Comments for matbury.com http://matbury.com/wordpress Flash & e-Learning blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:36:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Moodle SWF Activity Module developer preview by Matt http://matbury.com/wordpress/2010/02/11/moodle-swf-activity-module-developer-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Matt Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:36:29 +0000 http://matbury.com/wordpress/?p=551#comment-2441 Hi Kevin, the SWF Activity Module doesn't work with multiple files published by Captivate. Captivate CS4 publishes to a single file wherever possible. The problem is that, in the published Captivate directory, the loader files are hard coded to look for files to load in the same directory. AFAIK, there isn't any way around this. In this case, you can deploy the entire Captivate directory as a resource in Moodle by linking to the published HTML page. I hope this helps. Hi Kevin, the SWF Activity Module doesn’t work with multiple files published by Captivate. Captivate CS4 publishes to a single file wherever possible. The problem is that, in the published Captivate directory, the loader files are hard coded to look for files to load in the same directory. AFAIK, there isn’t any way around this. In this case, you can deploy the entire Captivate directory as a resource in Moodle by linking to the published HTML page.

I hope this helps.

]]> Comment on Flash Word Search learning application by Jacques Ray http://matbury.com/wordpress/2010/02/17/flash-word-search-learning-application/comment-page-1/#comment-2440 Jacques Ray Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:36:28 +0000 http://matbury.com/wordpress/?p=567#comment-2440 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 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

]]> Comment on Moodle SWF Activity Module developer preview by Kevin http://matbury.com/wordpress/2010/02/11/moodle-swf-activity-module-developer-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-2439 Kevin Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:14:17 +0000 http://matbury.com/wordpress/?p=551#comment-2439 Hi Matt. I'm using the latest module code but I've been running in circles. My situation is that I have SWF files output by Captivate. There are two SWF files, one for content, and the other for the skin that controls the content (play, pause, stop, etc.). How do I specify the skin to use with the SWF_activity module? The help text for the (advanced) Skin parameter says that the parameter is the URL of the skin file, but I don't see how to specify this URL. The parameter I see is a dropdown list showing the default skins provided by your module which do not work with my SWF file. Bottom line is that I just want a container that lets a user start and stop the SWF file, but when I upload a SWF file using your module, or the media filter approach in Moodle, all I get is the content SWF file running from start to finish when the page is displayed, and no way to stop it. Grateful for any pointers. Hi Matt.

I’m using the latest module code but I’ve been running in circles. My situation is that I have SWF files output by Captivate. There are two SWF files, one for content, and the other for the skin that controls the content (play, pause, stop, etc.).

How do I specify the skin to use with the SWF_activity module? The help text for the (advanced) Skin parameter says that the parameter is the URL of the skin file, but I don’t see how to specify this URL. The parameter I see is a dropdown list showing the default skins provided by your module which do not work with my SWF file.

Bottom line is that I just want a container that lets a user start and stop the SWF file, but when I upload a SWF file using your module, or the media filter approach in Moodle, all I get is the content SWF file running from start to finish when the page is displayed, and no way to stop it.

Grateful for any pointers.

]]> Comment on New Media Player module for Moodle by Matt http://matbury.com/wordpress/2010/02/25/new-media-player-module-for-moodle/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Matt Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:50:45 +0000 http://matbury.com/wordpress/?p=576#comment-2436 It got a good write-up in Moodle Monthly: http://www.moodlemonthly.com/2010/new-media-player-module-for-moodle-matbury/ It got a good write-up in Moodle Monthly:

http://www.moodlemonthly.com/2010/new-media-player-module-for-moodle-matbury/

]]> Comment on New Media Player module for Moodle by Penny Mondani http://matbury.com/wordpress/2010/02/25/new-media-player-module-for-moodle/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Penny Mondani Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:36:17 +0000 http://matbury.com/wordpress/?p=576#comment-2435 We installed this module this week and I'm still playing around with ALL of the options (WOW!)...I LOVE it. It not only solves the problem of media players not launching properly, but it improves the look of things, before and during play...so cool. Thanks! We installed this module this week and I’m still playing around with ALL of the options (WOW!)…I LOVE it. It not only solves the problem of media players not launching properly, but it improves the look of things, before and during play…so cool. Thanks!

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