e-learning
Here are some great blog posts regarding the Blackboard vs Desire2Learn lawsuit. Michael Korcuska (Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation): Blackboard-Desire2Learn Verdict This is certainly not either the end or, frankly, the most important part of the ongoing patent dispute. Completely separate from the Bb-D2L lawsuit, the US Patent Office
Blackboard v Desire2Learn
Blackboard won its lawsuit against Desire2Learn. This really bums me out! I wonder if Desire2Learn will appeal (please say yes) and if Blackboard will start going after other LMS vendors? * T.H.E. Journal: Blackboard Wins Lawsuit Against Desire2Learn * Desire2Learn Patent-Info’s Blog * Jury instructions from the case (very long,
SCORM actionscript class
Actually, I have two updates to report: SCORM API Wrapper updated to version 1.1.4 I’ve received a number of emails from folks who say their LMS can’t auto-detect the API. Therefore, by popular demand, the SCORM API Wrapper for JavaScript has a new feature: the ability
Blackboard v Desire2Learn
Blackboard‘s lawsuit against Desire2Learn just went to trial. http://chronicle.com/free/2008/02/1630n.htm [link no longer working] This lawsuit has the potential to bring a lot of LMS vendors to their knees. Blackboard’s patent claims are so broad that just about every LMS product can
changelog
The pipwerks SCORM wrapper examples have been successfully tested in SumTotal TotalLMS 7.6. FYI, the examples’ imsmanifest.xml files required some modifications (the old manifests worked fine in the ADL test suites, but coughed a little when used in SumTotal TotalLMS 7.6). The JavaScript, ActionScript and HTML in
e-learning
Today I’m working on a simple JavaScript/XML-based quiz. I decided I’d like to use a standardized XML format for the quiz questions and answers, so I googled QTI, a common quiz format. Turns out QTI is (yet another) IMS specification (duh, I should have known that!). I
changelog
Small but important edits: * Added snippet of code to double-check API connection is active before returning a ‘true’ boolean value. * Fixed a typo for evaluating whether an error code has been returned from the LMS Also added some code from the Firebug folks that allows Firebug’s “console” functions to
e-learning
I just converted my AS2 SCORM class to AS3. Read documentation and download file(s) here. Note this class requires the pipwerks SCORM API wrapper for JavaScript. Not being much of an AS3 guy (so far!), it was easier than I expected; I guess since I had already used strong
ActionScript
I just finished an ActionScript 2.0 class file meant to be a companion to my JavaScript SCORM API wrapper. Update: AS3 version now available, too. Simplified syntax The idea was simple: give me (and others) a way to make SCORM calls using ExternalInterface without having to constantly type ExternalInterface!
ActionScript
Found a small bug when using the wrapper with Flash (AS2): functions that return string values (such as SCORM.data.get()) were coming out ‘undefined’. (grr) Explicitly typing the return value as a string seems to make Flash happy. return String(value); This all-in-one wrapper has now been tested successfully
e-learning
Some small edits to the wrapper: 1. Fixed a few typos in debug statements 2. Added extra error-checking during SCORM.connection.initialize; if connection cannot be made AND no error code is given, display notice that server has not responded. Related links: * Original SCORM API Wrapper journal entry * pipwerks.com
e-learning
I’ve been a longtime user of the ADL wrapper (with code from the late Claude Ostyn), and to be honest, it’s pretty much met my needs. But I was never completely comfortable with the wrapper for two reasons: 1) The code is hard to read with confusing and