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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>if you were going to work on a merge script I wonder if a related addition would be possible too? e.g. at the moment selecting workspace and then import always creates a new LO which then obviously has a new ID but what people often ask is about importing and replacing/updating an existing LO and keeping the same ID so that existing links and embeds aren't broken. So I wonder if a tick box or use of the same LO name could control updating/replacing rather than creating new but obviously retaining the option to create new instead like a prompt or something.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><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> 15 February 2011 11:57<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: merging LOs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>A merge script wouldn’t be that much to be honest </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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>Adam Read<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 February 2011 11:55<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: merging LOs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'>Not really, once I get past echo (); and get/post I’m sort of lost!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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>Patrick Lockley<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 February 2011 11:38<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: merging LOs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>It was all going so well till the last sentence </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Adam do you know much PHP? Fancy dabbling?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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>Alistair McNaught<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 February 2011 10:57<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list; A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: merging LOs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>If Xerte is being used alongside another system (eg Moodle, web pages, Intranet etc) I would tend to argue that having smaller disconnected units hyperlinked together from a central page is better, giving more opportunity for differentiation, alternative sequencing and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>… but then part of my argument would be because I didn't know how to join them together anyway </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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>Adam Read<br><b>Sent:</b> 11 February 2011 13:49<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list (xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk)<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] merging LOs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'>I’ve had an email from a group of staff/students that are building a number of LOs using toolkits. They asked me how easy (and what the process is) to join the content of the LOs together (e.g. amalgamating say 2 learning objects into 1).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'>Is there a quick way to do this or is it a case of copying content across manually?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='color:#244061'>Any wisdom well received, Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p><pre style='margin-left:72.0pt'>University College Plymouth St Mark & St John, Derriford Road, Plymouth, PL6 8BH <o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:72.0pt'> Phone: 01752 636700 Web: <a href="http://www.ucpmarjon.ac.uk">www.ucpmarjon.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:72.0pt'> Principal: Professor Margaret Noble A Church of England College Founded in 1840<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:72.0pt'>University College Plymouth St Mark & St John is a registered charity the trustee <o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:72.0pt'> of which is a company limited by guarantee registered in England No. 986239 <o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:72.0pt'>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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