Academa represents digital learning for public administration. Academa consists of a founding team that combines many years of experience in public administration with expertise in digital learning. The goal is to make further education and training within public administration more accessible—structured, compact, and flexible. The combination of expertise and renowned experts supports successful learning.
Requirements
To use the External Content Provider integration, the following requirements must be met:
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An active imc Learning Suite instance with an existing Academa connector license
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An active Academa account
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Admin access to Academa
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Admin access to imc Learning Suite
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imc Learning Suite is on the new architecture to support the new Content Importer Service.
If this solution may be configured for customers.
Limitations
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Academa currently does not provide status exchange via xAPI
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To make progress visible in the imc Learning Suite, learners need to be able to mark the course as done by themselves.
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Academa offers content only in German, so the import interface has no language search option.
Create a New External Service Provider
To import third-party content in imc Learning Suite, all prerequisites must be fulfilled to configure the systems and use the “third-party content provider” integration. To connect Academa with imc Learning Suite, a new external service provider must be established.
Description Tab
The process begins by accessing the "External content providers" section, followed by creating a new entry by selecting “Academa”. All mandatory settings and API keys must be completed to guarantee the system's proper functioning.
.json File URL
For Academa, the import of course metadata is not done via REST API or GraphQL (e.g., for Udemy). This way, the option is provided to limit the courses available by the third-party content provider, e.g., based on licenses - in this case, Academa. Therefore, the JSON file URL is to be added in the dedicated field in “External service providers”.
Proxy
The Academa Connector considers the proxy configuration set in the LMS. If a proxy is configured, the connector will route requests through it, ensuring proper connectivity.