I'm looking for a way to publish a course so it can be viewed via the presentation.html file on the Articulate Mobile Player. Moodle doesn't seem to allow access through the Mobile Player.
I have seen some forum posts/Screenrs that show publishing to web and transferring to Dropbox on the PC, however I can only access Dropbox via the web (IT policy prevents me having Dropbox installed on my computer).
I have tried uploading a zip of the content online but this doesn't work, and can't unzip it on Dropbox. Has anyone else been able to do this, or recommend any other ways of having a presentation online?
How do you upload the content folders to Dropbox? When I clicked Open Folder, highlight all and drag and drop, the files copy over but the separate folders containing further files (mobile and presentation_content) won't upload - it only uploads individual files. Not sure where I am going wrong!
Hello Louise, why don't you use the Dropbox folder in your PC to copy the presentation output into?
Whe you setup Dropbox, you generally also install the application on your PC , and the Dropbox folder is synchronized with the "cloud"dropbox folder.
So it's much easier to work locally on your PC while you're connected to the Internet... it will sync automatically and when the rightbottom corner dropbox icon is green (sync finished) you can provide public links!
Anyway, though Moodle doesn't seem to allow playing a course in Articulate mobile player, HTML5 is a great option, and tracks perfectly!
Just remember:
In the player options, check the "launch in a new window" option;
When you publish, just publish for LMS with Html5 output but NOT for the Articulate mobile player;
After publishing,Change the launch.html page as you desire (you can change the orange icon with a PLAY LESSON button, for instance);
Zip the output folder to a Scorm zip package, upload it to Moodle.
When composing the courde in moodle, launch the Scorm in the same window, hiding the scorm menu; the blank page will appear in the course page, but a new window with the Articulate course will open and track your lesson.
I'm quite in a rush, I hope everything it's clear... hope it helps!
Unfortunately I'm not allowed to have Dropbox installed on my PC to sync (company IT policy) so I can only access it through web browser. However that doesn't seem to allow me to upload the content folders.
Thanks for the Moodle notes too, all clear - I have been testing it out and does work. I just wanted to compare HTML5 on Moodle vs. on the Mobile Player to see if there was a difference in the output quality.
I haven't looked at Google Drive yet but will see if I can access that.
Articulate Mobile Player output quality can't be reached by HTML5 publishing, actually; AMP Flash vector features will ever be more powerful...
Anyway, a different solution can be : create necessary folder in the Dropbox account web page using names "mobile" and presentation_content", and then upload files into these folders. it works!!!
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Hi Louise!
Have you checked out the article here.
I access Dropbox via the web only as well.
Be sure that you are publishing locally and uploading the output to your Public Dropbox folder.
If this doesn't work for you, I know that others are utilizing Google Drive to do this as well. You can check out Mike Taylor's blog post here.
Hi Leslie,
Thanks for the article.
After publishing then selecting 'FTP', what details do I put in the FTP fields?
I've tried the following but then receive an error message when testing connection:
Server: dropbox.com
Username: [Dropbox username]
Password: [Dropbox password]
Directory: Public/
Hi Louise!
The FTP option is not necessary, I usually just click open folder once Publish is complete and drag/drop to Dropbox.
Hi Leslie,
How do you upload the content folders to Dropbox? When I clicked Open Folder, highlight all and drag and drop, the files copy over but the separate folders containing further files (mobile and presentation_content) won't upload - it only uploads individual files. Not sure where I am going wrong!
Hello Louise, why don't you use the Dropbox folder in your PC to copy the presentation output into?
Whe you setup Dropbox, you generally also install the application on your PC , and the Dropbox folder is synchronized with the "cloud"dropbox folder.
So it's much easier to work locally on your PC while you're connected to the Internet... it will sync automatically and when the rightbottom corner dropbox icon is green (sync finished) you can provide public links!
Anyway, though Moodle doesn't seem to allow playing a course in Articulate mobile player, HTML5 is a great option, and tracks perfectly!
Just remember:
In the player options, check the "launch in a new window" option;
When you publish, just publish for LMS with Html5 output but NOT for the Articulate mobile player;
After publishing,Change the launch.html page as you desire (you can change the orange icon with a PLAY LESSON button, for instance);
Zip the output folder to a Scorm zip package, upload it to Moodle.
When composing the courde in moodle, launch the Scorm in the same window, hiding the scorm menu; the blank page will appear in the course page, but a new window with the Articulate course will open and track your lesson.
I'm quite in a rush, I hope everything it's clear... hope it helps!
Hi Stefano
Unfortunately I'm not allowed to have Dropbox installed on my PC to sync (company IT policy) so I can only access it through web browser. However that doesn't seem to allow me to upload the content folders.
Thanks for the Moodle notes too, all clear - I have been testing it out and does work. I just wanted to compare HTML5 on Moodle vs. on the Mobile Player to see if there was a difference in the output quality.
I haven't looked at Google Drive yet but will see if I can access that.
Thanks :)
Louise
Hi Louise,
Articulate Mobile Player output quality can't be reached by HTML5 publishing, actually; AMP Flash vector features will ever be more powerful...
Anyway, a different solution can be : create necessary folder in the Dropbox account web page using names "mobile" and presentation_content", and then upload files into these folders. it works!!!
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