Creating an online course..

DublinDude · 20 Feb 2015 at 13:03

Hi all,

Actually it doesn't have to be online just on a computer. As a project I want to help a tutor (to save paper) put all her theory onto a computer as opposed to printing endless volumes of paper.

Now I am reasonably (but by no means an expert) familiar with creating web pages. I know it can be done this way with a Next button to go to the next page or whatever.

However, it would be an idea to be able to create something more substantial:

Log in system for students
Once logged in the can see what sections they have read and where to continue from
A series of questions relating to theory. (multiple choice/ true false etc)
Once all questions complete, it shows result and where they went wrong.
Displays a list of attempts, results with dates etc
Links to printable exercises for essay type answers

I am assuming this can be done with php. I don't have any knowledge of this but I think this would be an excellent project for myself to be able to create this from the ground up.

Would it require a database? or just a text file like a presume the Driver Theory Test disks use?

Thanks for any advice in advance.

Confused · 20 Feb 2015 at 15:02

I know you were looking for advice, but when looking at WooCommerce stuff, I saw that they (WooThemes) seem to do something similar, called Sensei, which might be worth checking out.

http://www.woothemes.com/products/sensei/

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Feb 2015 at 15:28

Moodle.

Azza · 20 Feb 2015 at 15:54

mrbell1984 said:
Moodle.

+1

AHarvey · 20 Feb 2015 at 16:38

I came to advise Moodle... ^^

DublinDude · 20 Feb 2015 at 18:09

Thanks guys.

In my limited experience of moodle in college I got the impression it just provides links to word documents etc rather than actually displaying the content?

DublinDude · 20 Feb 2015 at 18:12

Confused said:
I know you were looking for advice, but when looking at WooCommerce stuff, I saw that they (WooThemes) seem to do something similar, called Sensei, which might be worth checking out.

http://www.woothemes.com/products/sensei/

That looks interesting although a bit pricey.

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Feb 2015 at 18:26

DublinDude said:
Thanks guys.

In my limited experience of moodle in college I got the impression it just provides links to word documents etc rather than actually displaying the content?

With it been open source it's extremely customisable.

AHarvey · 20 Feb 2015 at 21:47

I looked at Moodle last year to improve our training at work, seemed to offer wiki, lessons, quizes, test scores etc. Much more than just linking to word docs. Definitely worth having a look again.

DublinDude · 21 Feb 2015 at 10:12

AHarvey said:
I looked at Moodle last year to improve our training at work, seemed to offer wiki, lessons, quizes, test scores etc. Much more than just linking to word docs. Definitely worth having a look again.

Cool. I will look into it

Confused · 21 Feb 2015 at 12:05

DublinDude said:
That looks interesting although a bit pricey.

Since posting that, I've found that most of what you're paying for is support...

There's a 3rd party site which re-sells the WooThemes plugins for a much cheaper price - they just don't offer any support.

http://www.gplplugins.com/product/woothemes-sensei-learning-system/

Of course, usual things apply, I've no interest in either of the above etc, just helping out someone on the forum!

cats_five · 21 Feb 2015 at 17:45

The Open University uses Moodle.

DublinDude · 22 Feb 2015 at 15:44

I thinking the Moodle interface may be slightly confusing/intimidating for younger target group some of which have learning difficulties