RELOAD Project: Learning Design Player

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Learning Design Player

A screenshot of the Learning Design Player in action

The Learning Design Player is developed at the University of Bolton by Paul Sharples and Phillip Beauvoir. It is based on and uses the Coppercore Learning Design Engine as developed by the Open University of the Netherlands.

If you download the Player or have any queries regarding it, please send an e-mail to Paul Sharples either just to tell us that you got it or to tell us what you think of it. Thanks.

Features

Version 2.1.3 of software
Wraps the Coppercore (version 2.2.2) runtime engine within an easy to use management interface
Automatically launches and deploys Coppercore under a JBoss server
Interface allows for easy import/removal of Learning Designs into the Coppercore engine without the use of command line tools
Automatically reads a Learning Design and populates Coppercore with a default run and active user for every role found within the manifest or you can create your own
Easy launch - double click a role within the management interface and it launches in the Native Browser
Cross-platform written in Java - (build currently available for PC Windows, Linux & MacOSX)
Best of all, it's free!

Whats new in Version 2.1.3

Built on latest Eclipse platform (v3.2)
Improved support for Mac platform

Windows XP/2000 version

Download version 2.1.3 for Windows with Java included (69.5 mb)
Download version 2.1.3 for Windows without Java (50 mb)

Installation notes:

If you already have Java installed you can use the version of the player without Java (The latest version of either 1.4.2* or Java 1.5) If you don't have Java installed or if you're not sure, download the version with Java included.

After downloading, unzip the file. Launch the Player by double-clicking on the reload-ldplayer application file. You can add a shortcut link on your desktop if you like.

NOTE: When choosing a folder to install the software - make sure the folder path does not contain spaces.
The software (at this time) needs to be installed in a folder/path not containing any spaces, so...
C:\Program files\player = wouldn't work - theres a space in the path
C:\ldplayer\ = would work - no spaces in the path.

NOTE: The Player will only currently work with the most recent version of Java 1.5.x

Linux version (x86/GTK 2)

Download version 2.1.3 for Linux (50.2 mb)

Installation notes:

After downloading, extract the tar archive. Launch the Player by clicking on the reload-ldplayer application file.

You will need to have Java version 1.4.2 or later installed.

Note - the Reload user workspace location is set to user.home/reload/ldplayer-workspace.

Please note that the internal Browser (Mozilla) may not work on some Linux setups. In order to get this feature working, follow these instructions:

Ensure that the "mozilla-browser" package is installed at /usr/lib/mozilla
Add the line "export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/mozilla" to the end of the file: /etc/environment

See this link for further information: http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#browserlinuxrcp

Macintosh version

Download version 2.1.3 for Apple Mac (50 mb)

Installation notes:

After downloading, extract the tar archive using Stuffit Expander or similar. Launch the Editor by clicking on the reload-ldplayer application file.

You will need to have Java version 1.4.2 or later installed.

Source code

Source code for the Learning Design Player and all Reload tools and libraries

Source code for the Learning Design Player and all Reload tools and libraries is available via the CVS repository at SourceForge, here:

http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=76357

Please follow the instructions suitable for your CVS client. The settings to access the CVS repository are:

Connection type: pserver
User: anonymous
Password: n/a
Host: x4l-reload.cvs.sourceforge.net
Repository path: /cvsroot/x4l-reload