BACCpack support

The file that you download is a single zip file and this includes everything you need to use the pack. The pack does not need installing as such, but simply needs to be unzipped to a folder somewhere. To start using the pack straight away, you simply need to:

1. Create a folder somewhere appropriate on your school network or on an individual computer.
2. Download the file and save it in the folder you created.
3. Unzip the file in the folder you have created. You can usually do this by simply ‘right-clicking‘ on the file (for Windows users) and choosing ‘Extract here‘
4. In the folder, you will see a file called story.html. Double click this file and the pack will open in your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc). The pack should open and then works as a self-contained website.

We can offer content for your VLE in a variety of formats. These include:

• SCORM format – we can provide notes and questions as either one single SCO or as multiple SCOs
• HTML format – we can provide notes as HTML format for upload into any VLE; the notes can be with provided with or without a table of contents

Please contact us for sample versions of these content formats to try in your Virtual Learning Environment. We are happy to provide multiple samples for you to experiment and find the best solution for your VLE.

To use Triple A Learning resource packs in Moodle, the best bet is to add them using the ‘Link to a file or web site’ under the ‘Add a resource’ drop-down (or link) on the course homepage. The exact procedure will depend on the version of Moodle you have, but the instructions below are available for Moodle 1.9 and Moodle 2.0+.

Moodle 1.9

1. Log into Moodle and navigate to the appropriate course
2. Click the ‘Turn editing on’  button top right on the screen – you will need these ‘teacher’ rights to be able to add a resource pack to a Moodle course
3. From the ‘Add a resource’ drop-down (or link) under the topic where you wish to add the pack, choose the ‘Link to a file or web site’ option.
4. Fill in an appropriate ‘Title’ and ‘Description’ and then click the ‘Choose or upload a file button’
5. Click the ‘Make a folder button’ in the popup window that appears and create an appropriate folder.
6. Click on the name of the folder you have just created and then click the ‘Upload a file’ button
7. Browse to where you saved the resource pack zip file you downloaded from our website when you purchased and choose to upload this file.
8. Once it has uploaded select ‘Unzip’ to unzip the file into this folder and then click ‘OK’.
9. Click ‘Choose’ beside the file called index.htm
10. Select whether to open the page in a new web window or the same web window and then scroll down and click ‘Save and display’ to view the pack as it will be seen in Moodle.

Moodle 2.0+

1. Log into Moodle and navigate to the appropriate course
2. Click the ‘Turn editing on’  button top right on the screen – you will need these ‘teacher’ rights to be able to add a resource pack to a Moodle course
3. Click the ‘Add an activity or resource’  link under the topic where you wish to add the pack
4. Click the ‘File’ radio button under the ‘Resources’ heading.
5. Fill in an appropriate ‘Name’ and ‘Description’
6. Under the content heading, use the file picker to upload the zip file we have provided. You may prefer to create a folder to upload the zip file into.
7. Once the file has uploaded, click on the small icon (or click or right-click on the file itself depending on which version of Moodle you have) and choose the ‘Unzip’ option.
8. Once all the files have unzipped, you can, if you choose to, delete the zip file as it is no longer required.
9. Click on the small icon (or click or right-click on the file) beside the file called index.htm or player.htm and select the option to ‘Set main file’. This will set Moodle to start this file first when this link is clicked.
10. Under the ‘Appearance’ heading, choose to open the file in ‘a pop-up’ as this will make it easier to read.
11. Click ‘Save’.

Do contact us if you are having any problems with uploading your content into Moodle.

If the text on a content page in your textbook appears too small to read, then it may be that your browser has set the text size too small. To correct this, you need to carry out the following steps (in Internet Explorer):

1. Click on the ‘View’ menu and choose ‘Text size’
2. From the text size menu choose ‘Medium’ or ‘Larger’

This should correct the problem, but if you have any further problems, please do not hesitate to contact us.