[news.eclipse.technology.ecesis] Creating courses for the Eclipse Traini

[Jeff Mitchell <jmitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Creating courses for the Eclipse Training Perspective (ETP)

1.	Create course content in HTML format

2.	Course content must be transfored into a SCORM 1.2 compliant SCO.

For more information see the SCORM documentation by visiting the 
following site, then selecting SCORM 1.2 from the SCORM drop-down list.

http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=rcbrowse

Select the SCORM Version 1.2 Conformance Requirements Version 1.2 link 
and download the SCORM_1.2_ConformanceReq document.

Section 2.1.4 describes the packaging of content into a SCO.

3.	Create metadata file: courses.xml

The repository attribute of the root element signifies content directory.

Courses are contained in a course element (with a name attribute) in the 
courses section.  Example:

<root repository="courses">
	<courses>
		<course name="Intro to Java with Eclipse 2.1" />
	</courses>
</root>

4.	Create manifest file: imsmanifest.xml

See the SCORM documentation for requirements, and the example course for 
an example manifest file.

5.	Place content into Web application:
a.	HTML course contents must be put under the Web Content folder
b.	courses.xml must be placed under WEB-INF/xmlhome
c.	imsmanifest.xml must be placed under the 
WEB-INF/xmlhome/<repository>/<course name> where <repository> and 
<course name> are as defined in the courses.xml file.

6.	Publish the Web application to an Application Server, or wrap the 
contents in an Eclipse plugin which extends the 
org.eclipse.etp.samplecourse.ETPSampleCourse extension point.

Example:

<extension 	id="org.eclipse.etp.samplecourse.ETPSampleCourse"
		name="%Ext.webAppPlugin"
		point="org.eclipse.etp.webAppPlugin">
</extension>

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Jeff Mitchell