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

[Oliver Haslam]

Hi

First of all, my apologies for any confusion caused by posting to the wrong list. I'm new in this post, new to XOT, new to how these support lists work and I think I have been mixing up two or more XOT problems into the same email help request. So thanks for all the help so far and for bearing with me! 

Secondly, despite the subject line of this email (which I have kept only for the sake of continuity!) I don't know if there is and export issue at all but there's obviously an issue with our new installation of XOT: I've made a test LO but when I try to play it I get this message: "ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t" and it won't play.

I don't have access to the server files myself but will pass on any advice received to those that do.

Many thanks

Oli

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Oliver Haslam
Course Developer (Technologist)
Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions

Technology Enhanced Learning
University of the West of England
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:25:29 -0000
From: "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
To: "'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
Subject: [Xerte] Re: FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our
	own	XOT	installation
Message-ID: <011001ccd6ad$d212de80$76389b80$@co.uk>
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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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Oliver Haslam

Course Developer (Technologist)

Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions

 

Technology Enhanced Learning

University of the West of England

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T: 0117 32 88215