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sigur_rosser
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May 17, 2022
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Captivate and Moodle....

  • May 17, 2022
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I see posts in the forum here regarding Captivate and Moodle - they appear to have the capability to co-exist.  Are there any issues to watch out for?

Thanks to all who have helped me with my latest round of issues!

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    Correct answer RodWard

    I have used Moodle with many of my clients over the past couple of decades and not really had too many issues with the system.  It's a very capable LMS that often outperforms other far more expensive systems.  

     

    I have always used Captivate projects that contained the quiz components inside the CPTX file rather than using Moodle's own built-in tools to build assessment questions.  I think there are more options for using a larger variety of assessment types if you keep everything inside Captivate.  For example, if you wanted to build a software simulation that tracked whether the learner was able to correctly replicate a task by clicking on objects then Captivate's default interactivity tools make this easy.  Moodle is more geared to assessments that are built around multiple choice slides etc.

     

    The other reason I have always encouraged my own clients to just build everything inside the Captivate CPTX and then upload it as a SCORM 1.2 to Moodle or any other LMS they might have is that in my experience commercial organisations tend to get sick of their LMS after a given time and inevitably go looking for a better one.  So, it's not uncommon for them to be changing their LMS every 5-10 years.  If you have created all of your courseware as self-contained SCORM packages, then you can usually just take those same packages and upload them into the new LMS.  In some cases you might need to republish the SCORM from Captivate with a few tweaks to the settings. 

     

    But if you have built your assessments with the LMS tools, then you will need to totally rebuild them again when you move to another LMS.  I have never yet seen one LMS offer an option to export their assessments in a format that can be easily uploaded and recreated in a competitor's LMS.  They (understandably) do NOT want to make it easy for you to change.

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    Stagprime2687219
    Stagprime2687219
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    May 17, 2022

    I believe they are interested in knowing if there are any "gotchas" or idiosyncracies related to delivering Captivate SCORM packages via MOODLE. Strange, oddball stuff that perhaps they would need to tweak in order for them to work just right.

     

    That sort of thing.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    May 17, 2022

    I understand, but it looked to me that the difference between a LMS and the authoring tools was not clear. Moreover Moodle exists in so many versions, depending on the invested money (starts with free version) and programming that it is rather difficult to give detailed answers about possible issues. One of my friends is a Moodle expert, but he is not on a Captivate forum.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    May 17, 2022

    Moodle is a Learning Management System (as is Blackboard, Prime....). Captivate has a special setting to report to Moodle in the Quiz Reporting section. I don't know what you want exactly with your question? 

    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    May 18, 2022

    I have used Moodle with many of my clients over the past couple of decades and not really had too many issues with the system.  It's a very capable LMS that often outperforms other far more expensive systems.  

     

    I have always used Captivate projects that contained the quiz components inside the CPTX file rather than using Moodle's own built-in tools to build assessment questions.  I think there are more options for using a larger variety of assessment types if you keep everything inside Captivate.  For example, if you wanted to build a software simulation that tracked whether the learner was able to correctly replicate a task by clicking on objects then Captivate's default interactivity tools make this easy.  Moodle is more geared to assessments that are built around multiple choice slides etc.

     

    The other reason I have always encouraged my own clients to just build everything inside the Captivate CPTX and then upload it as a SCORM 1.2 to Moodle or any other LMS they might have is that in my experience commercial organisations tend to get sick of their LMS after a given time and inevitably go looking for a better one.  So, it's not uncommon for them to be changing their LMS every 5-10 years.  If you have created all of your courseware as self-contained SCORM packages, then you can usually just take those same packages and upload them into the new LMS.  In some cases you might need to republish the SCORM from Captivate with a few tweaks to the settings. 

     

    But if you have built your assessments with the LMS tools, then you will need to totally rebuild them again when you move to another LMS.  I have never yet seen one LMS offer an option to export their assessments in a format that can be easily uploaded and recreated in a competitor's LMS.  They (understandably) do NOT want to make it easy for you to change.

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    sigur_rosserAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 19, 2022

    Hi Rod,

    Thanks for your input and insight.  The assessment questions are all of the multiple choice type.  They will most likely require edits and updates a few times a year.  So it sounds to me like keeping the client out of Captivate is probably the smarter way to go.  A contractor will update the Cp content and an admin will modify the questions.

    Thanks again!

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