During our recent Docent LMS implementation, one of the most difficult tasks I was faced with was to ensure SCORM activities work if browsers other than IE were used.
The specific cross-platform issues fell into several categories:
Definitions of terms used in this article:
LMS – Learning Management System – a system of launching and tracking online learning content. In this article I am mainly referring to the “Docent 6.5” LMS
SCORM – Sharable Courseware Object Reference Model – a communication standard used by online learning modules to communicate scoring and interaction data to a Learning Management System and vice-versa.
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