Category: Elearning
A SCORM-ready template: Part 1A. Features
 Here’s a screenshot of the template, showing part of the left-hand navigation expanded. Note the previous/next navigation buttons at upper right, which are automatically created based on your list of pages, as is the progress bar and page numbering at upper right. |
Create Inter-sco navigation for SumTotal 6.5
SCORM courses in the SumTotal 6.5 Learning Management System are launched from a page that lists each SCO (lesson) in a list of links representing the course structure.
On clicking the “Enter the Lesson” button next to any SCO, a new frameset window opens. The screenshot below shows the “Enter the Lesson” page, with the course window open in front of it.
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Randomizing Captivate Quizzes
Captivate quizzes are easy to create, but they lack some often-requested features. Even using version 2, it is difficult, if not impossible, to randomize questions within Captivate. The following method will alter the html wrapper generated when you publish a Captivate project so that it chooses from a bank of alternate Captivate SWF files when the page opens.
Download example HTML wrapper file
When you publish to Flash (SWF) in Captivate, Captivate creates an HTML wrapper which contains the SWF file in an object tag. (Usually titled “ProjectTitle.htm”) There is a variable, “strURLFile ,” which determines which Captivate file is launched. In the unaltered file, this variable is set to the project title you set when you published.
Continue readingRescuing a corrupt Captivate File
If you do any work with Adobe Captivate, you probably have experience with Captivate’s tendency to corrupt files. The last Captivate project I worked on gave me a chance to get reaquainted with this feature, so I am posting the solution which saved my work:
First, you must know the exact size of the old project. If you are using an odd size, be sure to note it down. Create a new, blank project at that size. Select “File>Import Slides/Objects” and import all the slides and their objects from the corrupted project. If you don’t see any slides to import, you are probably out of luck.
The knowledgebase article on adobe.com does not seem to be available anymore, but the cached version is still available on Google:
Continue readingLimiting number of tries on Perception Quizzes under SCORM control
When Questionmark Perception is launched from an LMS using SCORM, Perception’s built-in user management system can’t be used. Perception receives user data from the LMS, and although it stores that data with the results of the quizzes, it can’t use the data for purposes of scheduling and limiting access to quizzes.
Unfortunately, our LMS, SumTotal 6.5, does not have a good way to limit attempts on a learning activity either. There is a rather inflexible option: If you set any learning activity to “allow access upon completion,” after the activity has been completed once, the user will only be able to launch the activity for purposes of browsing, but never take it again for credit. In other words, the user can not enroll again.
This isn’t always the best solution. For example, we wanted to allow two or three tries, depending on the quiz, and we never allow users to browse old quizzes.
Continue readingSafari won’t launch a Perception Quiz from the LMS, when all other browsers will
Our SumTotal (Docent) 6.5 learning management system uses SCORM to launch learning activities and quizzes. We had a case where several Perception Quizzes would not launch using Safari, but any other browser did launch them.
Continue readingQuestionmark’s Enterprise reporter reports displaying incorrectly?
If you use HTML in your assessment questions, be careful when setting up your Enterprise Reporter reports. If you check “show question wording”, HTML within the body of the question will not be escaped. This
Continue readingA better Likert scale question template for Perception quizzes
The out-of the-box Likert Scale question created by Perception is really just a slightly modified multiple choice question. The choices are arranged vertically, as shown in the example screen shot below.
I prefer Likert Scale choices to be displayed horizontally as shown in the image below.
