[QTI] Hi and some questions

[Danny Kodicek]

 Thanks, Niall, this is really helpful.

> The best way to associate other objects with the test would 
> be to include them all in the same content package, and use 
> an <organization> to provide an indication that they are 
> related, however that won't allow data to pass from an SCO to 
> an assessment. (I'm not sure if there is a way to pass data 
> from an SCO to a QTI 2.1 assessment - hopefully Steve will 
> post an answer covering that.)

I wasn't really expecting this would work, but I thought I'd try. What our
software currently does is that as you skip through the sections of the
worksheet, it updates the state of the simulation alongside. We were hoping
to achieve the same thing in QTI by opening a separate web page for each
section. I suppose an alternative is just to put a direct HTML link into the
question. Another possibility would be to embed the (Shockwave) software
directly into the QTI, is that possible? Obviously it won't work for
non-HTML-based QTI viewers, but I'd have thought web-based LPs might support
it.

> You also need to decide on whether to use QTI 1.2.1 
> (currently better for compatibility with VLEs, but rather 
> limited) or QTI 2.1. (Very much more flexible and more 
> clearly specified so it provides better interoperability, but 
> so far not supported by major VLEs.)

I don't think we have any alternative to 2.1: our worksheets are organised
much more like an assessment than a single item (incidentally, am I right in
thinking that assessmentItems can't be embedded directly into an assessment
but have to be specified as external files?)

> The only comparison of QTI support  that I know of is 
> Pierre's Quickscan report 
> <http://www.digiuni.nl/digiuni/index.cfm/site/Internet/pageid/
> 980AE511-AB8F-98D2-57F438FCD402F4D1/objectType/product/objectI
> D/08E120BE-A59E-8C9C-B0620BC9B28E07F2/LayoutTemplate/tekst/ind
> ex.cfm>. 

Looks good but a bit depressing - I'd hope that the intervening four years
have made things a bit more hopeful! No mention there of Moodle, which is
used by quite a lot of our customers. 

Thanks again
Danny