[Xerte] Re: Upgrading XOT to 1.7 versus a clean install

[Ron Mitchell]

Also it's perfectly possible to upgrade an XOT install without starting with
a clean install and arguably much much easier than Moodle upgrades - but yes
the familiarization with XOT needed is really no different to the
familiarization with Moodle needed. Also in my experience you'd get the
answers to issues and questions with a XOT upgrade far quicker via this
mailing list than you would with similar issues via Moodle forums etc.

 

If you really wanted to start with a clean install you could potentially
move some tables about between the two installs rather than manually export
and import LO's but then if you have that skillset you'd be better moving
the differences between the clean install to the old install to ensue
everything still works as it does now e.g. no change of links etc.

 

HTH

Ron

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 06 February 2012 10:34
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrading XOT to 1.7 versus a clean install

 

You can:

 

Keep the folders from the old install

Make new learning objects in the new install, 

Copy the data.xml and media folders from the old LOs over the top of the new
LOs you just created

Update the URLs in moodle.

 

60 isn't too many, but enough for an hour's work or so. If you've got the
two ftp windows open, it's not so bad. I do this quite a bit when I want to
move stuff from one owner to another.

 

Pat might have some better automagic way.

 

There aren't any database changes planned, so in the future it should be an
'over the top' update.

 

A lot of the issues Dave Goodwin noted were fixed.

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Prior
Sent: 06 February 2012 10:15
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrading XOT to 1.7 versus a clean install

 

Hi all,

A quick update on where we are at with our install at Bath. Our developer
has said (citing http://www.palepurple.co.uk/blog-xerte-online-toolkits)
there is no clear or simple upgrade path from our existing install (I think
v 1.5) to 1.7 and if there is he is currently doesn't have the time to
familiarise himself with what is needed due to other commitments (we are
upgrading to Moodle 2 this summer).

He has, however, agreed to do a clean install of 1.7 from the SVN. My
question is what would we need to do for this to work - we currently have
upwards of 60 Xerte learning objects created using our current install,
which are embedded into various Moodle courses. Presumably we would need to
save these (how?) and then re-upload them into the new 1.7 install and then
update all the URLs in Moodle?

cheers

Julian

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University of Bath
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