Designer – Designs the content, flow, and appearance of the course.
Instructor – Conducts the course; interacts with students.
Student – Participates in the course.
Note The instructor frequently assumes the role of designer. This guide and LearningSpace Help assume that the role of instructor and designer are combined and refer to them both as “instructor.”
About creating a LearningSpace course
The core LearningSpace application comes in the form of five Notes template databases (.nsf). Creating a new LearningSpace course involves creating and configuring a set of databases from these templates. An instructor designs a new LearningSpace course using these databases to create the schedule, course materials, assignments, and so on.
LearningSpace also includes a database called LearningSpace Central which automates the course creation process and administration tools. The administration tools related to course creation are described in Chapter 5. For information about all the administration functions served by Central, see the LearningSpace Instructor Guide or
Note You can access Help from a course database by clicking the Help action button. Once Help opens, you can access Instructor Help by clicking the Go To Instructor Help button.
The course creation process configures four or five course databases using LearningSpace templates and the options you specify. Each course has at least four databases: Schedule, MediaCenter, CourseRoom, and Profiles. The fifth course database, the Assessment Manager, is only created if the course is designated as being graded.
Once a course has been created, the course instructor designs the structure and content of the course (schedule, assignments, reference materials, and student assessments). For information on designing a LearningSpace course, instructors should see the LearningSpace Instructor Guide or
Note The options you choose during course creation can be modified after the course databases have been created.
What you need to perform installation and course creation
To install and create courses, you have to meet the following requirements:
Must be a member of the LearningSpace Admin group in the server Name & Address book. The LearningSpace Admin group is given Manager access and the required roles in the Access Control Lists for all the LearningSpace templates and databases.
2 LearningSpace Installation and Administration Guide