Month: December 2010

Fix certificate issues on IE8

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Our LMS users sometimes have problems accessing SCORM learning activities. These days, when all other possible causes (java not installed, security settings, etc.) have been eliminated, the next most likely culprit is an expired certificate. The JAVA adaptor used by our LMS is very particular about security, and fails with various silent exceptions if the certificates aren’t in order.

  1. To fix this, you’ll need to install the new, valid certificate and remove the expired one. Navigate to the problem website, and click the padlock icon next to the location bar.

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FTP and Zip toolkit for Windows users

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Most of the users I work with with are unfamiliar with the concepts of FTP transfer or compressed archives, primarily because they never have to use them. These days, there are other options for transferring files than FTP, with a fast network and various cloud sharing services, and documents rarely have to be compressed, even for email purposes.

But occasionally, we run into something that really has to be zipped to get to the destination in working order, or where FTP is the only method available for transfer. So here are some tips and suggestions for those who have never used zip or ftp before.

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Settings to get Drupal 7 working on Hostgator

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At the moment, Hostgator’s default PHP version is v.5.2.4, although version 5.3 is available. Drupal 7 requires 5.3, so until they make it the default, it is necessary to manually tell Drupal where to find PHP v. 5.3. Do this by adding 

Action application/x-hg-php53 /cgi-sys/php53
AddType application/x-hg-php53 .php

to an .htaccess file located in the public_html directory of your site. If Drupal is not at the root of your site, and you don’t want to change the entire site over, it works just as well to modify the .htaccess file in the Drupal directory.

An .htaccess file is just a text file named “.htacess” which can contain many different types of directives understood by the apache server.

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A SCORM-Ready Template: Part 4G. Qualtrics Quizzes – Add the quiz to the module

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Add an entry for the Qualtrics quiz to the module’s page array

  1. If you aren’t familiar with using the pageArray to add pages to your learning module, see Creating the Navigation.
  2. Copy and paste the sample Qualtrics quiz entry into your pageArray. 
     {buttonTitle:'Qualtrics test', title:'',url:'qualtricsWrap.htm?href=https://umichumhs.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4N65iNij70e29ms',chapter:11,level:1, type:'U', quiz:'2761832350879729', qmax:10 },
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A SCORM-Ready Template: Part 4D. Qualtrics Quizzes – Create Feedback

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Create feedback for each question

  1. Qualtrics does not automatically generate feedback for each question, but it is simple to create feedback items using Display Logic. After each scored question in your quiz, add one or more Text/Graphic questions, containing the feedback for each choice.
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A SCORM-Ready Template: Part 4B. Qualtrics Quizzes : End of Survey Message

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Create an “End of Survey” message

We’ll start at the end first: in order to communicate with the learning module, your Qualtrics quizzes will all need to reference a custom End of Survey message, which will be located in your Qualtrics message library.

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