Reload Editor

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Definition

The Reload Editor tools are multi-standard IMS/SCORM editors.

The content packaging editor

• It allows to assemble contents (with different IMS Content Packaging versions, IMS/IEEE Metadata, and SCORM run-time instructions)
• Most recent versions add support for IMS Learning Design (level A), IMS Simple Sequencing

It also can produce a a simple stand-alone HTML-based preview package that can be deployed on a simple webserver.

The IMS Learning Design editor

• Allows to edit IMS Learning Designs.

See also: IMS Global Learning Consortium, SCORM, Educational modelling language

Releases

There are several releases:

Reload Metadata and Content Packaging Editor 2.0.2

This release includes support for

• IMS or LOM Metadata
• IMS Content Packaging 1.1.4
• SCORM 1.2 Specific Elements (prerequisites, maxtimeallowed, timelimitaction, datafromlms, masteryscore)

Reload Editor 2.5.2 nov 2006

The 2.5.2 release of Reload editor (nov 2006) includes support for

• IMS Metadata or IEEE LOM,
• IMS MD 1.2.4,
• IMS CP 1.1.4
• SCORM 2004 (3rd edition) and thus IMS Simple Sequencing and IMS QTI
• IMS Learning Design (level A)

This latest version is only available as manual install (files to dezip and there is no manual (as of 21:30, 29 November 2006 (MET)), but since the interface is the same we suggest to install this version.

Screendump of the "normal" Content Packaging View

Reload Editor Workspace in default mode

Screendump of the LD View

Reload Editor Workspace in LD mode

Installation instructions

• Make sure that you have Java installed, e.g. open a console window and type "java". Else, get it from JAVA
• Dezip the file somewhere
• If clicking on the *.jar file doesn't work (likely because the *.jar extension is associated with another programe you can write a simple "bat" or "cmd* file (on windows) or shell script (on Unix). Contents of the Windows reload.bat file

java -jar reload-editor.jar

Alternatively type the above command from the command line.

Reload LD editor

• This specialized LD editor can do more than the 2.5.2 release of the "normal" Reload editor, i.e. it supports all levels of learning design.

Screendump of the Reload LD editor

It has several tools:

• Overview: Define title, objectives and prerequesites
• Roles: Define roles (specialize the 2 default roles)
• Properties
• Activities: Definition of activities (simple and composite/structures)
• Environments: Tools or Contents
• Methods: Definition of the play
• Files: File management (ressources used in the CP)
• Export: Creation of an IMS CP for distribution

Comments

Defaults

• Assembling a standard IMS content package is fairly simple if you stick to the defaults. At least with version 2.5.2 trying things like using IEEE LOM instead of IMS Learning Ressource Metadata will cause you major headaches since the result will not validate (probably because LOM XSD files are missing but maybe for other reasons too

Scorm

• Assembling a SCORM 1.2 package that truly makes use of Content-LME communication is very difficult and needs programming experience. If all you need is just a SCORM-compatible content viewer it's eays.

• Reload editors can not handle SCORM 2004 (as of 12:40, 13 January 2007 (MET))

Links

• Reload Tools page (editor and player, make sure to pick the correct tool, i.e. don't get the Learning design tools !. These tools need Java)

• Reload 1.3 Manual - PDF) 2004, still useful !

• Reload Editor Step by Step Guide, a 2-page quick guide (very useful)

• Example Content Packages and Content