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Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 18:46:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: moodleadmin
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Subject: Re: SCORM
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IMS is similar to SCORM, but they aren't the same (the latter builds on the former).  The IMS resource and the SCORM activity have completely different codebases, so their relative stability in Moodle is different.

David

>>> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:23 am, Online wrote: 
> No, IMS, similar to SCORM. Under Resources. I loaded a SCORM file through the 
> IMS Resource, worked fine, but would not work with Gradebook since it was a 
> resource. You can also load an entire site from a SCORM based course by 
> changing the setting from Weeks to SCORM, which I tried, but again that is 
> usually a course from a publisher and it broke the gradebook..
> Maybe we can talk for a few minutes after the phone conference at 12n.
> Mere
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>>> moodleadmin 05/21/07 11:04 AM >>>
>>>> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at  9:06 am, Online wrote: 
>> Why then do we have IMS activated? Can you turn it on in a past term so I 
> can 
>> try it out in one of my classes? I do not need to go into the admin area of 
>> Moodle to do this. Dental Hygiene will be using Softchalk. The only way it 
>> can populate the gradebook is through the use of SCORM 1.2 or 2004. It looks 
> 
>> to me that 1.2 works but I am having trouble finding anything on how it 
>> interacts with the gradebook.
> 
> If you mean LAMS, I left it activated because that's what I was handed when 
> I first took over Moodle.  As far as I know, LAMS didn't have the same issues 
> that SCORM did, but that's based on a cursory view of problems that were 
> reported in forums on moodle.org.  I haven't reviewed the forums since then 
> except for a quick scan last night, where I note that I didn't see as many 
> SCORM issues as I had remembered seeing before.
> 
> If Softchalk requires activation of certain modules in Moodle in order to 
> work, then we need to talk specifically about what's required and whether we 
> can support it.
> 
> If you need to experiment with stuff for DH's courses for Fall, it probably 
> makes the most sense to turn on SCORM in your test instance of Moodle.  
> That's version 1.7, which will more closely approximate what will be active 
> next Fall.  But if you need to test in a 1.6 instance, I can turn it on for 
> Fall 2006.
> 
> David
> 
>> Meredith
>> 
>>>>> moodleadmin 05/21/07 12:47 AM >>>
>> Meredith,
>> 
>> Joe had left SCORM inactive when he set up Summer 2006 (and previous), and I 
> 
>> followed suit.  I was concerned about the number of issues that people 
> seemed 
>> to be facing, and since nobody was requesting it, I simply left it off.
>> 
>> I'm still very reluctant to turn it on in production.  We might not have any 
> 
>> problems, but among other issues, 1.8 is still lacking SCORM 2004 
> compliance, 
>> and I'm somewhat nervous about opening the gates and getting complaints that 
> 
>> course SCORM modules can't get loaded correctly.  Are we getting demands for 
> 
>> it?
>> 
>> I'm willing to turn it on temporarily to allow you to upload your modules, 
>> if you like.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> ===============================================
>> David Walton
>> Moodle System Administrator
>> Lane Community College
>> For enrollment, course creation, logging in, or general server issues, email 
> 
>> moodleadmin@lanecc.edu
>> For faculty assistance using Moodle, email online@lanecc.edu
>> Voice: 463-3367
>> ===============================================
>>>>> Online 05/20/07 9:27 PM >>>
>> I went to activate a SCORM file and noticed it is not an option under 
>> "ACTIVITIES". Is there any reason? Can you turn please that on? I have 
>> several lessons created as SCORM files that I need to upload and test. 
>> Thanks,
>> Meredith
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ===============================================
> David Walton
> Moodle System Administrator
> Lane Community College
> For enrollment, course creation, logging in, or general server issues, email 
> moodleadmin@lanecc.edu
> For faculty assistance using Moodle, email online@lanecc.edu
> Voice: 463-3367
> ===============================================




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David Walton
Moodle System Administrator
Lane Community College
For enrollment, course creation, logging in, or general server issues, email moodleadmin@lanecc.edu
For faculty assistance using Moodle, email online@lanecc.edu
Voice: 463-3367
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