Archive for the ‘SCORM’ Category
Adobe Captivate: What the heck is g_intAPIType?
Posted Wednesday, August 18th, 2010.
Filed under SCORM, e-learning with the tags Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Hacks, e-learning, How-to, SCORM
If you do spend any time using Captivate to create SCORM-conformant courses, you’re bound to have run into an issue or two that caused you to read some Captivate forum posts. Almost without fail, someone will mention that the solution to their problem was changing the value of the magical g_intAPIType JavaScript variable from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1.
So what the heck is g_intAPIType, and why does changing it make a difference?
SCORM Tip: Use an onunload handler
Posted Friday, August 6th, 2010.
Filed under SCORM, e-learning with the tags e-learning, How-to, JavaScript, SCORM, SCORM actionscript class, SCORM wrapper
What happens if the browser window containing your course is closed by the learner before the course finishes sending data to the LMS? If you’re not careful about how you’ve coded your course, you can lose some of the data.
SCORM Tip: Don’t forget to commit!
Posted Tuesday, July 27th, 2010.
Filed under SCORM, e-learning with the tags e-learning, How-to, JavaScript, SCORM, SCORM actionscript class, SCORM wrapper
A number of people have recently asked me about the scorm.save() function in the pipwerks SCORM wrappers. What is it, and when should it be used?
Customizing SCORM Manifests in Captivate and Articulate Presenter
Posted Wednesday, May 19th, 2010.
Filed under SCORM, e-learning with the tags Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate Hacks, Articulate Presenter, How-to, learning management systems, SCORM
Someone recently asked me if it was possible to customize Captivate’s SCORM template to reduce the need for manual editing after publishing. In her case, the manifest needed to be edited to include SumTotal TotalLMS’s custom SCORM extensions. The answer is yes. Here’s how.
Ideas wanted for new SCORM wrappers
Posted Friday, October 2nd, 2009.
Filed under SCORM, e-learning with the tags SCORM, SCORM actionscript class, SCORM wrapper
As you may have read in previous posts or tweets, I’m working on a new SCORM 2004 wrapper for both JavaScript and ActionScript that will contain advanced functionality and improved shortcuts.
For instance, I’m trying to write an easier way to work with the cmi.interactions model, and also trying to add more error-checking that will look [...]
SCORM security (two kinds of SCORM people)
Posted Thursday, April 2nd, 2009.
Filed under SCORM, e-learning with the tags ADL, best practices, cheating, e-learning, JavaScript, learning management systems, LETSI, opinion, SCORM, SCORM 2.0, standards
I’ve had a flurry of emails and messages regarding my SCORM cheat the past few days, and have received feedback from a number of well-regarded SCORM aficionados, some of whom contributed to the standard and helped make SCORM what it is today. This is wonderful, I’m very happy to hear from everyone, especially regarding such an engaging topic.
But as I hear more from these seasoned SCORM pros, I’ve made (what I believe to be) an interesting observation: there is a sharp division between die-hard SCORM developers and casual users. I suppose I’ve felt this way for a long time, but it’s really coming into focus this week. Let me try to define the camps.
Cheating in SCORM
Posted Sunday, March 22nd, 2009.
Filed under JavaScript, SCORM, e-learning with the tags e-learning, opinion, SCORM, SCORM 2.0, security, standards
I’m always surprised how little people talk about cheating in e-learning; maybe it’s a fear of revealing just how easy it can be. The fact is, SCORM — the most common communication standard in e-learning — is fairly easy to hack. I’ve whipped up a proof-of-concept bookmarklet that when clicked will set your SCORM course to complete with a score of 100 (works with both SCORM 1.2 and 2004).
SCORM resources
Posted Wednesday, December 17th, 2008.
Filed under SCORM, e-learning with the tags ADL, e-learning, How-to, LETSI, pipwerks e-learning development forum, SCORM, SCORM actionscript class, SCORM wrapper, standards
I recently emailed a shortlist of good SCORM development resources to a colleague, and figured I should probably post a list here, too. This is a quickie list, and I’m sure I’m leaving someone out. If you know of any resources I’ve missed, please add a link in the comments. This list is presented in no particular order.
SCORM 2.0: high-level solutions or low-level tools?
Posted Saturday, December 13th, 2008.
Filed under General, SCORM, e-learning with the tags CSS, ecmascript, JavaScript, LETSI, opinion, SCORM, SCORM 2.0, standards
Matt Wilcox posted an interesting argument about the CSS3 standard; I think the central points of the argument can be applied to SCORM and where we’re potentially headed with SCORM 2.0.
Does SCORM need a little brother?
Posted Thursday, August 28th, 2008.
Filed under SCORM, e-learning with the tags learning management systems, LETSI, opinion, SCORM, SCORM 2.0, standards
SCO stands for shareable content object. If a course is not built to be shareable, it isn’t really a SCO, even if it uses SCORM for packaging. Spinning SCORM’s communication element off into its own standard — without the name SCORM — would free SCORM to truly be a Shareable Content Object Reference Model, and would free non-aggregators from having to deal with the complexities of SCORM.