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Handing over course packages

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Export a finished course as a file from one installation and import it into another — with a checksum, customer assignment and approval before it becomes visible.

Why#

Handing over a course built on commission should be an object you can send, store and verify — not a manual operation in a database. After the handover the course belongs to the customer.

How it works#

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  1. 1Open “Course packages”.
  2. 2“Export”: choose a course (file course or published workshop course), optionally “Title in the package”, then “Download package” (Fig. 1).
    Fig. 1 “Export” and “Import”: choose a course and download the package, choose a customer and import the package.
    “Export” and “Import”: choose a course and download the package, choose a customer and import the package.

    Fig. 1 “Export” and “Import”: choose a course and download the package, choose a customer and import the package.

  3. 3“Import”: choose “For which customer?” (or “— do not assign yet —”) and choose the package file. The checksum is verified; if it does not match, nothing is created.
  4. 4The message names modules, slides and media — and that the course is “not yet visible”.
  5. 5Under “Arrived here”: check, if necessary “Assign customer …”, then “Approve”. With “Withdraw” a course is no longer delivered; the row remains as a record.

Settings and switches#

No switch of its own in the feature catalogue — the feature belongs to its surroundings.

The states of an imported package#

  • imported · not yet visible
  • approved · playable
  • withdrawn — no longer delivered, remains as a record

A course with the wrong customer cannot be taken back, only explained — so check first, then approve.

What is listed per package#

  • Title, origin (installation and course key), time of import
  • Modules, slides, media
  • who owns it and the identifier under which it runs
  • the checksum

Who may do what#

Only the operator. A workshop author can additionally adopt a course package in the workshop as a new draft (see “Creating a course from material”).

Tips#

  • Media (graphics, voice recordings, pre-produced videos) are not in the package — it would be gigabytes in size. Their list is in it, with a checksum as far as the file is here; the others must be transferred separately.
  • Importing a package twice creates nothing twice; the message says “already there”.
  • Reading uses the same route as the course player — what is exported is exactly what students see.

Related features#