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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Re versioning<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>We have a preview and a data.xml &#8211; data being the public
version accessed over play, preview being what is edited and previewed until
you choose to go live.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>The question would be, how far back would you like to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I could see an option on properties called &#8211; Backup &#8211;
that would take a copy of that version at that point / allow you to restore
later on? Again, that strikes me as easy to do open source fans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Something like  &lt;?PHP $buffer = file_get_contents(&#8220;preview.xml&#8221;);
$fp = fopen(time() . &#8220;.xml&#8221;, &#8216;w&#8217;); fwrite($fp,$buffer);
fclose($fp); ?&gt; makes a timed back up <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>And for the way back<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>&lt;?PHP unlink(&#8220;preview.xml&#8221;); rename(&#8220;preview.xml&#8221;,$_POST[&#8216;chosen
file&#8217;]); ?&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>No doubt you&#8217;ll want some deleted_preview page so you can see
the versions as well, but that&#8217;d be easy enough<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Re repository<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'>As for this, have a look at another of our hidden tracks in the
root folder &#8211; syndication.php, and then have a look at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/xpert_project.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy
Hopkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2009 16:01<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Define
versioning?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'>Being able to save version 1.0,
1.1, 1.2 and control which one the link displays / publishes. Say you had an
Xerte page being referenced from 20 sources, i.e. it was live, you may not want
to work &#8220;on the fly&#8221; with it. You may also wish to roll it back to
an older version for some reason. I am sure this is a pain to do, but it would
be nice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>What
does repository mean in this instance?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Well &#8230; it would be nice,
from within Moodle to be able to search for tagged content in Xerte and add
links to it. So, in this instance it would really just be a means to query
Xerte tags and get links back out. Taking that a bit further, it could allow
the import of Xerte scorm packages. Though, from what I have seen there is no
benefit in pulling content out of Xerte and duplicating it in Moodle, it is
better to link to Xerte.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Jeremy<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:54.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:54.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy Hopkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2009 15:28<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Hello Patrick,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>No one has really seen it yet, but
I think when staff do see it they will like it. There are a number of benefits
to using it:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>It is a lot easier to work with
than Moodle, for both staff and students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>I have been informed that
&#8220;drag and drop quizzes&#8221; have regularly been requested in Moodle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>With Moodle, there is a tendency
for staff to upload PowerPoint presentations rather than use the Moodle
components. I think that situation will improve with Xerte.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>There is a lot of duplication
across our (seven) Moodle instances. Xerte would help reduce that with common
pieces of content being more easily shared / maintained. If a versioning system
were added that would be even better. If it could be hooked into Moodle as a
repository (Moodle 2 makes a number of applications available as repositories)
that would be even better!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Jeremy<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick
Lockley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2009 15:11<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Authentication</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Well the moodle zip should cover
this? I think.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Is it looking like BCU will be
using it a lot then? Have you had interest?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy
Hopkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2009 15:09<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Hello Patrick,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>We have LDAP and its working fine,
but have visiting lecturers etc. who quite frequently request access to our
Moodle system without an LDAP id. For those we upload users from CSV. I expect
we will have similar requests for Xerte access.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Regards, Jeremy <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick
Lockley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2009 14:49<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Authentication</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>I think most will have some sort
of LDAP somewhere, or something else they can authenticate off?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Have you tried using the new
single sign on stuff with the VLE you demoed at EELS?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Happy to offer pointers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Beckwith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2009 14:44<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Xerte] Authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Hi Jeremy,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>We have
had the same problem, I had a go with it once (ages ago) and ended up giving up
due to time constraints (that&#8217;s my excuse!!)&#8230; I think most people
who install toolkits will have this issue. I think from memory Pat told me to
edit login_library.php as my ideal outcome is to use a mysql db to
authenticate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy
Hopkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2009 14:15<br>
<b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Authentication</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are there any alternatives to LDAP
authentication?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Is it possible to have for example email
registration, or just create a database of user accounts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If this feature does not yet exsit, where
which files would I need to edit to create it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For example, if I wanted to write a new auth
method, where would I change the function / method call?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks Jeremy<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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