[Xerte] Re: FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT installation

[Ron Mitchell]

This is all going to get confusing with some of the subsequent replies
hijacking the subject line for an unrelated topic.

Not sure if Oli has subscribed here yet either but I would comment/add as
follows:

 

1. As David has said in a subsequent reply the sandpit doesn't currently
work with the Zip local option or scrom + metadata export. That will be
fixed in future and is specific to the sandpit but in a way irrelevant at
the moment.

 

2. The normal Zip export and Scorm export work fine on the sandpit and
import back into the sandpit ok too.

 

3. Oli my 1st suggestion would be for you to create a new test LO on your
new installation. Publish and export that. Then try to import that back into
the same installation. Does that work without the same errors? If it doesn't
then you need to resolve the issue with your installation and this is
separate from any issues with the sandpit.

 

4. If step 3. did work send a copy or link of the zip you exported from the
sandpit so we can test and provide further help.

 

HTH

Ron

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
Sent: 19 January 2012 12:11
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
installation

 

Hi all

I picked this up from teacher list but it more properly belongs in here so
any ideas? I'll ask Oli to ensure he's subscribed in here to pick up the
answers.

 

A

 

From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online Toolkits
[mailto:XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Oliver Haslam
Sent: 19 January 2012 12:05
To: XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT installation

 

Hi

 

We finally have our own installation of XOT and I'd like to transfer the LOs
I've made in the sandpit to our own version of XOT. But I'm having a few
problems. Any help would be very gratefully received!

 

I can export from the sandpit as a straightforward "zip export" without any
problems. And I can import the .zip into our own version of XOT okay but
when I try to play the newly imported LO I get an error message saying
"ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t" and it won't play.

 

So I tried to export from the sandpit in different formats to see if that
works. When I try to export as a "Zip (local) export" or as a "SCORM +
metadata export" I am immediately logged out of the sandpit and taken to the
login page:  http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/

 

I can export from the sandpit as a "Scorm export" but when I try to import
the .zip into our own XOT I get a message saying "Upload checkFile transfer
has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently imported." And can go no
further.

 

Perhaps our version of XOT is not installed/configured correctly? But it
seems the sandpit is not happy either...

 

Any suggestions?

 

Oli

 

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