Hello,
I'm new to Moodle and really like what I see.
I'm somewhat experienced with RoboDemo (see reference links below) and am quite interested in leveraging my RoboDemo quiz/SCROM capability into Moodle's quiz administration (example I've seen: http://moodle.yeovil.ac.uk/mod/scorm/view.php?id=1381 ...but this looks like XQuestion output and not RoboDemo output).
Does anyone have any specific experience plugging in RoboDemo quiz/SCORM output/learning-objects into Moodle? I have yet to try it...and thought I would ask here first before pioneering.
-Matt
ps: RoboDemo references as promised:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/robodemo/
http://robodemo-forums.helpcommunity.ehelp.com/
Fyi:
I have posted a topic to the RoboDemo LMS forum asking if anyone there has any experience with Moodle:
http://robodemo-forums.helpcommunity.ehelp.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3896
-Matt
I have posted a topic to the RoboDemo LMS forum asking if anyone there has any experience with Moodle:
http://robodemo-forums.helpcommunity.ehelp.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3896
-Matt
In reply to Matt (M)
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Lakshmi Sundar -
hai,
Here is what you have to do to put your SCORM content prepared using RoboDemo:
Based on the assumption that you have already installed moodle and packed your content as a SCORM Zip file in your RoboDemo
For tutorials on how to install moodle and create course please refer documentation.
In short moodle provides courses that consist of topics that include activities which can be your SCORM package or the moodle modules.And only a teacher or admin can edit a course in moodle.
Course { Topics { Activities{SCORM,chat,forum,etc.,}}}
1 Create a user or the default admin user will do
2 Create a new course with any format (social,weekly,topics)
3 finish configuring your course
4 if editing is not possible ( ie., there are no ways to add or remove topics in your course) switch "Turn editing on" button in the front page of the course
5 after editing is turned on, you could add content to the course now .
6 try by clicking the Activities... drop down menu in one of the topics
7 click scorm and enter description and the name you like to appear in the moodle course page
8 For the Course package option , click "choose or upgrade a SCORM package".
From the new page that pops up , click "Upload a file"
9 from the next page, browse to the folder that has your RoboDemo SCORM Zip package you have
10 select it and click "upload this file"
11 your Zip pack will be listed in the next page.Click "choose " from same line where you find your package name
12 a new page with screen setting options will be available.Modify if you need any change
13 press "Save Changes"
14 the course will be listed in the topics list.click on the topic
15 click on the "Enter SCORM course " button to see your package running
Happy moodling!
Sundar
In reply to Lakshmi Sundar
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Francisco Gómez -
I have done what you say but I find this error:
Validation result: | Manifest not found |
But if you look in the zip I have attached you there is a file called: imsmanifest.xml
Do you know what is going wrong?
Thank you ,
In reply to Francisco Gómez
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Lakshmi Sundar -
hai,
The problem is that , the zip contains all the files inside a folder.
Simply prepare the scorm Zip without any folders.
I unzipped the pack you gave, copied all the files inside "robodemo" folder and prepared a new zip without any folders in it. It just works fine
May be you can try this! Its just the pack you gave , but it has no folders in it!
I just know a little about SCORM packs!
So Happy moodling!
regards,
Sundar
In reply to Lakshmi Sundar
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Francisco Gómez -
Thank you! It is wonderful to see how it begins to work. I have tested it in my system;
http://www.cursoshomologados.com/moodle/
But I have some problems with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6:
<!--
Sub robodemo_FSCommand(ByVal command, ByVal args)
call robodemo_DoFSCommand(command, args)
end sub
-->
You can see the attchment to see the graphic with the error.
But it is curious that with Nestcape I do not get those errors.
Do you know How can I solve the problems with Internet Explorer 6?
In reply to Francisco Gómez
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Alison Wright -
Has anyone discovered how to solve this problem/error?
I am getting the same. I am using IE 6 as well.
Alison
In reply to Lakshmi Sundar
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Lorenzo Pedrotti -
Hello all!
I'm trying to run a Scorm package, followed all the instructions above and the Flash player seems to start but it does not load the movie.
Of course it doesn't. It seems a path problem. How do you solve the problem of storing the correct path into the HTML contained in the ZIP package? I found relative paths and they do not work because moodle refers to the main file in the "file=/2/scorm/blablabla/" way.
Any hint? except changing the file by hand of course
since this makes the packages site-dependent.
Thank you.
LP.
Of course it doesn't. It seems a path problem. How do you solve the problem of storing the correct path into the HTML contained in the ZIP package? I found relative paths and they do not work because moodle refers to the main file in the "file=/2/scorm/blablabla/" way.
Any hint? except changing the file by hand of course
Thank you.
LP.
In reply to Lorenzo Pedrotti
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Joyce Smith -
Hi Lorenzo
I am using RoboDemo to produce SCORM packages for Moodle , no probs ??
could you perhaps be more specific with your problem ?
cheers
Joyce
I am using RoboDemo to produce SCORM packages for Moodle , no probs ??
could you perhaps be more specific with your problem ?
cheers
Joyce
In reply to Joyce Smith
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Lorenzo Pedrotti -
Here is the problem in detail.
I produce a small movie with robodemo and export it in a zip package.
The result is a zipped file with 3 files within XML, HTM, SWF.
Then I add a Scorm item to a course, upload the zip file and link it to the course. After that I find that moodle has unpacked the zip in a special folder.
Now when I select the course item I find a link within that is supposed to launch a window with the movie within. This does not happen. I play the movies in a new window so the URL of this window is http://MYSITE/file.php?file=/2/moddata/scorm/SCORMgqUAECx4/prova_web.htm
if I look at the code in "prova_web.htm" I find this relevant part:
*************
PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="prova_web.swf"
EMBED NAME=robodemo SRC="prova_web.swf"
*************
You can see that the paths are relative, so the movie is not loaded. Now, if I manually edit the HTM file so that the relative paths are written this way
param value="http://MYSITE/file.php?file=/2/moddata/scorm/SCORMgqUAECx4/prova_web.swf"
name="movie" embed src="http://MYSITE/file.php?file=/2/moddata/scorm/SCORMgqUAECx4/prova_web.swf" name="robodemo"
The movie works, but it ends and no score is transmitted to moodle, infact the movies continues to be "never seen" by the user. This is a side problem, I can live without this for now.
Thanks for any help.
LP.
The result is a zipped file with 3 files within XML, HTM, SWF.
Then I add a Scorm item to a course, upload the zip file and link it to the course. After that I find that moodle has unpacked the zip in a special folder.
Now when I select the course item I find a link within that is supposed to launch a window with the movie within. This does not happen. I play the movies in a new window so the URL of this window is http://MYSITE/file.php?file=/2/moddata/scorm/SCORMgqUAECx4/prova_web.htm
if I look at the code in "prova_web.htm" I find this relevant part:
*************
PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="prova_web.swf"
EMBED NAME=robodemo SRC="prova_web.swf"
*************
You can see that the paths are relative, so the movie is not loaded. Now, if I manually edit the HTM file so that the relative paths are written this way
param value="http://MYSITE/file.php?file=/2/moddata/scorm/SCORMgqUAECx4/prova_web.swf"
name="movie" embed src="http://MYSITE/file.php?file=/2/moddata/scorm/SCORMgqUAECx4/prova_web.swf" name="robodemo"
The movie works, but it ends and no score is transmitted to moodle, infact the movies continues to be "never seen" by the user. This is a side problem, I can live without this for now.
Thanks for any help.
LP.
In reply to Lorenzo Pedrotti
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Joyce Smith -
Hi Lorenzo, I assume from your post that in RoboDemo you are going to movie, e-learning , then filling out the two screens that create the ismanifest .xml file
because you said you have the 3 files in the zip .
not quite sure what you mean by Then I add a Scorm item to a course, upload the zip file and link it to the course. After that I find that moodle has unpacked the zip in a special folder.
Now when I select the course item I find a link within that is supposed to launch a window with the movie within. This does not happen. I play the movies in a new window so the URL of this window is http://MYSITE/file.php?file=/2/moddata/scorm/SCORMgqUAECx4/prova_web.htm
http://mysite.com/courses/mod/scorm/view.php?id=298 this is what I see in my site when ' running a scorm .
Are you using the activity to add SCORM , then just uploading the zip file and 'choosing it' (doesn't need to be 'unzipped ' I find it doesn't work if you choose to open in a new window either
hope this helps
Joyce
ps try downloading some of the packages from the Exchange to try also
because you said you have the 3 files in the zip .
not quite sure what you mean by Then I add a Scorm item to a course, upload the zip file and link it to the course. After that I find that moodle has unpacked the zip in a special folder.
Now when I select the course item I find a link within that is supposed to launch a window with the movie within. This does not happen. I play the movies in a new window so the URL of this window is http://MYSITE/file.php?file=/2/moddata/scorm/SCORMgqUAECx4/prova_web.htm
http://mysite.com/courses/mod/scorm/view.php?id=298 this is what I see in my site when ' running a scorm .
Are you using the activity to add SCORM , then just uploading the zip file and 'choosing it' (doesn't need to be 'unzipped ' I find it doesn't work if you choose to open in a new window either
hope this helps
Joyce
ps try downloading some of the packages from the Exchange to try also
In reply to Joyce Smith
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Jonny McCullagh -
I just read this morning that Macromedia have a new product to replace RoboDemo - they are calling it Captivate. I downloaded the trial and I am captivated. It is excellent and includes options for publishing to SCORM. It creates the manifest etc however I cannot try it out with the SCORM module as I have moodle running on Windows/IIS and not the preferred Linux/Apache.
I have however just uploaded the resulting SWF file and I like it a lot.
In addition to creating software simulations Captivate also allows for Simulation Assessment and Quiz pages and includes accessibility support.
I have however just uploaded the resulting SWF file and I like it a lot.
In addition to creating software simulations Captivate also allows for Simulation Assessment and Quiz pages and includes accessibility support.
In reply to Jonny McCullagh
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Matt (M) -
For what it's worth, I understand Captivate to be the next revision of Robodemo (the last one was rev 5...which I have used for a while), and Macromedia simply did the marketing-brand rename thing on it...but do not consider me the definitive source.
Alas, I have it yet to check this out fully. I'm going to be quite disappointed if the service/upgrade contract I bought with RD5 does not allow me to upgrade to Captivate.
See the Captivate forums here:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/index.cfm?forumid=67
Visit the "old" flavor RoboDemo forums (which are now frozen) here:
http://robodemo-forums.helpcommunity.ehelp.com/phpbb2/index.php
-Matt
ps: oh yeah, if Captivate does not edit/manage/read my RD5-created files, I'm going to have a few words with my Macromedia sales rep. Anybody have experience with this? (I'm aksing in the wrong area...I should be hopping on the Captivate forums...maybe I'll do that later...)
Alas, I have it yet to check this out fully. I'm going to be quite disappointed if the service/upgrade contract I bought with RD5 does not allow me to upgrade to Captivate.
See the Captivate forums here:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/index.cfm?forumid=67
Visit the "old" flavor RoboDemo forums (which are now frozen) here:
http://robodemo-forums.helpcommunity.ehelp.com/phpbb2/index.php
-Matt
ps: oh yeah, if Captivate does not edit/manage/read my RD5-created files, I'm going to have a few words with my Macromedia sales rep. Anybody have experience with this? (I'm aksing in the wrong area...I should be hopping on the Captivate forums...maybe I'll do that later...)
In reply to Lorenzo Pedrotti
Re: Any RoboDemo-based SCORM experience/examples out there?
by Timothy Takemoto -
I purchased PowerConverter, converted my powerpoint slides to swf, uploaded the file to the course files, and tried linking as a file, or using the url from within a html page, but the swf does not load.
Is this perhaps something to do with cross server security settings or some such?
Tim
Is this perhaps something to do with cross server security settings or some such?
Tim