Ray,
Great module. I am excited about using the vocabulary words that my students have created in the glossary with the lesson module. I was under the impression I could create a flash card lesson and then import these terms from the glossary.
Lesson Moduel Config:
Max number of answers 2
Max attempts 4
Action Show an unanswered page
Number of Cards 0
Students retake Yes
Now on the next screen at the bottom there is button to import the questions. What format is the glossary in when I create an exported file and how do I get it into a format that the lesson module will understand.
I get an error that says no question in the file.
Thanks for your tips.
John
Not sure I see the connection here. Flash cards have questions. Where are the questions coming from? I can see that the Glossary could provide content. Would the teacher then go in and add the questions? That would work.
However, the import/export rountines need a lot of work and probably a top-level "Moodle-view". Currently the Lesson imports questions in the supported external formats - GIFT, Atkin... I don't think that list includes XML, but I may be wrong. The Glossary module exports the items in XML format which it understands and it can then import the stuff back in. The XML wraps the content in a nice way which could be understandable by the Lesson module.
However (again
) I'm a bit reluctant to get into XML at this time. Release 5 of PHP has built-in XML support which is a lot smoother than the current XML routines. That release is (nearly?) at the production stage. I think that would enable us to provide a lot more XML exchange between modules, etc...
John, a interesting post, it's good when someone comes up with connections that I never thought of. Thanks.
However, the import/export rountines need a lot of work and probably a top-level "Moodle-view". Currently the Lesson imports questions in the supported external formats - GIFT, Atkin... I don't think that list includes XML, but I may be wrong. The Glossary module exports the items in XML format which it understands and it can then import the stuff back in. The XML wraps the content in a nice way which could be understandable by the Lesson module.
However (again
) I'm a bit reluctant to get into XML at this time. Release 5 of PHP has built-in XML support which is a lot smoother than the current XML routines. That release is (nearly?) at the production stage. I think that would enable us to provide a lot more XML exchange between modules, etc...John, a interesting post, it's good when someone comes up with connections that I never thought of. Thanks.
Ray,
Thanks for the compliment. I actually got the idea from Tim here. So to get this to work I need to do some string manipulation on the glossary xml file. My goal is to convert all the glossary terms into lesson questions and the definitions into lesson answers. I would think there must be a way to convert the xml into the GIFT format. I will have to ask my unix shell friends, if there is an easy way to create a script to do this.
However, am I correct in assuming that once I get the vocabulary in GIFT format, the lesson module should work as flash cards.
Are there any online examples of lesson flash cards that I could view?
Thanks.
Thanks for the compliment. I actually got the idea from Tim here. So to get this to work I need to do some string manipulation on the glossary xml file. My goal is to convert all the glossary terms into lesson questions and the definitions into lesson answers. I would think there must be a way to convert the xml into the GIFT format. I will have to ask my unix shell friends, if there is an easy way to create a script to do this.
However, am I correct in assuming that once I get the vocabulary in GIFT format, the lesson module should work as flash cards.
Are there any online examples of lesson flash cards that I could view?
Thanks.
Hi John McGarvey,
Please let us know if you work out how to get the Glossary into GIFT format or directly into Lesson format (if that exists?)
Tim