Microsoft LRN Content enables Instructors to create course content presentations that have a hierarchical structure and sequential navigation. Instructors can create LRN Content through the Microsoft LRN toolkit, which can be accessed from the Blackboard Learning System. Microsoft LRN files can be uploaded to any of the Course Content areas.
Note: LRN Content files can only run on Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher. Microsoft recommends using Internet Explorer 6.0. Therefore, Students must be running Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher to access these files if they are included in a course.
Blackboard courses and organizations accept IMS and SCORM content through the Microsoft LRN toolkit. The content standards that are supported include SCORM 1.2, IMS Metadata 1.2.1, IMS Content Packaging 1.1.2, and Microsoft LRN 3.0.
Note: Microsoft support of LRN is being deprecated in favor of SCORM content. Blackboard provides a Content Player Building Block that adds support for SCORM content as well as other education content standards. Please contact your system administrator for more information about using the Blackboard Content Player Building Block.
In the Blackboard Learning System, the IMS QTI format has been used as a basis for representing assessment data in course archives, but it is not 100% compliant. The Blackboard Learning System uses IMS Content Packaging 1.1.2 to create its archives.
For more information about the Microsoft LRN Toolkit, go to http://www.microsoft.com/elearn/
The Instructor must set an entry point for the LRN package. This page is the first to appear when Students view the content. Blackboard recommends using the LRNViewer.htm page as the entry point, as this will ensure that all frames open correctly.