Add a VDI course

The system supports adding a VDI course by creating or importing the VDI course. You can use the system image ISO file to create a VDI course, or import a base file to create the course.

Create a VDI course

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click Create.

4. Select a VDI course type, and complete the basic course settings.

5. To add a data disk for the course, click Attach Hardware, select Disk, and then set the disk size.  For more information, see "Parameters."

6. Click Save & Proceed to enter the software installation procedure, and start to "Build a VDI course."

 

·          Before you create a course, upload the H3C_Learningspace_App-version-win32.zip package and required software to the shared disk from the Images > Shared Software page. ·          On the Images > Shared Software page, you can click Create Folder to create subfolders under the default folder for saving uploaded software and files, and click Upload Files to upload files or software to the subfolders. ·          The management platform supports bulk file upload, resuming file upload, and filtering files by username or user who uploaded a file. ·          During the software installation process, you can click Finish at any time to quit software installation. To continue building the course, click the  icon for the course to open the course console. ·          To use the quiz, score statistics, and game functions, install Chrome browser (Chrome 45 or higher as a best practice) in the course image. For more information, see the teacher client user manual in the education scenario.

 

Import a VDI course

Perform this task to import a VDI course to Space Console. The imported VDI course image can be edited.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click Import, select the VDI course type, and upload a base file.

4. Configure other settings in the same way a VDI course is created. For more information, see "Parameters."

5. Click Finish.

Use a desktop image to build a course (hybrid office and education scenario)

In the hybrid office and education scenario, the system supports building a VDI course by using a desktop image in the office scenario.

1. From the left navigation pane, select Images.

2. Click the Courses tab.

3. Click Build with Desktop Image.

4. Select a desktop image in the office scenario, and then configure other settings in the same way a VDI course is created. For more information, see "Parameters."

Parameters

• Course Name: Specify the name of the course.

• Host: Specify the host to which the VM where the course will be built belongs.

• Path: Specify the storage path for the VM files. To manage storage paths, navigate to the Data Center > Teaching Storage > Course Storage Pool Settings page.

• User Access: Specify the users that can access the course. Teachers can use the course to start classes. Students can use only the course in self-study scenarios.

• All—The course is open to all users.

• None—The course is not open to any users.

• Selected—The course is open only to selected users. Login to the teacher client or student client is required before the class is started. To select users, click Edit.

• Classroom Access: Specify the classrooms to which the course is available.

• All—The course is available to all classrooms.

• Selected—The course is available only to selected classrooms. To select classrooms, click Edit.

• Exam Course: If you enable this option, the course is intended only for exams. When the class is dismissed at the teacher client, the system does not delete associated virtual desktops at the background. For the next class of the course, students can use the virtual desktops they have accessed last time. The system also saves the associated exam data.

• Private Disk: Specify whether to enable private disk. By default, this parameter is disabled for an exam course. When private disk is enabled for student and teacher users and the course, the users can use a private disk only after they enter the course.

• 4K Resolution: Specify whether to enable 4K resolution. 4K resolution requires endpoint hardware and monitor support. As a best practice, use an endpoint of 106v or above and a 4K monitor. Enabling 4K resolution might consume more server resources.

• Configure: Select a resource flavor. You can select the default flavor or select a self-defined flavor. To edit a self-defined flavor, click Flavor Configuration Settings.

• Network: Select the vSwitch for the course image VM network.

• Desktop Image: Select a desktop image that has been created for the office scenario. Do not select a desktop image whose disks use different bus types. If you do so, course desktops cannot identify the system disk to load the operating system after the created course image is downloaded and then imported to Space Console.

• Course Logo: Specify a logo for the course.

• vGPU: Specify whether to enable vGPU for the course. This parameter is available only when the host where the VM is attached has GPUs.

• Username Prefix: Specify the username prefix for VMs created during classes of the exam course. By default, username prefix is Administrator.

• Digits in Username Suffix: Set the number of digits in the username suffix. For example, if you set this parameter to 2, usernames are suffixed with 01, 02, 03, and so on. By default, no suffix is added to usernames.

• Reset Computer Name: Turn on this option to change the computer names of the teaching desktops to the endpoint names, for example, Stu-1.

• Login Password Customization: Set the password used for SSO on VMs.

• Auto Restart: Turn on this option to automatically restart the teaching desktops. This parameter is available only when the Reset Computer Name option is turned on. As a best practice, turn on this option for an exam course to enable the exam software to adapt to the course desktops with the computer names changed.