[LON-CAPA-users] Exporting from BB and importing into loncapa

[Stuart Raeburn]

HK,

> 2. On loncapa, I tried to import the imscc file using the upload a new
> document but the file is not recognized.

Support for import of IMS packages, previously exported from a CMS in  
.zip format, (from one of Blackboard 5 or 6, ANGEL 5.5, or WebCT)  
directly into a LON-CAPA course was implemented in 2004 (for LON-CAPA  
version 1.2).  At that time, support was also implemented for import  
into Authoring Space (for the same CMS systems, and then later WebCT  
Vista was added).

Since then Blackboard has acquired both ANGEL and WebCT, and new  
versions of Blackboard have been released, with corresponding changes  
to their IMS packaging of content.

In the case of import into a course you would use: Upload > IMS Upload  
to upload the zip file, and select the source CMS.  However, I would  
need to update LON-CAPA's IMS processing code to support import from  
the current version of Blackboard Learn.

So, in answer to your question:

> I have some resources on BB that I like to import into loncapa. Has anyone
> managed to do that?

The answer is yes I have, but only with older versions of BB exports,  
which LON-CAPA's IMS import code was written to support.  It would be  
relatively straightforward to update the LON-CAPA code to support the  
latest BB version, and I would be happy to do it, but I would need a  
BB export file to work with.  Contact me off-list, or submit a bug  
report if you would be interested in that.

Thanks,

Stuart Raeburn
LON-CAPA Academic Consortium


Quoting "H. K. Ng" <hkng at fsu.edu>:

> Hi,
>
> I have some resources on BB that I like to import into loncapa. Has anyone
> managed to do that? What I have done so far is the following.
> 1. On BB I selected Export/Archive course, then Export Common Cartridge
> package in 1.1 version. BB then creates a file with imscc extension.
> 2. On loncapa, I tried to import the imscc file using the upload a new
> document but the file is not recognized.
>
> Any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
> -hk