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 Moodle 2.2 Scorm stop passing score in review mode
"no surprises here that you're having issues with SCORM 2004 in Moodle - as you know we don't officially support 2004 in Moodle yet as it ..."
  • over 12 years ago02/14/12 at 11:52 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Moodle 2.0 and reading SCORM info - Can you do this?
"Hi Mark, Welcome to the Heroes forum! - FYI Moodle also has a good SCORM forum here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=1951 I'm no..."
  • over 12 years ago01/26/12 at 12:04 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Integrating Moodle with Articulate Quizmaker on Godaddy Website
"I presume godaddy allow you to ftp files into your data dir - they may even have some form of control panel that has a file manager? if y..."
  • over 12 years ago01/23/12 at 3:05 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Presenter in Moodle
"THE SCORM FAQ on docs.moodle.org is a good place to start for Moodle/SCORM issues - try this one: http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/SCORM_FAQ#..."
  • over 12 years ago01/23/12 at 12:31 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Engage (non scorm) not displaying in label/page in Moodle
"ah - that's right - the resource -> folder does some weird stuff. use add a resource -> file  instead - it allows you to add multip..."
  • over 12 years ago01/08/12 at 2:34 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Engage (non scorm) not displaying in label/page in Moodle
"yeah - relative files across general links in Moodle 2.x won't work unless they are within a SCORM package or a "folder" using the add re..."
  • over 12 years ago01/08/12 at 12:30 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Integrating Moodle with Articulate Quizmaker on Godaddy Website
"yeah - Peter found the issue above - we even have a specific FAQ entry for godaddy and SCORM: http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/SCORM_FAQ#SCOR..."
  • over 12 years ago01/04/12 at 1:17 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Linked file not showing
"Hi Alvin, that looks like a Moodle 2.x url - are you using an old version of 2.0? - can you upgrade to the latest stable release to see ..."
  • over 12 years ago12/13/11 at 5:24 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Updating and SCORM 1.2 results (Moodle)
"I presume you mean Moodle 1.9.12 - not 1.12!!!  The final Grade should stay the same, but if you have changed/removed an old scos from t..."
  • over 12 years ago12/07/11 at 10:57 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Tracking completion (NO QUIZ) in Moodle 2.0
"Moodle has a Grading option called "Learning Objects" for packages like this so you don't even have to modify your package - see here for..."
  • over 12 years ago12/01/11 at 12:12 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Moodle doesn't register Quiz grades
"here's a list of the SCORM bugs fixed since 1.9.6: http://tracker.moodle.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%..."
  • over 12 years ago11/30/11 at 4:29 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Moodle doesn't register Quiz grades
"Moodle 1.9.6 is really old and contains a range of SCORM specific bugs - also it has a range of public security issues that could allow a..."
  • over 12 years ago11/30/11 at 3:54 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion From flash file imbedded to using Youtube
"David Sheehan said:  I use Moodle simply as a way to create individual members who have access to products they purchase. Does this make..."
  • over 12 years ago11/16/11 at 2:34 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion From flash file imbedded to using Youtube
"yeah - you can get around it a bit by putting your SCORM packages somewhere else - SCORM allows you to link to an external url with a zip..."
  • over 12 years ago11/16/11 at 2:32 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion From flash file imbedded to using Youtube
"in 1.9(and lower) you can replace the file by browsing the moddata folder but you can't do this in 2.x due to the file api change - the o..."
  • over 12 years ago11/15/11 at 1:55 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Quizmaker randomly not sending results to Moodle
"whoops - copy/paste from another post, didn't check it! - thanks,"
  • over 12 years ago11/13/11 at 10:58 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Quizmaker randomly not sending results to Moodle
"wow - 9.1.12 ! :-p guess this is your prob: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-29213 but unfortunately even though that bug is flagged ..."
  • over 12 years ago11/10/11 at 2:08 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Quizmaker not registering results in IE9
"we've tried to fix that directly in Moodle but unfortunately it needs to be done in each theme - the X-UA compatible stuff has to be the ..."
  • over 12 years ago11/10/11 at 2:04 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Quizmaker : historic of results not saved in Moodle
"..also should mention 1.9.6 is really old and contains a range of public related issues that could allow a hacker to seriously compromise..."
  • over 12 years ago11/08/11 at 12:23 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Quizmaker : historic of results not saved in Moodle
"One of the important things to note (mentioned in that link above) : An attempt is not defined until the cmi.core.lesson_status for the a..."
  • over 12 years ago11/08/11 at 12:20 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion How to resolve IE crashes when playing AP content in Moodle?
"If it's only IE7 users that are having issues then it's definitely possible you're running into the same IE 7 bug. you could write a hand..."
  • over 12 years ago11/07/11 at 2:29 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Quizmaker : historic of results not saved in Moodle
"also take a look here: http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/SCORM_FAQ#Handling_of_Multiple_Attempts In future when posting about Moodle - please ..."
  • over 12 years ago11/04/11 at 2:43 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion How to resolve IE crashes when playing AP content in Moodle?
"I'm guessing are you using the "new window" option in Moodle? - the IE 7 issue is likely this one: http://danmarsden.com/blog/2011/07/13/..."
  • over 12 years ago10/31/11 at 12:32 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Getting player to show full player Moodle
"If you login to the tracker you can add yourself as a "watcher" to the bug - that way you get e-mail notifications when comments/status c..."
  • over 12 years ago10/29/11 at 4:26 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Getting player to show full player Moodle
"Dave - neither of the bugs I linked above have been fixed in core yet - I created the 2nd one in the tracker when I was writing the post ..."
  • over 12 years ago10/28/11 at 7:07 pm (UTC)