JavaScript
Update March 2011: PDFObject source code has been updated and moved to GitHub. I recently worked on an e-learning course that required embedding some PDFs into an HTML file. PDF embedding piqued my curiosity, and has become something of a pet project. It sounds simpler than it is. No, scratch
Adobe Captivate
Note: This post covers Captivate 2 & 3; Captivate 4 introduced new problems for JavaScript interaction. You can avoid the headache of writing your own code by using the free CaptivateController utility, which works with all versions of Captivate. JavaScript can control the playback of Captivate-generated SWFs. I posted some
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate 3 doesn’t have a built-in mechanism for sending quiz results to JavaScript. Here’s a workaround you may find useful. The plan The basic premise of this workaround is to hijack Captivate’s ’email report’ functionality, replacing the original email-centered JavaScript with new JavaScript. This approach was
learning management systems
Think accessibility isn’t a big deal, and is only one of those issues “the other guy” has to deal with? So did Target. And now they’ve lost $6,000,000 because of it. In case you hadn’t heard, Target was sued by the National Federation for the
ramblings
For many involved in the SCORM 2.0 project, the hope is that we can transform the SCORM 1.x caterpillar into a SCORM 2.x butterfly; that the gestation period of SCORM 1.x has ended, and soon SCORM 2.0 will emerge from its cocoon and dazzle the
ramblings
After all my ruminating on SCORM 2.0 the last couple of weeks, it was interesting to read about the latest news regarding the ECMAScript standard. It was even more interesting to read some of the reactions, including those from Adobe’s Dave McAllister (link no longer available) and Yahoo’
ramblings
I submitted my white paper for SCORM 2.0 today. I don’t see it listed on the LETSI site yet, but I’m hoping they received it and that it will be added soon. I wanted to share a few things about my experience writing that paper. First of
Adobe Flash
This question came in via email. I figured I would post it (keeping the author anonymous) because these are very common questions, and maybe this post can help other people out. I also want to give others the opportunity to throw in their 2 cents! The question(s): I am
e-learning
The IMS Global Learning Consortium announced a new Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) validation service a few weeks ago: IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces Question and Test Interoperability Conformance Community Common Cartridge Alliance will provide community tools for QTI conformance and online product catalog Download pdf (link no longer available)
ramblings
Most e-learning developers don’t care about SCORM and only (begrudingly) learn enough to get the job done. I don’t blame them. The other day I was reading some old Drupal community posts (circa 2005) about adding SCORM functionality to Drupal. One comment stood out: SCORM was the big
ramblings
The transition is almost complete: I have ditched my Windows-based PC for a MacBook Pro. My reasons? Well, I could write a whole bunch of fluff about how as a developer I need to be able to test my work on multiple operating systems, and a Mac (with BootCamp and/
Industry News
Good post from Michael Feldstein at e-Literate: There’s something fundamentally contradictory about open standards being developed behind closed doors. … Over the past 18 months, I have had the privilege of participating in the IMS work on a regular basis. During that time, I have mostly kept my mouth shut