The other contributors are quite correct a package editing tool will do what
you want I would recommend LRN 3.0 from Microsoft. It is available free from :
http://www.microsoft.com/elearning
This was highly rated in the Cetis Report "most useful and easiest to use of
the package editors"
Give it a whirl, it might do what you want and it is well worth the purchase
price, and then some. :-)
Quoting CHRIS JEFFRIES <[log in to unmask]>:
> I was thinking of something like a Windows Explorer plug in that would
> analyse imsmanifest files and allow the dragging and dropping of
> nodes from one menu into another.
>
> It would be a terrific resource for all of us.
>
> I don't have the knowledge to write an explorer plug in myself.
>
>
> On 23 Aug 2002 at 11:40, Ken Smith wrote:
>
> > First to answer your question, there is a way you can do this though
> > it is not quick an easy. If we assume that you would like to
> assemble
> > all the business units into a single unit with a menu, this would
> > involve:
> >
> > 1) unpacking all the units into their constituent pages and files.
> >
> > 2) writing an index page to access each individual unit, making sure
> > that all links are relative
> >
> > 3) test that all this works
> >
> > 4) Zip all the files together into one
> >
> > 5) Load the new zipped file into your VLE
> >
> > I have no direct experience of learnwise but this should work.
> Whether
> > it is worth the effort is not for me to say.
> >
> > Chris is not the first to comment on the size of the files so the
> > following is not aimed at anyone in particular nor is it the
> "official
> > party line" it is just my own personal observation. Each unit is
> > deliberately small to make it easier to integrate a single unit into
> > several courses and because many VLEs can run zipped files, without
> > first unpacking them, the files are zipped to make them smaller and
> > therefore quicker to download. Once they are downloaded,
> integrating
> > them into VLE based courses is relatively simple as is sharing the
> > same unit between several courses. Probably those of us with more
> > technical expertise found the download procedure a little tedious
> but
> > I do think that it was done with the best intentions.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Quoting CHRIS JEFFRIES <[log in to unmask]>:
> >
> > > I've just uploaded some of the NLN materials into Learnwise here.
> > >
> > > The size of a 'Topic' as used by NLN seems to be tiny in
> comparison
> > > to the LEarnwise view of a topic.
> > >
> > > Anyone know of an easy way to assemble the NLN topics into a
> > > sensible sized package for Learnwise? Or better still, has anyone
> > > already done it?
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > FCoT
> > > Chris Jeffries
> > >
> > >
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