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Users Guide
Installation:
Click the “Install” button to start the installation process. Follow the on-screen instructions.
The default installation path may be changed when prompted. Also, the option exists to
place a Windows shortcut icon on the desktop. This process takes approximately 1 minute.
If the auto-launch window does not appear, double-click the file “install.exe” (located at the
root level of the CD_ROM) to launch the installation menu window.
Starting the CBT:
To start the CBT, click the “Launch CBT” button if the menu window is open.
This feature will ONLY launch the latest installed version of Alteon CBT. For example, if
you already have 747 Flight CBT installed, and then install 737 Flight CBT, the “Launch
CBT” button will only be able to launch the 737 Flight CBT.
Alternatively, each CBT installation process installs a different Windows Program item in
the Start, Programs, pop-up menu. (See sample.)
Selecting one of the CBT menu items displays the following 4 choices:
747-400 Flight CBT is the shortcut that launches the CBT.
Finally, during installation if the option for a desktop shortcut icon was selected, double-
clicking that icon will launch the CBT.
The Router Program controls the launching of individual CBT lessons. A sample is shown:
The Alteon CBT Router is a program designed specifically to launch Alteon CBT
lessons. It is a simple menu system --- NOT a CMI (Computer Managed Instruction) or
LMS (Learning Management System) program. It does NOT have student login, data
collection, or reporting. It will NOT remember student progress. The Alteon CBT lessons
were designed for use with a separate CMI program compatible with version 1.9 of the
AICC CMI Guidelines for Interoperability.
Running the Lessons:
If there are more than 14 lessons in your lesson list, they will be
broken into "pages" (14 lessons or fewer per page). Use the "paging
arrows" at the bottom of the screen to move between pages. The page
number is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
A CBT lesson describing the use and operation of the CBT is included on the CD-ROM or
available on request if required. Alteon contact information is provided at the end of this
document.
The file “lessons.lst” contains the information necessary for the CBT Router. The format of
each line of the lessons.lst file is:
Lesson_Title<TAB>[Volume ID|Volume_Title]DOS_Path\Lesson_Filename<CR>
where:
Lesson_Title = the name of the lesson as it will appear on the menu
Volume ID = the DOS volume label of the disk(for example,
"737FTSPCBT1")
Volume_Title = a title "meaningful" to the user if he/she is
prompted to insert a disk (for example, "737FTSPCBT1 CD 1 of 2")
DOS_Path = the drive and directory that store the lesson
Lesson_Filename = the name of the lesson file\
For example:
NOTE: The lessons.lst file also contains all the information necessary (lesson title and file
name) to run the individual lessons from a CMI or LMS program. Further information
about using the CBT with a CMI or LMS program is discussed in another section of this
document.
The CBT can be copied and run from a local hard drive or a network server. There are a
number of ways to accomplish this depending on your environment and requirements.
1) Correct path information in the lessons.lst file (see Lesson List above),
The CBT Router requires a complete path to each lesson, i.e., network drives must
mapped with a Windows Drive Letter. See Windows Documentation or Help for
information on mapping network drives.
A fixed-disk version of the lessons.lst file is included on the CBT CD-ROM. Use
this version of the lessons.lst file to edit with the new path information. Any text
editor is sufficient to edit this file. Be sure to the save the resulting new file as “Text
Only”. It is located in the folder named “fixddisk”. Sample:
In general, replace the “C:” with the appropriate Windows Drive Letter and path
information corresponding to the location of the lessons.
Alteon CBT uses some special fonts that must be installed on all machines running
the CBT. The installation program automatically installs these fonts, hence running
the installation program is the best way to guarantee all fonts have been correctly
installed.
After installation, the installation directory contains a folder called “fonts” with all
the required fonts. These fonts are also installed and registered in the Windows
Fonts folder. This folder may be copied and used to manually install the fonts on
any machine accessing the CBT. See Windows Documentation or Help for
information on manually installing fonts.
Failure to properly install all the fonts could result in incorrect CBT displays.
The router configuration file, cmi.cfg, is used by the Router to determine individual
CBT lesson start-up and runtime characteristics. The user may obtain different CBT
start-up and runtime characteristics by editing this file. Any text editor is sufficient
to edit this file. Be sure to the save the resulting new file as “Text Only”. The
following lines are examples of two CMI.CFG files:
[CORE_VENDOR] [CORE_VENDOR]
showsubtopics = 1 showsubtopics = -1
alltopicsactive = 1 alltopicsactive = 1
testactive = 1 testactive = -1
practiceactive = 1 practiceactive = -1
[EVALUATION] [EVALUATION]
comments_file = c:\temp\comment.txt comments_file = c:\temp\comment.txt
course_id = 737f course_id = 737m
[CORE] [CORE]
student_id = Student student_id = Student
Lesson_Status = N Lesson_Status = N
The first line is the course title. It appears on the menu displayed by the Router.
The subsequent variables in CMI.CFG serve as follows:
showsubtopics: Setting this switch to 1 turns on the subtopic option on the lesson
menu. This option uses .OBJ files that may or may not be
included with the CBT.
alltopicsactive: Setting this switch to 1 makes all topics active and selectable
from the beginning of the lesson.
testactive: If there is a test section in the lesson, setting this switch to 1 will
force the test section active from the start of the lesson.
comments_file: The full path and filename of the file to which the student's
comments should be written.
lesson_Status: The status from the last time the lesson was run. Possible values
are PASSED, COMPLETED, FAILED, INCOMPLETE.
These variables may also be used in conjunction with an AICC compliant CMI or LMS
program. This is further discussed in another section of this document.
Uninstall Alteon CBT by using the Windows Control Panel, "Add/Remove Programs".
After selecting “Add/Remove Programs” choose the item to be uninstalled from the
available list. Use caution to make certain the correct item is selected before choosing
“Change/Remove”.
All Alteon CBT is AICC compliant and therefore functions correctly with any AICC
compliant CMI or LMS. Alteon does not provide these programs. A list of AICC compliant
products available for purchase may be found on the AICC website at http://www.aicc.org.
In general, to launch a CBT lesson using a CMI or LMS program the complete path to
lesson is required. This path must also contain the path to the software required to run the
CBT. Currently, for Alteon CBT this software is Authorware Runtime version 5. This
software is free and available for download from the Macromedia website
(http://www.macromedia.com ).
Use the file “lessons.lst” to obtain individual lesson titles and filenames. For example:
Given the above portion of a lessons.lst file, Airplane Familiarization is the lesson title
and 4011sva.a5r is the filename. Please note your version of lessons.lst may or may NOT
contain the file extension “.a5r”. This extension is not required by the Alteon Router, but
most likely is required by any CMI or LMS program. For example:
Where “m:\apw50\runa5w32” is the path (and application filename) to the Authorware 5
Runtime software, and “n:\757g2g\5001a\g00100\00100.a5r” is the path (and lesson
filename) to the individual CBT lesson.
All variables discussed previously in the Router Configuration section may be used in
conjunction with a CMI or LMS program to define lesson start-up and runtime
characteristics. A complete list of CMI/LMS variables is below.
The Alteon CBT supports the following AICC defined parameters. Each parameter is
described briefly in this document. Only information specific to use of these parameters in
the Alteon CBT is included. For a more general description of the AICC parameters and
the interface between AICC compliant CBT and an AICC compliant CMI system please see
the CMI Guidelines for Interoperability available at http://www.aicc.org.
Parameter Descriptions:
(In Alphabetical Order)
For each of the descriptions below the name of the Authorware variable that receives the
value of the parameter is listed in parenthesis and the group is listed in brackets.
ALLTOPICSACTIVE (CMI_AllTopicsActive) [CORE_VENDOR]
Setting this parameter to 1 forces all topics on the menu to be active at the start of the
lesson.
WINDOWHEIGHT (CMI_WindowHeight)
This parameter is used to force the height of the presentation window to some value other
than the default of 768. Note that changing the size of the presentation window will not
cause the lesson display to be scaled to fit the new window.
ResizeWindow(CMI_WindowWidth,CMI_WindowHeight)
WINDOWWIDTH (CMI_WindowWidth)
This parameter is used to force the width of the presentation window to some value other
than the default of 1024. Note that changing the size of the presentation window will not
cause the lesson display to be scaled to fit the new window.
ResizeWindow(CMI_WindowWidth,CMI_WindowHeight)
WINDOWX (CMI_WindowX)
Use this parameter to reposition the presentation window on the screen. Specify the x
(horizontal) value (in pixels) of the upper left hand corner of the presentation window.
MoveWindow(CMI_WindowY,CMI_WindowX)
WINDOWY (CMI_WindowY)
Use this parameter to reposition the presentation window on the screen. Specify the y
(vertical) value (in pixels) of the upper left hand corner of the presentation window.
MoveWindow(CMI_WindowY,CMI_WindowX)
ALLOWTESTOUT (CMI_AllowTestOut)
Use this parameter to allow completion of the lesson based on passing the test only.
WRITECMI (CMI_WriteCMI)
WRITECMI = 1 will cause the lesson to write outparam.cmi data even if OUTPUT_FILE
is not specified. If OUTPUT_FILE is not specified and this parameter is set to 1 the lesson
generates a default path/filename as follows. If PATH is specified the outparam.cmi file is
written to PATH\OUTPARAM.CMI. If PATH is not specified, then comments are written
to FileLocation\OUTPARAM.CMI where FileLocation is the location of the Authorware
lesson file. By setting WRITECMI to –1 you can prevent the lesson from writing
performance data even if OUTPUT_FILE is specified.
WRITECOMMENTS (CMI_WriteComments)
Set this parameter to 1 to force the lesson to write comments to a separate comment file
even when COMMENTS_FILE is not specified. If COMMENTS_FILE is not specified
and this parameter is set to 1 the lesson generates a default path/filename as follows. If
PATH is specified student comments are written to PATH\COMMENT.TXT. If PATH is
not specified, then comments are written to FileLocation\COMMENT.TXT where
FileLocation is the location of the Authorware lesson file. By setting WRITECOMMENTS
to –1 you can prevent the lesson from writing comments to a separate file even if
COMMENTS_FILE is specified.
WRITEDATA (CMI_WriteData)
WRITEDATA = 1 will cause the lesson to write student performance data even if
INTERACTIONS_FILE is not specified. If INTERACTIONS_FILE is not specified and
this parameter is set to 1 the lesson generates a default path/filename as follows. If PATH
is specified student performance data is written to PATH\INTERACT.EVL. If PATH is not
specified, then comments are written to FileLocation\INTERACT.EVL where FileLocation
is the location of the Authorware lesson file. By setting WRITEDATA to –1 you can
prevent the lesson from writing performance data even if INTERACTIONS_FILE is
specified.
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