Solving technology problems, one at a time
An interesting peek at the not too distant future of visual, gestural interfaces. Thin, light, responsive and embedded. Every incremental improvement in devices and UI’s enables a whole new range of expression and interaction, so
Continue readingI run a little site that is mostly access-protected. If it is viewed from a location within the company IP, no password is needed. If viewed from outside the company firewall, it will ask for a user-id and password. However we wanted to make one subdirectory public.
Continue readingA site I administer uses the openWYSIWYG rich text editor module as the default input format for most users. Like other rich text editors, openWYSIWYG makes it possible for anyone to add styles and colors to their posts, including tables, images, links and more.
The openWYSIWYG interface
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.
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.
Continue readingIf you have followed all the instructions that come with your new iPhone, only to be faced with a “Waiting for Activation” message that remains unchanged for hours, try powering the phone down completely. Press
Continue readingAt 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.
Continue reading {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 },
Special settings need to be applied to report individual results properly within Qualtrics, and to communicate the results back to the template so it can send them on to the Learning Management System.