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February 3, 2010
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SCORM Tracking

  • February 3, 2010
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Hi All

I'm new to the Forum and relatively new to Captivate 4.

My question is this, how do I send a 'Pass mark" to the LMS without using Quiz Questions.

E.g. Once a learner has completed a software simulation Captivate alerts the LMS that the learner has passed / completed the training.

I have published the simulation a SCORM 1.2 package and have tried various 'Report Status" configurations but alas the LMS does not appear to receive any data.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Kind regards


Chris

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Correct answer Captiv8r

Hi again

Hmmm, it would seem the playing field has suddenly transmogrofied from the original question!

You did ask how things might work without resorting to quiz questions, no?

As I intimated in my first reply, Buttons and Click Boxes may have scoring enabled. So... you could concoct an assessment that has no quiz questions at all. Only Click Boxes and Buttons and maybe even Text Entry Boxes. All of these may be scored. You could then design it so things have to be dealt with in a specific manner in order to pass. Only by following the path you designate as being correct would they pass.

Unfortunately, this falls into the class of the ever present situation. How to truly test to see if someone really knows something. And I'm not sure any test created to date is totally able to do that. After all, a person may be able to spout all the right answers and still be basically clueless about how to make something actually work in the real world. I compare it to using a table saw or a compound miter saw. Sure, one can make perfect cuts. You might test for that. But are they also able to create a beautiful and well crafted cabinet just because they can make perfect cuts?

Maybe, maybe not.

Cheers... Rick

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Lilybiri
Legend
February 3, 2010

Hello Chris,

Rick suggested the right way of course. Just to add my 2 cents: put the click box or button on the last slide, if you want them to have viewed all slides. And since the score attached to the click box doesn't have any meaning, ask to report Pass/Fail, set the Mastery score to 100% since the user has to click te button or CB.

Lilybiri

Captiv8r
Legend
February 3, 2010

Hi Chris

I'm guessing this is something along the lines of SOX compliance? Where all you really need is an acknowledgement that the user has viewed the content?

If so, I believe all you need is a single Button or Click Box object. Each of these has the capability of having Scoring enabled. You would then feed the "Score" back to the LMS as the user clicks the object.

Cheers... Rick

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February 3, 2010

Hi Rick

and thank you for your reposne.

Your suggestion would work BUT,

As I understand it a learner could fumble their way through the assement, click a final submit button and hey presto they're compliant

Is there anyway of tracking that the learner has understood the simualtion process by scoring their assesment?

Thanks again

Chris

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Captiv8r
Captiv8rCorrect answer
Legend
February 3, 2010

Hi again

Hmmm, it would seem the playing field has suddenly transmogrofied from the original question!

You did ask how things might work without resorting to quiz questions, no?

As I intimated in my first reply, Buttons and Click Boxes may have scoring enabled. So... you could concoct an assessment that has no quiz questions at all. Only Click Boxes and Buttons and maybe even Text Entry Boxes. All of these may be scored. You could then design it so things have to be dealt with in a specific manner in order to pass. Only by following the path you designate as being correct would they pass.

Unfortunately, this falls into the class of the ever present situation. How to truly test to see if someone really knows something. And I'm not sure any test created to date is totally able to do that. After all, a person may be able to spout all the right answers and still be basically clueless about how to make something actually work in the real world. I compare it to using a table saw or a compound miter saw. Sure, one can make perfect cuts. You might test for that. But are they also able to create a beautiful and well crafted cabinet just because they can make perfect cuts?

Maybe, maybe not.

Cheers... Rick

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Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form

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