Publishing Modes of UPK

on Thursday, December 2, 2010


Enables a user to learn by watching an animated demonstration of the steps for a task being performed in a simulated environment. All the required activities, such as moving the mouse and entering data, are completed automatically.


Enables a user to learn interactively in a simulated environment. The user is prompted for mouse clicks and/or keystrokes to complete the task.



Enables a user to learn interactively using live data. In Do It! – Manual Advance mode, a user is presented with a small window on top of the live target application that displays each step for a particular task. As the user completes each step, he/she can click a button or use a hot-key combination to display the next step in the process. Within the Do It! – Manual Advance window, a thumbnail graphic of the screen is available with a highlight indicating the area where the action should take place. Do It! – Manual Advance is the default mode for custom applications. It is the only Do It! mode available in browser-based Player deployment.

An assessment-type playback mode in which users are instructed to complete a particular task. Users do not receive step-by-step instructions for completing a task. Instead, they complete the steps on their own in a simulated environment, and they are scored on how accurately they complete them.