scorm package update time

scorm package update time

by Tyler Musser -
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I have 8 scorm  1.2 packages that are approximately 100MB that I am importing into a moodle 2.6 LAMP installation.  Whenever I am updating the scorm file for each course the update process is taking 7 minutes for each course scorm update. I have the files stored locally on the server in a respository and I have even tried configuring the scorm package to create a shortcut to the exisiting package on the server instead of copying it. The update time appears to be consistently slow. Is there something I can look at that would speed this process up or is it possible that it is a configuration in the scorm package itself that takes a really long time to configure and setup?

Tyler

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Re: scorm package update time

by Andre Paz Leal -

Tyler I have use the following workflow:

• Create the repository as you;

• Place the scorm package not zipped inside that folder;

• Load the manifest as an alias from there;

Every time I need to update the content I just change drag and drop the files thru ftp and that´s it, my content is always updated without any headache.

I´ve start doing that because importing the package as a ZIP or create an alias of the ZIP package it was too taking a long long time.

Make me as useful, glad I could help you.

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Re: scorm package update time

by Tyler Musser -

What permissions should I give the files after extracting them? Extracting them makes for a lot more files but if it speed up the course updates and management it sounds like it would be a really good work around.

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Re: scorm package update time

by Dan Marsden -
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I have heard that there are some performance issues when updating scorm packages - I have a feeling it might occur when there is a large amount of tracking data for previous submissions - I haven't had a chance to track the issue down and we don't have a tracker issue open for it at the moment.

If you could create a tracker issue and some test data that results in a long update that would be helpful.

thanks,

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Re: scorm package update time

by Ron Meske -
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Dan, Not sure if this might be related, but we found that with new SCORM course creations that it does take more time than expected, up to 2 minutes for a new course.  For us, it caused a timeout on a server that was configured with php_fpm, resulting in a white screen or a server too busy message.  However, the process was still running in the background and would complete. 

After uninstalling php_fpm on the server the timeout went away and SCORM courses would complete the install without a white screen or error message.  In place of php_fpm we have installed APC and have not seen the same problem, so attributed it to a compatibility problem between Moodle and php_fpm.  Thought I would share in case it helps.

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Re: scorm package update time

by Tyler Musser -

Hi Dan,

I would be happy to assist in any way possible. My only concern is that the scorm package I am using is from a third party so I just need to be careful with the content. Also, the server I am updating these packages on have had very little previous submission information. I am updating the scorm package on a server that has not been moved into production  yet.

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