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
  • Christchurch, New Zealand
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Errors Experienced - Thoughts?
"Hi Scott,  What people in this forum might not be aware is that the error you refer to comes from Moodle. We made some further improveme..."
  • almost 6 years ago05/09/18 at 10:05 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Trouble embedding a Storyline project in Moodle 3.4
"You have a few options... but this is really a "Moodle" question rather than an Articulate question so you might get more help on moodle...."
  • almost 6 years ago05/03/18 at 11:36 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion How do I upload to Moodle?
"This might help: https://docs.moodle.org/en/SCORM_settings#Adding_a_SCORM_package"
  • 6 years ago04/03/18 at 10:28 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Storyline quizzes not reporting in Moodle when students using Chrome
"Cool - that pretty much confirms that it's not a Moodle issue but is an issue with the SCORM package itself. (Just got a call from your i..."
  • 6 years ago03/15/18 at 1:50 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Storyline quizzes not reporting in Moodle when students using Chrome
"Sounds weird - are you able to reproduce this? - or is just one particular student that has been having this problem? - Can you see if an..."
  • 6 years ago03/14/18 at 11:38 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Performance and report issues with a SCORM
"Could be a performance issue with your Moodle site/config but it's hard to interpret with the information provided so far - I'd suggest y..."
  • 6 years ago02/22/18 at 11:10 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Create a user survey in articulate 360
"It would be better for you to use the built-in Feedback tool within Moodle - it's designed for recording and reporting on surveys and pro..."
  • 6 years ago02/11/18 at 5:11 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Uploading an Articulate 2 file to Totara LMS
"I'd guess you are trying to add the zip in the wrong place in Totara - take a look here for the details on how to add a scorm package in ..."
  • 6 years ago01/29/18 at 8:03 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Closing the launch page
"Pär - drop me a private message if you would like us to help with this (see my profile here for my associations etc) If you would prefer..."
  • over 6 years ago11/21/17 at 9:06 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Closing the launch page
"good point. I wonder if it's worth writing some code in Moodle that detects an LMSFinish inside the window and then closes/redirects back..."
  • over 6 years ago11/21/17 at 1:29 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Bookmarking and lengthy quiz
"I'm surprised to hear you have an "LMS Provider" and aren't hosting this yourself. Most experienced Moodle providers are aware of the iss..."
  • over 6 years ago11/20/17 at 8:39 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Bookmarking and lengthy quiz
"Hi Shneay, Matthew is likely correct - this is probably an issue with the suspend_data limits set by the SCORM 1.2 standard. Moodle doe..."
  • over 6 years ago11/19/17 at 8:17 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Closing the launch page
"yeah - that's a window "controlled" by the authoring tool rather than Moodle - There is probably a way for that to be improved by the art..."
  • over 6 years ago11/19/17 at 8:10 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Resume Is not working after updating courses from Storyline 1 to Storyline 3
"I suspect that isn't supported by Storyline - if you have a lot of users like this with an open attempt you could run some custom sql on ..."
  • over 6 years ago11/13/17 at 8:34 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Tutor review of student answers
"All recent supported versions of Moodle include a SCORM report called the "interactions" report which displays information about student ..."
  • over 6 years ago11/13/17 at 8:30 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Closing the launch page
"Are you using a recent supported version of Moodle? - the launch page is supposed to redirect back to the course page automatically when ..."
  • over 6 years ago11/10/17 at 8:23 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Course will not resume to correct slide
"sounds like the suspenddata limits being hit - the SCORM 1.2 spec defines a limit for the amount of data that can be stored in the suspen..."
  • over 6 years ago11/03/17 at 8:10 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Moodle LMS - Retry Quiz
"you should verify they are using a current supported release - Moodle can be downloaded and installed by anyone but unfortunately that me..."
  • over 6 years ago10/25/17 at 8:15 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Moodle LMS - Retry Quiz
"Are you using a recent supported version of Moodle? I would guess that the re-entry to your SCORM is happening in review mode which is w..."
  • over 6 years ago10/24/17 at 7:21 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Storyline and Moodle Review Mode
"Something will be setting the users attempt status (cmi.core.lesson_status) value to 'completed', 'passed' or 'failed' - according to the..."
  • over 6 years ago10/12/17 at 7:25 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion SL360 not triggering completion status in Moodle
"yeah - best to ask for help in the forums on moodle.org - here's the SCORM forum: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=1951 Please a..."
  • over 6 years ago10/12/17 at 7:19 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Resume where you left off not working
"Tell your client that Moodle 2.4 is full of bugs(including known issues with SCORM) , is known to have security issues that could allow a..."
  • over 6 years ago10/12/17 at 7:12 am (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion SL360 not triggering completion status in Moodle
"Hi Melanie,  you haven't really provided enough information here for us to help much. SCORM is inherently fragile - many things can cau..."
  • over 6 years ago10/09/17 at 9:16 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Storyline and Moodle Review Mode
"try using the "force new attempt" setting in Moodle - more info here: https://docs.moodle.org/en/SCORM_FAQ#Handling_of_Multiple_Attempts"
  • over 6 years ago10/09/17 at 9:08 pm (UTC)
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Dan Marsden replied to the discussion Incomplete tracking in courses loaded in Moodle
"'Hung up' is not very specific. I would suggest you post in the moodle community forums and include a lot more info/screenshots etc."
  • over 6 years ago09/13/17 at 8:31 pm (UTC)