Licensing Content to External Third Parties
The Export Client feature will let you export your Learning Products to external third parties. You can identify the client who will be licensing the content and which products they can have access to.
For each product, an AICC package ZIP will be created which must be imported in the third party LMS. The AICC package doesn't contain any of your content, it just contains specific launch parameters to authorize the third party when launching into your Learning Product. When the third party launches one of their users into your Learning Product, they will only be able to interact with the full screen version of the product. Upon exiting the Learning Product, Learner Community will report back to their LMS the enrollment status, total time spent and an overall score (if available).
When the third party launches one of their users into your Learning Product, a learner account is created. The learner's first name, last name, and email address are provided to create the account. The learner will be automatically enrolled in the export Section.
Great benefits to using this feature include the ability to report on actual usage of your licensed content from Learner Community and centrally maintain your content within Learner Community.
- Click on the
button to add a new client.
- Enter the Client name or select an existing client from the dropdown list.
- Select the Product that will be available to the Client.
- Enter a Section Name for the product being used by the Client. This will create a new Section of the product, which will allow reporting on the export Client's learners' usage of the product. You can view the Section under Products>Sections>Manage.
- If there are any customizable activities in the product, you can use the Section Dashboard to edit the customizable content for your Export Client. You can also schedule Live Classroom events and Webinars in the export section.
- Optionally enter internal Notes about this Export.
- Click
to create the Export. You will be taken to the Manage Export Products page, where you can Download the AICC file to be uploaded to the Client's LMS.
The Export Clients Dashboard allows you to maintain a list Export Clients and the products licensed to them. You can Search by the Client name or the product title to manage/edit your exports. The dashboard displays each Client's name and export status.
To have access to the Export Clients Dashboard, Organization level admins will need to have the Manage Export Clients Permission set
- Click Edit next to the Client Name to update the name or change the Client's Status to Enabled or Disabled. Disabling the Client will disable all products for the client.
- Click the
button next to the Client's name to open the list of licensed prodcuts. Any available Notes will be displayed, along with the Section Name, Status and Enrollments in the product section.
- Click Edit next to the Prodcut Title to go to the Manage Export Product page, where you can update the Section Name, Notes, or export product Status.
- Click the
button to download the AICC files to be uploaded to the Client's LMS.
- Click the
Reporting on exported products is available to you, as well as the third-party organization licensing your content.
You can report on 3rd party learners just as you would your regular learners. You can run reports on the section or on individuals.
The licensee can report on usage by section if you make them a section administrator. They will have access to enrollment information on their learners. The 3rd party LMS will receive the enrollment status, total time spent and an overall score for reporting locally.
When you export a Learning Product to a 3rd party organization, there a few limited areas of the content that can be customized. The learning product structure cannot be changed or edited for a specific export client. This means that activities cannot be added or removed and any activities not listed below cannot be customized.
Section admin customizable activities
Any activities that include the customizable by section admin feature can be customized by section admins if you choose to allow it. When you create the Learning Product, select the option to allow customizable content. Note that if you choose to make the content customizable, it will be customizable for your export clients as well as internal learners (by section). However, only those that have section admin rights will be able to make any customizations.
The following activity types CAN be customized by section admins if you choose to use the feature:
- Content HTML
- Webinar – only scheduling, using the host organization's WebEx account
- Drop Box
- Discussion
- Live Classroom – scheduling