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SCORM 1.2 Resource Kit
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Purpose |
 The Click2learn SCORM 1.2 Resource Kit is an evolving set of documents and demonstration applications. The Kit was assembled with two main purposes in mind:
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Target audience |
The SCORM 1.2 Resource Kit is a R&D project for the convenience of the SCORM community and those who are considering implementing that specification. It is not an official product, and no official technical support is available for it. Although we strive to make the demonstration applications useful for practical use by non-technical users, the documentation is skimpy and this is not production code. There may be some "unexpected features" or limitations which you would not typically find in a real product. The non-technical applications don't require much more than familiarity with Windows and files. The technical tools do require some technical understanding of the underlying browser and web technology. | |||
Using the Resource Kit |
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A brief introduction to SCORM |
If you are wondering about SCORM, and you don't have a lot of time to waste, this brief overview will introduce you to the business case for SCORM and the basic concepts that underlie the specification. This document is designed in such a way that you can quit reading early without missing much. Read online (HTML document) |
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Cooking up a SCORM - A SCORM 1.2 Content Cookbook for Developers |
A "cookbook" for developers of SCORM content, with HTML and JavaScript examples to illustrate various aspects of SCO to API communication. Includes samples of single-page and multiple page SCOs, simple method to "wrap" a dumb resource into a SCO, using suspend and resume, tracking SCO objectives, playing a SCO in a full screen window, etc. Also shows a simple packaging manifest example and briefly describes an implementation strategy to keep SCORM 1.2 content relevant when the final SCORM 1.3 specification is released some time in 2003. The Cookbook is also packaged with its samples as a SCORM package. Playing the SCORM package in a SCORM compliant LMS allows you to see the samples in action, with or without a debug window in which the API calls can be observed. More information and download |
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SCORM-ready, Aspen™-ready |
If your content passes the SCORM 1.2 conformance test suite, you should be able to publish it and deliver it with Aspen™ Learning Management Server 2.0 in particular, and other SCORM 1.2 conformant LMS implementations in general. This document explains how to ensure that your content is SCORM conformant, and how to obtain, install and run the ADL test suite for SCORM conformance. Some tips are provided to help avoid some of the more common pitfalls we all seem to have encountered at least once when working with the test suite. How Aspen™ handles and displays the content is also briefly discussed, since this is not defined by SCORM. Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf) - 7 pages - 242K |
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Authoring SCORM Content with ToolBook™ |
ToolBook™ is a powerful offline authoring environment for simulations and learning content, with the built-in capability to generate a SCORM 1.2 conformant package. The generation of the package, manifest and metadata is fully automated. This document explains how generate a SCORM package with ToolBook. Read online (HTML document) |
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Online Learning in the Age of SCORM |
Presentation given at Online Learning 2003. Basics of SCORM 1.2 and 1.3, impact of learning technology standards on instructional design. View or download |
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Fixing up identifiers when aggregating packages |
Technical paper explaining how to detect and fix conflicting identifiers and other attributes when aggregating content package manifests. Requires understanding of SCORM content package manifest and XML. Adobe PDF document (65K) |
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SCORM 1.2 Package Aggregator |
A visual aggregator that assembles SCORM 1.2 content aggregation packages into larger SCORM 1.2 content packages. Also includes a user-friendly metadata editor for the metadata for the new aggregated package and limited on-line help to support the workflow. This is a demonstration application to investigate issues arising from aggregating packages and user interfaces for metadata editing, but it is used in at least one production environment by a Click2learn customer who uses it to create more complex courses from the single-SCO packages created by ToolBook. The created package is a complete SCORM 1.2 aggregation package that includes a manifest and metadata. If the source packages are SCORM compliant and the metadata are provided as instructed, the resulting content aggregation passes the SCORM 1.2 certification test suite. More information and download |
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SCORMisizer
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This "SCORMisizer" wizard will turn a single document or other digital into a SCORM 1.2 package in a few easy steps. No XML editing is involved. The created package is a complete SCORM 1.2 package that includes a manifest and metadata, and that can be tracked for completion in a LMS. This won't turn a static document into good learning material per se, but in a larger learning context it is often useful to track the use of reference materials of that kind. More information and download |
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SCORM Packager for Flash |
A wizard to turn your Macromedia® Flash MX™ movie published for HTML with a SCORM template for Flash into a SCORM 1.2 package in a few easy steps. No XML editing is involved. The created package is a complete SCORM 1.2 package that includes a manifest and metadata. More information and download |
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2003 FS SCORM Flash Template for Macromedia® Flash MX™ |
The 2003 SCORM 1.2 HTML publishing template for Flash MX allows Flash developers to call the SCORM API functions by using fscommands within Flash movies. The HTML template also manages automatically various generic aspects of the runtime communication session with the SCORM API. This frees the Flash developer from the responsibility of providing ActionScript code for this in every Flash movie. This publishing template was developed and tested as a joint project by Click2learn, Inc. and Pathlore Software Corporation, in cooperation with Macromedia. More information and download |
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SCORM API Exerciser |
The SCORM API exerciser is a tool to exercise and explore the SCORM API. It is a single HTML page, but it works only if launched as a SCO in a SCORM conformant runtime environment. For ease of use, the tool also offers pick lists from which you can select data element names. After every call, the tool shows the result returned by the API, as well as the API error status. More information and download, or try it online. |
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SCORM 1.2 SCO Test Wrapper |
This is an HTML frameset that can be "wrapped" around a SCO to catch and log SCORM API calls from the SCO. It is compatible with IE 5.5 or above. This wrapper works with or without a LMS. With a LMS, the wrapper is itself a SCO, so if you "wrap" it around the SCO to test, it can be launched by a LMS and you can monitor the API calls from that SCO to the LMS. Instructions on how to do that are included. Without a LMS, you can launch the wrapper directly in a browser window and just type in the URL of the SCO you want to test. That URL should be "local" to avoid cross-domain security blocks. More information and download, or try it online. |
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SCORM 2004 documents are out |
Click2learn was actively involved in the industry effort to define and test SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004, and continues to be actively involved in the refinement of the SCORM specification. For example, Click2learn was one of the main contributors to the IMS Simple Sequencing specification, which is the foundation for the new adaptive sequencing features in SCORM 2004. Some of the innovative features available in Aspen™ will map into SCORM 2004. This apparent compatibility was not accidental - Click2learn has been engaged for some time in studying and meeting some of the same requirements that SCORM 2004 is beginning to address. (You can find some of the R&D public proposals and working documents from Click2learn on the Click2learn Standards R&D public page.) | |||
Still a wobbly target |
The "final" version of SCORM 2004 (a.k.a. SCORM 1.3) specification was released in January 2004--it is labeled as "final" although a few kinks remain to be ironed out. The final debugged specification will include some changes that are expected to occur as a result of various testing, validation and prototyping activities. Until a field-tested conformance test suite is available, it is not prudent to make large investments in content or to release implementation based on SCORM 2004. In addition to issues revealed by debugging the test suite, harmonizing SCORM 2004 with IEEE standards and some other specifications now in progress is also likely to introduce more small but disruptive changes. Premature investments in large scale content development are likely to result in very expensive rework that would negate any benefit of the premature implementation. SCORM 2004 contains 3 parts:
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SCORM 1.2 is stable |
So, it is still safe to use SCORM 1.2 in real world implementations. SCORM 1.2 was designed to allow content longevity through a simple interface and a simple content model. SCORM 2004 is designed to be upwardly compatible with SCORM 1.2 content. It should be possible to:
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Copyright |
Copyright © 2000-2004 Click2learn, Inc. All rights reserved. | |||
Please note |
The documents and demonstration applications available on this page are Click2learn Standards Projects, subject to change without notice. Permission is hereby granted for Click2learn customers and contractors, and for participants in industry standard initiatives, to reproduce these documents and to use these applications for purposes of standardization services, including demonstration. If any of these documents is to be submitted to any standards body, notification shall be given to Click2learn. Other entities seeking permission to reproduce all or any portion of these documents or applications, for these or other uses, must contact the Click2learn Copyrights and Permissions Department for the appropriate license. The publication of these documents or demonstration applications does not imply that Click2learn, Inc. intends to implement any of the functionality described in these documents or implemented in the demonstrations. Click2learn, Inc. reserves the right to modify these documents, applications and any other product or offering specification without notice. The documents and demonstration applications are provided "as is" and Click2learn expressly disclaims any implied warranties and conditions, including any implied warranties or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement. Click2learn does not make any representations or warranties that the documents and demonstration applications available on this page are (i) accurate, correct, or timely; or (ii) updated or otherwise contain current information. Use of any information contained in these documents, and use of the demonstration applications, is entirely at your own risk. This page and all documents and software available on this page are Copyright © 2000-2003 by Click2learn, Inc. - All rights reserved. Click2learn, the Click2learn logo, Aspen, the Aspen logo, Aspen Learning Management Server, Aspen Learning Content Management Server, Aspen Virtual Classroom Server and ToolBook are trademarks of Click2learn, Inc. All other company and/or product names are the property of their respective owners. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Click2learn Copyrights and Permissions |
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