How To

This section contains frequently asked questions and answers pertaining to the yAuthor service. Below there is a list of general topics which all the questions have been classified to:


Content:

How to create new content?
To create new content you should:

  1. Log on to your home page,
  2. Click the My Library tab,
  3. Click the Create new Lesson button,
  4. Fill in fields with metadata (the name field is obligatory),
  5. Choose a Design,
  6. Click the Create button,
  7. Click the Create new page button,
  8. Select a layout
  9. Now you may create pages of your content.

How to download your content in the SCORM format?
To download your content in the SCORM format you should:

  1. Choose your content that you would like to download by clicking it,
  2. Click the Download SCORM button,
  3. Choose the location where it is to be saved,
  4. Confirm your choice.

How to play content created with yAuthor on your website?
In order to play content created with yAuthor.com on your website you should:

  1. Make sure you are logged in,
  2. Click the My Library tab,
  3. Click the content you would like to play on your own site,
  4. Download your content by using the Download SCORM button,
  5. Save your content package on your hard-disk drive,
  6. Upload your content to your server,
  7. Unzip the content package,
  8. Modify the code of your page by adding tags necessary to make your content part of your website. It is possible to add:

    • a link to a new page of your service containing your content only e.g.: 
      <html>
  <body>
    <h1>Welcome to my new site!</h1>
    <p>
      This my site. I will present here my ideas on creating web content.
      Below you will find a link to my first eContent I created with 
      <a hreh="http://www.yauthor.com">yauthor.com</a>.
    </p>
    <p>
      Check out my new <a href="content/index.html">content</a>.
    </p>
  </body>
</html>
    • content as an integral part of any existing page of your service (note, that if the size of your content design is too big or the frame is smaller than your content page, scrollbars will be added automatically) e.g.: 
      <html>
  <body>
    <h1>Welcome to my new site!</h1>
    <p>
      This my site. I will present here my ideas on creating web content. Below you will find 
      my first eContent I created with <a hreh="http://www.yauthor.com">yauthor.com</a>.
    </p>
    <iframe id="content_frame" width=400 height=300 src="content/index.html"></iframe> 
  </body>
</html>

Add-ons:

How to add a new add-on?

If you want to add a new add-on you should:

  1. Make sure you are logged in,
  2. Click the My Library tab,
  3. Click the Extension library link,
  4. Click the Create new Add-on button,
  5. Fill in text fields (only the Name field is obligatory),
  6. Use the Browse button to indicate a source add-on zip package,
  7. Click the Create button,
  8. Click on the My Library tab,
  9. Choose content that a new add-on is to be added to,
  10. After content appears click the Edit Lesson button,
  11. Click a module you would like a new add-on to be inserted in,
  12. Choose an add-on that will appear in a popup window among available modules and add-ons by clicking it,
  13. If needed, fill in its data and click the Save button,
The module will be converted and a selected add-on will become an integral part of the page.