Follow these essential steps to ensure your project is polished, functional, and ready for deployment.
When it comes to finalizing your project, there are crucial steps and best practices that should not be overlooked! These practices are designed to ensure the quality, effectiveness, and success of your project.
By following these steps, you can optimize the learner experience, address any potential issues, and deliver a polished and impactful course. Explore these essential best practices to help you put the finishing touches on your project:
Step 1: Preview Your Project
Use "Preview" mode to navigate your simulation as a learner. Assess the quality, flow, and functionality of activities and use the scoring visualizer to check for expected scoring ranges. Refer to the QA checklist to confirm your project is ready for final reviews and testing.
Note: Preview mode is not recommended for final testing scoring - this is best accomplished in Step 4 with Test and Published Links.
Step 2: Share Reviewer Links for Stakeholder Feedback
Create a Reviewer Link to collect feedback from SMEs, peers, or leadership. Reviewers can experience the course, provide comments, and collaborate with you to address feedback directly within the project.
Step 3: Make Final Updates and Create a Release
Incorporate final feedback and edits, then create a release to save changes, track version history, and generate a unique test or published URL to share your project for final testing.
Step 4: Create Test and Published Links to conduct E2E QA testing
Test Link: A unique URL that replicates the learner experience, allowing SMRs, Editors, CPE Reviewers, or Clients to review the project as learners will see it.
Published Links: A public URL that makes the course live for testing, deployment, or SCORM access. Published links are also connected to the Dashboard for full analysis (requires creating a session and users).
If using your LMS for delivery, download the SCORM package to test LMS integration.
Step 5: Pilot Your Course via LMS or Published Link
Run a pilot to gather learner feedback, address issues, and confirm functionality before launching!