It would be great to create a learning object repository in Moodle. That way people could search for and share SCOs with others who had entered them in the system, or simply reuse ones that had already imported for another course or module.
Do you think that this new functionality could be added easily in Moodle?
Could I use mySQL to build a SCORM repository?
Would it be a possible approach?
Sharing UOLs ina community thisway is nice. Brings me on another thought:
Students follow courses and have to go back to that old course to find the reource again: is it not possible to offer students another way of presentation of resources: topic oriented, organsied by domain. (With access rights depending of..)
Are you getting any closer?
See reply below dated Monday, April 6, 2009, 09:30 AM.
Integrating Plan B (below) within Moodle 2.0 might become feasible if the DOOR development team got behind it too.
When server space is not an issue Door repositories w. placement within Moodle Data folders offers better security than a Moodle IMS repository.
Server space is an issue for many content developers.
Good luck with creating a better, secure LO repository for Moodle 2.0.
Keep us advised.
BobBl
A repository that only supports one limited standard for individual exercises is not the best choice.
I would prefer a repository for IMS/CP and a Moodle plugin that:
(A) Instructions for adding an IMS content repository to Moodle are available from Moodle docs:
http://docs.moodle.org/en/IMS_content_package
This works. The required new folder must be situated in the Root Apache server folder. As such it is not secure. If protecting your intellectual property is an issue, that's not the best option.
(B) If storage space on your webserver is not an issue (unlimited storage space), then it is also possible to deploy IMS or SCORM content within individual Moodle courses by manually uploading IMS or SCORM learning objects into a lesson.
IMS or SCORM content deployed in this way is more secure because it resides in the Moodle Data folder, i.e. outside the server root.
This solution is more secure, A possible negative is content placed within lessons this way is rduplicated with each additional copy of the lesson. This wastes storage space on servers by duplicating the IMS or SCORM content. (IMS and SCORM files can be big.)
If you decide for B above, I recommend exploring use of a DOOR Content Repository. You can find it in the database of Moodle Mods. The latest version is available on Sourceforge.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/door/
The new version of DOOR (1.8.x) supports exporting Moodle content and importing both IMS & SCORM LO's directly into Moodle lessons.
Installing DOOR can be tricky.
http://door.sourceforge.net/README_MOODLE.TXT
Don't hesitate to contact Mauro Nidola, who is one of DOOR's primary developers. He's a great guy and resonds to requests for assistance. (Posted earlier on this thread.)
Bob Blomeyer (BobBl)
Hello Robert, I am seeking to develop a learning object repository based on DOOR as my graduate project. Do you have any recommendations for web host?
