Virtual Classroom Providers and Oracle Learning Catalog Resources

You can provide robust virtual instructor-led training (VILT) as part of course offerings by integrating with virtual classroom providers. For example, let learners and instructors add VILT classroom info to their calendars ahead of the event.

If you've subscriptions to the providers listed on the Configure External Providers page, you can include their virtual classrooms as resources for instructor-led courses. The configuration page includes these virtual classroom providers:

  • Adobe Connect
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Zoom
The configuration page also includes this calendar provider:
  • Microsoft Calendar

These are the main features of virtual classroom integration:

Automation Transferred from Learning to the Provider Transferred from the Provider to Learning Supported Providers
Session creation Information about new sessions and changes to existing sessions None All
Registration Information about learners being added to or removed from a session None All
Attendance None Information for attendance All
Attendance processing None Information for attendance All
Session recording None Recorded session Adobe

Virtual classroom integration also makes it possible for instructors to start the session, and for learners to join it, from Oracle Learning.

Learning administrator can create, change, and delete VILT activities that include the appropriate virtual classroom account. When they save the activities, a background Learning process creates or updates calendar invitations for the instructors and learners enrolled in the activity. The process also removes invitations from learner calendars when the VILT activity is removed. And it removes invitations or from instructor calendars when they’re no longer teaching the VILT activity.

You also improve learner and instructor experiences with hosted activities by obtaining the session join link before sending the calendar invitations.

Instructors can start their training sessions from Learning 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. And after the training, they can view the attendance report in Edit mode on the activity details page. Learners who attended the session for the minimum required time will automatically have the learning marked as Completed.

Here are examples of what learners can do from the Learning activity details page and learning administrators do on their behalf from the offering details page:

  • Enroll in and withdraw from offerings.
  • Join the active training as early as 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.
  • View the recorded training.
Note: The specific features available to learning administrators, instructors, and learners depend on the virtual classroom provider.