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== Installation ==
== Installation ==
=== PHP scripts ===


:- 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.
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$downloadlink = "https://moleski.net/bmc/exports/";//url for export files
$downloadlink = "https://moleski.net/bmc/exports/";//url for export files
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=== Make Directories ===


:- 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.
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:::: ''/var/www/html/bmc/activities_src''
:::: ''/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.
:- Make a directory called “moodle_src” in your main converter dir.
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:- In “moodle_src”, make two directories, one called "course" and the other called "sections."
:- In “moodle_src”, make two directories, one called "course" and the other called "sections."


:- Place 5 files in “moodle_src”: gradebook.xml, groups.xml, outcomes.xml, roles.xml, scales.xml
=== Generate and place xml files ===
 
:- Make a dummy course in Moodle. I made it with seven sections. I copied all of the section folders generated by the dummy course to '''moodle_src/sections'''.


:- Make as many section files in the sections directory as needed for the course: section_1, section_2
:- Archive it in an mbz file.


:: ''Stuck here, too.  I don't know where to get these xml files. From Blackboard?  From Moodle?
:- The mbz file is in tar.gz format.  Use an unzip program to untar and unzip the contents.


I believe that the final product should look like this:
:- Copy ''grades.xml, inforef.xml, roles.xml'' from the unzipped activity directory to '''activities_src'''.


[[File:BMC tutorial 01.png]]
:- Copy ''gradebook.xml, groups.xml, outcomes.xml, roles.xml, scales.xml'' to '''moodle_src'''.


== Using the converter ==
== Using the converter ==

Revision as of 16:48, 2 December 2017

Written by Kathrin Braungardt, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

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

PHP scripts

- 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 Directories

- 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
- Make a directory called “moodle_src” in your main converter dir.
- In “moodle_src”, make two directories, one called "course" and the other called "sections."

Generate and place xml files

- Make a dummy course in Moodle. I made it with seven sections. I copied all of the section folders generated by the dummy course to moodle_src/sections.
- Archive it in an mbz file.
- The mbz file is in tar.gz format. Use an unzip program to untar and unzip the contents.
- Copy grades.xml, inforef.xml, roles.xml from the unzipped activity directory to activities_src.
- Copy gradebook.xml, groups.xml, outcomes.xml, roles.xml, scales.xml to moodle_src.

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.

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