LRS User Manual
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
Veracity LRS supports Tableau via a Web Data Connector. This connector allows you to import your saved statement reports into Tableau for analysis. This tool can only pull saved statement viewer reports. If you have none, first create any report in ...
Power BI Integration
Integration with Power BI Integration is accomplished by pulling a saved statement viewer report into PowerBI. Before you can do this, you'll need an API key. Navigate to "All Mangement Tools" then find "Security" Click "API Keys" Click "Create New ...
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 While Veracity Learning is not inherently 508 compliant, users can create and publish alternative access options that adhere to Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines. Section 508 compliance is achieved by implementing ...
SQL Integration
SQL Integration is an Enterprise only feature Veracity LRS can synchronize your xAPI statements into an SQL database in real time. The LRS will open a connection to your SQL server, and flush out statements every 300 milliseconds. Statements are not ...
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 ...
VQL
(VQL) Veracity Query Language VQL is a language for representative queries over xAPI statements and how they should be processed and rendered. It underlies the Veracity Learning LRS in several places, including the xAPI and dashboard components. ...
Saved Scripts
The saved script feature can be used to store scripts in the VQL or JavaScript format. These scripts can be attached to the read or write functions of an access key, or the outgoing data that is sent via forwarding rule. In the future, more areas of ...
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! Plugins are collections of JavaScript code that can extend the system to add new capabilities or modify how the system works. Overview A plugin is a collection of JavaScript code that adds or modifies ...
LMS Integration
The Veracity Learning offers seamless integration with your LMS to allow instructors and students to access the services of the LRS without leaving their LMS environment. This is accomplished via LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability), a standard from ...
The Learner Portal
The Learner Portal is not available in the downloadable Lite version of Veracity. Veracity Learning LRS is primarily a Learning Record Store for xAPI data, we do have a few basic Learning Management System features. Because xAPI can replace some ...
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 install of the Enterprise version of Veracity Learning includes a system level API for creating users and LRSs. This API works exactly as the LRS level does, with the same conventions for GET, PUT, POST and DELETE. You'll find the API ...
The LRS API
Veracity Learning has many tools, features, and functions that users can exercise. While many of these features are available through the user interface, you may wish to automate some of the functionality of your LRS. You can do this via the LRS API. ...