SCORM Template for Flash MX™

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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, such as initializing the communication session on launch and finishing it as needed. This frees the Flash developer from the responsibility of providing ActionScript code for this in every Flash movie. The template reshapes calls and data so that many older Flash scripts that were compatible with AICC tracking do not have to be reworked for compatibility. In some cases republishing the movie with this template is all that is needed to make the movie SCORM compliant; in other cases, some of the ActionScript scripting can be simplified.

This publishing template was developed and tested as a joint project by Click2learn, Inc. and Pathlore Software Corporation, in cooperation with Macromedia. The aim of this project was to make it easier for Flash developers to create SCORM-conformant learning content that can be delivered through any SCORM-conformant learning-management system (LMS), such as those sold by Click2learn and Pathlore.

To view a Flash movie that uses the template and observe how it interacts with a SCORM runtime environment, click here.
(Opens in a separate window - Requires the Flash 6 player).

Future-proofing: SCORM 1.3 will introduce some changes in the API. Because the SCORM-specific logic is in the template, it is anticipated that no change to the .fla file, and in particular to embedded ActionScripts, will be required. Only the template will need to be updated for SCORM 1.3 conformance.

Quick notes:

• Scoring data. The template assumes that either the score value range will be communicated first (min, max then raw) or that the score is scaled on a 0..100 range. For example, the Interactive Quiz template that ships with Flash MX does report a score adjusted to fit a 0..100 scale.
• Interaction IDs. Every interaction (in other words, every test item) should have a different ID. The Interactive Quiz template uses the same ID for each test item in the quiz. This cannot be tracked properly by a SCORM conformant system. Be sure to give each test item a different ID in a "real" Flash movie.

The publishing template extension includes detailed release notes copied to the 'Extension Help' directory of Flash MX. To preview a copy of the help file, click here (opens in a separate window).

System requirements
Flash MX development environment and Macromedia Extensions installer. SCORM conformant runtime environment for testing and deployment.

Download the template extension from the Macromedia web site at http://www.macromedia.com/exchange/flash (browse in the "Learning" category, look for 2003 FS SCORM) and install it with the Macromedia Extensions Installer.

The Click2learn SCORM 1.2 resource kit contains a couple of useful demonstration applications:

• After publishing a movie with the 2003 FS SCORM template, it only takes a couple of minutes to turn it into a fully compliant SCORM package, complete with manifest and metadata, with the Click2learn SCORM Packager for Flash.
• To aggregate several SCORM packages into a larger, structured SCORM package, download the Click2learn SCORM Package Aggregator.

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