A number of different documents are distributed to learners during an instructor-led course. In many cases these documents exist as PDF documents, which creates a number of challenges. Distributing the documents securely may eliminate external resources like USB drives. When the documents are stored locally, there is no central way to update them and keep them up-to-date. Most critically, it is extremely challenging for workers to take notes on PDF documents.

In this session you will learn about a cloud-based solution that addresses all of these problems and better supports learning. You will explore how iPads were used to access documents and take notes during instructor-led training, and how those documents and the annotations were accessible after training. You will discover how the combination of a learning management system (LMS), a learning resource store (LRS), and the Experience API (xAPI) enables learners to access these annotated documents via their LMS. You will also learn how the expanded reporting enables tracking of access and annotations.

In this session, you will learn:

• The benefits of storing learner-annotation data in a LRS
• The project management process for developing an xAPI solution
• Metrics that you can retrieve from a LRS system
• Uses for LRS-based applications

Audience:

Novice and intermediate designers, developers, and managers. A general understanding of the xAPI and the concept of a LRS would be helpful.

Technology discussed in this session:

Cloud-based PDF annotation tool, LRS, iPad, and LMS.