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<div><br></div><div>We have 2 sort-of-separate issues going here:</div><div><br></div><div>- Having pages retain input during session</div><div>- Having the ability to Save/Print input </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The mechanics are thus:</span></div><div><br></div><div>To instantiate a page, the engine reads a block of XML and uses those instructions to create the page components the user sees.</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">When you "turn the page", those components are deleted, and the next page worth of components are created.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">To retain page information **just during a session**, we would need to write the information we want to retain into the underlying XML block for that page.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">All of that information disappears when the LO is restarted/reloaded</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Saving content beyond the session requires other mechanisms:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span></div><div>- LO is housed within a compliant LMS/VLE. Data can be sent/retrieved via SCORM calls.</div><div>- LO can call .asp/php/whatever middleware to write/retrieve data from server text file or database.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">So first we need a consensus on what is most desired.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Session persistent or long-term persistent?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 04:46:09 -0800<br>From: briananthonyfinch@yahoo.com<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Subject: [Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in XOT<br><br><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>This is essentially the same query I raised a couple of weeks ago about being able to save your work and go back to it. Someone on another site suggested that it could be done through Moodle but since nobody has proposed that here does that mean it won't work? I have not yet pursued the idea and don't know much about Moodle.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I don't know how hard the programing is but it would be immensely powerful for a learner to be able to check a model answer against their own and to look back at what they have done as they progress.<br></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-weight:bold"></span><hr style="width:100%;height:2px"><span style="font-weight:bold">Brian Finch 52 Middleway,
London NW11 6SG tel: 44 02(0) 8455 6036 mob: 07773 407383<br><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><br><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Xerte discussion list <xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:31 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in
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</style><div><div class="ecxyiv60412673WordSection1"><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D">There’s a ‘model answer’ in the new tempales..?</span></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Mitchell<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 February 2012 12:22<br><b>To:</b> 'Xerte discussion list'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in
XOT</span></div></div></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"> </div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If enough people request it Julian might just be persuaded to include my two compare answer page types! ;-) </span></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D">http://mitchellmedia.co.uk/moodle/xertetoolkits/play_4</span></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><a rel="nofollow" name="_MailEndCompose" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julian Tenney<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 February 2012 11:02<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in XOT</span></div></div></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"> </div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We can’t create / save a file in Word – the user can cut and paste at the minute. Potentially could do a nicer job of building up the
text to cut / paste, or send it to server for some processing / turn it into a doc of some sort on the server.</span></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Davidson, Andrew<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 February 2012 10:56<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Query about model answer pagetype in XOT</span></div></div></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"> </div><div style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Hi<br><br>With the Model Answer pagetype (type in some text in a box) would it be possible to have a function which allows the user to save the text created to a word file and also allows the editor of the page to choose whether the page should be cleared or not when the user moves forward or back through the xerte course pages?<br><br>Thanks in advance,<br><br>Andy<br><br><br><br>Centre for Applied Linguistics<br>Room 0.39 (Social Sciences building)</span></div><div class="ecxyiv60412673MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"> </div><div style="margin-left:36.0pt">This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. </div><div style="margin-left:36.0pt">This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. </div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Xerte mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">Xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br><a href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte" target="_blank">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte</a><br><br>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham.<br><br>This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment<br>may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system:<br>you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with
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