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Implement Kiosk-Mode for ILIAS Learning Module

1 Initial Problem

General Kiosk-Mode aims at introducing a general solution for displaying ILIAS-objects in a Kiosk-Mode. This solution should be implemented for the ILIAS Learning Module.

2 Conceptual Summary

The Kiosk-Mode should be implemented according to the General Kiosk-Mode.

In kiosk mode, the learning module should fit nicely into to the learning sequences player environment. We will only deal with the presentation view of the learning module.

Currently, the learning module offers a whole bunch of tabs and controls in presentation mode that needs to be dealt with in the LSO kiosk mode:

• Breadcrumb
• Title of Learning Module
• Action Menu
• Rating
• Comment glyph incl. counter
• Content: Page content structured in various ways by page layouts (one frame, TOC left, bottom dynamic frame, two frames, ...), including navigation links to previous / next page
• Table of contents / tree structure of learning module aka a form of local navigation
• Print View
• Download
• Info
• Custom Menu Entries
• Comments input / List of comments for each page

An issue that needs to be tackled in the future are internal links. The content page object already uses the link builder provided by the LSO when a content page is displayed within a LS to avoid unnecessary jump out of the LS. The LM should behave in the same way. As a compromise, all internal links should for the time being be opened in a new tab.

Component	Visibility	Modification
Breadcrumb	no
Rating (of the entire learning module)	no
Comment glyph and counter	no
Action Menu	no
Rating per page	no
Tab: Info	no	If the LM mode "set manually by user" is selected, a button "Set completed" is shown in the tool bar
Title of Learning Module	yes	Shown in the sequence workflow and optionally in the ToC (can be decided by LM)
Comments and notes	yes	Notes and comments are shown below the page. Notes above comments
Content structured in various ways by page layouts (one frame, TOC left, bottom dynamic frame, two frames, ...) (deprecated for 6.0)	yes	Page content is shown in main content area of learning sequence while the layout is respected
Content: navigation links to previous / next page	yes	Shown in toolbar, layout "full page" --> previous / next are deactivated until last page is reached
Table of contents / tree structure of learning module	yes	LM uses TOC builder of learning sequence player (even progress icons are already supported by TOC builder), displayed on left side (or in slate). A page of its own as it is in the LM is not desired.
Tab: Print View	yes	Button in controls tool bar that triggers a modal (see feature request: ILIAS Learning Module: Show Print View and Download in Modal Dialogues)
Tab: Download	yes	Button in controls tool bar that triggers a modal (see feature request: ILIAS Learning Module: Show Print View and Download in Modal Dialogues)
Custom Menu Entries (tab for each entry)	yes	Each entry receives a separate entry in the local navigation toolbar of the learning module. Targets are opened in new tab. If custom menu entries are set up and activated, the local navigation is shown by default during LSO playback. Too many entries force the toolbar to heighten.
Glossary	yes	Will be shown in the slate according to: https://docu.ilias.de/goto_docu_wiki_wpage_5847_1357.html

Two problems still need to be solved:

1. Learning Sequence needs information about the last page of the LM
2. How do LM and LS deal with internal links? i.e. how does the LM know that a link should be opened within the LM in the LS (in kiosk-mode) instead of in the LM?

3 User Interface Modifications

3.1 List of Affected Views

• Learning Module in LSO
  • ToC
  • Modal Dialogues
  • LM Pages in LSO

3.2 User Interface Details

Screenshot 1 - Learning Module in LSO overview screen

Screenshot 2 - Learning Module in LSO overview screen, comment included

Screenshot 3 - Learning Module in LSO overview screen, 'LM completed' included

Screenshot 4 - Learning Module in LSO: Modal Dialogue for print view

Screenshot 5 - Learning Module in LSO: Modal Dialogue for download

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3.3 New User Interface Concepts

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4 Technical Information

Killing, Alexander [alex], 2 Oct 2019: Basic requirement from my side is that all features look similar in native and LS mode and all settings make sense are are respected in the LS mode, too. This means I would also switch to a toolbar look in the native LM implementation.

• Internal Links: Fallback is, all internal links are opened in a separate window. I do not like this solution very much, but if this is acceptable for the PM I am fine with this.
• Notes, Comments, Ratings: As I understand it is ok for the LS mode that these feature work, if they do not leave the current context (lm page). As I understood ajax requests in the background are fine and do not need to be routed through the LS service. Therefor I would strongly recommend to make these features fully available, moving editing to modals and any saving in the background.
• Printing, Download: Similarly print and download dialogs will be moved to modals. This is fine for me.
• Custom Menu Entries: We should revise or abandon this feature completely imo. I think we could keep it as an "Additional Ressouces" Dropdown that opens all resources in a separate window. So it would be good, if the LS toolbar could hold also Dropdowns, since a large number of "navigation buttons" will look akward quickly imo.
• Set completed: We should revise this feature, too and make this available "widget like" in a modal, too.
• Page Layouts: I already deprecated the layouts for 6.0. However media, glossary links need the same tool slates as the LM native mode to present their content (without leaving context).
• Table of contents: Since this is always available via tool slate (also in the native implementation) we can abandon the separate "menu entry" for the TOC screen completely imo.

I assume that it is easily possible to put buttons that trigger modals (and do not leave context) in the LS toolbar easily, otherwise I will move this to the content section.

5 Privacy Information

No privacy issues.

6 Security Implications

No security implications.

7 Contact

• Author of the Request: Richard Klees
• Maintainer: Killing, Alexander [alex] for component ILIAS Learning Module
  
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8 Funding

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9 Discussion

JourFixe, ILIAS [jourfixe], 07 OCT 2019 : We highly appreciate this suggestion and schedule the feature for ILIAS 6 incl. Alexanders suggestions. We accept the fallback solution for internal links but recommend to implement a kind of link builder for ILIAS 7 to allow a better handling of targets for internal link and support a scenario where internal links would be opened with the LSO. The "Set completed" workflow could be implemented as already known from the Content Page. The tool bar should be able to handle more buttons than could be shown in the bar by implementing a show more hamburger.

JourFixe, ILIAS [jourfixe], 26 OCT 2020 : We highly appreciate this suggestion and re-schedule the feature for ILIAS 7. The changed behaviour of ratings, print view and other elements of the LM (as described above in TOP4) have also an effect on the ILIAS learning module in normal view (outside learning sequence).

10 Implementation

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Test Cases

Test cases completed at 12 NOV 2020 by Zenzen, Enrico [ezenzen]

• C42464: ILIAS Lernmodule in einer Lernsequenz bearbeiten
• C42467: ILIAS Lernmodule in einer Lernsequenz bestehen
• C42468: Druckansicht von ILIAS Lernmodule in einer Lernsequenz aufrufen

Approval

Approved at 2020-10-21 by Falkenstein, Rob [rob]