UPK Publishing Formats

Topics created in UPK can be published to various formats, all with specific functions. When you publish, you can choose one, two, or multiple formats at the same time. To publish to one of the following deployment or document formats, highlight the desired module, section, or topic. Go to File>Publish and select a location and only the desired publishing formats.

 

UPK Deployment Publishing Formats:

  • Player Package - This format will publish the various playback modes associated with UPK (See It!, Try It!, Know It, and Do It). Publishing to this format will only allow users with UPK installed on their machine to view these playback modes. Typically, you will not use this publishing format. To review your content in a playback mode, use the Preview Pane from within the Developer.

 

  • HTML Web Site - This format will publish a series of static web-based HTML files, which users may click through one step at a time without requiring UPK to be installed on the user's machine. Typically, you will not use this publishing format.

 

  • LMS Package - This format will publish content grouped as a package to be distributed into an Learning Management System. We do not use this system, and therefore will not use this publishing format.

 

  • Standalone Topic Files - This format will publish the various playback modes (See It!, Try It!, Know It, and Do It) and does not require the user to have UPK installed on their machine. Instead, this format will include an "Installer" file which can quickly and easily be installed prior to viewing a playback mode. After the "Installer" has been set up, the topic file can then be opened. You may want to use this format to email to approvers to make helpful suggestions on your content. To email this format, zip the entire "TPC" folder and send to the desired recipient.

 

 

UPK Document Publishing Formats:

  • System Process - This format will publish a business process Word or pdf document. Each topic is a separate Word or pdf document, and will include screen shots, steps, and required fields, output results, and comment text boxes.

 

  • Job Aid - This format will publish a step-by-step only format in Word or pdf document. Each topic is a separate Word or pdf document.

 

  • Training Guide - This format will publish module, section, and/or topic overviews created as webpages in UPK, step-by-step guide with screen shots, and Table of Contents. Each topic is a separate Word or pdf document. This is the format generally on the OMNI Training Site and most similar to the old "Job Aids" as we know them.

 

  • Instructor Manual - This format will publish module, section, and/or topic overviews created as webpages in UPK, any included instructor notes, step-by-step guide with screen shots, and Table of Contents. Each topic is a separate Word or pdf document.

 

  • Test Document - This format will publish a procedural guide to be used to test an application. The Test Document will include the following sections: Purpose of Test, Test History, Time to Test, Test Setup, step-by-step guide with screen shots, and columns to disclose Input, Expected Results, Pass, or Fail.

 

  • Mercury Quality Center - This format will publish a document suitable for exporting into Mercury TestDirector. All content appears in a single Word document. The Mercury Quality Center Document includes a step-by-step only guide and an Expected Results column. No screen shots are included.