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
- 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 and Zoom |
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.
An activity can have multiple instructors. For an online activity that uses virtual classrooms, only the primary instructor gets the join meeting URL in the event body. Other instructors get the event notice without the join URL.
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.