[Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in XOT

[Pat Lockley]

Session with a dirty flag so as to revert

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> We have 2 sort-of-separate issues going here:
>
> - Having pages retain input during session
> - Having the ability to Save/Print input
>
> The mechanics are thus:
>
> To instantiate a page, the engine reads a block of XML and uses those
> instructions to create the page components the user sees.
> When you "turn the page", those components are deleted, and the next page
> worth of components are created.
> 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.
> All of that information disappears when the LO is restarted/reloaded
>
> Saving content beyond the session requires other mechanisms:
>
> - LO is housed within a compliant LMS/VLE. Data can be sent/retrieved via
> SCORM calls.
> - LO can call .asp/php/whatever middleware to write/retrieve data from
> server text file or database.
>
> So first we need a consensus on what is most desired.
> Session persistent or long-term persistent?
>
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 04:46:09 -0800
> From: briananthonyfinch at yahoo.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in XOT
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> ________________________________
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>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:31 PM
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in XOT
>
> There’s a ‘model answer’ in the new tempales..?
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
> Sent: 08 February 2012 12:22
> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in XOT
>
> If enough people request it Julian might just be persuaded to include my two
> compare answer page types! ;-)
>
> http://mitchellmedia.co.uk/moodle/xertetoolkits/play_4
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> Sent: 08 February 2012 11:02
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Query about model answer pagetype in XOT
>
> 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.
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Davidson, Andrew
> Sent: 08 February 2012 10:56
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Query about model answer pagetype in XOT
>
> Hi
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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