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(This article was originally published on April 2, 2018.) The next release of learningBOX is expected to include the ability to upload SCORM materials. First, we plan to support SCORM 1.2 packages for single SCOs. In the future, we plan to advance support for newer SCORM versions and to support registration of courses consisting of multiple SCOs.

There are three ways to create a problem, but each person has his/her own preference When creating questions in QuizGenerator, some people find it easier to do so than others. Creating questions using the question creation form Creating questions in a text file Creating questions in an Excel file There are three ways to create the above three types of forms, but I, personally, think that creating with text and spreadsheet software is easier. Some people, on the contrary, of course, think that the question creation form is easier and better. The order of creation in any of the methods is different, but what you are doing is no different from any other method of creation. 1. enter the question text 2. select the question type 3. prepare answers This is all there is to it. The third step varies slightly depending on the type of question, but as long as you keep this in mind, you should be fine, just as you would with a paper-based test. For now, create questions with the text. Anyway, let's try to make a problem once. That is the easiest way to remember. It is the same as the old saying of learning by writing. Anyway, try to move your hands. The following three problems are to be created this time. 5 x 5 = ? (Choose the correct answer from the choices) Write the largest prefecture in Japan. (Have the students actually type it in.) Write the largest prefecture in Japan Combine numbers and Chinese numerals correctly. (Make the correct combination) Launch an editor that allows you to save text files. Notepad, TextEdit, Hidemaru, Atom, whatever. We will start with the simplest one. 5 x 5 = ? (Choose the correct answer from the choices) We will create this one. 1. input the question text. 5 x 5 = ? 2. enter the question type. 5 x 5 = ? sa: 3. enter the correct answer. 5 x 5 = ? sa: 25 4. enter another choice. This time there are three choices. 5 x 5 = ? sa: 25 5 10 1 This completes one question. The remaining questions are written in the same way. First, write the descriptive questions as follows. Write the largest prefecture in Japan. fill-in: Hokkaido When the user answers, the correct answer is entered as "Hokkaido". There is less to write than the first four questions we created. Finally, we have a combination question. Combination questions are written as follows Combine numbers and Chinese characters correctly. match: 1::1 2::two 3::three 4::four When answering, the user must drag and drop the Chinese numbers entered on the right side to combine them to match the numbers on the left side to get the correct answer. Summarize the three questions The three questions are now complete. When creating the text file, you will put these three questions together at the end. 5 x 5 = ? sa: 25 5 10 1 Write the largest prefecture in Japan. fill-in: Hokkaido Combine numbers and Chinese characters correctly. match: 1::1 2::2 3::three 4::four A blank line is inserted as a separator between each question. You may insert as many blank lines as you like. Save the file when you are done typing. This completes the creation of the text file. For now, we will create the problem in a spreadsheet. Now let's create the problem in a spreadsheet. Create the problem once anyway. That's it (see below). The following three problems are to be created this time. 5 x 5 = ? (Choose the correct answer from the choices) Write the largest prefecture in Japan. (Have the students actually type it in.) Combine numbers and Chinese numerals correctly. (Make the correct combination) Open a spreadsheet, e.g. Excel or Google Spreadsheet. Unlike text, be sure to enter "#format:table" in cell 1A. This "#format:table" is the proof that you are using spreadsheet software. The problem is entered starting with 2A. In the spreadsheet, the question text is entered in column A, the question type in column B, the correct answer in column C, and the incorrect answer in columns D and after. The remaining two questions will also be entered. #format:table 5 x 5 = ? sa: 25 5 10 1 Write the largest prefecture in Japan. fill-in: Hokkaido Combine numbers and Chinese characters correctly. match: 1::1 2::2 3::3 4::4 Save the file when you have finished typing. When saving, the file format should be ".xlsx". Convert the created questions to the quiz player Convert the questions you have created into a quiz player. For QuizGenerator Click on "Conversion Tools" in the header menu. Upload the created issue file for conversion. After successful conversion, you will be presented with the option of what to do with the quiz, as shown in the image below. ▼About each option Preview: You can check the uploaded questions in a separate tab. Download: You can download the files you need to put on your website. Limited Publication: You can publish your questions only to those who know the URL. An ifream will also be displayed, so you can embed the file on your website. General Public: The problem will be posted on the public page of lm.QuizGenerator. For learningBOX First, register as an owner on learningBOX. 10 accounts can be used for free for an unlimited period of time. From Content Management, click on the + symbol. Click on Quiz > Upload Quiz/Test. Upload and save the question file you created. After successful registration, the file will be placed in the content management as shown in the image below. At first, I tried to create a question. As you can see from my attempts at creating the questions, if you remember the rules of entry and even the question types, you can create them faster with text or spreadsheet software. To add to that, if you have a large number of questions, the question creation form does not allow you to save the form in the middle of creating a question, and if an error occurs, you have to create the form from scratch. If you have 10 questions, you can give up; if you have 20 questions, you can give up; if you have 50 questions, you will lose your motivation for the day; if you have 100 questions, you will never want to look at it again; if you have more than 100 questions, you will never want to look at it again; if you have more than 100 questions, you will never want to look at it again. It's really convenient to be able to save the questions in the middle of the day. It's really convenient.  

LearningBOX allows you to upload 500MB of video per video if you subscribe to a high-capacity video plan. As stated in the section on video capacity, even a 1 or 2 hour video can be kept within the 500MB limit with proper compression. However, it is troublesome to purchase video editing software and set up compression settings just to reduce video capacity. Therefore, we had published a video compression procedure using FFMPEG. Once set up, it is convenient and easy to compress many videos, but FFMPEG has some quirks in its installation, and we think there were some cases where users were stumped by the settings. This time, we have developed an easier way to compress videos, and we would like to introduce it to you. (Works on Windows 7 or later) Encoder_20200630.zip Procedure Download and unzip the Encoder_20200630.zip file above. Double-click Encoder.exe to launch it. Select the image quality if necessary. The "640 width standard plan" is the setting that produces the smallest video size. This is the recommended setting if you have not subscribed to any video options. Width 1280 Large Video Plan" is the setting suitable for large video plans. If the video size exceeds 500 MB with this setting, you can reduce the size by using the 640 setting. No Size Change" is a setting where the video is re-encoded without changing the video size. Although the video size is not changed, the capacity can be reduced in many cases. Drag and drop video files into the above window to start encoding. If multiple videos are dragged and dropped together, the dragged and dropped videos will be encoded one after another. The encoded files will be saved in the same folder as the original videos with a file name such as ".640.mp4" appended to the end. FAQ Can Tatsuno Information System develop encoders? No, we cannot; we only provide an open source video encoder called FFMPEG for your convenience. Why does this method reduce the capacity? The capacity is reduced by adjusting the quality to a level suitable for e-learning. Specifically, we make the following adjustments Reduce the quality of the video In addition to adjusting the video size, we also adjust the compression ratio. Although it may not look as good as terrestrial digital or Blu-ray, the settings are sufficient for educational videos. Reducing the frame rate of the video Video at 60 frames per second is smooth. But do you need 60 frames per second for video of a board or instructor? By keeping the video at 30 frames per second, we reduce the amount of space required. Making the audio monaural By making the audio monaural, the amount of audio data is reduced by half. Use an appropriate codec Compression with h264 reduces the capacity of the video. Fine-tune the image quality This article is intended to be "simple" and does not provide detailed settings for image quality. Please use ffmpeg on the command line or use "Drag and Drop Video Encoding" to rewrite parameters for encoding. If your goal is to put the video on learningBOX, our LMS, we will support you in setting up the video. Update History 2018.4.1 First version released 2018.4.2 Fixed bug version released -- improved handling of video filenames with spaces in them

For example, suppose we have the following words Questions for internal training Q1.Which of the following is incorrect in the reimbursement? a. I have the money deposited, but I was called to clean up the mess, so I'll give that priority first. b. Counting the deposited money more than once to avoid mistakes C. Count the change more than twice to avoid mistakes. d. Call a senior staff member or employee immediately if you cannot handle receipts or other matters yourself. Q2. When is the best time to clear all tables? a. Because a customer is staying too long. b. After the customer has gone to pay the bill. C. After the customer has finished eating. D. After the customer has completely left the restaurant Please copy all of the above words into text. In-house training questions Q1.Which of the following is incorrect in the reimbursement? a. I have the money deposited, but I was called to clean up the mess, so I'll give priority to that first. b. Counting the deposited money more than once to avoid mistakes C. Count the change more than twice to avoid mistakes. d. Call a senior staff member or employee immediately if you cannot handle receipts or other matters yourself. Q2. When is the best time to clear all tables? a. Because a customer is staying too long. b. After the customer has gone to pay the bill. C. After the customer has finished eating. D. After the customer has completely left the restaurant Designate correct and incorrect answers, etc., on the text editor. Specify the title and correct answers in the following manner. #messages_intro:In-house training questions #shuffle_questions:false #shuffle_choices:false Q1.Which of the following is wrong in the reimbursement? sa: O: a. I have the money deposited, but I've been called to clean up the mess, so I'll put that first. x: b. Count the deposited money more than once to avoid mistakes x:c. Count the change more than once to avoid mistakes x:d. Immediately call a senior worker or employee if you cannot handle a receipt or other issue yourself Q2: When is the best time to clear all tables? sa: x:a. Because a customer is staying too long. X:B. After the customer has gone to settle the bill. x:c. After the customer has finished eating o:d. After the customer has completely left the restaurant Please prefix the question title with #messages_intro:. This will appear on the start screen of the quiz question. For the order of the questions, if you do not need to shuffle the questions, please put #shuffle_questions:false. If you do not need to shuffle the order of the choices, please specify #shuffle_choices:false. Please put "sa:" before the beginning of the choices. o: before the correct choice. Put x: before the wrong choice. This is the result of converting the above text into QuizGenerator. Please view with an Iframe-enabled browser.

Design Changes QuizGenerator will be redesigned starting with 5.3.0. Change of strategy rate Unanswered" which has never been solved Perfect" with more than a certain number of correct answers Under Attack" with fewer than a certain number of correct answers Wrong" that has never been answered correctly The four types are now displayed on the intro screen in an easy-to-understand pie chart. Weakness Weakness Weakness Weakness Weakness Weakness Weakness Weakness Weaknesses are now the same as in Master mode before 5.3. In the Weaknesses Strategy During the attack Mistakes This mode is where only questions in the state of This allows you to take revenge only on questions that you have answered before, even if there are a large number of questions in the game.

Apology and Cause The problem occurred from about 20:00 on 2/27/2018 to 19:00 on 2/28/2018. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused to our users. The cause of the problem is that we use the mail server SES provided by AMAZON, and due to a case of violation of the SES usage policy, a temporary suspension measure was taken. The reason for the violation was that a large number of batch registrations of users with nonexistent e-mail addresses occurred, resulting in an extremely high percentage of bounce mails (error mails), and AMAZON received a warning from AMAZON. As a temporary measure, we have notified the affected users not to use the e-mail invitation function. As a countermeasure in the system function, we are planning to change the current requirement of an e-mail address to allow users to register their e-mail address on a voluntary basis. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We hope you will continue to use our system as usual. About the list that could not be sent The list of users to whom emails could not be sent is stored in our database and will be provided as an Excel list for each user. Currently, there are five possible cases where an e-mail could not be sent. If you have already been invited to become a member, but have not yet used the service. Step 1. Delete the member. If the member has not yet used the system, you can delete the member from the environment. If the member has not yet used the system, you can delete the member from the environment. Click on the member's name on the "Add/Edit Member" page, and then delete the member. Step 2 Add the member again After deleting the member, please re-add the deleted member. The invitation e-mail will be sent as usual. If you have already invited a member and the member has already started using the service You can use the same ID/PASS as before. You have been notified of your ID/PASS separately. You can use your ID/PASS as it is. In the case of sending a message Countermeasure Case 1 Send a confirmation request. The message is still in the system, so please send us a message asking us to log in and confirm the message, or send us the same message again. Countermeasure Case 2 Send a separate email requesting confirmation of the message. Please send a confirmation request e-mail "Please confirm your message" by another means (e-mail software), not in the system. In case of password reset If the message is not received, etc., ask the user to perform the password reset operation again. In the case of password reset, if the user is unable to reset the password and In the case of a password reset, the user may not be able to reset his/her password, and we or the administrator may have been contacted in some way. If you receive an inquiry, please let us know that there was a problem with the system on the operator's side and that you are already able to use the system. In case of login authentication Please contact us to let us know that the system has been restored. Please use the message function, etc., to inform all system users that the login function has been restored.

Nishimura. This week, we have been receiving an increasing number of video materials for registration on learningBOX. As a result, video encoding has been delayed for some time, which has been causing some inconvenience to our customers. Today, we have increased the number of video encoding servers to improve processing speed and optimize the video processing order. We will continue to develop this service so that you can use it as comfortably as possible.

Videos shot with action cameras and drive recorders are sometimes split into 3- or 5-minute segmented files. It is a hassle to use expensive editing software or manually adjust the video just to merge the broken pieces. We'd like to make the process of merging videos much easier! With FFMPEG, you can merge videos with a single command, but if you have many files to merge, it is troublesome to write commands. So, I created a batch file that allows you to merge videos by simply dragging and dropping them. Operation Procedure Drag around the files to be combined. At this time, select from the last video to the first video. Then, drag and drop the files together into ffmpeg-concat.bat to start the batch. When the batch is launched, a list of files to be combined will be displayed, and if all is well, press any key to start combining. Batch download https://quizgenerator.net/wp-content/uploads/bat/ffmpeg-concat.bat Source Code @echo off set FILES= set N=0 REPEAT set /a N=N+1 set FILES=%FILES% -i %1 if "%~2"==""" GOTO EXIT GOTO EXIT GOTO REPEAT EXIT echo %FILES% pause ffmpeg %FILES% -filter_complex "concat=n=%N%:v=1:a=1" %1.merged.mp4 pause Summary. Let's make it easy by drawing a batch!

I want to make a manual video. We would like to add still images to the video and arrange it. I want to add explanatory text to make the video easier to understand. But video editing seems difficult. In such cases, you can easily create a video using iMovie on your iPhone. This time, we will create an instructional video using video and still images. We will use the video below as material for the explanation. Preparation Video for editing Screenshots of the parts of the video that you want the audience to view in more detail How to take a screenshot: 1. While holding down the iPhone sleep/wake button (power button), press the home button. When you hear a "click" sound and the screen blinks white, the picture has been taken successfully. Save the photo. Editing Use iMovie as a free video editing software. 1) Launch iMovie and tap "Create Project". (2) Next, select "Movie". (iii) Check the movie you wish to edit and tap "Create Movie" to insert the movie. (3) Tap the video "by aligning the white vertical line with the area where you want to insert a still image". Then the operation toolbar will appear at the bottom of the screen. Tap the "Split" button. Next, the image will be split and the image will be inserted in the split area. Tap the "+" button on the left side of the screen, and select the image you wish to insert from among the photos. At this point, the preparations are complete. Now it is time to add text to the inserted image. Tap the inserted image and tap "T". A list of text styles will be displayed. In this case, "Standard" will be used. Tap "Standard" and then tap "Enter Title" on the image to enter the text. In the case of "Standard," three large and three small titles are displayed, and you can delete any title you do not need. You can also choose to place the text in the "center" or "bottom" of the screen, so choose your preferred placement. After that, press the "Done" button in the upper left corner of the screen to complete the editing. The following is a video that has actually been edited and edited. There are various other functions that can be combined to create original edits.

I have installed FFmpeg, but there are so many option settings that I don't know how to set them. I know the settings, but it is tedious to encode one file at a time with commands. In such cases, it is convenient to create a batch file like the one below to encode video files by simply dragging and dropping them. *You must use a "Windows PC" to use this batch. You also need to have ffmpeg on your execution path according to the video compression (FFmpeg Setup and Encoding Instructions). You can encode videos by simply dragging them into the .bat file as shown below. You can drag multiple files together. The encoded file name will be automatically set according to the original file name. Batch files for encoding The second and third batch files are excellent for resizing, but depending on the aspect ratio of the original video, the height may be odd and cannot be encoded. Reduce the size without changing the size (↓click to download) https://quizgenerator.net/wp-content/uploads/bat/ffmpeg-noresize.bat Reduce the capacity to the standard quality of learningBOX - width 640 (same as above) https://quizgenerator.net/wp-content/uploads/bat/ffmpeg-640.bat Reduce capacity to learningBOX's high quality video plan - width 1280 (same as above) https://quizgenerator.net/wp-content/uploads/bat/ffmpeg-1280.bat Batch file description The following code is from ffmpeg-1280.bat. -vf scale=1280:-2 * Specifies the size of the image. The width is 1280 and the height is automatic. If -2 is specified, it is adjusted to be a multiple of 2. -crf 22 * Image quality setting. The larger the value, the poorer the image quality (and the smaller the capacity). -r 30 * Specifies the frame rate. The larger the value, the smoother the video (more space is required). -ac 1 * Specifies monaural audio. If you want monaural audio, specify this value to reduce the size. ECHO OFF REPEAT ffmpeg.exe -i %1 -vcodec libx264 -vf scale=1280:-2 -crf 22 -r 30 -y -ac 1 "%~n1.w1280.mp4" if "%~2"=="" GOTO EXIT GOTO EXIT GOTO REPEAT EXIT GOTO REPEAT :EXIT Revision History 2018.1.19 First version released 2018.4.2 Changed height specification from -1 to -2 / changed to -2 because it sometimes caused an error depending on the video size