Forum Discussion
Should links open in a new window?
New Tab is the best solution. New Window is on second place, same tab is critically.
Rule No1: If users leave the course they have left the course. :-) That sounds highly logically, doesn't it?
But it's the truth. When learners navigate to another page the risk is quite high that they don't use the Back-Button. As long as a tab is opened they can return. When they have to navigate back - they won't return.
"New window" could help the users to stay away from the course quite a long time. The structure of the web helps them to vanish. They see a link, a new button, another page - another tab and nobody thinks about the learning window anymore. :-)
At the end of the day they see that a LMS window is still open. Perhaps they finish the course but the risk is high that they leave the office. Why? When do you close all your windows? When you are going to leave. What data will be submitted to the LMS Learning Instructor?
User xy has visited 16 slides - duration 5 hours
User Xy is really watching each slide very carefully. *smile*
I agree with everyone else that new tab is the best option but I would also like to see some flexibility here for situations in which a new tab might not be the best solution. So give us the option to set which way we want it to work.