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Can I rerrange the sequence of the modules in a course? In other words, I want to move Lesson ? to before Lesson ?.
 
Hi Sam,

Unfortunately, rearranging the order of the modules is something I have not figured out. Logically, you want to click and drag them to change the order, but this does nothing. As such, my initial thought is that this is not possible. However, one of the more experienced users on this forum may have discovered a work around...[:(]
 
 
Thanks James! I thought that might be the case. Anyway, I just started a new course, saved each module to a template then recreated the course in the proper sequence. A little effort, but it worked.
 
 
 
AS you've noticed shifting stuff around can be a real pain. It should be easier but the files that drive the pages tend to be a little complex and feature lots of eferencing to other objects or controlers in the API. You can move things but it probably isn't worth the effort as you'll probably spend as long debugging and fixing the parts you break as you would doing it all over from scratch :(
It's easier to plan for this from the outset which is one of the key ideas in Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) thinking. Using the real tech term it's content aggregation, in the real world that means building a whole out of parts.
So you make a template set of common parts and components you can use over and over again.
You can always have two copies open and drag stuff from one to the other into a different order but again things will brea and cleaning up can be painful.
 
 
 
 
However...... if you have a set of discrete sub modules that make your whole then you could just overlay a few external menu pages with navigation controls, these can even be driven by a few variables.
In it's simplest form:
Say you have module made of mod1 and mod2. Normal logic starts at mod1 then goes through to mod2.
Add a starter page with a button (you'd want to disable the global nav at this point) it allows you to jump to page 1 of mod2 and nowhere else.
Click and you're at mod2 with the global nav back on. At the end of mod2 is another page that only offers a jump to page1 mod1.
At the end of that is a final page to complete the module before it jumps back into mod2 again.
It is a bit artificial but can be done.
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There is also a device called 'task controller' now this ought to be able to introduce a different order to the module by a fixed route and also have condition dependant paths, ie answer q1 wrong and you go to q3, get it right and your off to q2.
BUT... isn't there always one, it is a bit of a complex thing and I haven't come across anyone who has figured it out yet! Even the dev team say it is a bit too complex and does need some taming to be more user friendly. It's not called SCORM Simple Sequencing for nothing LOL but it is potentially VERY powerful
See what I mean here ==> http://www.imsglobal.org/simplesequencing/ssv1p0/imsss_bestv1p0.html
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