Dan Marsden
Dan Marsden
Senior Moodle Developer at Moodle Partner - Catalyst IT
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    Dan Marsden

    I'm the core developer for the SCORM module in Moodle and work for the Moodle Partner Catalyst IT - we have offices in UK/AU/NZ and provide a range of different services including Moodle, Totara, Drupal, Mahara, custom development, hosting etc. http://www.catalyst-eu.net http://www.catalyst.net.nz
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Storyline activity not being marked completed after successful completion
"Great to hear it's sorted - can't help with finding the Story file though - hopefully you'll have an internal way of storing those files ..."
  • over 3 years ago11/11/20 at 10:58 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Storyline activity not being marked completed after successful completion
"Can I ask what exact Moodle version you are using? - the amount of times I've heard "we are using a supported up-to-date release" to find..."
  • over 3 years ago11/11/20 at 10:19 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Storyline activity not being marked completed after successful completion
"Is your Moodle site running an up to date supported release? Modern browsers added some security settings that block the way Moodle used ..."
  • over 3 years ago11/11/20 at 6:46 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion SCORM Reporting Issues
"Hi Sandy, are you using an old version of Moodle? - modern web browsers recently made a number of changes that broke the way SCORM ..."
  • over 3 years ago10/19/20 at 8:50 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Can I pull the number of attempts from Totara / Moodle into a SCORM module?
"As Brian/Phil already confirm - this is not part of the SCORM specification and there isn't any way to do this in Moodle/Totara without s..."
  • over 3 years ago09/10/20 at 10:04 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Resume sate not saved properly- to use SCORM 2004 or SCORM 1.2
"For Moodle and Totara, It's typically better to publish as SCORM 1.2 if you can, but if the only issue is with suspend_data then it's lik..."
  • almost 4 years ago06/30/20 at 10:39 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Resume sate not saved properly- to use SCORM 2004 or SCORM 1.2
"Totara's SCORM player is pretty much exactly the same as the one in Moodle - sounds like you're running into the suspend data limits impo..."
  • almost 4 years ago06/30/20 at 9:07 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Moodle scorm course completion
"Recent security changes to Modern browsers have broken some aspects of SCORM communication in older versions of Moodle. What version of M..."
  • almost 4 years ago06/29/20 at 10:36 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Users outside of the US unable to get course completions
"tbh - it concerns me that a "decision" is required at all here... Just because you can download Moodle and install it yourself, doesn't m..."
  • almost 4 years ago06/16/20 at 10:13 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Users outside of the US unable to get course completions
"The changes related to Chrome 80 support didn't land until 3.7.5 - you should also be making sure that you regularly update your Moodle s..."
  • almost 4 years ago06/15/20 at 8:23 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Users outside of the US unable to get course completions
"What version of Moodle are you using? We see a lot of issues with self-hosted Moodle sites that are not updated regularly with the latest..."
  • almost 4 years ago06/14/20 at 9:44 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Using Storyline 3, we need to create a "Test Out" option for our client's users, using Moodle as our LMS
"I think what you are probably looking for is the "subcourse" activity: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_subcourse - that plugin is very wel..."
  • over 4 years ago10/24/19 at 8:41 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Moodle LMS - Retry Quiz
"A google search would point you at this: https://docs.moodle.org/en/SCORM_FAQ#Supported_Versions"
  • over 4 years ago09/19/19 at 5:59 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Browser Testing
"If you're looking for ammunition to encourage your internal team to upgrade I'd start with the security release information - many seriou..."
  • 5 years ago04/08/19 at 9:44 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Browser Testing
"You do know that Moodle 2.7 is really old, is not supported, and probably contains bugs that prevent "newer" browsers from accessing your..."
  • 5 years ago04/08/19 at 9:13 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Disabling a story until another story is complete.
"you'll need to use: https://docs.moodle.org/en/Restrict_access_settings Basically - in SCORM package 1, set the conditions for what defi..."
  • 5 years ago02/27/19 at 10:45 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Increasing issues in Edge and Explorer
"I'd still check that you are running a recent stable supported version of Moodle and you don't have any custom plugins/themes that are ge..."
  • over 5 years ago10/22/18 at 10:32 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Increasing issues in Edge and Explorer
"SCORM can be pretty fragile - I'd check to make sure your Moodle site is running a recent stable version and doesn't have any custom plug..."
  • over 5 years ago10/22/18 at 10:09 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Troubleshooting Configuration.js
"wow.. 2.5.9 - you probably need to stop trying to disable review mode and find a way to upgrade your site to a recent supported release. ..."
  • almost 6 years ago06/18/18 at 11:22 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Updating an existing course in a later version of Storyline
"I do think it's a problem that Moodle just dumps tracking data without warning the teacher - we're so careful not to dump/change grades i..."
  • almost 6 years ago06/05/18 at 8:17 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Updating an existing course in a later version of Storyline
"All Moodle tracking data associated with your SCORM is linked to the identifier used in your SCORM package within the imsmanifest.xml. W..."
  • almost 6 years ago06/04/18 at 9:50 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Moodle SCORM and Retrying a Quiz to Pass
"Hi Nima, your Totara subscription comes with a support agreement - you should engage directly with Totara and they should be able to help..."
  • almost 6 years ago06/04/18 at 9:44 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion How to eliminate the masteryscore element from imsmanifest.xml?
"drop me a PM if you want to fix that ;-)"
  • almost 6 years ago05/29/18 at 9:50 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion How to eliminate the masteryscore element from imsmanifest.xml?
"FYI - If you're using Moodle - we did end up implementing that setting that I mention above - it's in Moodle 3.1 and higher versions."
  • almost 6 years ago05/29/18 at 9:31 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Storyline 360: AICC package not launched from Moodle LMS
"What version of Moodle are you using? this sounds like https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-46639 which is fixed in all currently suppo..."
  • almost 6 years ago05/23/18 at 10:16 pm (UTC)