Hi there. Could someone tell me how this is supposed to work please? I ticked the Enable external package type in the admin settings (on a 2.1) I uploaded via ftp a zipped SCORM pack - it is publicly accessible. I typed in the URL like http://www.MYSITE.com/testscorm.zip/imsmanifest.xml. (I confess I guessed the last bit so that might be the problem) The SCORM just comes up as empty. When I upload this SCORM pack in the normal way through Moodle it does work fine so I know it is not a SCORM issue -it is me, not knowing how to operate the external URL feature. So I'd appreciate some help!
I think you just need to point to the zip and moodle takes it from there. You would only point to the manifest if you had unzipped it yourself "manually".
the "Downloaded Package" option lets you set the url for the zip - the "External SCORM manifest" option allows you to select the imsmanifest.xml from an extracted SCORM - this option(external manifest) will only work reliably if the URL uses the same base URL as your Moodle install - eg:
and
wwww.yourmoodlesite.com/scorm1/imsmanifest.xml
if your extracted SCORM is on a different url then the default Browser Security settings will cause Cross-domain Javascript communication to fail - Javascript communication in SCORM is required if you want it to return a grade or any other information from the users interaction with the SCORM package.
But - if you use the Zip - (downloaded package) it doesn't matter what url is used as Moodle will download a copy of the zip and extract it internally for use.
hope that helps/makes sense!
Ah thanks! It makes perfect sense -except- I got an error message as below - but the URL is correct - I know - because if you click on it you are prompted to download the zip file from the site
Unknown exception related to local files (Can not fetch file form URL)
I will go and try on another Moodle