WBT
Manager™ FAQ: How WBT Manager Works
What are the
differences between versions 1.9 and 2.0 (current
version)?
See our document What's New in WBT Manager
2.0
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Is WBT Manager file-based?
No. The system is based on a relational database for
storing student data and course structure. It has been
fully tested with MS Access, MS SQLServer, and Oracle.
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How does WBT Manager link to courses?
When a student logs onto the WBT Manager web module
a student menu is generated based on their course assignments.
The student selects a course, and a course menu is generated.
The course menu consists of URL links to the individual
lessons within the course. Any content which can be
launched through a web browser can be used.
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Does WBT Manager use Java in its
web interface?
The WBT Manager web application's user interface is standard HTML, with no Java
applets, so there is no problem running it from behind
a firewall.
The only Java applet used
in the WBT Manager web application is the optional SCORM
API adapter. This adapter also uses standard HTTP POST
requests to communicate with WBT Manager and should present no problems with firewalls. The SCORM API adapter
is not required for lessons which use the AICC HACP
interface.
There is some JavaScript used in the interface to provide
certain key functionality. Despite the similarity of
names, JavaScript is not Java and does not cause firewall
or other problems.
WBT Manager CAN, however, launch any user content that
can be run in a browser, including items written in
Java.
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How does WBT Manager's billing feature
work?
WBT Manager provides billing at the course level and
the individual student level. When a course is defined,
it can be set up as Not Billed, or can be billed By
Course or By Hour. The price per unit is included in
the course definition. A billing code of the user's
choice may be included to tie to their own accounting
system. Several standard billing reports are available.
When a student is enrolled, billing options default
to whatever is in the course definition. However, the
billing mode, billing code, and price per unit can be
changed for that specific student.
If a user wanted to set up different billing schemes
for a course based on some criterion like what department
a student is in, they could create two different courses
with the identical lesson structure but a different
billing definition. Then they could assign one version
of the course to Accounting and a different version
to Sales or whatever. The only difference would be how
much the departments were charged per student.
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How does WBT Manager maintain its
register of students?
WBT Manager maintains a student information table within
its database. Both the centralized system administrator
and decentralized web administrators can add, edit,
and delete student information.
Each student is assigned an ID and password that are
required for the student to access the system.
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What is a "Local" or "Web-based"
administrator?
WBT Manager supports the concept of a "Local" administrator.
Students are grouped into up to 5 levels of hierarchy.
A local administrator can be created at any hierarchy
level. These local administrators can log in through
a web interface and add/delete/enroll/report on students
within their assigned portion of the student hierarchy.
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What information about a student's
activity in a course/lesson does WBT Manager track?
For AICC-compliant lessons:
WBT Manager currently tracks nearly all of the AICC
required and optional data elements. See the
WBT Manager User Guide for details.
For SCORM 1.2 compliant lessons:
WBT Manager tracks all required and optional data
elements from the SCORM 1.2 specification.. See the
WBT Manager User Guide for details.
For non-AICC-compliant lessons:
WBT Manager can track the first time a course is
entered and each time a lesson is entered (if lessons
can be accessed separately). Status and score for
non-AICC courses can be entered manually by an administrator.
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How does WBT Manager establish criteria
for successful completion of a lesson/course?
Each AICC-compliant lesson determines its own completion
status upon exit and sends that status to the database.
This status is typically based on a mastery score (passing
score) set within the lesson. However, WBT Manager allows
the system administrator to override a lesson's built-in
mastery score when defining the lesson in the system.
Non-AICC-compliant lessons can have status entered
manually or can be set to go to "completed"
status as soon as the student enters the lesson.
A course is set to completed status when all of its
lessons are completed.
WBT Manager also supports AICC "completion requirements"
rules which allow courses to modify the default behavior
specified about. With completion rules a course can
be created with optional lessons and can allow lessons
to be set to completed by pre-tests (student does not
have to complete the lesson if they demonstrate mastery
in a pre-test or previous lesson).
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