Flash Word Search learning application
In a previous article, I announced a developer preview of the SWF Activity Module for Moodle 1.9. This is a brief announcement to developers who are interested in trying out the developer preview.
This Flash learning application generates word searches as activities in Moodle courses. The word searches are automatically generated are are unique every time a user interacts with them.
What does the word search do in Moodle?
- It’s quick and easy to deploy
- It’s fully integrated with Moodle
- It’s XML driven
- It pushes grades, elapsed time and feedback into Moodle’s grade book
Where can I download it from?
Download the Flash learning application called “xml_word_search.swf” from the SWF Activity Module project downloads page. There’s instructions and an example XML file that you can copy and paste on this SWF Activity Module project Wiki page.
Other possibilities…
A possible extension of this learning application is to use the SWF Activity Module’s AMFPHP Flash Remoting library to pull vocabulary lists from other database tables in Moodle, such as Wikis and Glossaries, or 3rd party web services such as on-line dictionaries and encyclopedias.
By Jacques Ray, March 10, 2010 @ 11:36 pm
Hey Matt…just got the XML version of the Word Search up and working…very cool, thanks so much for your hard work.
I love your idea…”pull vocabulary lists from other database tables in Moodle…” An easy way to do that would seem to be, to simply create an XML vocabulary list like your sample for each course or module…Thanks Again…:]
,Jacques
By Igor Noudant, May 31, 2010 @ 8:21 pm
I really enjoyed your article and wondered if he could provide the code AS that sends notes to the moodle for flash.
Thanks
P.s: Forgive me for bad english. =)
By Matt, May 31, 2010 @ 9:10 pm
Hi Igor, the AS and PHP code is documented on the SWF Activity Module project site: http://code.google.com/p/swf-activity-module
The part for sending grades in AS is here: http://code.google.com/p/swf-activity-module/wiki/SendingGrades
By chin, July 22, 2010 @ 6:04 am
hey mat,
ive downloaded the file SWF zip file..i dont see any installers..can you help me with this?
thanks
By Matt, July 22, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
Hi chin, see this wiki page: http://code.google.com/p/swf-activity-module/wiki/InstallingSWFActivityModule