From: moodler Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:48:06 +0000 (+0000) Subject: New help for Course Test Manager import X-Git-Url: http://git.mjollnir.org/gw?a=commitdiff_plain;h=06bf9b71e5aaf0aca1b4c9b8d4738e5953703f5f;p=moodle.git New help for Course Test Manager import --- diff --git a/lang/en/help/quiz/formatctm.html b/lang/en/help/quiz/formatctm.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..63c3307072 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/en/help/quiz/formatctm.html @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +

Importing "Course Test Manager" files

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Course Test Manager is an "End of Lifetime" software package from Course Technology. +It is no longer being actively developed by Course Technology. It has been replaced by +a new test manager called ExamView. However, there has never been a migration path to allow +this format to be exported from CTM testbanks to any other common test format. This is why this +module has been written.

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In order to import questions from CTM, you must have CTM installed on a Windows machine, and +have access to the MS Access data files on that machine. Two data files are required in order to +access the data files:

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The import process is somewhat different based on whether you're running moodle on Windows or Linux. +Regardless of what platfom moodle is running on, you must have a Windows system (Windows 2000 or Windows XP) +on the same network as your moodle system in order to host the Access database while importing test banks.

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The process is somewhat easier on a Windows-based moodle system. All you need to do to use the CTM import +class is:

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  1. upload the system.mda system database to moodle using the file manager. It doesn't matter what course you +upload the system.mda file to. Moodle will find it regardless.
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  2. Crete your quiz and go into the "import questions from file" process. Upload your chosen ctm.mdb +database as the file to import. If you did this correctly, you will see another screen that allows you +to choose the sub-category of questions to import from the database. The reason this step is here is that +CTM test banks often contain a large number of categorized questions, based on the chapters of the book or +sections of the course.
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The process on a Linux-based moodle system includes a third-party software component called the +ODBC Socket Server. In order to import CTM databases on Linux, you must first download and install +this small network program on the Windows system that hosts your CTM databases. Do not follow the installation +steps outlined in the ODBC Socket Server Installation. They're more complicated than they need to be! +Instead, follow these steps to install this program on your Windows system:

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  1. Go to the windows system and unzip the install file you downloaded from +this site on the system.
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  2. Copy the binary ODBCSocketServer.exe to a permanent location, such as your system directory +(probably C:\WINNT\ or C:\Windows) or your Program Files directory.
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  3. Install the ODBC Socket Server as a Service on the system with this command:
    +<path you copied the file to in the step above>ODBCSocketServer.exe /Service
    +You may do this by typing this command from Start->Run... dialog, or from a command prompt.
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  4. Open the Service Manager by either going to +Start->Settings->Control Panels->Administrative Tools->Services or by right-clicking on +My Computer, choosing Manage, then choosing Services and Applications->Services from +the right panel. You may also access the Service manager by typing services.msc in the Start->Run... +dialog
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  5. In the Service manager, right-click the ODBC Socket Server item and choose the Start item. It's status +should change to "started" when you do this. Note that you may stop and/or disable this service completely after +you've completed the import process.
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  6. Make sure that the system.mda and ctm.mdb access data files are on the machine, +and that the MS Access ODBC driver is present. It is installed in a standard Windows installation. You can +determine if it installed by opening the "Data Sources" item in "Administrative Tools" and referring to the "Drivers" +tab. You're going to have to determine where CTM is installed and locate the system.mda file and the ctm.mdb database +or databases you're interested in importing data from. Make note of the full local paths to these files as well +as the IP address or hostname of the Windows server. You're going to need this information for the import process.
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  7. Now you may import the testbank or testbanks into moodle. Crete your quiz and go into the +"import questions from file" process. NOW HERE'S WHERE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT FOR LINUX - +YOU MUST SPECIFY A DUMMY FILE IN THE UPLOAD FIELD TO GET THE IMPORT PROCESS STARTED. THIS FILE WILL NOT +BE PROCESSED, IT'S JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR THE IMPORT FORM. YOU WILL GET A PLACE TO SPECIFY THE WINDOWS SERVER +INFORMATION NEXT. Next, you will get a screen where you can type in the hostname for the Windows ODBC Socket Server +machine as well as the paths to the system and testbank databases. Type in the information you wrote down from the +previous step here and click "Connect to Server". If everything was set up correctly, you'll get another form to allow +you to choose the sub-category of questions to import from the database. The reason this step is here is that +CTM test banks often contain a large number of categorized questions, based on the chapters of the book or +sections of the course. IF YOU GET TO THIS STEP WITHOUT ERROR MESSAGES, YOU HAVE SET UP THE SOCKET SERVER CORRECTLY +AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO IMPORT QUESTIONS TO MOODLE!
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If you received error messages during this process, you may find this technical information useful. +The ODBC Socket server uses port 9628 to open a socket and trade and XML query for an XML result table of +the query results. The import class parses that XML and use it just like I use a local query to do the importing. +

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More info about the "Blackboard" format

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Course Test Manager

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