I-Design

Web browsers are moving towards stricter autoplay policies in order to improve the user experience, minimize incentives to install ad blockers, and reduce data consumption on expensive and/or constrained networks. Due to these recent security features which BAI cannot override, narration and video that’s set to autoplay will not automatically play on the first slide in I-Design courses. To workaround this issue simply create a new first slide in your course, and have the second slide contain your narration or video set to autoplay. For a more detailed explanation, click here: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/autoplay/.

Discrepancies between the I-Design editor and Content tab exist when training administrators delete a course or make edits to the title of a course in the editor but not the Content tab (or vice versa). Edits must be done in both places when editing a course title or deleting a course. This is because when publishing an I-Design course for the first time, the course added to the Content tab only retains the initial title it was given in the editor and does not update upon republishing. Deleting a course in the editor also does not automatically deactivate the course in the Content tab for you.

The one unique identifier that can help you track down I-Design courses that had their title changed is the course code. If you are having trouble finding a course under the Content tab, try republishing it in the I-Design editor and take note of the course code that’s displayed (take a screenshot, or memorize the last few digits of the code). Then, go back to the Learning Manager and search for that code. As long as the code was never edited by someone, your search results should pull up the course it’s linking to in the editor, at which point you can edit the titles to match each other.  If the course does not show up in the search results, click the “Show Inactive Content” link to filter by deactivated courses and search the code again.

There is no limit to the number of I-Design courses you can create in the BAI Learning Manager; however, the I-Design editor only displays up to 200 courses under the Create tab which means some may be hidden from view if created in excess of that. If you feel your organization may exceed 200 courses, consider deleting unused content to stay below that number, or create course categories to make them easier to sort by in the list.

Example: 250 courses, 5 categories, 50 courses assigned to each category. Each time I open I-design 50 courses will be hidden from view, but I can still select any of the 5 categories from the dropdown to find the course I need.

Yes!  To start, you will need add all your assessment screens directly underneath a folder. Click on that folder in the outline (left side of the page) to access the folder settings. Check the box next to “Randomize,” and select the number of screens to randomly show from this folder. Selecting the full question total will randomize the full list of questions; selecting any number other than the full question total will create a question pool, in which only the number of questions you’ve specified will randomly be selected and used. Check out our Assessment Screens training video to learn more about this feature (jump to the 4:25 min mark).

Note: for this feature, use only “scored” assessment screens. Make sure all assessment screens are within the assessment folder, and that no other basic screens or PowerPoint slides fall under the assessment folder’s hierarchy.

Yes. As long as the outside platform provides you an option to copy the embed code, the instructions to embed a video in I-design include:

1. Going to the website the video is hosted (youtube, vimeo, etc.).
2. Clicking on the video.
3. Clicking the “share” option.
4. Copying the embed code.
5. Pasting into I-design (specifically, adding a basic screen, selecting the “text only” layout, clicking “add” when you hover your cursor over the preview box, clicking on the “html” option at the bottom of the text editing window, pasting in the embed code, saving the window).

Yes. When re-publishing an I-design course, the changes you’ve made will appear for users that have either not yet launched the course, or are in progress with the course. Users that have already successfully completed the course are unaffected however, and are not prompted to retake the course.

In general, all video file types are supported as long as they are under 300 mb (anything bigger may require you host the video elsewhere and link out to it). Video files are converted to mp4 upon upload. For lengthy videos, we recommend running them through a video optimizer before uploading, as students may otherwise encounter lengthy buffer times. For a full list of video recommendations, see below:

• File size limit of 300mb
• No spaces in filename, dashes or underscores instead, max 25 characters
• Video container file format MP4 (aka ISO/IEC 14496-12 format)
• “Fast start” option enabled (aka MOOV atom placed at start of file)
• Video codec: H.264 High profile (aka AVC)
• Video max resolution 1280×720
• Max video frame rate 30 fps
• Recommended video bit-rate 1-2 Mbps
• Use quality-based variable bit-rate encoding for best results (for example use the –crf 23 option in X.264-based encoders like ffmpeg or handbrake)
• Audio codec: AAC
• Audio sample rate 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, or 24 kHz
• Max 2 audio channels (stereo)
• Audio bit-rate 64-128 kbps

Yes. You can edit all of theses things via the course theme. If you are unsure which theme your I-design course is using, access I-design, click on the name of your course, click under the Course Tools tab, then Settings, and the name of the theme should be displayed. To edit themes, you can click under the Administration tab in I-design, and Edit the theme your course is using.