Blackboard Tools > LRN Packages

What is a LRN package?
Learning Resource iNterchange (LRN, pronounced "Learn") is Microsoft's implementation of the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS) Content Packaging Specification, version 1.1, IMS Learning Resource Meta-data Specification, version 1.2 and the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) Specification, version 1.2.

These content packages can be created with the Microsoft LRN 3.0 toolkit which is a free download at http://www.microsoft.com/elearn.

This toolkit allows you to create LRN packages out of common Microsoft application files such as Powerpoint and FrontPage. For more information on LRN packages please visit http://www.microsoft.com/elearn/faq.asp .

Adding a LRN Package
Login to your course site and click on "Control Panel" and then browse to the content area where you'd like to begin adding your learning unit. In the upper right hand corner of the screen click on the dropdown menu and select "LRN Package" and then click "Go". Provide a name and description for the Learning Unit and then specify the availability options for the learning unit itself.

Under the 'LRN Package Attachments' section of the form click on the button labeled "Browse" and find the LRN package on your local machine. Select it, and then click "Open".

Scroll to the bottom of the form and select the availability options for the package. Scroll to the bottom of the form and click submit.

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Related FAQ's

Q: I sent an e-mail message via the "Send Mail" tool and I received an error message back stating that the message was not delivered to a few of my students - whats wrong?

When we create blackboard accounts for students we use the UIC e-mail address as the default address associated with their account. If students do not use this address or if they have set their account to use another e-mail address that is no longer active you will receive a message stating that the mail could not be delivered. In order to fix this the students in question must login and set their Blackboard e-mail account to a valid, active account. Any Blackboard user can change this themselves by logging in and clicking the MY UIC tab on the main login page and then the "Personal Information" link.

Q: Can I edit a students submitted assignment and then send it back to them using the "Assignment Manager"?

You can edit a students submitted assignment and then send it back to them using the assignment manager. In order to do this you must login and access the students assignment by clicking on the "Grabebook". Once you are in the gradebook find the assignment in question that the student submitted and click on the exclamation point and then the button labeled "View". To view the assignment click on the link to the file.

In order to edit it you must make your edits and then save the file on your own hard drive before re-attaching a file to send back to them.

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