• Is WBT Manager AICC-compliant? SCORM-compliant? IMS-compliant? IEEE-compliant?
• Does WBT Manager offer student self-registration? Does it offer self-enrollment in courses?
• Can I establish a separate Log On page for each Corporate University I set up?
• How is Question Mark/Perception integrated with WBT Manager?
• Does WBT Manager offer secure access and password protection?
• What databases can WBT Manager be used with?
• Will WBT Manager run on a UNIX system?
• Can WBT Manager track and report on multiple levels? What specific items are tracked?
• Does WBT Manager allow creation of custom reports?
• Is remote administrative access to reports available?
• Is WBT Manager compatible with my preferred course authoring software?
• Can WBT Manager be synchronized with multiple web servers and network servers?
• Can WBT Manager link to an outside tutor or mentor service, reference materials, discussion groups, chat rooms, etc.? Can it send e-mail to the instructor?
• Are browser plug-ins needed to run WBT Manager?
• Are there browser-specific requirements for WBT Manager?
• Can WBT Manager be used easily in systems with firewalls?
• Can data fields be customized?
• When a student logs in, is there a personal welcome by name?
• What standard reports come with WBT Manager?
• Can the appearance of the WBT Manager web module be customized?

WBT Manager was the world's first AICC-certified Web-based CMI and remains fully-compliant with the AICC Web-based CMI Specification.

The ADL SCORM specification is based on the AICC specification. During collaboration the AICC added a new interface mechanism consisting of a set Javascript API functions (LMSAPI) which are called by lessons to communicate with the CMI.  WBT Manager is SCORM 1.2 runtime-environment compliant and can import SCORM 1.2 manifest files. See here for SCORM 1.2 self-test results . 

The IMS (Instructional Material Standard) is currently under development. Some of the IMS specifications have been made public and are beginning to be rolled into the SCORM and IEEE standards. WBT Manager does not currently support any of the IMS specifications. We will be supporting those specifications which become widely adopted and are of benefit to our customers.

IEEE is a large organization that administers standards for many purposes, primarily in the engineering fields. It is expected that the IEEE standards for CMIs and web-based training will be published in 2001. The new standards will be based on the existing AICC specification for CMIs and the IMS specification for learning object meta-data and content packaging. The bulk of the current draft of the standard is based on the existing AICC specification which WBT Manager currently supports. We will support the IEEE standard as soon as possible after it becomes available.

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WBT Manager includes a set of scripts that can be used to create custom forms used to create new students and enroll students in courses. These scripts can also be used to create e-commerce interfaces to WBT Manager.

Self-enrollment in individual courses is fully supported in the current release. The system administrator can define each course as allowing (or not allowing) self-enrollment. The course catalog will display an "Enroll Now" button next to all courses for which self-enrollment is allowed.

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You can set up a separate home page for each customer and have the link jump to the login script within WBT Manager. The student menus can be customized to a certain extent by inserting HTML at the top or bottom.

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There is a good deal of information about this on the Question Mark/Perception support site. For additional information about Question Mark's assessment tool, visit their home page.

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Yes. Student data is stored in a database and protected by database security mechanisms. All access to data through WBT Manager requires user login id and password.

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WBT Manager runs against an ODBC compliant relational database. Full description of tables and columns is supplied. It has been tested against MS Access, MS SQLServer 2000, and Oracle 8.1.5.

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WBT Manager requires Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000 and IIS for the Web module, but content could be located on a Unix web server and the database engine could be run on a Unix system.

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WBT Manager currently tracks time-in-lesson, last-score, and number of attempts for AICC-compliant lessons. Completion is tracked at the lesson, course, and certification class level. (A certification class is a group of courses tracked together).

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Any reporting tool which can access an ODBC compliant relational database may be used to create custom reports. We currently use Crystal Reports from Seagate Software for reports run through the system administrator module and ASP scripts for reports run through the web module.

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Yes. Local web administrators can be set up at any hierarchy levellevel who will be able to access reports through the web interface.

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General answer: If the resulting product can be opened in a web browser, it can be used with WBT Manager. The courseware needs to be compliant with AICC or SCORM specifications in order for the more sophisticated tracking and reporting functionality to be used.

Results tracking for non-AICC compliant courseware on a custom basis if the data can be made available to WBT Manager.

Some specifics:

• Macromedia Authorware - Has been tested with WBT Manager. Source files and instructions for three different Authorware lesson versions are available. (Sample files require Authorware 5.)

• Click2Learn ToolBook - ToolBook II v.7.1a (requires a free download of the 7.1a update patch from the Click2Learn site) can produce fully AICC-compliant lessons. A source file and instructions for a ToolBook sample lesson are available.

• Allen Communications Quest - According to Allen, Quest Net+ provides AICC-compliant CMI calls, although we have not yet tested it.

• Dreamweaver (especially with the Attain options) - Dreamweaver can be used to produce HTML documents with the necessary Javascript to send AICC-compliant data to the CMI. A sample lesson done in Dreamweaver 2 with Attain Objects is available, along with instructions for creating a lesson.
  

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WBT Manager can be run on multiple web servers against a central database. The replication facilities of the DBMS could be used to distribute the database.

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WBT Manager allows HTML code to be embedded on the Student, Certification Class, and Course Menus. Links to e-mail and newsgroups or other external resources can be added to these menus. This allows the user to choose the "best-of-breed" for these resources instead of being locked in to an arbitrary selection that we might make or develop. See the white papers section of our documentation page for an example.

Additional integration may be available on a custom basis.

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WBT Manager's web interface is composed of standard HTML components with JavaScript functions for window control and form validation. The SCORM API interface is implemented as a Java applet. No plug-in is required to use the WBT Manager system itself.

Lesson content may, however, may require plug-ins (such as the Authorware Web Player needed to run the tutorials on our site.)

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Due to the use of JavaScript, WBT Manager is certified to run on Netscape 4 and higher and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 and higher. Other browsers may work if they support the following:

• Frames
• Javascript 1.1 or higher
• Cookies (for login session control only)
• Java (for the SCORM API only)

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WBT Manager uses standard HTTP GET or POST requests for all web interface functions. There are no special ports or other "tricks" likely to be blocked by firewalls. Also, except for the SCORM API adapter, it does not use Java applets.

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WBT Manager includes 10 user-defined text fields (255 characters max) in the student record. Additional user defined fields will be added in future versions.

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The student menu shows the student name but does not include a specific welcome message. The system does support custom HTML code, which can be embedded at the top of the student menu for a generic welcome message.

WBT Manager also includes server-side objects containing an API that allows a user with some programming skills to create custom student and course menus.

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Yes, WBT Manager supports prerequisites at both the course and course element level. Prerequites can be a simple as requiring lessons to be completed "in order" or by adding scripting.

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Yes. WBT Manager allows the look of the Web module to be easily customized in the following ways:

Custom HTML can be inserted on the Student, Course, and Certification Class menus, and can include logos and other graphic elements.
Custom buttons can be used as links to certification classes, courses, and lessons.
The home page and top banner are HTML pages and are easily modified or replaced.
Navigation buttons can be replaced with custom buttons. · Background color or graphic can be easily changed.
Text attributes (font, size, style, color) can be changed.

We do require an acknowledgment of Integrity eLearning or WBT Manager on the page. Your sales representative will be able to provide full details.

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