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Our custom-developed HTML SCORM Learning Module template has received a major facelift. It now adapts to most device widths smoothly. It uses no frames or Server Side Includes, loads content faster, and is compatible
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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.
At this time, the maximum width the template can handle is 1024px. Set your project size at 1024 x
768 or smaller.
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 tools like Captivate that leverage their Powerpoint skills but have plenty of flexibility and options for interactivity. So something had to be done to make Captivate useful again.
What I decided to do was to turn over all the SCORM communication for Captivate activities to our HTML template, which doesn’t have the communication issues of the Adobe products. Using the SCORM template as a wrapper does not add a lot of work to a project, in fact, it requires only one line of code to add a scored Captivate or Presenter quiz to a template-based learning module.
Any type of scored Captivate file will work – both question slides and interactive slides. The module can handle one or more Captivate quizzes, either by themselves, or in combination with other types of content and quizzes, such as Questionmark Perception or the template-based interaction quizlets.
Continue reading {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 },
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.
Download this example Scored Survey XML file.