SharePoint Learning Kit

New Post: Localizing the Course Player

robbchar — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:09:06 GMT

Hello,

We are using the course player from within the SLK to present SCORM courses to users. This is working fine, we have integrated this into our site so that we can keep and maintain results of the user's course attemps. Now we need to localize it. We are finding that this is not easy. We would like to use the packs that you can download but we arent sure where in the system they get put and how they get used. Does anyone have experience with this, can anyone give us pointers?

We have gone and tried to make changes to the c# and the javascript but this makes it to that courses in languages other than english do not complete correctly. Ultimately we would like to use the language packs and keep the code clean but without a way to use the course packs this may be what we have to do.

If anyone could give help or advice that would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

robb

New Post: Customising Some of the Wording on SLK Pages

andreyaraminta — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:33:46 GMT

yup, you can change it. but you need to download the sourcecode and recompile it again.

its one of the file call resource.rexs or something...

New Post: Customising Some of the Wording on SLK Pages

dsmith8 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:18:33 GMT

Dear All

I was wondering whether it's possible for us to customise some of the wording on the SLK pages. Our teachers are getting confused with some of the words like 'Assignments' (which we call 'ILT' here). Plus, it would be useful if I could write extra little bits of help in here and there as they are saying it's too much for them to remember.

I've looked at the pages in the '_layouts/SharePointLearningKit' folder but the actual text like 'Create an assignment' and 'This page helps you create an assignment and deliver it to learners. You can specify properties of your assignment such as start date, due date, and instructions to the learner, and then choose who will be instructors or learners for this assignment' does not appear on these pages, rather it is dynamically added. Is there somewhere that these 'phrases' are stored that I'm able to tap into fairly easily?

Many thanks

Daniel

New Post: cmi.suspend_data element error while doing the quizzes

konvert — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:07:17 GMT

Hi Richard,

Thanks a lot for your quick response !

We installed the fix and it works !

Since you are alone in ... 'your team', I must say you are really doing a great job !

We localised the changes we needed to make in the source code, but since you already fixed the sharepoint groups issue (nesting of AD groups in sharepoint groups), we could not start from the latest source code build (beginning of june) to do it ourself, because that does not include the solution for that issue.

Will SLK 1.4 fully support SCORM 2004 version1.3 (or even 1.4) ?

Best regards,

Koen

Updated Release: 1.3.2 Development Builds (Feb 19, 2009)

richardwillis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:40 GMT

These are development builds for those who want to try the latest builds. They are built on the latest source code and aren't necessarily stable.

SLK-1.3.2-20090220 : Does not require Session state unless using observer role
SLK-1.3.2-20090403 : First release towards 1.4. ITWorx's bug fixes around Firefox support, Teacher Review and LRM on 64bit
SLK-1.3.2-20090529 : Localized date on Assignment Properties page. Added optional support for hiding disabled users in AD groups.
SLK-1.3.2-20090603 : Fixed issue with localized date on Assignment Properties page.
SLK-1.3.2-20090630 : Fixed problem with using SharePoint groups as learners introduced in SLK-1.3.2-20090529.
SLK-1.3.2-20090703 : Support for longer suspend data in SCORM 2004 version 3 & 4. See http://slk.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=54538 for SQL which needs running.

Released: 1.3.2 Development Builds (Feb 19, 2009)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:40 GMT

These are development builds for those who want to try the latest builds. They are built on the latest source code and aren't necessarily stable.

SLK-1.3.2-20090220 : Does not require Session state unless using observer role
SLK-1.3.2-20090403 : First release towards 1.4. ITWorx's bug fixes around Firefox support, Teacher Review and LRM on 64bit
SLK-1.3.2-20090529 : Localized date on Assignment Properties page. Added optional support for hiding disabled users in AD groups.
SLK-1.3.2-20090603 : Fixed issue with localized date on Assignment Properties page.
SLK-1.3.2-20090630 : Fixed problem with using SharePoint groups as learners introduced in SLK-1.3.2-20090529.
SLK-1.3.2-20090703 : Support for longer suspend data in SCORM 2004 version 3 & 4. See http://slk.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=54538 for SQL which needs running.

New Post: cmi.suspend_data element error while doing the quizzes

richardwillis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:53:12 GMT

I've added a new 1.3.2 development build to support an increased length. I haven't done an exhaustive check to make sure nothing else is broken. This should be considered a temporary fix until someone can look at full support for SCORM 2004 v 3 & 4.

You will also need to run the sql at the end to update the schema.

Thanks for pointing out where to change it Andrey.

The reason why the SLK team hadn't fixed this bug is that the team is me and I have a full-time job! If someone reports a bug with a solution as you just did it's much more likely that I'll have the time to fix it, than if I have to track it down from scratch.

Regards,

Richard

SLK Co-ordinator

declare @name nvarchar(32),
    @sql nvarchar(1000)

-- find constraint name
select @name = O.name
from sysobjects AS O
left join sysobjects AS T
    on O.parent_obj = T.id
where isnull(objectproperty(O.id,'IsMSShipped'),1) = 0
    and O.name not like '%dtproper%'
    and O.name not like 'dt[_]%'
    and T.name = 'activityattemptitem'
    and O.name like 'CK__ActivityA__Suspe%'

-- delete if found
if @name is null
begin
    print 'Could not find constraint'
end
else
begin
    select @sql = 'ALTER TABLE activityattemptitem DROP CONSTRAINT [' + @name + ']'
    execute sp_executesql @sql
    select @sql = 'ALTER TABLE activityattemptitem ADD CONSTRAINT [' + @name + '] CHECK(LEN([SuspendData])<=64000) '
    execute sp_executesql @sql
end

New Post: Permissions Need to be created : True

ManiGovindarajul — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:52:09 GMT

It would appreciated if anybody could resolve the issue.

1. Both the default databse server of central administration and sharepoint learning kit database are same.

2.i have checked the slkadm for getconfiguration , its said that "Permissions Need to be created:true" ,rest of things are ok.

3.I was trying to run slkadm for configuring, its giving me the error "command Line error"

here i have pasted the command"

D:\Mani\Sharepoint\SLK-1.3.1>slkadm -o configuresite -url http://srv-orion/sites/learningkit -databaseserver "DemoServer;user
id=administrator;password=password" -database SharePointLearningKit -createdatabase -instructorPermission "SLK Instructor
" -learnerPermission "SLK Learner" -observerPermission "SLK Observer" -createPermissions -uploadslksettings slksettings.xml -
defaultsettings

Eventhough sql server using windows authentication, i configured username and password also in the command line .

its giving the command Line error.

Please anybody have look and let me know.its highly appreciated.

i have checked that blog also.."http://blog.salamandersoft.co.uk/index.php/2009/02/slkadm-for-sharepoint-learning-kit/"

But somewhat i was lost.Please help me to resolve this.

Thanks

Mani

New Post: cmi.suspend_data element error while doing the quizzes

andreyaraminta — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:12:08 GMT

konvert,

do you have access to the SLK source code? and can recompile the code? If not , i can't help you because you do need to change the SLK source code and recompile it.

I still don't understand why SLK team haven't fix this bug yet with the latest release...

As what i said above, the solution to fix the cmi.suspend_data problem is

What i did just get into the datamodel class and increase the value that checks the suspend data from 4096 to 64000 thats all. And dont forgot to change the slkschema as well, because in the database it put a constraint to put data less than 4096 as well.

Regards

Andrey

New Post: Course Manager Installation Problems

jtoddwalker — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:23:53 GMT

There are some entries in the web.config file for httphandlers for the Axelerate components. These need to be moved to the top of the list, otherwise the default SharePoint httphandler will catch these, and generate this error instead of retrieving the image.

-Todd

New Post: cmi.suspend_data element error while doing the quizzes

konvert — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:42 GMT

Hi Richard,

we are going live in a couple of days, and we are having the same problem.
Is it a lot of work to get a fix for this problem in a new development built?

Here are some links from the articulate forum.

http://www.articulate.com/forums/articulate-presenter/11377-cmi-suspend_data-element-error.html

http://www.articulate.com/forums/articulate-quizmaker/11740-cmi-interactions-n-description-length.html

thx in advance
Jeroen en Koen

New Post: CourseLab 2.4 compatibility

warrenv — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:38:51 GMT

I’m currently in the process of evaluating SLK for use in my department to provide both a drop box and online assessment tool for our student intranet (SharePoint)

I seem to be having an issue with CourseLab 2.4 SCORM formatted assessments. Once loaded onto SharePoint, the "e-leaning actions" causes a stream of errors (eg. learning reouse not valid, organisation node is required ... ). Does anyone else use this tool with SLK?

I’d be interested in what others are using, particularly any low cost alternatives.

Thanks.

New Post: Is there a scorm player web part?

herronan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:21:42 GMT

Thanks, that would be great, but I would really like the ability to have the content already displayed in a page. like I said previously, a bit like the page viewer web part, rather than a user having to 'start' the scorm themselves. Is this kind of thing possible?

Created Issue: I'm newbie on sharepoint and SLK. I've installed but nothing happened

spider58 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:48:43 GMT

Hello. Sorry for bad english first.

I've installed Sharepoint and SLK.

I saw a plugin on site properties about SLK and activated it. But nothing happened. How can i create my e-learning site on Sharepoint . Can someone help me?

Best regards.

New Post: Is there a scorm player web part?

richardwillis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:27:47 GMT

I've already done some work on allowing a user to automatically start/run a package, but it's currently incomplete. I'm hoping to get it done in time for the Learning Gateway Conference in July.

Richard

SLK Co-ordinator

http://blog.salamandersoft.co.uk

New Post: Indian language fonts

richardwillis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:25:16 GMT

If it's in your SCORM editor you'll need to contact it's maker. SLK doesn't have an editor or any special links to any editor manufacturers.

New Post: SLK SCORM compliance?

richardwillis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:23:49 GMT

Hi Todd,

Not to my knowledge. It's certainly not in the scope of work ITWorx is doing. It is on my to do list of stuff I'd like to get done, but so is a lot of other stuff.

Richard

New Post: SLK SCORM compliance?

jtoddwalker — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:41:58 GMT

Hi Richard,

Do you know if anyone is currently working on adding support for SCORM 2004 3rd and 4th edition to the SLK?

-Todd

New Post: Indian language fonts

rakeshv — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:58:06 GMT

Richard,

Sorry my question needed to be more specific.

Indeed we are looking to incorporate these fonts in SCORM editor.

Would appreciate your kind help.

Regards

New Post: Help required for the 3rd time!!!

nsbr — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:37:52 GMT

If you are looking for a stable version of the Course Manager that has significant functionality extensions and feature enhancements we have reworked this feature set so that it provides the value add needed to the SLK.

Some of the Features enhancements include:

Ability to copy assignment within group or to another class site

Ability to assign group to another class

Ability to assign to individuals

Rollup view of all your classes and the course manager material in these classes

Pick documents from ANY library you have permission to view

Plus many more. Contact us at info@hunterstone.com if you want more information.