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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