Building Resource Builder cases: Virtual Practitioner template

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1 Building Resource Builder cases: Virtual Practitioner template Brief instructions Log into Resource Builder. Create a new resource using the Virtual Practitioner template. Name your new case. Go to Pages and add content: Work through the pages one by one. There are six pages to complete. Check case in Student View. Complete settings: Unit of Study? Published? Indexing terms for searching. Look for feature boxes marked, containing extra hints for building VP cases. 1. Copy a template Log in to Resource Builder at elearn.vetsci.usyd.edu.au/resource_builder/. You will be taken to the Resource Administration page, where you will see a table of your cases and a selection of templates. In Create a Resource on the right hand side select Virtual Practitioner from the available templates (Fig 1). You will get a new copy of the Virtual Practitioner template to fill with content for your new case. You can then click Go to your new copy or wait a few seconds to be taken there. Figure 1: Resource admin page

2 2. Name your case You will be taken to the Resource Settings page, where you can name your case and change/add any settings. You should at least give your case a name, as this will make it easier for you to search for it later. Otherwise your case will be named by default Virtual Practitioner (copy). The status will automatically be set as Editing at this stage. Save your new case name. Under Settings on the left hand side, you can add various details that will help make your case searchable. You can also assign a Unit of Study to the case if you wish to share it with others in your work group. Click Details/UoS/MeSH if you want to add details now, but you can also return and do this later. Figure 2: Resource settings 3. Go to Pages You will see a heading Pages, below the Details link (see Figure 2). This is where you need to go to add all the material for your case, or to edit existing material. Below this you will see Contents, which is a summary of all the material for the case. You do not need to click in this area; it is there for your reference. Below this, the Activity Log lists all log ins to the case, both students and staff. This is a useful link for checking individual responses to a case. There are six pages in a standard Virtual Practitioner template. Under Pages you will see the links to these six pages listed in a table (Figure 3). Click on the link to Page 1. In the template, by default this is called Case Presentation but you can easily change this or any of the titles (see feature box). This page is typically for introductory/background material about the problem. At any stage you can click student view (arrow) to get an idea of how a student will see the case. Using this page table, you can also re order the pages, clone a page or delete a page, using the small icons to the right of the page titles.

3 Figure 3: Going to your new page 4. Go to content pane When you click on the link to the first page, you will be taken to a Page View containing a Block, headed in grey. You will also see a lighter grey Content pane (arrow). Below, in the white area, is a summary of any content you have added. See Fig 4. In Page View you can move to any of the other pages in the case using the page links at the top (arrow), and also see the page in Student View. Click the link to Edit Content to start building Page 1. Figure 4: Page View of a case

4 Page headings: You can edit the name of the page by clicking on the blue Edit Layout text in the top right hand side (Fig 4). This heading will be displayed in Student View. 5. Build your content! Page 1: Introduction/background On the first page you will enter introductory and background information, and perhaps some instructions for the students. The text is added by simply typing inside the blue pane, or by copy/paste from other sources. Each time you press enter you will get a new paragraph, indicated by a white area within the content pane with a small P. You may want to add some instructions about what you expect students to do with the case; you may also want to add an image to introduce the patient (or the situation). There is a wysiwyg editor in the panel above the content pane; there is also a formatting panel at the RHS. This will allow you to arrange your content into sections with headings. See Figure 5. Figure 5: Building in the Content Pane To make a link to the web: Highlight the word(s) that are to be the link, go to the link symbol on the editing panel (Fig 5) and insert a URL into the pop-up box. To add an image or file: Go to the upload icon or the web icon (See Fig 5, insert images). See boxes below for more info on images. To add a table: Click the table icon. A box will pop up that allows you to select the number of rows and columns, and asks you to give the table a caption.

5 To insert a picture or file: Place the cursor where your image is to appear (or highlight the text that is to link to the image). Click the upload icon (Fig. 5). This will take you to the album. You can also add an image from the web by clicking the web icon, located next to the upload icon. The album: The album is a repository of your own files (images or documents such as Word or Excel files up to 2 MB) to display in your cases. You can add items by clicking Add Items from the list on the LHS (arrow), which will take you to the browser. Images are associated with thumbnails (arrow); other file types will show the file name but no thumbnail. If you click on the thumbnail (or no thumbnail arrow) you will be taken to the insert window. To change a heading, simply change the name of the content section (see figure 5). The text is added by simply typing in this white strip or by copy/paste from elsewhere. Each time you press enter you will start a new paragraph. You can make a heading by selecting some text and clicking one of the headings in the style panel at the right hand side. You can add pictures from OLIVER (Vet Science users) or from your album. To use the album, click the upload icon; you will be taken to a window where you can browse to add items to the album. You can then click on the thumbnails within the album and add them either directly as an image or a link. To add images from OLIVER, click the OLIVER/web icon and add the URL for the image you want to add (see Figure 6). By default the images on the left hand side will appear in line with your text. If you want any of them to appear as pop ups, highlight the text, go to upload an image, and select Create Link to Image, rather than Insert Image. Then before you save, select the Pop up Content box at the bottom of the content page. To add a link, type the text for your link (e.g. click here ). Highlight the text, then click the link icon Figure in the 6: top the album panel. A URL box will appear, Add the address for your link and a caption (optional), Click then either submit. Insert Your as text Image will be or linked Insert to as the Link address. (Fig 7). If you elect to insert the object as an image it will Remember appear in to line save with your your content! text in The the save content button pane is below where the you title placed and also the below curser. the Inserting content as a link will pane. make the image or file pop up in another window. If your item is a document (e.g. pdf) you cannot change the size; if you are inserting an image, there Continue the process, adding content for Patient and Task, building background and are two size options (see below). introductory information about your case. You can change any of these headings to make them more meaningful to your cases. There is an excellent and comprehensive guide to building content click the link below the save button. There are more features described in the guide. Figure 5: Adding content Figure 7: Inserting the image

6 Uploading an image from the web: When you click the web icon, a box will appear. You need to have your image already located in OLIVER or elsewhere on the web; copy the URL and place it in the box. You can also add an optional title and some text. Click Submit to insert the image. Figure 8: Inserting an image from a web site (including OLIVER) Page 2: Physical examination When you are happy with your introductory page, and have saved your content, go back to Page View and navigate to page 2 (top LHS of page). In the default template, this is the page where you will select some preliminary tests or procedures for the patient. As before, if you prefer a different page heading, go to Edit Layout. From now on in every page of Virtual Practitioner you will see on the left hand side a summary of what has been added to the case so far (fig 9). On the right hand side you will see a selection of grey content panes under the darker block header, each requesting a type of examination (see fig 9). If you enter one of these grey panes by clicking on the test name, you will see the results of the test. You can change the examination type by changing the name, and enter the results in the content area. Again, you can insert pictures or other files (e.g. result sheets) using the icons in the panel above. NB: When entering any pop-up content in the RHS blocks, you must click the popup box below when you are saving your content. In the default template, this means pages 2 and 4 will need this box ticked (test results display as pop-up boxes).

7 You can add new tests or procedures on this page; look for add new content in the dark grey block header above the content (Fig 9). You can also delete existing tests, clone tests or change the order of tests (see arrows to the small icons, Fig 9). Figure 9: Adding Page 2 content Page 3: Initial Patient Assessment Go back to Page View and click on 3 in page navigation (top of page). You will be taken to the page view of Initial Patient Assessment. Again, notice the summary of previous material on the left side (Fig 9). Page 3 is the first place in Virtual Practitioner where students must enter some text; at this point they are asked to give initial impressions of the case and early plans for treatment. You can choose whether to make text entry mandatory here. This means the students cannot move to the next page of the case until they have written something. See box below for more information on this feature. You can edit the heading for the whole page by clicking the text link at Edit Layout, as in other pages. You can also edit the right block heading and instructional text by clicking Edit Block (see Fig 9). To set your own questions here, click the link in one of the light grey Edit Content panels. This takes you to a content editing pane where you can change the instruction/question and add some detail to instruct the students. (Remember to save your content). Again, in Page View you can rearrange the elements, delete them or clone them (see instructions for page 2). You can add another text box either by cloning existing content or by add new content in the page block. By default there are three text boxes on this page, where students are asked to comment on: Initial problem list, Initial assessment of each problem and Initial plan. If you are happy with these, then you need do nothing for this page.

8 Mandatory text entry is a default feature of Virtual Practitioner. To disable this feature, in Page View, click on the link to the content pane. Below the blue content editing pane (Fig 10) you will see some Content Options. There is a delete button next to the Mandatory (Required) feature. If you click this button the students will be able to move on to the next stage without adding responses. Most cases retain this option. A red asterisk appears next to the text box to inform the students that a response is required. If text entry is made nonmandatory, this asterisk disappears. Figure 10: Mandatory text entry Page 4: Selection of diagnostic tests This is where students must select appropriate tests to progress the diagnosis. There are various options to make this page more realistic : You can set a total budget and determine prices for individual tests on this page. You can also make selection of a certain test dependent on the student first choosing another test. This might be an option if there is a preferred order in which to do tests, or if it is safer to perform a certain test after checking with a preliminary test. For example you can make it so that the Anaesthetise the patient choice does not appear until the student selects Biochemistry. You can flag any test to give a hint that this is an important result. In the summary on the left hand side, any flagged tests appear in bold. Go to Page 4 in Page View. You will see, once again, the summary of earlier stages on the left side. On the right side, there are tests, each with its own content pane. The name of the test is entered as the heading and the results are added as the content. You can add, delete or reorder tests, as for Page 2 (see instructions above).

9 To set a total budget: In Page View, go to Edit Group (grey panel at the top). You will be taken to an edit page where you can change the budget amount in a box called Cost Quota variable. Enter your total budget here, or delete this option, and click Apply. To set a cost for a test: This feature is available below the content editing pane for each test. You will see it when you click on the test name in Page View. To make a test dependent on another: In the content pane for the test, look at Unused Options below the editing area. You will see an option Depends on other content with a drop-down list. Select the test that you want the students to do first (e.g. Biochemistry before Anaesthetise patient) and click Apply. You can do this more than once. Each time you specify a test to be done first, the dependent test will not appear in student view until the student has selected the correct test to do first. To flag a result as important: Apply the Important result option. See Fig 11. Figure 11: Setting options for Page 4 Page 5: Revised Patient Assessment This is the page where the students make their final assessment of the case. It is your chance to ask them to make any revisions to their earlier assessment and make plans for treatment, future management etc. Instructions for this page are the same as for Page 3. Again, there is a set of default questions in the template; you can change them to suit your needs or add new instructions/questions. Text entry is mandatory by default here, but you can remove this option, as in page 3.

10 Page 6: Summary On the final page you can see, in Page View, everything that has happened in the case presented as a summary. When the student has finished working through a case, they will arrive at this page and have something they can print out to bring to a tutorial, or cut and paste into a text file, or convert to pdf for electronic submission in Blackboard. Every test that they have chosen will be recorded here, along with any case assessment text that they have entered. There is no need for you as the case builder to do anything with this page, as it is automatically generated. 6. View your case in Student View At any point during the process, you can look at your case from the point of view of an end user by clicking Student View. This is available in Edit Page (top left hand side) or in Edit or Copy Resource (top right hand side). This allows you to work through the case exactly as if you were a student. 7. Important points to remember: There are six pages to work through. Headings and options for each page have been predetermined for a clinical setting, but you can change these or add more. Some of the content on the right hand side will be in pop up boxes. Remember to tick Create pop up content below the content pane when you are populating these pages. You can change the headings to reflect your subject matter. Cases in Virtual Practitioner need not be set in a standard clinical context. Always remember to save. There is another excellent guide to creating content available from inside the content editing pane. This is a little more demanding than the Case Builder template. But it gets much easier with practice. Happy building!