Integrate Learning Manager with AEM

Last updated on Nov 29, 2023

Caution:

Learning Manager Learning Programs are renamed to Learning Paths. This change happens immediately after the October 2021 release and the terminology of Learning Path is reflected for all roles.

Overview

Adobe Learning Manager is Learning Management System with a built-in Learning Content Management System. Users manage their learning content by uploading it to Learning Manager, so that Learning Manager performs the versioning, allocation to courses, defining the visibility to learners , tracking the consumption and reporting back to administrators.

However there are users who store and manage their content on asset management systems. The content then gets repurposed for various other functions.

The various strips present in the learner app can be embedded in the AEM sites. Any learner who signs into the AEM site will see his/her specific training data in these strips.

Download the content package

The installer is shipped as an AEM content package. Download the package.

The content package, is available as a zip file, and is compatible with AEM 6.4 and AEM 6.5.

Install Learning Manager component

Install the Learning Manager content package using the AEM Package Manager:

Note: For information on instaling packages, see How to Work With Packages.

As AEM Author, open the AEM Package Manager.
Click the button Upload Package.
Click Browse and upload the content package.
Click Upload.
After the package uploads, install the content package by selecting it and clicking Install.

Install the package

Generate the refresh token

The AEM Admin requires a refresh token from the Learning Manager account. The Integration Admin will generate the refresh token.

Approve the AEM Sites featured app.

Click Applications > Featured Apps > Adobe Experience Manager – Sites.

Launch AEM sites
Click Applications > Featured Apps, and open the AEM sites application.

Copy the Application ID and the description.
Click Developer Resources > Access Tokens.

Generate the token
Enter the following details:
- Client ID, which is the Application ID.
- Client secret, which is present in Description.
1. Get the OAuth code. You must use v2 API in the redirect URI.
Click Submit and get the refresh token.

Configure the widget in AEM

For widget configuration, the AEM author only requires the refresh token provided by the Integration Admin.

You can also set multiple account configurations in multiple pages.

Click Tools -> Cloud Services -> Learning Manager Widget Configuration.
Click Create.
Enter the refresh token here. Set up the other settings.
Hostname should be changed to “learningmanagereu” for EU regions.
Save and close the configuration.
Select a configuration and publish the configuration.

AEM Author

The AEM author must first add the component in AEM template

The AEM author then will be able to drag and drop the Adobe Learning Manager component and configure accordingly.

Learning Manager component requires the configuration created in above step to be mapped to the Page. Author can map the configuration by Editing Page Properties under Advanced > Configuration > Cloud Configuration and provide path of configuration. In this way, Author can create configurations for multiple Learning Manager accounts and map each one to different Sites Page. If a configuration is not mapped to the Page, component will read the configuration from Parent Page recursively until it finds one.

Learner

The learner can take the courses from within the page.

To be able to access the Learning Manager widget, Learner should be a logged in AEM user. Also, property email should be present in “/profile” node of Learner’s rep:User node. This email should be exactly same as the one present in Learning Manager account.

The learner can take the courses from within the page.

The course progress also gets saved.

The following widgets are provided:

Gamification
Learning calendar
Social widget
Catalog widget
My Learning
Recommendation based on peer learning
Recommendations by admin
Recommendation based on learner interests

If there are no recommendations, the widget appears blank.

Support for Skyline

Skyline is the cloud version of AEM. You must first install Skyline from the package manager. To use the Skyline component in AEM, a user must be present in the Learning Manager account. In other words, the user’s email address must exist in the account.

Deploy Skyline

The steps to configure Skyline are mentioned in the GitHub repo.

Catalog widget

The Catalog widget displays training from a specific or a set of catalogs to a user. In the Properties section in the page properties, select Catalog from the options listed.

The Catalog widget contains the following options:

Catalog ids: Comma-separated catalog ids for which the training need to be displayed.
Sort: Sort order for the training. The options are- name, date, dateCreated, dateEnrolled, and so on.
Learner State: Returns all training that uses the following as filters- enrolled, started, completed, and notenrolled. The search results will not be displayed if the sort option is dateEnrolled, dueDate, or dateEnrolled.
Skill name: The skill used to filter exact training.
Tag name: The tag used to filter exact results.

Here are a few additional components that you can customize:

Learning Object Types: Filter according to the type of the Learning Object. The supported types are- course, certification, jobAid,and learningProgram.

In AEM, the title of a card in a strip will be empty initially. In properties, type the name of the title in widgets.html.

Customization

You can customize the look and feel of the layout using widgets.html. You can change the appearance of the cards that appear and customize the theme.

In the General Settings section, you can choose the primary and secondary colors for the cards and specify the properties to customize the theme.

{
   "globalCssText":"@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Grandstander:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&family=Montserrat:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&display=swap');",
   "fontNames":"Grandstander",
   "cardLayout":{
      "cardLayoutName":"compact",
      "cardPrimaryColor":"#376BA4",
      "cardSecondaryColor":"#F98EB0",
      "startedStateTextColor":"#ffffff",
      "continueStateTextColor":"#ffffff",
      "revisitStateTextColor":"#ffffff",
      "startedStateColor":"#a0a0a0",
      "continueStateColor":"#f9a122",
      "revisitedStateColor":"#7fbc64",
      "textPrimaryColor":"#ffffff",
      "textSecondaryColor":"#d93f3f",
      "navIconColor":"#a0a0a0"
   }
}

Ignore higher order LO enrollment

If the Ignore Higher Order LO Enrollment check-box is enabled and a user is enrolled directly into a Learning Program or Certification, the courses for that certification or Learning Program will show up for the user in the widgets.

If the check-box is disabled, the courses present in the Learning Program or Certification where user has not enrolled directly will not show up.

The setting is then applied on the widget.

Security

The fields Client ID and Client Secret are added. In addition, the refresh token gets masked. After a user creates the entire configuration, if the user opens the configuration again to edit it, or if some other user opens this configuration, the refresh token will be masked.

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