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The SCORM API wrapper (v1.1.7) has been updated to automatically set the initial course status and the exit status. The point of my SCORM API wrapper is to make working with SCORM easier. These two new functions are intended to ensure you follow best practices with your SCORM
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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
Tutorials
In my previous post, I briefly explained how to add SCORM code to an existing Flash file by using the pipwerks SCORM wrapper and SCORM ActionScript class. Today, I’m going to explain how to add SCORM code to a plain HTML file. This example uses SCORM 1.2 syntax,
SCORM actionscript class
Update 10/2011: The Planets example has been updated (almost completely rewritten) and no longer strictly adheres to the steps and screenshots in this tutorial. The general concepts are the same, but the project files have been substantially refined. To prevent confusion about which files to use, I have removed
Project Updates
Here’s a bunch of news updates regarding the pipwerks SCORM JavaScript wrapper. Time for class? A big fad these days is object-oriented JavaScript; libraries such as jQuery and MooTools make it really easy to create JavaScript “classes” (in quotes because from what I can gather, they’re really JavaScript
SCORM actionscript class
Actually, I have two updates to report: SCORM API Wrapper updated to version 1.1.4 I’ve received a number of emails from folks who say their LMS can’t auto-detect the API. Therefore, by popular demand, the SCORM API Wrapper for JavaScript has a new feature: the ability
changelog
The pipwerks SCORM wrapper examples have been successfully tested in SumTotal TotalLMS 7.6. FYI, the examples’ imsmanifest.xml files required some modifications (the old manifests worked fine in the ADL test suites, but coughed a little when used in SumTotal TotalLMS 7.6). The JavaScript, ActionScript and HTML in
ActionScript
Here’s a simple example of how the SCORM AS3 class can be utilized. (This example uses SCORM 2004 calls.) import pipwerks.SCORM; import flash.external.ExternalInterface; //Declare variables var success:Boolean = false, completion_status:String; //Initialize a new SCORM object! var scorm:SCORM = new SCORM(); //Initialize SCORM connection success
ActionScript
Finally got around to making some Flash files that demonstrate the pipwerks SCORM ActionScript classes. I’ve created examples for both AS2 and AS3. You can get them here. Both of these examples have been successfully tested using the latest ADL test suites for SCORM 1.2 and 2004. A
Project Updates
JavaScript SCORM_API_Wrapper.js now at v1.1.3 Changes: 1. Added SCORM.isAvailable() function; This allows Flash’s ExternalInterface to confirm the presence of the JavaScript wrapper before attempting any LMS communication. Parameters: none. Returns: Boolean (static, true). 2. Fixed an important typo: I had forgotten the empty
changelog
Small but important edits: * Added snippet of code to double-check API connection is active before returning a ‘true’ boolean value. * Fixed a typo for evaluating whether an error code has been returned from the LMS Also added some code from the Firebug folks that allows Firebug’s “console” functions to
e-learning
I just converted my AS2 SCORM class to AS3. Read documentation and download file(s) here. Note this class requires the pipwerks SCORM API wrapper for JavaScript. Not being much of an AS3 guy (so far!), it was easier than I expected; I guess since I had already used strong