[Xerte] Issues with Online Toolkits /Xerte with quiz

[Chris Jack]

And it hasnt been a problem thats been identified by a user, I just came
across it when I was doing some testing,

We havnt upgraded yet, but will test as soon as it has happened.


On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Julian Tenney <
Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

>  The page needs to reset when a theme is changed because all the element
> need to be redrawn using the new colours. I don’t know up front what
> elements a page has and whether they are part of the display or not. There
> are two options:
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> -          Reset the page and let the parser redraw everything by
> resetting the page;
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> -          Keep track of all current elements and redraw them one by one
> without redrawing the page.
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> The second options is much more difficult, especially when you think about
> handling ‘any’ interactivity, possibly many levels deep, with custom items
> drawn by the developer using the default colours for the current theme.
> Keeping track of that is a nightmare, and would probably involve the
> developer in signalling which interface items needed to be redrawn, and how.
>
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> It is much easier to reset the page. The best thing I can do is to add a
> prompt ‘Changing the theme will reset the page. Do you want to continue…?’
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> In the two years the software’s been out there, this is the first time the
> issue has surfaced, so I don’t think it’s a major problem,
>
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> J
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 25 October 2010 14:48
>
> *To:* 'Xerte discussion list'
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Issues with Online Toolkits /Xerte with quiz
>
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>
> I think changing the colour scheme midway through completing a quiz does
> effectively reset the quiz attempt which is unfortunate and possibly
> something which can be fixed - I'm sure Julian will respond. But I can't
> replicate the other errors you report.
>
>
>
> Try page 32 of the page types example
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560 and/or my quick test here
> http://mitchellmedia.co.uk/moodle/xertetoolkits/play.php?template_id=142
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>
>
> Try replacing
> yourinstall\modules\xerte\parent_templates\Nottingham\models\quiz.rlm with
> the one from the latest download.
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> HTH
>
> Ron
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Patrick Lockley
> *Sent:* 25 October 2010 13:00
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Issues with Online Toolkits /Xerte with quiz
>
>
>
> If you download it and run it locally do you get the same problem?
>
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Chris Jack [
> christopherjack at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, October 25, 2010 12:58 PM
> *To:* Xerte discussion list; Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Issues with Online Toolkits /Xerte with quiz
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> There seems to be a major issue with the template colour schemes option and
> the quiz.
>
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>
> If a student tries to change the colour scheme while in a quiz the quiz
> starts to act funny.
>
>
>
> So far with regards to 'funny'
>
>
>
> We have had,
>
>
>
> *  Quiz moves onto next question but title strap still thinks its the
> previous question (could affect SCORM grades)
>
> *  Quiz actually Disappears
>
> *  Question Straps say undefined
>
> *  Quiz disappears and a restart button appears
>
>
>
> Has anyone came across this/is there a fix , if there is not we might have
> to disable the feature,
>
>
>
> The behaviour acts a little better in the newest evrsion, though still
> appears to 'break' the quiz.
>
>
>
> Many Thanks
>
>
>
> Chris
>
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