SCORM wrapping multiple files

Report · May 07, 2015

I have to find out how to SCORM wrap multiple files and load them onto an LMS. The problem is, that this can not be done with Aggregator as it does not support the SCORM wrap functionality as far as I could find out. Apparently the older versions of Captivate was able to do this when you are busy with the training without forcing the browser window to close after each course. We have to load a total of about 200 courses onto an LMS and doing it manually is time consuming and not learner friendly. Please please help. Boss is breathing down my neck. Thanks

Report · May 07, 2015

Each course has to be loaded separately as there is a imsmanifest.xml file for each course. A course can have multiple SCO's (i.e. several Captivate files making up a course).

Unless your LMS is special and will let you batch upload multiple courses, you have to do them 1 by 1.

This has nothing to do with Captivate.

Report · May 07, 2015

I differ from TLC's reply...

The 'MultiSCO Package' that should be provided with Captivate should allow you to do exactly what you need.

File > New Project > Multi-SCORM Packager

Adobe Captivate Help | Adobe Multi-SCORM Packager

This will almost surely facilitate you uploading multiple lessons/SCOs to your LMS.

However, this will NOT 'blend them together' like the Aggregator does.

Your LMS will likely see them all as separate SCOs which you then have to setup in the LMS as separate lessons.

But at least all the SCOs will be there...

This process has worked in three different LMS products I've used in the past...but somewhat as TLC saying, there's no guarantee your LMS will handle it (though it should, IMO).

Oh, and as far as I know, the Aggregator never supported SCORM - it's always been for non-SCORM delivery.

Or if you more meant that you'd not only like to upload the SCOs *and* have them accessible through one overall Captivate interface...that's not possible with Captivate's tools, nor is it likely your LMS supports it (it would need to support SCORM 2004's 'Sequencing' spec, and very few do).

HTH!

Report · May 07, 2015

What I'm referring to is separate courses. Each course has a manifest no matter how many SCO's.

It sounds to me like the OP want to load all 200 courses at once, as in a package that has 2000 imsmanifest documents in it.

The multi SOC packager is not meant to package multiple courses, it is meant to package multiple SCO's.

If you packaged multiple courses they would end up under one Course and it would never complete the master course until you completed every course.

Report · May 07, 2015

Well, it depends on terminology, which is always an issue with SCORM and LMS products.

In many LMS products I've used, a 'SCO' = a .zip file = a course, or a lesson, depending.

So my reply implies 1 SCO is one lesson, so all the SCOs in a multi-SCO package would be multiple lessons...

Once those make it into the LMS, those SCO/Lessons would need to be setup into courses...manually.

Apologies if that wasn't clear or assumed too much.

In other words, the Multi-SCO Packager will bundle up multiple SCOs (that indeed each contain their own manifest) and create a separate manifest identifying each SCO...which most LMS's (in my experience) will identify and 'pull out' of the Big SCO and setup as individual SCOS in the LMS...then it's up to the LMS Admin to setup those separated SCOs how they like (i.e. assign one per 'lesson', and setup however many 'lessons' in a 'course'....but again, it depends on the user/admin/LMS on how those terms are actually defined).

It would indeed be GREAT if you could specify the name of the Course in the multi-SCO manifest and the LMS would assemble all the SCOs into the one, or many, Courses...! I've not seen an LMS do that though

Report · May 08, 2015

It would indeed be GREAT if you could specify the name of the Course in the multi-SCO manifest and the LMS would assemble all the SCOs into the one, or many, Courses...! I've not seen an LMS do that though

Here is a manifest that does exactly that. It defines a Course (Introduction to Human Systems Integration), which is the Course Title the student clicks on in the LMS. It also defines the 5 SCO ILesson) Titles and links which are presented in a menu when the student clicks on the Course link. All SCO's are in separate folders. There is 1 manifest, the SCO's don't need them.

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no" ?>

<manifest identifier="AF_LMS-MANIFEST" version="1.0"
xmlns="http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2"
xmlns:adlcp="http://www.adlnet.org/xsd/adlcp_rootv1p2"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.imsproject.org/xsd/imscp_rootv1p1p2 imscp_rootv1p1p2.xsd
                        http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsmd_rootv1p2p1 imsmd_rootv1p2p1.xsd
                        http://www.adlnet.org/xsd/adlcp_rootv1p2 adlcp_rootv1p2.xsd" >
<metadata>
<schema>ADL SCORM</schema>
<schemaversion>1.2</schemaversion>
<adlcp:location>SYS_169.xml</adlcp:location>
</metadata>
<organizations default="TOC1">
<organization identifier="TOC1">
   <title>Introduction to Human Systems Integration</title>
   <item identifier="I_SCO0" identifierref="SCO0">
   <title>Module 1: Course Introduction</title>
   </item>
   <item identifier="I_SCO1" identifierref="SCO1">
   <title>Module 2: What is HSI?</title>
   </item>
   <item identifier="I_SCO2" identifierref="SCO2">
   <title>Module 3: Why Is HSI Important?</title>
   </item>
   <item identifier="I_SCO3" identifierref="SCO3">
   <title>Module 4: What Are My Responsibilities for HSI?</title>
   </item>
   <item identifier="I_SCO4" identifierref="SCO4">
   <title>Module 5: Course Completion</title>
   </item>
</organization>
</organizations>
<resources>
<resource identifier="SCO0" type="webcontent" adlcp:scormtype="sco" href="M01/index.htm">
   <file href="M01/index.htm" />
   <dependency identifierref="ALLRESOURCES" />
</resource>
<resource identifier="SCO1" type="webcontent" adlcp:scormtype="sco" href="M02/index.htm">
   <file href="M02/index.htm" />
   <dependency identifierref="ALLRESOURCES" />
</resource>
<resource identifier="SCO2" type="webcontent" adlcp:scormtype="sco" href="M03/index.htm">
   <file href="M03/index.htm" />
   <dependency identifierref="ALLRESOURCES" />
</resource>
<resource identifier="SCO3" type="webcontent" adlcp:scormtype="sco" href="M04/index.htm">
   <file href="M04/index.htm" />
   <dependency identifierref="ALLRESOURCES" />
</resource>
<resource identifier="SCO4" type="webcontent" adlcp:scormtype="sco" href="M05/index.htm">
   <file href="M05/index.htm" />
   <dependency identifierref="ALLRESOURCES" />
</resource>
<resource identifier="ALLRESOURCES" type="webcontent" adlcp:scormtype="asset"> </resource>
</resources>
</manifest>

Report · May 08, 2015

Neat! Have you direct experience with that? In a particular LMS?

The way the CP Multi-SCO Packager works...it 'assembles' standalone SCOs (which each contain their own manifest files) into one overall package...which has a manifest similar to the one you've supplied.

In my tests in a couple LMS products, the 'Big SCO' is just unzipped and all the smaller SCOs added to the LMS library to be assigned to lessons.

I've not seen an LMS that dissembles the Big SCO and automatically sets up the smaller SCOs into the defined courses. There could certainly be LMS products that DO that, I've just not seen it myself.

Assuming the structure you identify would work with the OP's LMS, then that may be a good solution for their requirement.

Report · May 08, 2015

All of our courses use a manifest like that. I don't use Captivates for CP courses.

I've used them in Learn.com (Taleo), Meridian and Blackboard, also the SCORM Cloud. It's actually very standard.