Course Customization for IT Skills Courses on a SkillPort Site

For IT courses on a SkillPort site, you must create the course customization files manually in the Course Information directory. You must create a Course Information directory (called CourseInfo) in the web\content directory on the server (this is the default location).

When launched, the SkillSoft Course Player looks in the CourseInfo directory for course information files, in the following order. The SkillSoft Course Player uses the first file it finds:

• <courseid>.Properties The course number designation ( e.g. CUST0102.properties). Parameters set in this file apply to an individual course. To customize a specific course, you must manually create a <courseid>.Properties file and insert it in the Courseinfo directory.
• courseinfo.properties

Location of the CourseInfo Directory:

• For NetPlay in both the applet and local player, the SkillSoft Course Player searches for the CourseInfo folder in the web/content directory on the server (default location, as in the graphic above).
• For downloaded courses, the CourseInfo directory is located in the client directory of the Player installation directory on the local client. The CourseInfo directory is created automatically with the download.
• For CD-ROM courses, the CourseInfo directory is at the root of the CD-ROM.

Skins Flowchart for IT Skills Courses

The following flowchart demonstrates the process the SkillSoft Course Player uses to determine what skin to use for an IT Skills course.