[Using Sakai] Sakai SCORM Player (based upon UC Davis implementation) - news

Wed Oct 13 12:12:38 PDT 2010

Hi Mark,

I see that your server runs on Sakai 2.5.3. Has the player been updated to
work on current versions of Sakai (2.6.x, 2.7.x branches)?

Mathieu

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Ricci, Margaret P <mricci at indiana.edu>wrote:

>  Mark,
>
> This is very exciting news! I just whipped up a SCORM object in SoftChalk
> and ran it through your SCORM player. I was very happy to see the results
> for every question and the total score. My only question was with the
> Gradebook connection. I told it to synchronize with the gradebook, but my
> results didn’t show up there when I looked. It is not at all clear to me
> what my role is in your demo site. It seems like I’m a student in some tools
> and an instructor in others. This may be why  it isn’t showing me the
> results (score) in the Gradebook. If I could get that figured out, I’d be
> pretty happy.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maggie
>
>
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> Margaret P. Ricci
>
> Principal Instructional Technology Specialist
>
> Teaching and Learning Technology Centers
>
> Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
>
> Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education /
> University Information Technology Services
>
> 307 Ballantine Hall
>
> Indiana University Bloomington
>
> Bloomington, IN  47405
>
> 812-855-8355
>
> mricci at indiana.edu
>
>
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> *From:* sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:
> sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Mark van de
> Haar
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2010 3:15 AM
> *To:* sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> *Subject:* [Using Sakai] Sakai SCORM Player (based upon UC Davis
> implementation) - news
>
>
>
> We have some news regarding the Edia SCORM player that is based upon the UC
> Davis implementation.
>
>
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> Edia has been awarded the 100% score with the Sakai SCORM player at the
> Dutch NOiV Plugfest. During this event, organized by NOiV and Kennisnet,
> experts on education show how open-source eLearning can be employed within
> different eLearning platforms and Authoring environments. Edia’s version
> became first in the ranking of the eLearning category which also featured
> It’s Learning and N at tschool. The Sakai SCORM player works within the Sakai
> architecture, and it a continuation of the work of UC Davis. An independent
> panel of experts lauded the potential of the Sakai product in a competition
> in which it had to compete with both Moodle and Blackboard.More information
> on the NoiV Plugfest (in Dutch) can be found here:
> https://noiv.nl/onderwijsplugfest/. It is possible to test the SCORM
> player by going to http://scormplayer.edia.nl.
>
> The major functional improvement of the Edia SCORM player is that it is now
> able to publish the learners’ results to the Sakai gradebook. In the
> player’s configuration one can select which SCO (Shareable Content Object)
> should be synchronized with the grade book. The results in percents will be
> transformed to a scale from 0 to 100.
>
> The majority of bug fixes are related to the player’s navigation:
> - Resume/Suspend. Within SCORM’s datamodel the status of the package is
> saved in the datafield cmi.exit. In the old version saving within this
> datafield resulted in the SCORM player not resuming properly.
> - Quit. When qutting SCORM packages the status was not saved correctly,
> which resulted in invalid status. This has also been fixed in the updated
> version.
> - Back/Next. The back and next button were never active during the playback
> of SCORM packages. This was due to the absence of the Simple Sequencing
> Rule. This rule contains a Control Mode with the Flow property, if this rule
> is enabled with the Flow property 'True' then the navigational buttons are
> available.
>
>
>
> This blog entry can be found on: http://www.edia.nl/en/scorm-plugfest
>
>
>
>
> --
> *Mark van de Haar*
> mark at edia.nl <maarten.vanhoof at edia.nl>
>
> Edia has been awarded the 100% score for their Sakai SCORM player at the
> Dutch NOiV Plugfest.
>
>
> *Edia* - Educatie Technologie
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> *www.edia.nl*
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>
> --
> *Mark van de Haar*
> mark at edia.nl <maarten.vanhoof at edia.nl>
>
> Edia has been awarded the 100% score for their Sakai SCORM player at the
> Dutch NOiV Plugfest.
>
>
> *Edia* - Educatie Technologie
> Korte Prinsengracht 42 hs | 1013 GT Amsterdam
> *T* 020 716 36 12 | *F* 020 716 36 13 |
>
> *www.edia.nl*
>
>
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