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jhf12
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June 27, 2011
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Link to SWF or HTML file from LMS?

  • June 27, 2011
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Hello,

Can someone please tell me how I should link to the captivate file from LMS.  Is it better to link to the SWF file or the HTML file (or in this case, the HTML full-screen file)?

I would also appreciate it if you could tell me why one file is better than the other to link to from LMS.

Thank you,

Justin

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Correct answer Captiv8r

Hi Justin

I'm hopeful Rod Ward or Lilybiri will pop in to offer more. But it's my understanding that you really don't "link" to anything from the LMS. The LMS is like a big database. You upload your Captivate content into the LMS. The end user logs into the LMS and the LMS then presents the Captivate you uploaded to it.

Generally speaking, if you had no LMS and were uploading Captivate content to the web, you would want to upload all the output files (.HTM, .JS and .SWF) then provide a link to the HTM file. The HTM file has sizing instructions that present the SWF at the proper size. In a LMS situation the HTM and JS files have additional code that allows the Captivate to feed the results back to the LMS by establishing a conversation.

Cheers... Rick

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Captiv8r
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Legend
June 27, 2011

Hi Justin

I'm hopeful Rod Ward or Lilybiri will pop in to offer more. But it's my understanding that you really don't "link" to anything from the LMS. The LMS is like a big database. You upload your Captivate content into the LMS. The end user logs into the LMS and the LMS then presents the Captivate you uploaded to it.

Generally speaking, if you had no LMS and were uploading Captivate content to the web, you would want to upload all the output files (.HTM, .JS and .SWF) then provide a link to the HTM file. The HTM file has sizing instructions that present the SWF at the proper size. In a LMS situation the HTM and JS files have additional code that allows the Captivate to feed the results back to the LMS by establishing a conversation.

Cheers... Rick

Helpful and Handy Links

Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form

Adobe Certified Captivate Training

SorcerStone Blog

Captivate eBooks

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jhf12Author
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June 27, 2011

Thanks Rick, you confirmed my thoughts on this.  I'm still coming up-to-speed with how LMS works in relation to captivate.

RodWard
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RodWardCommunity Expert
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June 27, 2011

If you are using an LMS for the purpose of tracking data about the user's interaction with your course, it will be either using SCORM or AICC standard to achieve that.  In both cases you need the HTM file that Captivate publishes because there is quite a lot of JavaScript involved in the API communication between the course modules and the LMS.  If you were only uploading the SWF file, the LMS wouldn't be able to "talk" to your course.

In the case of SCORM, you upload your course as a zip file that contains everything it needs to operate and communicate with the LMS.  This zip file, and all the files it contains, is what the LMS expects.

Having said this, there are some pseudo LMS systems out there that are really more akin to content management systems (CMS) since all they really do is deliver the files to the user and track the fact that they did so.  They don't read or record scoring coming back from the course too well.  In some cases these types of LMS will expect to get the course as a single file only (because they're more used to courses in the form of PDF files or PPT presentations) and so the SWF file is about the only one you CAN upload to them with any chance of delivering content.  I don't recommend you go for these types of systems.

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