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<div><br></div><div><div>removing backslashes - stripslashes()</div><div><br></div><div>Before you use PHP's backslash removal function stripslashes it's smart to add some magic quote checking like our "Are They Enabled?" section above.</div><div>This way you won't accidentally be removing slashes that are legitimate in the future if your PHP's magic quotes setting changes in the future.</div></div><div><br></div><div>magic quotes turned on?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: aott@glam.ac.uk<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:21:49 +0000<br>> Subject: [Xerte] 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Julian Tenney)<br>> <br>> It might be a server issue. I am using the sandpit area, which is hosted with you?<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Sent: 09 February 2012 12:01<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: Xerte Digest, Vol 63, Issue 68<br>> <br>> Send Xerte mailing list submissions to<br>> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> xerte-owner@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Xerte digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Julian Tenney)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:57:50 +0000<br>> From: Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk><br>> To: Xerte discussion list <xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <12C67A1EEC419342AF5E59DA31562C3F0BA187B1F0@EXCHANGE1.ad.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> <br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> I'm not able to replicate this. If I put in \ or \\ or \f or \\t they all come back intact.<br>> <br>> Is this a server thing?<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ott A (AT)<br>> Sent: 08 February 2012 10:58<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?<br>> <br>> The following happens: The LO is in the sandpit. I add the \\ into the formulae and Publish, which is fine and the equation renders fine; I also seem to be able to export it and import it into Blackboard as long as I do not close the LO in the sandpit. If I close the LO, and subsequently select it again and open it via Edit, each time it removes a \ until none is left. The same happens when I log in and out of the sandpit and re-open the LO.<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Sent: 08 February 2012 09:48<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: Xerte Digest, Vol 63, Issue 34<br>> <br>> Send Xerte mailing list submissions to<br>> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> xerte-owner@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Xerte digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)<br>> (Julian Tenney)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:48:06 +0000<br>> From: Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk><br>> To: Xerte discussion list <xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron<br>> Mitchell)<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <12C67A1EEC419342AF5E59DA31562C3F0BA187AB6B@EXCHANGE1.ad.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> <br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> Ahh, maybe it is getting escaped on the way out, but not one way in.<br>> <br>> So you start off with \\t<br>> <br>> Save the file, close the editor<br>> <br>> Open it<br>> <br>> And see \t<br>> <br>> ?<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ott A (AT)<br>> Sent: 07 February 2012 18:57<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)<br>> <br>> Hi<br>> <br>> Just to add another observation: While it worked fine with the \\ initially, I logged out and into the sandpit area and this removes one of the dashes from the LaTex in the LO, leaving only one \ and the formulae do not render anymore. If you do find a way that stops the removal of the dashes, I would be grateful if you could please let me know because it was a useful way of displaying formulae.<br>> <br>> Many thanks, Alex.<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Sent: 07 February 2012 18:34<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: Xerte Digest, Vol 63, Issue 32<br>> <br>> Send Xerte mailing list submissions to<br>> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> xerte-owner@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Xerte digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)<br>> (Ott A (AT))<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:33:46 +0000<br>> From: "Ott A (AT)" <aott@glam.ac.uk><br>> To: "xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" <xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron<br>> Mitchell)<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <77AD695E8DFBD04F9D7FABE65371EAF81E7C50@MailDB1.uni.glam.ac.uk><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> Hi<br>> <br>> Many thanks again; to a few equations I added \\ where there should have been a \, which must have been removed somewhere in the process, and the formulae rendered fine in the sandpit and when I exported and imported the LO into Blackboard. For this particular LO, I used LaTex last year, but it is the only time I have used it: It worked fine last year and a few weeks ago when I added the new swf file. I can only vaguely remember how I put this together according to some guidance on the web http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/ So I did not notice that there where dashes missing from my formulae. For now I will add \\ to the formulae; will this cause a problem at some other stage?<br>> <br>> Many thanks, Alex.<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Sent: 07 February 2012 10:04<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: Xerte Digest, Vol 63, Issue 15<br>> <br>> Send Xerte mailing list submissions to<br>> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> xerte-owner@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Xerte digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)<br>> (Ron Mitchell)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:04:26 -0000<br>> From: "Ron Mitchell" <ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk><br>> To: "'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron<br>> Mitchell)<br>> Message-ID: <003f01cce57f$e19e3170$a4da9450$@co.uk><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> I've tested on two other XOT installs and single backslash within latex on<br>> those works fine. But on the sandpit it removes the single slash but works<br>> with \\ by leaving a single. Not been able to identify exactly which file or<br>> files are different or required for single \ to work. :-(<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney<br>> Sent: 07 February 2012 09:41<br>> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)<br>> <br>> Not sure. They will be strings in Flash, so I'd expect it to strip a single<br>> \, and would normally escape them myself like \\t, but I haven't used the<br>> latex stuff much.<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell<br>> Sent: 06 February 2012 22:11<br>> To: 'Xerte discussion list'<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)<br>> <br>> Hi<br>> I had a quick look at your LO and presumably you're adding the backslash in<br>> front of times and frac etc e.g.<br>> <tex src="=\frac{40\times24\times7}{1000} = 6.72"></tex> ?<br>> <br>> For some reason the sandpit seems to be stripping these out which is why the<br>> latex is only partially working.<br>> <br>> I'm hoping Pat, Julian or someone else might be able to suggest what file(s)<br>> might be stripping the escape characters out so that I can replace them on<br>> the server?<br>> <br>> Cheers<br>> Ron<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ott A (AT)<br>> Sent: 06 February 2012 19:57<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)<br>> <br>> Hi<br>> <br>> Recently I had problems with latex rendering in a Xerte LO in the sandpit<br>> and when imported to Blackboard. Julian and co kindly directed me to a new<br>> file to use instead of the old one, this was the XMLEngine.swf. Once I had<br>> replaced the file this worked fine in Blackboard.<br>> <br>> Unfortunately, I had to amend the calculations in the LO. So I imported the<br>> old LO into the sandpit area and amended the code. The formulae are only<br>> partially rendering in the sandpit, e.g. 'times' instead of 'x'. The<br>> formulae are also not working when I import the new LO with the previously<br>> used XMLEngine.swf in Blackboard.<br>> <br>> Is there a way to work around this?<br>> <br>> Many thanks, Alex.<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of<br>> xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Sent: 20 January 2012 15:10<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: Xerte Digest, Vol 60, Issue 56<br>> <br>> Send Xerte mailing list submissions to<br>> xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> xerte-request@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> xerte-owner@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than<br>> "Re: Contents of Xerte digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. Re: scorm or not? (Pat Lockley)<br>> 2. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:06:37 +0000<br>> From: Pat Lockley <patrick.lockley@googlemail.com><br>> To: Xerte discussion list <xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: scorm or not?<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <CAO2PinPe+bYUsQ5E-=4P7a1SSmTUhdduQMokEw4J97dLe4AfPQ@mail.gmail.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252<br>> <br>> The default SCORM export has no extra metadata in the fields.<br>> <br>> As XOT has support for dc:title and dc:description (see the open content<br>> tab) - you can opt to create a scorm package with this data in too, if you<br>> prefer. Some people may not want to, hence both options.<br>> <br>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Julian Tenney<br>> <Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:<br>> > Leaving the content in toolkits and linking to it is better in some<br>> > ways because you can easily update it. If you export it, and import it<br>> > elsewhere as scorm you can?t.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Blackboard will track your users if you provide a link to the URL of<br>> > the piece in toolkits. No need to export it.<br>> ><br>> > You could then use a native blackboard quiz to validate the learning,<br>> > in a ?view this piece then take this quiz? approach.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > If you do export it as a scorm package, you can import that into<br>> > Blackboard, the only real reason to do that, is as you say, to get a<br>> > quiz<br>> score.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> > [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Oliver<br>> > Haslam<br>> > Sent: 20 January 2012 14:32<br>> > To: Xerte discussion list<br>> > Subject: [Xerte] scorm or not?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Thanks very much Dave, Pat and Julian for your replies. I?m still not<br>> > totally clear about the use of scorm with XOT, however. (NB I?m not<br>> > using the sandpit anymore so anything to do with the sandpit is no<br>> > longer relevant to my question.)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > I want to track students? usage of the LOs in Blackboard AND the<br>> > results of quizzes in Blackboard. So is it right that I need to export<br>> > the LOs as ?Scorm Export? and then upload them into Blackboard to<br>> > achieve<br>> this?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Also, what is meant by the ?richer SCORM metadata? that comes with the<br>> > ?SCORM + metadata export?? What effect would/could that have within<br>> > Blackboard?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Thanks<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Oli<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Oliver Haslam<br>> ><br>> > Course Developer (Technologist)<br>> ><br>> > Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Technology Enhanced Learning<br>> ><br>> > University of the West of England<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________<br>> ><br>> > T: 0117 32 88215<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> > [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave<br>> > Burnett<br>> > Sent: 20 January 2012 13:54<br>> > To: Xerte list<br>> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own<br>> > XOT installation<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > That is correct.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> From: Oliver.Haslam@uwe.ac.uk<br>> >> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:56:31 +0000<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own<br>> >> XOT installation<br>> >><br>> >> My understanding is that if the LOs are Scorm compliant we can upload<br>> >> them into our LMS (Blackboard) which will then be able to track<br>> >> how/if students have used the LOs. And it allows results from quizzes<br>> >> etc. to be interpreted by the LMS.<br>> >><br>> >> Please advise me if I've understood this incorrectly.<br>> >><br>> >> Thanks<br>> >><br>> >> Oli<br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________<br>> >><br>> >> Oliver Haslam<br>> >> Course Developer (Technologist)<br>> >> Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions<br>> >><br>> >> Technology Enhanced Learning<br>> >> University of the West of England<br>> >> _______________________________<br>> >> T: 0117 32 88215<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian<br>> >> Tenney<br>> >> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:36<br>> >> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own<br>> >> XOT installation<br>> >><br>> >> I'm delighted we've got this far but having scorm capability would be<br>> >> even better...<br>> >><br>> >> Why?<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Oliver<br>> >> Haslam<br>> >> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:32<br>> >> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own<br>> >> XOT installation<br>> >><br>> >> Hi<br>> >><br>> >> After some tinkering on the server (not entirely sure what) we can<br>> >> now create and play LOs on our installation of XOT.<br>> >> Importing/exporting of LOs works fine as 'zip export' but doesn't<br>> >> work as<br>> 'scorm export'.<br>> >><br>> >> Trying to import as Scorm gets the following: "Upload checkFile<br>> >> transfer has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently imported."<br>> >><br>> >> I'm delighted we've got this far but having scorm capability would be<br>> >> even better...<br>> >><br>> >> Best<br>> >><br>> >> Oli<br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________<br>> >><br>> >> Oliver Haslam<br>> >> Course Developer (Technologist)<br>> >> Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions<br>> >><br>> >> Technology Enhanced Learning<br>> >> University of the West of England<br>> >> _______________________________<br>> >> T: 0117 32 88215<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron<br>> >> Mitchell<br>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 16:17<br>> >> To: 'Xerte discussion list'<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own<br>> >> XOT installation<br>> >><br>> >> Also no need to apologise it was others who hijacked your subject<br>> >> line ;-)<br>> >><br>> >> With a new installation it's obviously a fundamental step/requirement<br>> >> that creating and viewing an LO works before trying things like<br>> >> exporting and importing. Clearly something isn't right with your<br>> >> install and if you don't have access to the server yourself you may<br>> >> need to get whoever does to subscribe and post to this list. Pat will<br>> >> no doubt make additional suggestions but my list would be...<br>> >><br>> >> Check database.php and make sure the values are correct Check the<br>> >> site_details table in the database especially that the various paths<br>> >> are correct Check the permissions are correct<br>> >><br>> >> Make sure creating/editing/viewing works before even trying exporting<br>> >> and importing Once that works try exporting and importing from the<br>> >> same install before trying to import a sandpit created lo Finally try<br>> >> the sandpit import and post further questions if everything but that<br>> >> works<br>> >><br>> >> HTH<br>> >> Ron<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian<br>> >> Tenney<br>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 15:58<br>> >> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own<br>> >> XOT installation<br>> >><br>> >> I notice parent_t has 8 letters - why is it truncating there? The<br>> >> folder should be parent_templates... does that folder exist on the<br>> server?<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Oliver<br>> >> Haslam<br>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 15:56<br>> >> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT<br>> >> installation<br>> >><br>> >> Hi<br>> >><br>> >> First of all, my apologies for any confusion caused by posting to the<br>> >> wrong list. I'm new in this post, new to XOT, new to how these<br>> >> support lists work and I think I have been mixing up two or more XOT<br>> >> problems into the same email help request. So thanks for all the help<br>> >> so far and for bearing with me!<br>> >><br>> >> Secondly, despite the subject line of this email (which I have kept<br>> >> only for the sake of continuity!) I don't know if there is and export<br>> >> issue at all but there's obviously an issue with our new installation<br>> >> of XOT: I've made a test LO but when I try to play it I get this<br>> >> message: "ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t" and it won't play.<br>> >><br>> >> I don't have access to the server files myself but will pass on any<br>> >> advice received to those that do.<br>> >><br>> >> Many thanks<br>> >><br>> >> Oli<br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________<br>> >><br>> >> Oliver Haslam<br>> >> Course Developer (Technologist)<br>> >> Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions<br>> >><br>> >> Technology Enhanced Learning<br>> >> University of the West of England<br>> >> _______________________________<br>> >> T: 0117 32 88215<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> >> -<br>> >><br>> >> Message: 1<br>> >> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:25:29 -0000<br>> >> From: "Ron Mitchell" <ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk><br>> >> To: "'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our<br>> >> own XOT installation<br>> >> Message-ID: <011001ccd6ad$d212de80$76389b80$@co.uk><br>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> >><br>> >> This is all going to get confusing with some of the subsequent<br>> >> replies hijacking the subject line for an unrelated topic.<br>> >><br>> >> Not sure if Oli has subscribed here yet either but I would<br>> >> comment/add as<br>> >> follows:<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> 1. As David has said in a subsequent reply the sandpit doesn't<br>> >> currently work with the Zip local option or scrom + metadata export.<br>> >> That will be fixed in future and is specific to the sandpit but in a<br>> >> way irrelevant at the moment.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> 2. The normal Zip export and Scorm export work fine on the sandpit<br>> >> and import back into the sandpit ok too.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> 3. Oli my 1st suggestion would be for you to create a new test LO on<br>> >> your new installation. Publish and export that. Then try to import<br>> >> that back into the same installation. Does that work without the same<br>> >> errors? If it doesn't then you need to resolve the issue with your<br>> >> installation and this is separate from any issues with the sandpit.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> 4. If step 3. did work send a copy or link of the zip you exported<br>> >> from the sandpit so we can test and provide further help.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> HTH<br>> >><br>> >> Ron<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair<br>> >> McNaught<br>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 12:11<br>> >> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own<br>> >> XOT installation<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Hi all<br>> >><br>> >> I picked this up from teacher list but it more properly belongs in<br>> >> here so any ideas? I'll ask Oli to ensure he's subscribed in here to<br>> >> pick up the answers.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> A<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online<br>> >> Toolkits [mailto:XERTEFORTEACHERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Oliver<br>> >> Haslam<br>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 12:05<br>> >> To: XERTEFORTEACHERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br>> >> Subject: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT<br>> >> installation<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Hi<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> We finally have our own installation of XOT and I'd like to transfer<br>> >> the LOs I've made in the sandpit to our own version of XOT. But I'm<br>> >> having a few problems. Any help would be very gratefully received!<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> I can export from the sandpit as a straightforward "zip export"<br>> >> without any problems. And I can import the .zip into our own version<br>> >> of XOT okay but when I try to play the newly imported LO I get an<br>> >> error message saying<br>> >> "ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t" and it won't play.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> So I tried to export from the sandpit in different formats to see if<br>> >> that works. When I try to export as a "Zip (local) export" or as a<br>> >> "SCORM + metadata export" I am immediately logged out of the sandpit<br>> >> and taken to the login page: http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> I can export from the sandpit as a "Scorm export" but when I try to<br>> >> import the .zip into our own XOT I get a message saying "Upload<br>> >> checkFile transfer has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently<br>> >> imported." And can go no further.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Perhaps our version of XOT is not installed/configured correctly? 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Email communications with<br>> > the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK<br>> legislation.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 2<br>> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:09:56 -0000<br>> From: "Ron Mitchell" <ronm@mitchellmedia.co.uk><br>> To: "'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk><br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?<br>> Message-ID: <013701ccd785$941aac60$bc500520$@co.uk><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> Hi Alistair<br>> <br>> you should find that both the itq site and the sandpit now both display<br>> latex and also work offline when exported.<br>> <br>> Let me know if you encounter any further problems.<br>> <br>> Cheers<br>> <br>> Ron<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught<br>> Sent: 20 January 2012 11:12<br>> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Server based version still fine but local version now hangs on loading<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell<br>> Sent: 20 January 2012 11:06<br>> To: 'Xerte discussion list'<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Hi Alistair<br>> <br>> ok try exporting again and reporting back re the same questions.<br>> <br>> Cheers<br>> <br>> Ron<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught<br>> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:55<br>> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Hi Ron<br>> <br>> Many thanks for speedy response.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> 1) Now it works fine on the server BUT<br>> <br>> 2) Local version after download doesn't work - doesn't render any latex but<br>> leaves blank spaces.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Is that the export function that needs tweaking or something different?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> A<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell<br>> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:47<br>> To: 'Xerte discussion list'<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Alistair<br>> <br>> I was updating the itq installation as your message came in - try again I<br>> think you'll find it works now?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> However could you try exporting that and viewing locally and answer the<br>> following:<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> 1. Does it still display the latex when viewed locally?<br>> <br>> 2. If it displays is it ok or is it jumbled in any way e.g. spacing between<br>> lines not quite right?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Cheers<br>> <br>> Ron<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> BTW sandpit not yet updated - need to contact David about something.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught<br>> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:33<br>> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Hi all<br>> <br>> I previously creates a learning object at<br>> http://itq.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_59 to show teaching staff how to<br>> create formulae using simple Latex expressions.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> I know there have been issues with the site that was used to host the Latex<br>> rendering script and we now have a new solution but I'm not sure how to<br>> implement the new solution so that my old learning object (above) will<br>> correctly display the formulae now.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> I've probably missed some important comment in a thread I skimmed too<br>> quickly but any pointers as to how to 'redeem' old formulae rich learning<br>> objects will be very welcome.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Thanks<br>> <br>> A<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Alistair McNaught<br>> <br>> Senior Advisor<br>> <br>> JISC TechDis<br>> <br>> C/O The Higher Education Academy Building<br>> <br>> Innovation Way<br>> <br>> York Science Park<br>> <br>> YORK<br>> <br>> YO10 5BR<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> 07870567659<br>> <br>> Skype: alistair_techdis<br>> <br>> <br>> <http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/?utm_source=emailsig&utm_medium=email&utm_camp<br>> aign=sitelaunchmail> http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk<br>> <br>> http://www.scoop.it/t/inclusive-teaching-and-learning<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Interested in pragmatic inclusion- focused staff development?<br>> See JISC TechDis<br>> <http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/pages/detail/floating_pages/ITQ_Access<br>> ible_IT_Practice> ITQ for accessible IT practice information and<br>> <http://itq.jisctechdis.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=5> taster resource.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> This email is confidential and may be privileged. 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