LRS User Manual
Activity Explorer
If you know what you want but aren’t sure how to get it, then the Activity Explorer can help. The Activity Explorer lets you navigate objects and their parent context in an intuitive tree structure. It also offers object type filters, search, and ...
Analytics Reports
A new feature of the LRS is a tabular report function, which offers the same information as a query or chart but as a database table report. This is new feature that not all LRS users may see, yet. Navigation In the left menu, expand the Analytics ...
Analytics Dashboards and Widgets
Out-of-the-box Dashboards and Widgets This article describes the dashboards and widgets built-in to the Veracity Learning LRS. In the LRS, we grouped and sorted the widgets in the same way that xAPI statements organize metrics in their data. Here, ...
Tableau Integration
Using the Tableau Web Data Connector, you can import your saved Statement Viewer reports from the Veracity Learning LRS into Tableau for further analysis. The Connector can only pull saved Statement Viewer reports. If you have none, then you must ...
Power BI Integration
How to get LRS data into Power BI You can easily connect the Veracity LRS to Microsoft Power BI. In the LRS, save a Statement Viewer report and create an API key. In Power BI, configure and activate a data download channel with this information. In ...
Single Sign On (SSO) Integration
Veracity can integrate with your single sign on provider using OpenID Connect or Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). This integration allows your enterprise users to log into the LRS user interface without providing a password. Integrating a ...
Accessibility Support
Accessibility Compliance Following Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines, we designed the browser-based services of the LRS so almost everyone has access to most of the user interface. For example, where possible, we use high contrast colors; you ...
SQL Integration
Only the Enterprise version of the LRS supports SQL Integration. The Veracity LRS can send xAPI statements to a SQL database in real time. The LRS opens a connection to your SQL server, and synchs statements every 300 milliseconds. The LRS won’t ...
Configuration
Setting Configuration Values These settings only apply to on-site installations. When using a hosted SaaS plan, Veracity will manage the settings for your deployment. Contact support if you require modifications to the settings on your hosted ...
Installation
The process for installing the Lite or Enterprise version of the Veracity Learning LRS is quite similar. First, you'll need to download and extract the software. Inside the archive, you'll find executable files for each common OS. Select the one you ...
Veracity Query Language (VQL)
VQL is a language for queries over xAPI statements and how the LRS should process and render them. It underlies the Veracity Learning LRS in several places, including the xAPI and dashboard components. There are also a few features that allow you to ...
Saved Scripts
You can use the Saved Script feature to store scripts in VQL format. You can attach these scripts to the read or write functions of an access key, or the outgoing data that the LRS sends via a forwarding rule. In the future, more areas of the xAPI ...
Branding
The Enterprise version of Veracity Learning lets you brand the user interface (UI) of your LRS. You can make simple color and logo changes quite easily, but you can also make more complex customizations too. Only the Enterprise version supports ...
Plugins
Veracity Learning 1.6 and later support plugins! A plugin is a collection of JavaScript code that extends the system to add new capabilities or to change how the system works. Overview A plugin is a collection of JavaScript code that adds or changes ...
LMS Integration
The Veracity Learning LRS offers frictionless integration with your LMS to let teachers and students access the services of the LRS without leaving the LMS. We do this using the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) technical standard. LTI is a ...
The Learner Portal
Veracity Learning LRS is mainly a data store for xAPI statements, but it does have a few basic Learning Management System features. If you need a place for learners to find and open content, then you can use the Learner Portal, which you can open ...
Versions of Veracity Learning
Veracity Learning LRS comes in a few versions. The main version, and the one you're most likely looking at right now, is LRS.io. LRS.io (SaaS Hosted Plans) This is our cloud hosted SaaS service, where anyone can create an LRS. You can use the free ...
Custom Dashboards and Charts
The Veracity Learning LRS offers several ways to generate custom dashboards. At the most basic level, you can place widgets (charts or lists) on a dashboard page. You can customize each widget with a set of options like what actor, what object, or ...
Advanced Search and Aggregation
Veracity exposes a few extensions to our interfaces that allow you additional options for querying and analyzing data. Advanced Search Our query builder interface lets you filter on stacks of almost any property in the official xAPI specification, ...
LRS Management
Veracity Learning LRS gives you many tools to manage your LRS and the data in it. These include backup and restore features, import and export features, as well as tools to update, migrate, and modify the data in the LRS. LRS Management Basics Now ...
Veracity Learning Basics
Veracity Learning is an easy to use, cloud or self-hosted Learning Record Store (LRS). The most essential feature of an LRS is that it receives and processes eXperience API (xAPI) data transactions. xAPI is a new standard for moving around ...
Elasticsearch Integration
Overview The LRS can accelerate its dashboard and statement viewer by leveraging Elasticsearch in addition to MongoDB. When configured with the optional Elasticsearch connection, the LRS will synchronize xAPI statements in real time between these two ...
The System API
The on-premises installation of the Enterprise version of the Veracity Learning LRS includes a system-level API for creating an LRS, adding users, and more. To open the System API Keys page, in the upper-right, click the User button (your account ...
The LRS API
Our Veracity Learning LRS has many tools and features that you can use. While you can get to these features through the user interface, you can also automate some functions of your LRS. You can do this with the LRS API. Don’t confuse the LRS API with ...