Demonstration video: How to create CHiLO Books
You can assess the status of the learning outcomes of CHiLO Books from the Moodle digital badges.
The badge issued for each CHiLO Book is called a "small badge", and the badge issued after earning all the badges of the series or badges of specified CHiLO Books is called a "big badge".
1) Decide the way of assessment.
Moodle badges will be issued when the activity module is completed, which means; achieving passing scores in the Quiz activity module, handing in reports in the Assignment activity module, or posting messages in the Forum activity module. To activate the activity module, there is a need to set the Completion tracking to "ON" on each activity module. But first of all, decide the activity module that best fits the CHiLO Book you are creating.
learn more... https://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Activity_completion_settings |
2) Add activity module
After deciding the activity module, create a course in Moodle, then add the activity module. You can specify the conditions for issuing the badge by adding multiple activity modules but it is only valid for one CHiLO Book for one Moodle course is equivalent to one CHiLO Book.
3) Setting of badge issuing
The small badge is equivalent to the course badge issued in Moodle. As for the big badge, equivalent to the site badge of Moodle.
To learn more about Moodle course badge, and site badge, click the following URL:
learn more... https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Using_badges#Adding_a_course_badge |
4) Save the URL of the created activity module
There is a need to enter the URL of the created activity module on to the CHiLO Producer Spreadsheet which is to be explained later on, so save the URL of the view page of the activity module.
View page URL is the URL which includes "view.php" as in [http://xxx.xxx.xx/mod/xxx/view.php?id=xxxxx]. |
CHiLO Book can be created using CHiLO producer. CHiLO Producer is open source software and a java command line application for producing CHiLO Books.
CHiLO Producer Operating environment
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Download CHiLO Producer from GitHub
chilo-producer-master folder
Unzip CHiLO Producer downloaded from GitHub and you will find the following folders under the "chilo-producer-master" folder.
chilo-producer-master │ run.bat / run.sh * Script to output CHiLO Book (for Windows / Unix-like OS) │ ├ src * Source file of the script │ (abbr.) │ └ chiloPro ├ template-series_english *Template of the series foloder: copy this folder to create (English) │ │ structure-books.xlsx * Structure file of CHiLO Book │ │ │ ├ vol-n *Folder to save the learning resources to be embedded in CHiLO Book │ │ ├ images : copy according to the number of CHiLO Books to be created in the series. │ │ ├ scripts │ │ ├ text │ │ └ videos │ │ │ └ common * Folder used in common for the CHiLO Book created within the series folder │ ├ images │ ├ scripts │ ├ styles * Style sheet of the EPUB3 CHiLO Book │ ├ text │ ├ videos │ └ web-styles * Style sheet of the Web CHiLO Book │ ├ common * Folder used in common for all the CHiLO Books created within the chiloPro folder │ │ authors.xlsx * Spreadsheet to enter information of the "About the Author" page │ │ │ ├ authorImages * Folder to store the image of the author │ ├ images * Images used in common │ ├ scripts * scripts used in common │ └ page-templates * Template folder defining the page design │ ├ epub3 * Template for EPUB3 CHiLO Book │ ├ ext-epub3 * Template for ext. EPUB3 CHiLO Book │ └ web * Template for web CHiLO Book │ ├ sample-series * Sample of CHiLO Book series └template-series * Template of the series folder: copy this folder to create (Japanese) |
1) Creating "chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder"
Copy "chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/template-series_english" to "chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/" with the name of your folder.
This folder is the work folder for creating CHiLO Books.
2) Create vol-x folder
i. Copy "vol-n" folder in the "chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder", according to the number of CHiLO Books in the series.
ii. Change a name of "vol-n" folders you copied to vol-1,vol-2,vol-3・・・.
1) Save CHiLO Lectures
Save the CHiLO Lectures, explanation texts and figures created in the Design step to each videos, texts, and images folder of each CHiLO Book work folder; vol-1, vol-2, vol-3, ....
Also, prepare thumbnails for CHiLO Lectures and save them in the images folder of each CHiLO Book.
Resource | Details | Location to save the learning resources | Example |
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A. CHiLO Lecture (video) [required] | Video of the CHiLO Lecture. The recommended length of the video is 1-2 minutes. Compress as much as possible in order to embed in EPUB3 format CHiLO Book. Frame rate: 29.97 Bit rate: 384kbps Size: 480x360(4:3) or 560x316(16:9) | chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder/vol-x/videos/ * | |
B. Video thumbnail [required] | Thumbnail of the video. Same size as the video JPEG format (recommended) | chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder/vol-x/images/ * | |
C. Explanation text [required] | Text displayed below the explanation video. Prepared in extension(.xhtml)text file. | chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder/vol-x/text/ * | |
D. Figure [optional] | Embed figures to explain text such as diagrams, charts, graphs and illustration. Recommended resolution: 1024 | chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder/vol-x/images/ * |
* vol-x : x indicates the volume of the CHiLO Book.
2) Upload CHiLO Lecture
i. Web version CHiLO Book are delivered by the video-sharing website such as YouTube.
ii. Also, it is essential to enter video-id of each video you uploaded to the CHiLO Producer Spreadsheet, so you have to keep records of the uploaded video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5&v=YrAdO44ezh8 → "YrAdO44ezh8" is the video-id for YouTube. |
Learning Resources
Resource | Details | Location to save the learning resources | Example |
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E. Image of book cover [required] | Cover image of the Book Resolution:768x1024 JPEG format(Recommended) | chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder/vol-x/images/ * | |
F. Image of section cover [required] | Image for display on the inside cover of the section throughout the series. Resolution: 1024x600 JPEG format(Recommended) | chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder/common/images/ |
* vol-x : x indicates the volume of the CHiLO Book.
Enter CHiLO Book structure to chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/name of your folder/structure-books.xlsx
1) "series information" sheet
Configure the information concerning the series.
Main settings
language : Language tag such as "ja", "en" defined by RFC 5646
creator : Name of the sheet created in the "author.xlsx" which is to be explained later.
published : Issued date of first edition
rights : Owner of copyright
series-name : Name of series of CHiLO Book
series-introduction: Introduction of the series
series-url: URL of the site introducing the series, if any.
cover : Name of "F. Image of section cover" image file. CHiLO Bookのカバーではありません。
2) "Book-list" sheet
シリーズに含まれるCHiLO Bookのリストです。
主な設定項目
vol : シリーズのCHiLO Bookの番号をvol-1, vol-2, vol-3と順に振っていきます。
book-title : CHiLO Bookのタイトル
book-summary : CHiLO Bookの概要
cover : Name of "C. cover" image file. CHiLO Bookのカバーイメージのファイル名
identifier : CHiLO Bookを一意に識別するための識別子として、UUID(Universally Unique Identifier)を入力。UUIDの作成の仕方は、次を参照してください。
community-url : 現在は使用していません。
3) "vol-x" sheet
i. シリーズのCHiLO Bookの数だけ、vol-nシートをコピーし、vol-1,vol-2・・・とシート名を変更します。
ii. CHiLO BookのBody text-sectionに作成するページの情報を1ページにつき1行で入力していきます。
主な設定項目
page-type : CHiLO Lectureを掲載するページのpage-typeは"document"とします。Moodleのactivity moduleで学習成果を評価するページのpage-typeは"test"とします。
section-title : ページのセクション名を入力します。
page-title : CHiLO Lectureを作成したときのTopicをページタイトルとします。
community: 現在は使用していません。
main: page-typeを"document"としたときはの時は、CHiLO Lectureのビデオファイル名を入力します。page-typeを"test"としたときはの時は、Moodleのactivity moduleのview page URLを入力します。
text : CHiLO Lectureに対応するexplanation textのファイル名を入力します。
video-id: Web version CHiLO Bookを作成する場合は入力してください。video-sharing websiteにアップロードしたビデオのIDを入力します。
"About the Author" page in Addendum sectionに表示される情報を設定します。ここで、設定する情報はwill be referred to by all the CHiLO Books created under the chiloPro folder.
1)著者画像の保存
Learning Resources
Resource | Details | Location to save the learning resources | Example |
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E. Image of the author [optional] | The image will be displayed on the "About the Author" page. Resolution: 159x159 JPEG format(Recommended) | chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/common/authorImages/ |
* vol-x : x indicates volume of CHiLO Books.
2) author.xlsxの作成
i. chilo-producer-master/chiloPro/common/author.xlsxの"series-infomation"シートをコピーして、わかりやすいシート名をつけます。
Match the sheet name with the one entered in "creator" of the [series-infomation] sheet of structure-books.xlsx. |
ii. 著者情報を入力します。
CHiLO Producer can output two types of CHiLO Books: EPUB3 format EPUB3 CHiLO Book and HTML5 format Web CHiLO Book.
Run the following Java command utilizing command prompt.
CHiLO Bookは、chilo-producer-master/OutputBase/name of your folder/にアウトプットされます。
run.bat -c name_of_your_folder *Windows sh run.sh -c name_of_your_folder *Unix-like OS |
command line option: -t CHiLO Bookのタイプ
Once you issue a command, the former CHiLO Book will be overwritten, so save it if necessary. When you failed to output CHiLO Book, refer to Common errors. |
▶ EPUB3 CHiLO Book
アウトプットされたEPUB3 CHiLO Bookは、chilo-producer-master/OutputBase/name of your folder/epub3にあります。
The contents of the output EPUB3 CHiLO Book may be confirmed using the following ebook reader.
▶ Web CHiLO Book
アウトプットされたWeb CHiLO Bookは、chilo-producer-master/OutputBase/name of your folder/htmlにあります。
vol-x/nav.html is the contents page of the web CHiLO Book. Confirm using the Web browser.
You will not be able to check Web CHiLO Book in local environment in the following cases:
In these cases, check by uploading Web CHiLO Book files to the remote server or run the web server in local environment.