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Implementing Customization Parameters for SkillPort

If you want to implement either gray-out or partial credit parameters on your SkillPort installation, you can implement these parameters in the following 3 ways:

Course-level Customization

You can apply gray-out and/or partial credit parameters to a specific course using a <courseid>.Properties file. These settings override any other gray-out or partial credit parameters. Follow the procedure below to apply parameters at a course level.

  1. If the file does not already exist, create a <courseid>.Properties file for the course that you want to apply SkillSoft Course Player Parameters.
  2. Insert the appropriate parameters in the <courseid>.Properties file.
  3. Save and close the <courseid>.Properties file.
  4. Restart your IIS Services for this SkillPort installation .

Company-level Customization

You can apply gray-out and/or partial credit parameters to all courses on your SkillPort site by inserting the necessary parameters (described above) into the courseinfo.properties file at the base of the Skins directory. Follow the procedure below to apply specific parameters for gray out and partial credit as the company level default.

  1. Insert the desired parameters in the appropriate courseinfo.properties file at the base of your Skins directory. See the sections above concerning specific parameters for gray out and partial credit parameters.
  2. Save and close the courseinfo.properties file.

    Restart your IIS Services for this SkillPort installation.

    You cannot apply both a default skin and SkillSoft Course Player parameters in the company-level courseinfo.properties file.

    If you set SkillSoft Course Player parameters in the company-level courseinfo.properties file and allow user-selectable skins for your site, you should also set these same parameters in each skin available to your learners (in each skin courseinfo.properties file). If you do not set these parameters for each skin, the parameters you set for the company level will not apply if a learner selects a skin instead of using the default.

Customization through Skins

Another way to apply custom gray out and/or partial credit parameters is through the skins (in the skin's courseinfo.properties file). These parameters are in effect when the appropriate skin is being used. Follow the procedure below to apply specific parameters for gray out and partial credit to a skin.

  1. Insert the desired parameters in the appropriate courseinfo.properties file at the base of your directory for the appropriate. See the sections above concerning specific parameters for gray out and partial credit parameters.
  2. Save and close the courseinfo.properties file.

    Restart your IIS Services for this SkillPort installation.

    If you allow user-enabled skins, you should set the gray-out and/or partial credit parameters the same for all available skins. If you do not apply the same parameters to all available skins, the learner will have different player options for the same courses depending on the skin he or she chooses.

Desired Configuration

Required Actions

No Alternate Default Skin, no user-selectable skins, no customized parameters.

In the lms_paramters table of company database, set the user_skins parameter to 0. In the Courseinfo.properties file at the base of the Skins directory, comment out the PlayerSkinToWear parameter as well as any other parameters used for gray out and/or partial credit (see sections above).

Alternate Default Skin for all courses, no user-selectable skins, no customized parameters.

 

In the lms_paramters table of company database, set the user_skins parameter to 0. In the Courseinfo.properties file at the base of the Skins directory, specify a skin in the PlayerSkinToWear parameter.

Alternate Default Skin for all courses, user-selectable skins, no customized parameters.

 

In the Courseinfo.properties file at the base of the Skins directory, specify a skin in the PlayerSkinToWear parameter.

No Alternate Default Skin, user-selectable skins, customized gray-out and/or partial credit parameters.

 

In the Courseinfo.properties file of each skin folder, insert the desired parameters for gray-out and/or partial credit.

No Alternate Default Skin, no user-selectable skins, customized gray-out and/or partial credit parameters.

 

In the lms_paramters table of company database, set the user_skins parameter to 0. In the Courseinfo.properties file at the base of the Skins directory, insert the desired parameters for gray-out and/or partial credit.

Alternate Default Skin, user-selectable skins, customized gray-out and/or partial credit parameters.

 

In the Courseinfo.properties file at the base of the Skins directory, specify a skin in the PlayerSkinToWear parameter. In the Courseinfo.properties file of each skin folder, insert the desired parameters for gray-out and/or partial credit.

Alternate Default Skin for a specific course.

 

In the <courseid>.Properties file at the base of the Skins directory, specify a skin in the PlayerSkinToWear parameter.

Customized gray-out and/or partial credit parameters for a specific course.

 

In the <courseid>.Properties file at the base of the Skins directory, insert the desired parameters for gray-out and/or partial credit.