[Xerte] Re: Xerte Project Questions

Fri Jan 18 14:44:55 GMT 2013

The tracking issue is about enabling a robust audit of the learning
process as many of the courses in question are mandated by regulatory
authorities and need to be verified for compliance by quality managers. I
don't doubt that the trainers will have no interest in this level of
tracking until they get the phone call from a customer quality department.

I will take the advice to experiment with XOT 1.9. Many thanks.

> I would take XOT 1.9
>
> Set it to HTML5 by default
>
> Look in the models for the JS and add event trackers to each one
>
> then tie those event trackers to the SCORM tracking you want to do
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Julian Tenney <
> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> I'm not saying it's the case in this case, but in the past I was asked
>> for
>> tracking systems a lot, so I built them. Then I found that no one ever
>> bothered with the reports, so I stopped building them, and no one seemed
>> to
>> notice - your experience may vary.
>>
>> Yes, that would work, having users select what to track: quite a bit of
>> work though. I don't know if it stacks up against the relatively small
>> number of people who want fine-grained tracking who can relatively
>> easily
>> add the tracking to their own requirements easily enough by customising
>> the
>> code - appreciate the issues with updates etc though. It might well be a
>> lot easier with the html5 delivery stuff.
>>
>> This is a classic open source 'scratch your own itch' problem I think.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of avitor training
>> Sent: 18 January 2013 13:30
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Project Questions
>>
>> Whilst no claiming to be well informed over the diversity of SCORM/LMS
>> implementations, I would presume that a dialogue screen when creating an
>> object for SCORM export from Xerte would, idiosyncrasies of the target
>> LMS
>> aside, be able to cover that by allowing users to select what is
>> tracked.
>>
>> Portability of learning objects is after all what SCORM is supposed to
>> be
>> about.
>>
>> We are trying to design for ultimate AICC ( aicc.org ) compliance, and
>> are using SCORM as one of the cornerstones of this process.
>>
>> > So you see our problem: you want to track that stuff, but someone else
>> > will want to track a different cocktail of things, so how do we
>> > provide for both in a generic sense?
>> >
>> > It would be fairly trivial to customise your install to do what you
>> > want though.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of avitor
>> > training
>> > Sent: 18 January 2013 12:33
>> > To: Xerte discussion list
>> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Project Questions
>> >
>> > Thanks for the feedback.
>> >
>> > "what is it you need to achieve that you can't currently do?"
>> >
>> > For a clean sheet implementation, I need to produce an e-learning
>> > system within a few weeks where for quality assurance purposes,
>> > student activities such as page or media viewing, as well as test
>> > results, are recorded for audit purposes.
>> >
>> > The LMS will probably be Moodle and Xerte is one of several available
>> > authoring tools which can potentially assist experienced trainers
>> > transitioning from a seminar and powerpoint/handout based learning
>> method.
>> >
>> > I'd rather not reinvent the wheel, but if I have to write interim or
>> > permanent bespoke code for this I will, naturally it would be
>> > preferable to integrate and support an authoring tool which is headed
>> > in the right direction within a defined timeframe. That probably means
>> > that if this functionality isn't starting to appear in Xerte within
>> > about six months, it won't be a beneficial tool for this application.
>> >
>> > Julian
>> >
>> >>> Are there plans for implimenting SCORM support in Xerte beyond
>> >>> version 1.2, and if so is there a timetable?
>> >>
>> >> Let me turn the question around: what is it you need to achieve that
>> >> you can't currently do?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of avitor
>> >> training
>> >> Sent: 16 January 2013 18:39
>> >> To: Xerte discussion list
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Project Questions
>> >>
>> >> Thanks to Tom and Pat for that, I'll make another installation
>> >> following those guidelines.
>> >>
>> >> Regarding SCORM, I did not mean to be unhelpful; incorporating by
>> >> reference means the target, in  this case Moodle can be consulted for
>> >> the latest support. The current version of SCORM is 2004 and this is
>> >> supported in Moodle via a plugin. Version 1.2 is supported natively
>> >> as I understand is the case with Xerte. Of course, the successor to
>> >> the SCORM 2004 spec.
>> >> is already at version 0.95 so a 1.0 release may appear soon.
>> >>
>> >> Are there plans for implimenting SCORM support in Xerte beyond
>> >> version 1.2, and if so is there a timetable?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Julian
>> >>
>> >>> Regarding the security:
>> >>>
>> >>> Even though the manual sys you have to do this, this is not
>> necessary.
>> >>> You only need to open up the write permissions for the ' web browser
>> >>> user'. i.e. the owner of the web browser process needs to be able to
>> >>> write in those folders.
>> >>>
>> >>> For Linux and apache this means that the files should be owned by
>> >>> the user that runs the apache process. Hope this helps.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regarding SCORM: 'Keeping up with Moodle'  regrettably is not very
>> >>> help full for me, as Moodle and Xerte are two completely different
>> >>> packages.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Tom
>> >>>
>> >>> Op 16-1-2013 13:11, avitor training schreef:
>> >>>> Thanks for the quick reply. Re SCORM, in general, keeping up with
>> >>>> Moodle at least, though of course SCORM/AICC is evolving (TIN CAN
>> >>>> /CMI-5).
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The biggest problem currently is the publicly writable directories
>> >>>> (chmod 0777, toolkits installation guide p19,) which is a security
>> >>>> issue and quite correctly forbidden by some hosting services (we
>> >>>> are talking about a potential internet not an intranet application
>> here).
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Can the location of these be changed (perhaps within a config
>> >>>> file,) to a server location that has no URL, so for example from:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> opt/domainname/web/html[site root]/xerte/USER-FILES
>> >>>>
>> >>>> to
>> >>>>
>> >>>> opt/domainname/web/private/USER-FILES
>> >>>>
>> >>>> to enable test and integration of the online toolkit without the
>> >>>> security issues?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Also, as this online toolkit installation hasn't been completed for
>> >>>> the above reasons, does it render the same as the techdis version
>> >>>> does on some high aspect ratio laptop screens, i.e. with the 'play'
>> >>>> icon and other page foot features of the new project dialogue out
>> >>>> of view in a window with no scroll bar?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Many thanks for any suggestions in advance.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Yes, still very actively being developed.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Out new website has some broken links, but don't let that worry
>> >>>>> you (I thought I'd found and fixed them all?)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Tom has some plans for more SCORM support: what are your
>> >>>>> requirements here?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of avitor
>> >>>>> training
>> >>>>> Sent: 15 January 2013 10:50
>> >>>>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Xerte Project Questions
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I have a few questions about the project.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Is this project still being actively developed and in particular,
>> >>>>> is there any intention to release further versions with support
>> >>>>> for later SCORM or AICC standards? If so, is there a roadmap or
>> >>>>> timetable for this?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Is there a bug list -I've has difficulties setting up the Xerte
>> >>>>> Online Toolkits on a hosting server for test because of security
>> >>>>> issues over publicly writable directories (could these not be
>> >>>>> relocated to a folder path without a url?) and for example the
>> >>>>> hosted techdis version does not display properly in my browser?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> There are several broken links on the project site
>> >>>>> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/ and I'm wondering if the
>> >>>>> targets have been relocated or withdrawn?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I did e-mail the developers at Nottingham over all these issues
>> >>>>> but received no reply so far.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Julian
>> >>>>>
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