[Closed] Moodle Wrapper with a SCORM package.

I was working with the Moodle wrapper and SCORM packages. We set our SCORM packages to be opened up into a new window. Everything works perfectly as expected, but when the SCORM package is done and closed, the site comes back to the Moodle site, outside of the wrapper. Is there a setting that needs to be made here to keep it in the wrapper? Otherwise, the wrapper is working perfectly, even the auto height settings.

Thanks,
Bruce

Hi Bruce.

I am a little confused by the issue ... You open in a new window and run the package - OK no issue. But you close the package, do you mean you close the package or close the window? If you open in a new window, you would normally close off the new window when done and be left with the original window, which is a Joomla window. It sounds like you are closing the package and then having two windows open still. One Joomla and one Moodle. Is this correct?

Also, you wish to consider what URL is being used when opening the package in a new window? Is the URL link pointing directly to Moodle or is it a new Joomla window wrapped around the package? If the former, this would be logical that it returns to Moodle.

Chris,

What I meant is that you close the window. When the window closes, Moodle comes out of the wrapper at that point. The course is being tracked, and I've noticed this with Moodle, that when you have a SCORM package open in another window, when you close it, the original page gets redirected to a completed page for the SCORM, or something like that. At that point, it comes out of the wrapper. Since the course link is pointing to a SCORM course inside of Moodle, it's a direct link. It does not open up a new window inside of the wrapper, which is what we want anyway. I hope that helps explain it a bit.

Thanks,
Bruce

Thanks I understand your issue now and confirm the same behaviour.

Moodle has changed the way they close Popup windows with 2.7 I think as can be seen here
tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-43247

so that SCORM results are sent back to Moodle properly for tracking. Thus they are now forcing a parent window refresh.

We will need to look at this.

Okay, thank you for confirming the issue. I thought I was going crazy for a bit (may still be possible).

Thanks,
Bruce

I looked into it and, as expected, you cannot "fix" this without modifying Moodle core code (SCORM mod).

Files involved:
/mod/scorm/view.js

It gets course url from scorm object:
var course_url = scormplayerdata.courseurl;

Then it redirects there on pop up close:
if (winobj.closed) {
// Redirect the parent window to the course homepage.
parent.window.location = course_url;
}


Course URL is filled in:
/mod/scorm/view.php

$courseurl = course_get_url($course, $sectionid)->out(false);


What I did was:
- create new file: auth/joomdle/helper.php with these contents:

<?php

function joomdle_wrapper_course_get_url ($course)
{
$joomla_url = get_config ('auth/joomdle', 'joomla_url');
return $joomla_url . "/index.php?option=com_joomdle&view=wrapper&moodle_page_type=course&id=".$course->id;
}

?>


Then, modified /mod/scorm/view.php to call this function:
// $courseurl = course_get_url($course, $sectionid)->out(false);
require_once ($CFG->dirroot. '/auth/joomdle/helper.php');
$courseurl = joomdle_wrapper_course_get_url($course);


With these changes, I managed to get main window to redirect to course view inside Joomdle wrapper.

Thanks Antonio. I hate modifying the Moodle code, but if that is what it will take right now, I'm fine with that. I will document this information so that if we update Moodle we can jump back and re-add this in again.

Yes, I hate it too.. always try to find ways to do things without touching core code, but there are times that you can't help it if you want some things working as you need.