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Anonymous
December 16, 2015
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Send cpQuizInfoAttempts variable to LMS

  • December 16, 2015
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Hello,

I have a dilemma I'm hoping someone can help with.

Our LMS provider doesn't capture 'number of attempts' for a quiz being taken. We need to evidence the number of attempts taken to pass a quiz for regulatory purposes.

As Captivate courses produces this data (cpQuizInfoAttempts variable) and updates it, I'm looking for a way to pass this information to the LMS when the course is completed. Our vendor has advised that they can build a work around if I can get the course to pass this data.

We used Captivate 5 and the course is set to infinite attempts to pass the quiz - we just need a record of how many attempts they took.

Any other solutions to use capturing this data via another method would be appreciated.

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Stu

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    Correct answer RodWard

    We are building in SWF (AICC Compliant).


    OK.  Then as far as I know, the only way to solve your issue would be with some custom programming to pass data from your course to the LMS in some format that the LMS would accept and INSERT into it's own database.  I can't help you with that. Sorry.

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    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
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    December 16, 2015

    You could try assigning another User Variable with the value of cpQuizInfoAttempts to store the value outside the System Variable.  On some LMSs (I think Blackboard is one) the LMS will store the values of User Variables in the Resume Data.  However, I would not be very confident your LMS would support this kind of functionality if it doesn't even record how many attempts have been made on a course.  That's fairly basic functionality for an LMS.  Yours sounds to be fairly limited.  Still, if by some stroke of luck the User Variable you set up DOES get stored in the Resume Data, AND your LMS provider is willing to build you some kind of workaround, then you may be in business.

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    Anonymous
    December 16, 2015

    Hi Rod,

    Thank you for taking the time to answer my question! It's very much appreciated.

    Unfortunately, the Resume Data doesn't store variables.

    I was shocked by the fact the LMS didn't record number of attempts. I've worked with many in my time and I have never encountered one that doesn't do this as a standard.

    Shot in the dark - any other ideas?

    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
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    December 16, 2015

    Are you building HTML5 or SWF?

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