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Import OO Impress files

Details

  • Type: New Feature New Feature
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 2.0
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Lesson
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    All
  • Database:
    Any
  • Difficulty:
    Difficult
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_20_STABLE

Description

Would it be easier and more correct to import an Open Office Impress presentation, instead of that other nasty program?

With release of PowerPoint 2007, this becomes more important because there is not importpptx.php program.

Issue Links

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MDL-10513 Import a squence of images into a moodle lesson Minor Open

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Chris Collman added a comment -

Here is a DREADFUL hack , a little tweak by someone that knew a bit more PHP than me would eliminate a bunch of code that OO does not need. I have enclosed a readme set of instructions, a helpful cheating file outlineOO.txt, and a zip file I created following my instructions to test the functioning of the new import script.

I guess I could hack Lesson some more and add a importOO option but I would rather have that in 2.0 and done by someone who will not have to reivent the wheel.

Best to all... Chris

PS who would have thought that in the new world, not all text files are created equally? I spend hours on this stupid project trying to update it from my 1.6 version, until I realized that the reason my text file would not work was because I needed to save it in UTF-8 not ANSI. Grrrrrr, talk about dawn breaking over (my) MARBLEHEAD. But I am happy and will gladly accept my "Minor Hero of the 3rd Order Award"..

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Chris Collman added a comment - Here is a DREADFUL hack , a little tweak by someone that knew a bit more PHP than me would eliminate a bunch of code that OO does not need. I have enclosed a readme set of instructions, a helpful cheating file outlineOO.txt, and a zip file I created following my instructions to test the functioning of the new import script. I guess I could hack Lesson some more and add a importOO option but I would rather have that in 2.0 and done by someone who will not have to reivent the wheel. Best to all... Chris PS who would have thought that in the new world, not all text files are created equally? I spend hours on this stupid project trying to update it from my 1.6 version, until I realized that the reason my text file would not work was because I needed to save it in UTF-8 not ANSI. Grrrrrr, talk about dawn breaking over (my) MARBLEHEAD. But I am happy and will gladly accept my "Minor Hero of the 3rd Order Award"..
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Chris Collman added a comment -

MDL-10513 is a piece of code that imports images from a PPT created set of web pages. Don't know if it will work with a different set of images.

OO Impress, exports a screen capture of the entire page, rather than separate elements. However, OO files use a file1, file10, file100 method of naming their page images, rather than a more friendly file001, file010, file100. True this method will not allow the teacher to edit a page's text or change an embedded image.

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Chris Collman added a comment - MDL-10513 is a piece of code that imports images from a PPT created set of web pages. Don't know if it will work with a different set of images. OO Impress, exports a screen capture of the entire page, rather than separate elements. However, OO files use a file1, file10, file100 method of naming their page images, rather than a more friendly file001, file010, file100. True this method will not allow the teacher to edit a page's text or change an embedded image.
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Chris Collman added a comment -
  1. See MDL-15755 for a simple PowerPoint and a zip file that was created using the PowerPoint. The zip file is ready to be imported. Useful to see if other parts of a Moodle site are working and to see an example of what does work. Try importing this via demo.moodle.org .
  2. See MDL-10513 for a hack that imports a series of images in alpha order. There are test files. Requires renaming importimg.php to replace the importppt.php file in lesson. This replaces the standard import text function of importppt. See page comment "MDL 10513"
  3. MDL-17413 to vote for an improvement to insert (by importing) a series of pictures or a series of text pages into a series of lesson branch pages at any point in the lesson. (Like a series of questions).
    #See Lesson forum for many long threads on importing powerpoint.
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Chris Collman added a comment -
  1. See MDL-15755 for a simple PowerPoint and a zip file that was created using the PowerPoint. The zip file is ready to be imported. Useful to see if other parts of a Moodle site are working and to see an example of what does work. Try importing this via demo.moodle.org .
  2. See MDL-10513 for a hack that imports a series of images in alpha order. There are test files. Requires renaming importimg.php to replace the importppt.php file in lesson. This replaces the standard import text function of importppt. See page comment "MDL 10513"
  3. MDL-17413 to vote for an improvement to insert (by importing) a series of pictures or a series of text pages into a series of lesson branch pages at any point in the lesson. (Like a series of questions). #See Lesson forum for many long threads on importing powerpoint.
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Chris Collman added a comment -

See http://docs.moodle.org/en/Import_PowerPoint for some documentation on how the current process works (or is limited in its functionality).

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Chris Collman added a comment - See http://docs.moodle.org/en/Import_PowerPoint for some documentation on how the current process works (or is limited in its functionality).
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Chris Collman added a comment -

I changed this request for 2.1 and called it difficult and upped it to major. Perhaps already being considered, in which case please cross reference and notify Lesson Forum.

There are several MDLs related to this requests including other options.
MDL-5655 hack attempt at importing OO
MDL-10513 importing images
MDL-17413 request to import series of images and text into separate pages in Lesson

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Chris Collman added a comment - I changed this request for 2.1 and called it difficult and upped it to major. Perhaps already being considered, in which case please cross reference and notify Lesson Forum. There are several MDLs related to this requests including other options. MDL-5655 hack attempt at importing OO MDL-10513 importing images MDL-17413 request to import series of images and text into separate pages in Lesson
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Martin Dougiamas added a comment -

Reassigning this to moodle.com for the time being, since Mark Nielsen is not maintaining Lesson any more. Please comment/vote/patch any crucial bugs that affect you for 2.0 to help us prioritise fixes for the upcoming release.

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - Reassigning this to moodle.com for the time being, since Mark Nielsen is not maintaining Lesson any more. Please comment/vote/patch any crucial bugs that affect you for 2.0 to help us prioritise fixes for the upcoming release.

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