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Embedding Xerte, Xerte SCORM package, and quiz tracking into Moodle

Overview

Using and combining the different online resources such as Zoom, Panopto, Moodle and Xerte can help produce a structured learning experience for the users.

Within this page there are videos, instructions and guidelines on how to:

  • Embed Xerte into Moodle
  • Add Tracking to Xerte questions
  • Add a Xerte SCORM package to Moodle

Xerte and Moodle

Xerte can be added to Moodle through three different ways:

  • It can be embedding and used within an iframe allowing the student to have interactive content without leaving the Moodle system.
  • It can be added as a URL, which will take the student to a new web page,
  • It can be packaged up as a SCORM package and embedded within Moodle allowing the teacher to view scores and results from the users who have interacted with the resource.

Embedding to Moodle

  1. Click the ‘Turn editing on’
  2. Click ‘Add activity’
  3. Chose ‘Label’
  4. ‘Add’
Steps to embed to Moodle

Xerte embedding to the DLE

  1. Use the arrow to view all icons.
  2. Click ‘HTML’ icon.
  3. Copy the Embed code from the Xerte resource.
  4. Paste the code into the HTML box.
  5. Save – check the resource on Moodle.

Xerte Embedding to the DLE

Setting up Tracking in the quiz

  1. In Xerte, Click the home page
  2. Click ‘Tracking’
  3. Set the Tracking for the Quiz
  4. Set the Pass Score
  5. Set the page timeout
  6. Set the Tracking Category
Setting up Tracking in the quiz

Add a Question

  1. Click the add
  2. Click ‘Interactivity’
  3. Click the Question type you wish to have
How to Add a Question

Setting up the tracking for each Question

  1. Click the question you want the tracking on
  2. Click ‘Tracking’
  3. Click ‘Tracking Score weight’ for the question
  4. Complete the ‘Tracking Label’
  5. Set the Tracking Group
  6. Set the Tracking Score Weight
  7. Set the Tracking Category
Setting up the tracking for each Question

Add a Results page

Note: When changing question types Xerte forces a separate results page for each different type this can get in the way when trying to complete a quiz.

Hide the results pages that appear between different question types and only show the last results slide when all questions have been answered.

  1. Click the add
  2. Select ‘Misc’
  3. Click ‘Results Page’
  4. Click ‘At end’ (of the questions)
How to Add a Results page

Add a Stop Tracking page

Note: At the end of the quiz you need to add a Stop Tracking page, this contains a button the user clicks; which sends the data to the DLE. Without this, tracking will not work.

  1. Click the add
  2. Select ‘Misc’
  3. Click ‘Stop Tracking’
  4. Click ‘At end’ (of the quiz)
Add a Stop Tracking page

Adding a Xerte SCORM package to Moodle

  1. Click the Xerte resource
  2. Click ‘i’ Properties
  3. Click Export.
  4. Click SCORM 1.2 package — Wait do not close down the ‘i’ Properties window
  5. You may have a Download shown at the bottom or be asked ‘where to save this SCORM package’
Adding a Xerte SCORM package to Moodle
  1. Click the ‘Turn editing on’
  2. Click ‘Add activity’
  3. Chose ‘SCORM Package’
  4. ‘Add’
Adding a Xerte SCORM package to Moodle

Updated on January 12, 2023

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