site that is provided by Skillsoft.
Allow seamless login for:
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Configuration
Publisher - This check box is enabled by default. Clearing this option will hide the Publisher link on the Content tab. Upload Passive Content - This check box is enabled by default. Clearing this option hides the Upload Passive Content link on the Content tab.
Publisher Company ID - The company ID provided to you by Skillsoft. Maximum character limit is 50 characters.
Publisher URL Timeout - The number of minutes that pass before Publisher times out due to inactivity. Characters are limited to numbers 0-9 and can be a maximum of three characters long.
Publisher Error Text - The error message that appears when the Publisher application is not available. You can modify this text message to fit your company's needs. There is a 255 character limit for error message text.
3. Click Submit to save your changes, or click Cancel to return to the main Admin menu.
4. A message appears stating that your Publisher Settings have been updated. You can now view the Publisher options that you have enabled from the Content tab:
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Completion Criteria
A course's completion status is checked when results are posted to the Skillport database. This typically occurs when a learner finishes a session and closes a course. The learner's results are compared to the course's completion criteria to determine the course's completion status. A course is either COMPLETE (the learner has met the criteria) or STARTED (the learner has started the course but not yet met the criteria). You can define company-wide and course-specific completion criteria.
Completion Criteria Settings You can configure the following completion criteria settings: Existing Completions: When Preserve existing completions is selected, any existing course completions are frozen (marked to permanently maintain their status of COMPLETE) once your Skillport database is re-summarized. For more information, see Existing Completions on page 425. Completion Criteria: Specify one of the following visitation criteria and, if desired, the minimum time duration.
Visitation
Achieve minimum test score OR visit all content pages: Learners can satisfy the Minimum test score and scoring model criteria OR page through all topics, whichever comes first. This is the default setting for Standard courses.
Achieve minimum test score AND visit all content pages: Learners must satisfy the Minimum test score and scoring model criteria AND must page through all topics. This is the default setting for Compliance courses.
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Achieve minimum test score: Content visitation is ignored. Learners must satisfy the Minimum test score and scoring model criteria.
Visit all content pages: Learners must page through all topics. The Minimum test score and scoring model criteria is ignored.
If the course cannot be completed because there are no assessments or because of passive content, do not specify Achieve minimum test score AND visit all content pages or Achieve minimum test score.
Minimum total time in course: Specify the minimum time duration (in hours and/or minutes) the learner must spend in the course to achieve completion. The Hours value must be an integer between 0 and 99, and the Minutes value must be an interger between 0 and 59. The default value is blank (no minimum specified). Configuration: Specify one or more of the following configuration options.
Minimum test score: Specify the numeric score the learner must meet or exceed to complete a course, then select the scoring model from the drop-down list. The scoring model is the logic to apply when determining completion. There are 2 scoring models:
Each Test (lesson scoring): In order for the learner to complete the course, each lesson test must have a high score that meets or exceeds the value specified for Minimum test score.
Average (course scoring): In order for the learner to complete the course, the average of all lesson test scores must meet or exceed the value specified for Minimum test score. Tests that have not been attempted are scored as 0.
As an example, assume you set Minimum test score to 80. A learner takes a course with 5 lessons and scores 100% on the first 4 lessons, but she doesn't attempt the last lesson test. If Each Test (lesson scoring) is being used, the course is considered inco