README

The base concept of this package is to provide a simple way to send xAPI statements to Saudi NELC (National Center for e-Learning) LRS (Learning Record Store).

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require msaaq/nelc-xapi-php-sdk

Usage

1. Create Api Client.

The first step to use the SDK is to create an instance of the ApiClient. The ApiClient is the main entry point to the SDK. It is responsible for creating the other objects and for sending the requests to the API.

The ApiClient required the following credentials:

• Key
• Secret
• Platform Name

You need to contact NELC to provide you with your integration credentials.

use Msaaq\Nelc\ApiClient;

$client = new ApiClient(
    key: 'username', // required
    secret: 'password', // required
    isSandbox: true, // optional, default is false
);

$platform = new \Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Platform(
    identifier: 'platform-identifier',
    name: 'platform-name',
    language: \Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language::ARABIC,
    nameInOtherLanguages: [
        \Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language::ENGLISH->value => 'platform-name-en', // optional, bilingual platform name
    ],
); // required

After we created our client, we can use it to send statements to the NELC LRS.

2. Send Statement

To send a statement to the NELC LRS, we need to create an instance of the StatementClient class.

The StatementClient required an instance of the ApiClient that we've created in the previous step, and the $platform.

use Msaaq\Nelc\StatementClient;

$statementClient = StatementClient::setClient($client)->setPlatform($platform);

Now we are almost ready to send our first statement to the NELC LRS, we just need to create an instance of the Statement that we are going to send, but first let's understand the Statement classes structure.

Statement Structure

You can think of the Statement as an event that happened in your application, and we have 8 types of statements for each case:

Every statement requires the following:

• Actor which is the user that performed the action (Student).
  • It has the following properties:
    • national_id which is the user national id.
    • email which is the user email.
• Instructor which is the course or module instructor (Teacher).
  • It has the following properties:
    • name which is the instructor name.
    • email which is the instructor email.
• Module which is the course or module that the student is enrolled in.
  • It has the following properties:
    • url* which is the module url.
    • name* which is the module name.
    • description* which is the module description.
    • language* which is the module language, and it must be an instance of Language.
    • activityType* which is the module type.
      • It can be one of the following:
        • ActivityType::COURSE
        • ActivityType::LESSON
        • ActivityType::VIDEO
        • ActivityType::MODULE
        • ActivityType::UNIT_TEST
        • ActivityType::CERTIFICATE
    • duration which is the module duration in seconds (this is only when the activityType is ActivityType::VIDEO).
    • score which is the module score (this is only when the activityType is ActivityType::UNIT_TEST).
  • language is an enum that has the following values:
    • Language::ARABIC
    • Language::ENGLISH
  • timestamp The date/time, following the ISO 8601 format such as 2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00.
    • If you don't provide a timestamp, the current date/time will be used.

For the timestamp you can use Carbon, you can use the toIso8601String() method to get the correct format.

Let's prepare the Actor and Instructor objects, as we are going to use them with all of our statements.

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Actor;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Instructor;

$actor = new Actor();
$actor->national_id = '123456789';
$actor->email = 'student@msaaq.com';

$instructor = new Instructor();
$instructor->email = 'instructor@msaaq.com';
$instructor->name = 'Instructor Name';

Now we are ready to create our first statement:

Registered Statement

The RegisteredStatement is used to indicate that the student is officially enrolled or inducted in an activity.

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\RegisteredStatement;

$statement = new RegisteredStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course';
$statement->module->title = 'How to create professional course';
$statement->module->description = 'This series will cover the most important principles of course making, marketing and content preparation.';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::COURSE;

// NELC learner extensions (optional, sent when available)
$statement->duration = 'PT02H30M00S'; // course duration in ISO 8601 format
$statement->learnerMobileNo = '966555123456';
$statement->learnerFullName = 'Student Name';
$statement->learnerNationality = 'SA';
$statement->dateOfBirth = '15/06/1995'; // dd/mm/YYYY format

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

Initialized Statement

The InitializedStatement is used to indicate that the actor (student) has successfully started the course.

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\InitializedStatement;

$statement = new InitializedStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course';
$statement->module->title = 'How to create professional course';
$statement->module->description = 'This series will cover the most important principles of course making, marketing and content preparation.';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::COURSE;

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

Watched Statement

The WatchedStatement is used to indicate that the actor (student) has watched the object (video).

This statement requires more properties than the previous statements, as it has the following properties:

• parent which is an instance Module which is the course in our case.
• completed which is a boolean value that indicates if the video is completed or not.
• browserInformation
  • family which is the browser family (Mozilla, Google, ex..).
  • name which is the browser name (Firefox, Chrome, ex..).
  • version which is the browser version.

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\BrowserInformation;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\WatchedStatement;

$statement = new WatchedStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$browserInformation = new BrowserInformation();
$browserInformation->family = 'Mozilla';
$browserInformation->name = 'Firefox';
$browserInformation->version = '92.0';

$statement->browserInformation = $browserInformation;

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

// Our parent module is the course
$parent = new Module();
$parent->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course';
$parent->title = 'How to create professional course';
$parent->description = 'This series will cover the most important principles of course making, marketing and content preparation.';
$parent->language = $statement->language;
$parent->activityType = ActivityType::COURSE;

$statement->parent = $parent;

// Our module is the video
$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course/contents/11919';
$statement->module->title = 'Introduction to creating training courses';
$statement->module->description = 'In this video, we will talk about the importance of creating training courses and the benefits of doing so.';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::VIDEO;
// Duration in seconds, required when the activity type is VIDEO
$statement->module->duration = 630; // 10:30 minutes

$statement->completed = true;

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

Attempted Statement

The AttemptedStatement is used to indicate that the actor (student) has attempted the object (quiz).

This statement requires more properties than the previous statements, as it has the following properties:

• parent
• completed
• browserInformation
• succeeded which is a boolean value that indicates if the quiz is succeeded or not.
• attemptId which is a unique identifier for the attempt.

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Score;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\AttemptedStatement;

$statement = new AttemptedStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$statement->browserInformation = $browserInformation;

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

// Our parent module is the course
$statement->parent = $parent;

// Our module is the video
$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course/contents/11919';
$statement->module->title = 'Quiz title';
$statement->module->description = 'Quiz description';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::UNIT_TEST;
// score required when the activity type is UNIT_TEST
$statement->module->score = new Score(); // 10:30 minutes
$statement->module->score->min = 0;
$statement->module->score->max = 100;
$statement->module->score->score = 70; // 70% student score

$statement->completed = true;
$statement->succeeded = true;

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

Completed Statement (Module, Chapter or Unit)

The CompletedStatement is used to indicate that the actor (student) has completed the object (module).

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\CompletedStatement;

$statement = new CompletedStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$statement->browserInformation = $browserInformation;

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

// Our parent module is the course
$statement->parent = $parent;

// Our module is the video
$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course/contents/11919';
$statement->module->title = 'Unit title';
$statement->module->description = 'Unit description';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::MODULE;

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

Progressed Statement

The ProgressedStatement is used to indicate that the actor (student) has progressed the object (module/course).

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\ProgressedStatement;

$statement = new ProgressedStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

// Our module is the course
$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course';
$statement->module->title = 'How to create professional course';
$statement->module->description = 'This series will cover the most important principles of course making, marketing and content preparation.';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::COURSE;

$score = new \Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Score();
$score->score = 15; // the student has progressed 15% of the course

$statement->module->score = $score;

$statement->completed = false;

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

Completed Statement (Course)

The CompletedStatement is used to indicate that the actor (student) has completed the object (course).

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\CompletedStatement;

$statement = new CompletedStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

// Our module is the course
$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course';
$statement->module->title = 'How to create professional course';
$statement->module->description = 'This series will cover the most important principles of course making, marketing and content preparation.';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::COURSE;

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

Rated Statement

The RatedStatement is used to indicate that the actor (student) has rated the object (course).

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Score;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\RatedStatement;

$statement = new RatedStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

// The course that student rated
$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course';
$statement->module->title = 'How to create professional course';
$statement->module->description = 'This series will cover the most important principles of course making, marketing and content preparation.';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::COURSE;

$statement->rate = new Score();
$statement->rate->min = 1;
$statement->rate->max = 5;
$statement->rate->score = 3; // 3 stars out of 5

$statement->rateContent = 'This course is very good.';

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

Earned Statement

The EarnedStatement is used to indicate that the actor (student) has earned the object (certificate).

use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Module;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Common\Score;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\ActivityType;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Enums\Language;
use Msaaq\Nelc\Statements\EarnedStatement;

$statement = new EarnedStatement();
$statement->language = Language::ENGLISH;
$statement->timestamp = '2022-09-14T10:33:43+03:00';

$statement->actor = $actor;
$statement->instructor = $instructor;

// The course that student earned the certificate
$statement->parent = $parent;

// The certificate that student earned
$statement->module = new Module();
$statement->module->url = 'https://academy.msaaq.com/courses/how-to-create-professional-course';
$statement->module->title = 'How to create professional course certificate';
$statement->module->description = 'This certificate is awarded to students who completed the course.';
$statement->module->language = $statement->language;
$statement->module->activityType = ActivityType::CERTIFICATE;

$statement->certificateUrl = 'path to download the certificate';

var_dump($statementClient->send($statement));

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.