Month: May 2006

It’s easy to export Powerpoint presentations to the web, but they aren’t automatically scorm compatible. To add simple scorm capability to your web-export, do the following:

This will add a button that will allow the user to mark the sco complete.

1. Add this to the head section of outline.htm or the final slide.
</p> <p><script type=”text/javascript” language=”javascript” name=”mm_scormRTI” ><br /> <!– Inserted by:<br /> // SCORM Runtime Wrapper<br /> // version 1.2.6 09/09/02<br /> // Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved.<br /> // —————————————————-</p> <p>// define global var as handle to API object<br /> var mm_adl_API = null;</p> <p>// mm_getAPI, which calls findAPI as needed<br /> function mm_getAPI()<br /> {<br /> var myAPI = null;<br /> var tries = 0, triesMax = 500;<br /> while (tries < triesMax && myAPI == null)<br /> {<br /> window.status = ‘Looking for API object ‘ + tries + ‘/’ + triesMax;<br /> myAPI = findAPI(window);<br /> if (myAPI == null && typeof(window.parent) != ‘undefined’) myAPI = findAPI(window.parent)<br /> if (myAPI == null && typeof(window.top) != ‘undefined’) myAPI = findAPI(window.top);<br /> if (myAPI == null && typeof(window.opener) != ‘undefined’) if (window.opener != null && !window.opener.closed) myAPI = findAPI(window.opener);<br /> tries++;<br /> }<br /> if (myAPI == null)<br /> {<br /> window.status = ‘API not found’;<br /> alert(‘JavaScript Warning: API object not found in window or opener. (‘ + tries + ‘)’);<br /> }<br /> else<br /> {<br /> mm_adl_API = myAPI;<br /> window.status = ‘API found’;<br /> }<br /> }</p> <p>// returns LMS API object (or null if not found)<br /> function findAPI(win)<br /> {<br /> // look in this window<br /> if (typeof(win) != ‘undefined’ ? typeof(win.API) != ‘undefined’ : false)<br /> {<br /> if (win.API != null ) return win.API;<br /> }<br /> // look in this window’s frameset kin (except opener)<br /> if (win.frames.length > 0) for (var i = 0 ; i < win.frames.length ; i++);<br /> {<br /> if (typeof(win.frames[i]) != ‘undefined’ ? typeof(win.frames[i].API) != ‘undefined’ : false)<br /> {<br /> if (win.frames[i].API != null) return win.frames[i].API;<br /> }<br /> }<br /> return null;<br /> }</p> <p>// call LMSInitialize()<br /> function mm_adlOnload()<br /> {<br /> if (mm_adl_API != null)<br /> {<br /> mm_adl_API.LMSInitialize(“”);<br /> // set status<br /> mm_adl_API.LMSSetValue(“cmi.core.lesson_status”, “incomplete”);<br /> }<br /> }</p> <p>// call LMSFinish()<br /> function mm_adlOnunload()<br /> {<br /> if (mm_adl_API != null)<br /> {<br /> // set status<br /> mm_adl_API.LMSSetValue(“cmi.core.lesson_status”, “completed”);<br /> mm_adl_API.LMSCommit(“”);<br /> mm_adl_API.LMSFinish(“”);<br /> }<br /> }</p> <p>// get the API<br /> mm_getAPI();<br /> // –><br /> </script><br />