Archive for the 'SCORM' Category

cmi.core.exit & cmi.exit

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Ok, I just had to write a quick blurb about this one: in about 3.5 years of using SCORM in my own course code, I had never used cmi.core.exit (SCORM 1.2) or cmi.exit (SCORM 2004). Seems incredibly daft of me now that I’ve taken a few minutes to review the documentation.

Adding SCORM code to an HTML file using the pipwerks SCORM wrapper

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Today, I’m going to explain how to add SCORM code to a plain HTML file. This example uses SCORM 1.2 syntax, but as I explain at the end of the tutorial, it’s really easy to edit the code to use SCORM 2004 syntax.

How to add basic SCORM code to a Flash movie

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Here’s a quick tutorial for adding basic SCORM functionality to an existing Flash file. This tutorial aims to demonstrate just how easy it can be to add SCORM functionality to an existing Flash movie.

In this tutorial, we’re going to keep things very simple; our SCORM code will only check the LMS for a prior completion, and if no completion is found, will set the course to complete at the appropriate point in the movie.

Please note that this tutorial uses ActionScript 3 and SCORM 1.2, but the same principles apply for ActionScript 2 and SCORM 2004.

Adding SCORM functionality to your existing Flash file

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

I’m currently working on a tutorial explaining how to add SCORM code to an ordinary Flash file. Here’s a teaser: a very simple Flash movie I made using some images from NASA. It’s called PLANETS!

SCORM API Wrapper updated to v1.1.5, moved to Google Code

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

As promised in a previous post, the pipwerks SCORM API Wrapper has been updated to version 1.1.5.
I’ve cleaned up the code quite a bit, and added some shortcuts for easier coding (less verbose code in your courses). You can read more about the changes here (bottom half of the post). The code has [...]

SCORM ActionScript 3 ZIP file fixed

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

A few people have contacted me to let me know the ZIP file for the SCORM ActionScript 3 example was missing the FLA file.
Whoopsies!
I’ve added the source files back to the FLA. You can download it from the SCORM page.
Thanks to everyone for letting me know. I usually work on this stuff at [...]

SCORM JavaScript wrapper updates

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

A bunch of news updates regarding the pipwerks JavaScript SCORM wrapper.

Example files for SCORM AS3 class updated

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

A number of people emailed me reporting problems using the demonstration files for the ActionScript 3 SCORM class. Turns out the imsmanifest.xml file was causing the problems; apparently, one of the supporting XML files was corrupt. After creating a new imsmanifest.xml file and bringing in fresh copies of all the supporting XML files (the [...]

Introducing the pipwerks e-learning development forum

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

I decided to create a simple forum dedicated to e-learning development. I’m not saying I have the answers, but I’m hoping I can at least foster some good conversations and maybe get some of my peers talking and helping each other out. I’m also hoping to use the forum to promote web standards in e-learning development (as Martha says, “it’s a good thing”).

SCORM JavaScript wrapper updated to 1.1.4

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

By popular demand, the SCORM API Wrapper for JavaScript has a new feature: the ability to specify what version of the SCORM API should be used.

Also, I converted the AS2 demonstration FLA to Flash 8 format and posted it as a separate ZIP file.