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:- Put all files in one directory on a webserver. This directory should be writeable by the webserver. | :- Put all files in one directory on a webserver. This directory should be writeable by the webserver. | ||
:: I used "bmc" on my system as my "main converter dir." | :: ''I used "bmc" on my system as my "main converter dir." | ||
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:- Install files of [http://www.phpconcept.net/pclzip/ PhpConcept Library - Zip Module 2.8]. | :- Install files of [http://www.phpconcept.net/pclzip/ PhpConcept Library - Zip Module 2.8]. | ||
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::- Extract ''pclzip.lib.php'' and put it in your main converter dir with the other php files. | ::- Extract ''pclzip.lib.php'' and put it in your main converter dir with the other php files. | ||
:- Define variables uploaddir and downloadlink in uploaddir.php | :- Define variables $uploaddir and $downloadlink in uploaddir.php | ||
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:- Make a directory called “uploads†in your main converter dir that is writeable by the webserver. | :- Make a directory called “uploads†in your main converter dir that is writeable by the webserver. | ||
:: /var/www/html/bmc/uploads | :: ''/var/www/html/bmc/uploads'' | ||
:- Make a directory called “exports†in your main converter dir that is writeable by the webserver. | :- Make a directory called “exports†in your main converter dir that is writeable by the webserver. | ||
:: /var/www/html/bmc/exports | :: ''/var/www/html/bmc/exports'' | ||
:- Make directory called “activities_src†containing the files grades.xml, inforef.xml, roles.xml. | :- Make directory called “activities_src†containing the files grades.xml, inforef.xml, roles.xml. | ||
:: ''/var/www/html/bmc/activities_src'' | |||
:: ''This is where we are stuck at the moment. I have the feeling that we are using a more primitive version of Blackboard. I can't find these files anywhere in the Blackboard archive zip file. It may be that "activities_src" has to be generated by Moodle rather than Blackboard.'' | :: ''This is where we are stuck at the moment. I have the feeling that we are using a more primitive version of Blackboard. I can't find these files anywhere in the Blackboard archive zip file. It may be that "activities_src" has to be generated by Moodle rather than Blackboard.'' | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 1 December 2017
Written by Kathrin Braungardt, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
- Github distribution.
- Kathrin's blog post, with links to a video tutorial and a slide share.
The purpose of this page is to clarify the documentation from Github.
What BMC can and cannot do
Version: 3.1 Beta
Source: Blackboard 9.1 SP 14
Target: Moodle 3.1.1
BMC converts documents, content from text elements, links, YouTube mashups, and tests.
All question types will be converted except for "Calculated Formulas" and "Quiz Bowls."
- A description in German of 17 types of Blackboard questions.
Blackboard folders are converted into Moodle sections.
Blackboard folders can be nested inside each other. Moodle sections cannot be nested.
Installation
- - Put all files in one directory on a webserver. This directory should be writeable by the webserver.
- I used "bmc" on my system as my "main converter dir."
- - Install files of PhpConcept Library - Zip Module 2.8.
- - Download the zip file.
- - Extract pclzip.lib.php and put it in your main converter dir with the other php files.
- - Define variables $uploaddir and $downloadlink in uploaddir.php
$uploaddir = '/var/www/html/bmc/';//absolute path to main converter dir $downloadlink = "https://moleski.net/bmc/exports/";//url for export files
- - Make a directory called “uploads†in your main converter dir that is writeable by the webserver.
- /var/www/html/bmc/uploads
- - Make a directory called “exports†in your main converter dir that is writeable by the webserver.
- /var/www/html/bmc/exports
- - Make directory called “activities_src†containing the files grades.xml, inforef.xml, roles.xml.
- /var/www/html/bmc/activities_src
- This is where we are stuck at the moment. I have the feeling that we are using a more primitive version of Blackboard. I can't find these files anywhere in the Blackboard archive zip file. It may be that "activities_src" has to be generated by Moodle rather than Blackboard.
- - Make a directory called “moodle_src†in your main converter dir.
- - In “moodle_srcâ€, make two directories, one called "course" and the other called "sections."
- - Place 5 files in “moodle_srcâ€: gradebook.xml, groups.xml, outcomes.xml, roles.xml, scales.xml
- - Make as many section files in the sections directory as needed for the course: section_1, section_2
- Stuck here, too. I don't know where to get these xml files. From Blackboard? From Moodle?
I believe that the final product should look like this:
Using the converter
In Blackboard:
- Control Panel -> Packages and Utilities -> Export/Archive Course -> Export Package
Save the zip file that is exported from Blackboard.
Browse to "upload.php" in your main converter dir.
- https://moleski.net/bmc/upload.php
Use the two buttons on the first screen to select the Blackboard zip file and then to upload it to your server.
Wait and see what happens.