I have to develop a tool for automatic conversion from one E-learning standard Content Package to another, as of now I've considered IMS and SCORM but I didn't completely understand what could be the best reason for developing an automatic conversion tool from IMS to SCORM or vice-versa. I mean what benefits can one avail from such tool? This is the reason which I've got in one technical paper. Can anyone please explain and clarify this or tell me some good reason behind developing such a tool:
"IMS [6] and SCORM [7] specications share many of their characteristics but also have some key differences in the representation of the structure of the learning content. Other important issue to be considered is the extension of these systems and the huge number of organizations that use them. This situation leads to the fact that the same contents are created, maintained, modied and so on [8]. These are usually not identical copies, but the contents are the same and aim to the same learning objective. So it would be useful to share the work among the organization to avoid repeating the work over and over again. This would save time and resources and would lead to high quality contents. The main obstacle to get this is the, previously presented, existence of different types of models for contents. From all of this, we can infer the utility of automatic conversion between formats. This conversion will allow the interaction between learning platforms at a high level of automa- tion." - E-LEARNING CONTENTS AUTOMATIC CONVERSION By Guiterrez, Jose Maria et al.
JavaScript(SCORM Package)
<script type="text/javascript">
<![CDATA[
var numQuestions = 2;
var rawScore = 0;
var actualScore = 0;
var question0;
var question1;
var key0 = 0;
var key1 = 1;
function getAnswer()
{
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.0.id","key0b8");
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.0.type","choice");
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.0.correct_responses.0.pattern",
"0");
for (var i=0; i < 2; i++)
{
if (document.getElementById("quizForm8").key0b8[i].checked)
{
question0 = document.getElementById("quizForm8").key0b8[i].value;
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.0.student_response",question0);
break;
}
}
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.1.id","key1b8");
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.1.type","choice");
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.1.correct_responses.0.pattern",
"1");
for (var i=0; i < 2; i++)
{
if (document.getElementById("quizForm8").key1b8[i].checked)
{
question1 = document.getElementById("quizForm8").key1b8[i].value;
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.1.student_response",question1);
break;
}
}
}
function calcRawScore(){
if (question0 == key0)
{
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.0.result","correct");
rawScore++;
}
else
{
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.0.result","wrong");
}
if (question1 == key1)
{
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.1.result","correct");
rawScore++;
}
else
{
doLMSSetValue("cmi.interactions.1.result","wrong");
}
}
function calcScore2()
{
computeTime(); // the student has stopped here.
document.getElementById("quizForm8").submitB.disabled = true;
getAnswer();
calcRawScore();
actualScore = Math.round(rawScore / numQuestions * 100);
alert("Your score is " + actualScore + "%")
doLMSSetValue( "cmi.core.score.raw", actualScore+"" );
var mode = doLMSGetValue( "cmi.core.lesson_mode" );
if ( mode != "review" && mode != "browse" ){
if ( actualScore < 50 )
{
doLMSSetValue( "cmi.core.lesson_status", "failed" );
}
else
{
doLMSSetValue( "cmi.core.lesson_status", "passed" );
}
doLMSSetValue( "cmi.core.exit", "" );
}
exitPageStatus = true;
doLMSCommit();
doLMSFinish();
}
]]>
</script>
HTML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<!-- Other Code -->
<body>
<div id="outer">
<div class="QuizTestIdevice" id="id8">
<script src="calculate.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<form name="quizForm8" id="quizForm8" action="javascript:calcScore2();">
<div class="iDevice_inner">
<div class="passrate" value="50"></div>
<div class="question">
<div id="taquestion0b8">
1> TEXT FOR QUESTION 1.
</div><br />
True<input type="radio" name="key0b8" value="0" id="taoptionAnswer0q0b8" />
False<input type="radio" name="key0b8" value="1" id="taoptionAnswer1q0b8" />
</div><br />
<div class="question">
<div id="taquestion1b8">
2> TEXT FOR QUESTION 2.
</div><br />
True<input type="radio" name="key1b8" value="0" id="taoptionAnswer0q1b8" />
False<input type="radio" name="key1b8" value="1" id="taoptionAnswer1q1b8" />
</div><br />
<input type="submit" name="submitB" value="SUBMIT ANSWERS" />
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Javascript and HTML for IMS Package
<html>
<body>
<div class="QuizTestIdevice" id="id8">
<script type="text/javascript">
<!-- //<![CDATA[
var numQuestions = 4;
var rawScore = 0;
var actualScore = 0;
var question0;
var question1;
var key0 = 0;
var key1 = 1;
var key2 = 0;
var key3 = 0;
function getAnswer()
{
for (var i=0; i < 2; i++)
{
if (document.getElementById("quizForm8").key0b8[i].checked)
{
question0 = document.getElementById("quizForm8").key0b8[i].value;
break;
}
}
for (var i=0; i < 2; i++)
{
if (document.getElementById("quizForm8").key1b8[i].checked)
{
question1 = document.getElementById("quizForm8").key1b8[i].value;
break;
}
}
}
function calcRawScore(){
if (question0 == key0)
{
rawScore++;
}
if (question1 == key1)
{
rawScore++;
}
}
function calcScore2()
{
getAnswer();
calcRawScore();
actualScore = Math.round(rawScore / numQuestions * 100);
document.getElementById("quizForm8").submitB.disabled = true;
alert("Your score is " + actualScore + "%")
}
//]]> -->
</script>
<form name="quizForm8" id="quizForm8" action="javascript:calcScore2();">
<div class="iDevice emphasis1">
<img alt="" class="iDevice_icon" src="icon_question.gif" />
<span class="iDeviceTitle">SCORM Quiz</span>
<div class="iDevice_inner">
<div class="passrate" value="50"></div>
<div class="question">
<div id="taquestion0b8" class="block" style="display:block">1> QUESTION 1
</div><br/>
<table><tr><td><input type="radio" name="key0b8" value="0" />
</td><td>
<div id="taoptionAnswer0q0b8" class="block" style="display:block">True
</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="radio" name="key0b8" value="1" />
</td><td>
<div id="taoptionAnswer1q0b8" class="block" style="display:block">False
</div>
<br/><input type="submit" name="submitB" value="SUBMIT ANSWERS"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Thanking you!
