After you have created an author account in AContent and logged in, you will be placed on the home page where you will see a list of available lessons. Above the list click on the Create Lesson tab.
On the Create Lesson screen that opens you have two options for creating a new lesson, either creating one from scratch, or uploading an existing one as a standard content package or common cartridge, then modifying it.
If you are creating a new lesson, then follow the link to the Create Lesson Tool.
This opens a screen for defining some of the basic properties for the lesson, such as its title, description, a copyright notice, and the language of the lesson. You may also choose to hide the lesson from others by selecting the like named checkbox. This is helpful while content is being developed. After completion un-checking the checkbox makes the content available to others.
After saving the initial properties for a lesson, you are placed on the first page of the lesson, which at this point, contains no content. In the instruction box on this first page, choose to either create a content page, or create a content folder, into which content pages can be sorted.
You may import existing content that is formatted as an IMS Content Package, or an IMS Common Cartridge. IMS QTI tests and quizzes can be imported through the Tests & Surveys manager once a has been created. These IMS formats are content interoperability standards that make it possible to move content between systems. A good place to find existing packages and cartridges is through the Open University's OpenLearn Web site. Download some content from OpenLearn, then import it into AContent.
OpenLearn
[After you have found some content on OpenLearn, choose from the Alternative Formats menu block to the left, Download this unit. Then choose either Content Package, or Common Cartridge.]