OLSA for Skillport 8 Patch 40 (8.0.4266) September 2015

New Features

OLSA TPLMS users can now open a Books Limited View of the Skillport UI in order to provide learners with access to book and video assets. The Books Limited View is available by:

• Using the Books RO (Referral Object)

  The Books RO (Referral Object) is a course object that can be loaded into an LMS. It allows users access to the Skillport 8 Books Limited view which restricts access to book and video assets only.

  • Referral Objects are generated as Asset Metadata from the OLSA Admin UI.
  • If this RO is installed as a course in an LMS, any user launching this asset will be directed into Skillport 8 in the Books Limited View.

  The Books RO will be included in a request for ALL assets. It can also be generated from the OLSA Admin UI Download Asset Metadata page, using the Single Asset Metadata Retrieval option. The Asset ID is _addon_books_001.

  

  Download the RO as AICC or SCORM (depending on your LMS) and install the RO as a Course in your LMS.

• Using the SO_GetMultiActionSignOnURLExtended web service
• Adding a Parameter to a Share Link URL

  Using Share Links for Books Limited Access

  You can use a Share Link to provide an easy way to direct users into the Books Limited View, without the need to integrate with OLSA.

  This link is useful in an email or on a web page, especially if Single Sign-On (SSO) is enabled, since it enables one-click access to the Books Limited environment. If SSO is not enabled, users will be taken to the Skillport Login Page and will need to log in with their Skillport User Name and Password (which they may not know). Once logged in, learners will remain in the restricted view for their entire session.

  Example:

  https://company.skillport.com/skillportfe/main.action?path=_addon_books_001

  Notes:

  • Substitute your actual Skillport site protocol and URL.
  • The Action is: path=_addon_books_001

  Disabling Share Links for Learners

  The Skillport UI offers an option to display Share Links for individual assets, Browse Views or Catalog Subject Areas. When Share Links are enabled, learners can create them and send them to other learners. However, if the Share Links are not configured with the Books Only addon parameter, learners accessing a Skillport asset via a Share Link will be directed to the full Skillport site and have access to all assets, including courses. This is not desirable for TPLMS customers, and we recommend that Share links be disabled in Skillport. Work with your Skillsoft Application Engineer to make sure that Share Links are disabled for your site.

  Note: You can enable Share Links for administrators so they can easily create share links for book or video assets. Instruct your administrators to add the Books Only addon parameter before sending the share link to learners. Contact your Skillsoft Account team to enable this feature. (SKP.enable_deep_link_ui_tool=1).