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Easy, trackable Wordpress elearning with Gravity Forms quizzes and the TinCanAPI

I work in a small learning management department in a large Health System. One of the "forever" problems we'd like to solve, is how to get out of the way of our many clinical subject matter experts and make it EASY for them to put trackable learning content online by themselves. Why is this still a problem in this age...

Integrating the Rustici SCORM Engine with our LMS: part 2

<< Back to Part 1, Determining Scope, Course Import A phased approach was used to integrate our aging LMS and the SCORM Engine. Starting with a "bare-bones integration" we assessed the user workflow and determined next steps. Course Delivery When users log in to our LMS, they are presented with a Learning Plan screen which lists required learning and current...

Integrating the Rustici SCORM Engine with our LMS: part 1

Our aging Docent learning management system is scheduled to be replaced over the next couple of years, but last year it became clear that we chould not wait until then to replace the SCORM elements of the system. We were nearing a sort of "technical cliff" if you will, where most home computers would have enormous security surrounding Java applets, and...

A SCORM-Ready Template: PageArray generator

dohighlight('pa'); Probably the hardest part of using the SCORM-Ready template is setting up the pageArray listing that generates all the navigation. And now that there are so many new types of quizzes and interactions possible, it can be hard to remember the correct settings....

A SCORM-Ready Template: Captivate Quizzes - Part 3: Add the quiz to the module

Publish the Captivate file In the Publish window select Flash (SWF). Check Publish to Folder. This will help keep your published files in one piece, isolated from unrelated files....

A SCORM-Ready Template: Captivate Quizzes - Part 2: Captivate settings

Project Size At this time, the maximum width the template can handle is 1024px. Set your project size at 1024 x 768 or smaller....

A SCORM-Ready Template: Captivate Quizzes - Part 1: Introduction

Although Captivate has its own SCORM interface, its reliability in our LMS over the last few years has become increasingly problematic. Data gets lost, quizzes score incorrectly, or do not complete at all, and there is a lot of frustration. At the same time, there has been increasing demand from subject matter experts and educators for inexpensive, easy to learn...

Fix certificate issues on IE8

Our LMS users sometimes have problems accessing SCORM learning activities. These days, when all other possible causes (java not installed, security settings, etc.) have been eliminated, the next most likely culprit is an expired certificate. The JAVA adaptor used by our LMS is very particular about security, and fails with various silent exceptions if the certificates aren't in order. To...

A SCORM-Ready Template: Qualtrics Quizzes - Part 7: Add the quiz to the module

Add an entry for the Qualtrics quiz to the module's page array If you aren't familiar with using the pageArray to add pages to your learning module, see Creating the Navigation. Copy and paste the sample Qualtrics quiz entry into your pageArray. {buttonTitle:'Qualtrics test', title:'',url:'qualtricsWrap.htm?href=https://umichumhs.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4N65iNij70e29ms',chapter:11,level:1, type:'U', quiz:'2761832350879729', qmax:10 },...

A SCORM-Ready Template: Qualtrics Quizzes - Part 6: LMS-related settings

LMS and report-related settings Special settings need to be applied to report individual results properly within Qualtrics, and to communicate the results back to the template so it can send them on to the Learning Management System....

A SCORM-Ready Template: Qualtrics Quizzes - Part 5: Set scores for each question

Once all the questions and feedback are added to the quiz, go to the scoring menu by selecting "Scoring... " from the Advanced Options menu....

A SCORM-Ready Template: Qualtrics Quizzes - Part 4: Create Feedback

img {border:1px solid #000000;} Create feedback for each question Qualtrics does not automatically generate feedback for each question, but it is simple to create feedback items using Display Logic. After each scored question in your quiz, add one or more Text/Graphic questions, containing the feedback for each choice....

A SCORM-Ready Template: Qualtrics Quizzes - Part 3: Create the quiz

img {border:1px solid #000000;} Create a scored quiz in Qualtrics The easiest way to get all the pieces right is to import an example Qualtrics quiz and add your own questions to it. Download this example Scored Survey XML file....

A SCORM-Ready Template: Qualtrics Quizzes - Part 2: End of Survey Message

img {border:1px solid #000000;} Create an "End of Survey" message We'll start at the end first: in order to communicate with the learning module, your Qualtrics quizzes will all need to reference a custom End of Survey message, which will be located in your Qualtrics message library....

A SCORM-Ready Template: Embedded Qualtrics Quizzes, Part 1

img {border:1px solid #000000;} IMPORTANT If you have never used the SCORM-ready learning module template before, please go back to Part 1: Features, Outline your Module to learn how to set it up correctly....