Forum LAMS for Tech-Heads - General Forum: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Notebook error, please wait for the teacher to compelte the contents of this activity.

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Dave,

The issue about being read-only is because that's on the run-sequences folder.

When you create a lesson, LAMS creates a copy of the original sequence and puts it in the run-sequences folder for that course. The purpose of creating a copy is so that you can reuse the original sequence as much as you like without affecting the running instances of itself.

The running copy (in the run-sequence folder) is a readonly design from the point of view of LAMS Author. Because you don't want people to edit the design from Authoring as that's a *running* sequence. You can however edit the running design from monitor:

1.- Editing the content of existing activities (as i mentioned above)
2.- Changing the actual design (with Live Edit).


Anyway, that begs the question: "why do I have access to the run-sequences folder from author?". Well, say you modified your design a lot since you create a lesson... you can go back to the run-folder and see the designs as you run them with different courses.

Although when you open them from Author these sequences are read-only, you can "Save As" in your personal folder to get a copy of that running instance.

Hope that helps.

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione