Flash :: FS SCORM - Help Sample

Flash Talking With A SCORM Compliant LMS (FS SCORM?)
I have read some documentation on FS SCORM and am wondering how well it works, or if another solution is better? I am starting on an eLearning project that needs to talk with a OnTrack (see: http://www.dksystems.com/) LMS. The problems is I can't understand what happens, what is a Learning management system do? I have a flash command (fscommand) that talks with some javascript in the html document, but what is the javascript talking to? a database of some sort?

sosuke
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SCORM Help?
Does anyone here know of another place to find sample SCORM .fla files other than macromedia.com. It would be a huge help to me....

thank-you

SCORM...anyone?
Hi all

So this is my 3rd or 4th post about integrating SCORM compliant Flash with the hopes that someone knows how to get started with doing this. Because I've found nothing so far.

So if anyone has info, please help out. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Chris

Scorm
can anyone suggest how to make scorm related application with flash?

Flash And LMS (SCORM)
Lets say, I have no idea what a LMS looks like, or how to interface with it. I understand some of how FS SCORM and other implementations work. The project I have only involves completion, there is no tests. The LMS is from OnTrack and is SCORM compliant. I have not been able to find any solid documentation with end-to-end examples. Everything seems to assume you know about the LMS you will be working with. Also I am having trouble understanding what the manifest does. Is it simply a list of the files that my SCO incorperates? I have read several posts on message boards and other documents but I need a way to test what I am doing, simple steps I guess, can someone please help!

Cooking Up A SCORM?
If anyone here is familiar with prepping a SCORM object in Flash, I'd love to ask a few questions. A lot of potential training content clients are standardizing with the SCORM/LMS method. I've done a lot of reading on the subject -- just wondering if I could do a little sticky tennis with an accomplished SCORM developer to clear up a few questions.

Thanks.

Anyone Familiar With SCORM?
I made an eLearning object in flash. I want it to report status (complete/incomplete) and score, but it doesn't. The function i used:

fscommand("CMIInitialize");
fscommand("MM_cmiSetLessonStatus", "c");
fscommand("CMISetScore", score);
fscommand("CMIFinish");
fscommand("CMIExitAU");

What version of SCORM are they?
Why doesn't it work??
My LMS supports SCORM 1.2. What wre the functions of this version?

Scorm 1.3 + Flash
is there anyone here that has had any success using Flash in build SCORM 1.3 compliant lessons ?? everywhere i look, i only see 1.2 and the company i work for has "commanded" me into building 1.3 compliant templates and i am about to pull out my hair trying to find help. i need someone who has done this that i cna bounce questions off of.
please post here or PM me if you can help me with this. thanks in advance....

Flash And SCORM: HELP
Hi there,

Has anyone worked with Flash and SCORM reporting?

I have a flash framework into which several different movies will be loaded. I need to enable SCORM reporting for each of the movies loaded into the framework. I honestly don't know where to begin with this. If someone could point me to resources or give me some idea of where to start, I would very much appreciate it.

Thx

Bill

Scorm Calling The LMS
I'm at the end of this project. I got the LMS to initialize the call, and flash to pass variables to the LMS via the course_functions.js and API wrapper.

However, I'm trying to pass a finalScore to our LMS. How do I call the LMS? The "_parent.callLMS(finalScore); "code shown below did not execute the LMS call. I also tried using fscommands and getURL commands to no success.

I should also mention that I'm using DreamweaverMX scorm run-time wrapper.

iaustin

Thank you

My Flash Code:
//here is my fincal score code on the last screen in Flash:
if (finalScore < 90) {
//retake quiz
}else{
_parent.callLMS(finalScore); //
}
}

course_functions.js Code: //this code is in a course_functions.js document.

function quizScore(){

parent.score=score;
parent.post();
if (score < 90) // do nothing or alert: "retake quiz";
else {
top.opener.top.API.LMSSetValue('finalScore',score) ;
}

Captivate & SCORM & LMS
I just have a basic question about captivate, and tracking in a SCORM complient LMS. I do not have any questions slides my tutorial, I just want to know if the user finished watching it.

My question is this. Does captivate communicate with the LMS if you have enable output for eleaning even if there is no question slides, so that you may track where the user left off?

SCORM Moodle
I am trying to upload a SCORM course on http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk

I am able to upload the course properly. The course contains a Flash file which would open in a new window. When I open the link, it just opens a blank window with some javascript errors. The same flash course I am able to upload on our internal Moodle URL's.

Even if i try to open a normal html window without any SCORM code in the html file, it still opens a blank window without any errors. The flash interface file is not viewed.

Can anyone please help me and let me know what the issue is?

Thanks in advance.

SCORM & Player 7
Hi,

I have been trying to make my project SCORM compliant; I am using 'RusticiSoftware' for SCORM. And it is Flash player 7.

When the user quits, I am calling the funciton

getURL("javascript:SD.ConcedeControl");

But it is showing the error (have given below as it is lenghty)

Could you please help me if you know about this?

Thanks a LOT!

Bharath.

PS: This is the second problem I am facing related to this. Thanks to gparis, my first problem got solved. I have given the link to this discussion below.

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=760536

The error is: function ConcedeControl() {//debugger; WriteToDebug("Conceding control with type: " + EXIT_BEHAVIOR); ClearErrorInfo(); //It's ok to always call Suspend in here and not Finish. The proper way to get an exit type //of Finish is to call SetReachedEnd before calling ConcedeControl.........

Scorm 2004
Does SCORM 2004 allow you to record complex user interactions such as with multi-dimensional arrays?

Dang! That's a mouthful!

Bookmarking In SCORM Course
Hello,

I am somewhat new to Flash/Actionscript, but I know enough to be dangerous. I have created a SCORM-compliant eLearning course in Flash that is being loaded into an LMS. It tracks fine in the LMS, but I want to add bookmarking functionality, so that if a user quits in the middle of the course, he/she will be brought back to the last frame they entered.

I have researched this a bit and it seems that most people recommend using suspend_data. However, I can't find much on the exact syntax I would need to use. And where would I put the code? (Like I said, I'm still new to much of this...) Ideally, I'd like to have a button on each page, so if the user needs to quit, they would click on that button, and it would pass a string to the lms, telling it where the user left off. I would then like a 2nd button, on the first page of the course that would allow users to return to the bookmarked page and pick up where they left off.

Since this is for an internal LMS and the client has assured me that everyone will be running Internet explorer and be on a Windows platform, so I've been using fscommand. Without the knowledge to use suspend_data, I've tried the following, but it didn't work.
var LastLocation = CurrentFrame
fscommand("LMSSetValue", "cmi.core.lesson_location.LastLocation");

and then
var BookMarkLocation=fscommand("LMSGetValue", "cmi.core.lesson_location, LastLocation");

I've tried using this in conjunction with if/else statements, on buttons, on frames--I think I just need some direction.

Can anyone out there provide some specific instructions/syntax for doing this type of bookmarking or does anyone know of a tutorial that might help me with this? I'm okay with using LastLocation or suspend_data, or anything else, as long as it works. Any suggestions would be much appeciated. Thanks in advance.

After Publishing Scorm?
I am a little lost. I usually do cd based flash programs but I have been asked to do an online e-learning program with lms integration - scorm.

I can not find a basic tutorial on flash cs3 and lms/scorm.

I am confused as to what I need to do - if anything - after i publish with scorm tracking. Some sites say just insert to the lms some sites say i need to make a manifest.

Can someone please explain what needs to happen after publishing the scorm files?

thank you!

SCORM Testing On A Mac
I recently finally moved across to my Mac for all of my development work. The main problem I have come across is not being able to test any of my work in a SCORM test suite. The one I have on my PC is the ADL test suite which does not appear to be compatible with the mac, so does anyone know of a suite that is?

Thanks

Scorm Saba Ria Cam Rte Lms = Wtf?
Bloody hell... I have acronyms coming out of my ears. I think my head is about to explode.

Can anyone please provide links or reference to anything intelligble regarding creating a Flash-based e-learning application front end, which conforms to SCORM 1.2. My client is using a SABA system and wants the flash interface in version... wait for it while I double-check... yep... Flash Player 5 !! (oh... my... GOD!)

I'm having a bad day.

I am trying to fathom the ADL documents, but they're wriiten like IKEA instructions. Is there any documentation written in proper language, which a simpleton like myself can actually unserstand?

Any help/resources/links will raise you to a god-like status and I will personally write to Santa for you, asking for whateevr you desire. It's been a long day.. can't you tell?

SCORM 1.3 + Flash
is there anyone here that has had any success using Flash in build SCORM 1.3 compliant lessons ?? everywhere i look, i only see 1.2 and the company i work for has "commanded" me into building 1.3 compliant templates and i am about to pull out my hair trying to find help. i need someone who has done this that i cna bounce questions off of.
please post here or PM me if you can help me with this. thanks in advance....

Publish / Scorm
HELP?

I've created a quiz by using the quiz template in flash. Everthing works fine. I just can't get it up in moodle. When publishing, you are suppose to select Flash with scorm tracking. Done that and it doesn't work.
I think the problem might be when you start creating the quiz, you have to open up the component inspector and entering a URL to redirect the user. No idea which URL they want me to enter...
This is what they ask:
Enter the URL to redirect the user.
When an AICC-compliant LMS starts a quiz, it includes parameters that the HTML code looks for when it executes the embed tag for the Flash application and the course loads properly. If no parameters are specified, the user is redirected to the URL specified in the Login File URL field. If this field is blank or the Flash file was published with the SCORM template, the redirect does not occur.

Can somebody please help?

SCORM Compliance
I'm a developer of Web-based training programs, and often have a requirement that they be SCORM compliant. At the last company I worked for, we used Saba Publisher to "wrap up" all the flash content and generate the manifest, metadata and communication scripts for the LMS. Is there anything else that does a better job of this for the money? I looked at Authorware and was underwhelmed at first sight.

SCORM And FLASH
Dear Sirs,
I have a general query about SCORM and FLASH. If anyone can help me here then I would really appreciate it. An upcoming project at our organisation is a proposed full suite of e-learning modules, developed in Flash and then integrated into an LMS.

At present, this project is at the discussion phase as a couple of our developers have proposed this in the past. But what exactly do we mean by having a SCORM complaint e-learning module on a Learning management system?

Does this mean that we would have a series of Flash movies embedded in HTML files that contain interactive quizzes built with actionscript and that when used by someone online, communicate the results of these quizzes to the LMS on the server so that we can see how many people have done the quizzes or does this just mean that the LMS would just track how many people have actually gone through the e-learning modules just to have a look?

What are the full implications/advantages of using flash SCORM compliant movies on an LMS? Do the flash movies have to be developed, exported in a particular way.

I am assuming that this LMS consists of a software application on a server that can be managed by an administrator online?
I am sorry for all these questions but at our company we had a series of meeting about a proposed e-learning system and I remembered that we had a couple of flash developers who used to work for use a while back and one of them mentioned using flash with SCORM but like I said the discussions about this matter are at the embryonic stage.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Keith

keith.trodden@nhs.net

Flash And SCORM
Dear Sirs,
I have a general query about SCORM and FLASH. If anyone can help me here then I would really appreciate it. An upcoming project at our organisation is a proposed full suite of e-learning modules, developed in Flash and then integrated into an LMS.

At present, this project is at the discussion phase as a couple of our developers have proposed this in the past. But what exactly do we mean by having a SCORM complaint e-learning module on a Learning management system?

Does this mean that we would have a series of Flash movies embedded in HTML files that contain interactive quizzes built with actionscript and that when used by someone online, communicate the results of these quizzes to the LMS on the server so that we can see how many people have done the quizzes or does this just mean that the LMS would just track how many people have actually gone through the e-learning modules just to have a look?

What are the full implications/advantages of using flash SCORM compliant movies on an LMS? Do the flash movies have to be developed, exported in a particular way.

I am assuming that this LMS consists of a software application on a server that can be managed by an administrator online?
I am sorry for all these questions but at our company we had a series of meeting about a proposed e-learning system and I remembered that we had a couple of flash developers who used to work for use a while back and one of them mentioned using flash with SCORM but like I said the discussions about this matter are at the embryonic stage.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Keith

keith.trodden@nhs.net

SCORM Anf Flash
Hi, Ive been recently asked to make SCORM conformant a course made in flash, it consists entirely of presentations, so I dont require to administrate evaluations and such. But, I need to inform the LMS about the advancement of the user, I downloaded a free software (ReLoad) (and read some of the SCORM documentation), but I donÂ´t really know how to make this happen, (which now that Im writting this makes me realize this is more a SCORM question than a Flash one... unless thereÂ´s a way in wich I can comunicate directly fron Flash to the LMS, can I do that ??, lets say, if a given button was pressed to add an amount to the total of the course).

And other doubt I have..., itÂ´s the firs SCORM course that I make, and I dont know if I must leave the navigation in the flash course or just use the provided by the LMS. Well, I hope some of you might know about it, thank you !

Does Any Body Know SCORM?
Does any body knows SCORM?
I made an eLearning in flash. I want it to report status (complete/incomplete) and score, but it doesn't. The function i used:

fscommand("CMIInitialize");
fscommand("MM_cmiSetLessonStatus", "c");
fscommand("CMISetScore", score);
fscommand("CMIFinish");
fscommand("CMIExitAU");

What version of SCORM are they?
Why doesn't it work??
My LMS supports SCORM 1.2. What wre the functions of this version?

AICC And SCORM
have anyone developed this? Anyone have information on how to integrate this with Flash? I know it takes javascript commands, which should be easier with the new ExternalInterface. But I don't know how to setup the code, what I call to, how to setup the structure? Any tutorials at all would be helpful. Right now I am going through http://www.adlnet.org/index.cfm which is a good resource, but almost too good - information spread out all over the site is making it hard for me to weed out the good from the bad.

Thanks in advance.

SCORM Compliant?
I've been asked by a client to maake sure that the flash file that i am working on is SCORM compliant?

I thought this was only for the web. Any body got any ideas on how to make a flash file SCORM compliant?

SCORM Compliance
Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question in, but does anyone know of a good resource online to learn about creating SCORM compliant flash e-learning? Thanks in advance for any replies. :?:

SCORM Tracking Issue
Hi,
I have been developing AICC compliant courses for quite some time and done the tracking in Pathlore.
Now I have to develop a LMS on FlashMX and make it SCORM compliant.
My query is do I need to make descripter files as I needed for AICC or is there any other way to go about this ?
I have published my file using the Flash with SCORM tracking extension. But how do I import the file in my LMS ?
I am using pathlore for tracking.

Kindly let me know
..
Thanks in anticipation ..

MX Quiz Template And SCORM LMS
Hi there,

I have a question about the Flash MX Quiz Template.

I've built a quiz and published it as "Flash w/SCORM Tracking". Sometimes, the quiz seems to lose contact with the LMS's API and stops sending interaction and quiz results to the LMS.

Since this is only SOMETIMES, it's been pretty hard to track down exactly what causes this. It only seems to happen when the score is above the "mastery score", or passing. It doesn't seem to me that the Flash Quiz has any notion of what the "mastery score" is, or behave any differently based on the score.

We're using PlaNet Software's LMS (http://www.planetsoftware.com).

Has anyone run into a problem like this? Any guidance would help me out. If this question should be posted in another forum, please let me know. If I've left out a key piece of info that would help, let me know.

Thanks,
AER0USA

Flash SCORM My LMS And Bookmarking
I am an Instructional technologist which is fancy for graphics dude.

I develop online education.

Our company uses the Aspen LMS (Learning Management System) It's very cool. I have been having trouble communicating with my LMS. Through help on the net I learned to do something cool today.

Bookmarking

Here it is:

My SCORM course is all flash it loads, launches, and tracks all kinds of stuff. I am on the Aspen 1.1 LMS.

I created a movie clip off stage with this code on it.

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
loca = (_root._currentframe).toString();

fscommand("LMSSetValue","cmi.core.lesson_location, "+loca)
fscommand("LMSGetValue","cmi.core.lesson_location, bmark");

code with explanation:

onClipEvent(enterFrame){

//create a variable named loca set it's value to equal current frame number represented as a string of text
loca = (_root._currentframe).toString();

//set the lesson location in the LMS (Thanks Andrew)

fscommand("LMSSetValue","cmi.core.lesson_location, "+loca)

// I set a dynamic text field on the stage var=bmark with the following line of code. This returns the current frame number which is my lesson location value

fscommand("LMSGetValue","cmi.core.lesson_location, bmark");

For more fun

I added a movie clip on my top layer with this:

intCheckText = setInterval(function () {
if (bmarker.text != "" && bmarker.text != undefined) {
if (Number(bmarker.text)>10) {
bm._visible = true;
} else {
// Whatever is supposed to happen if value IS defined
// but is not greater than 10.
}
clearInterval(intCheckText);
}
}, 10);

This checks to see that the LMS has sent info to my texfield named bmarker (this is the same one that has a var value of bmark). I convert the text in that field to a number. If that number is higher than 10 (which could be 1 if your flash file has a page every frame, or as is our case 1 page every 10 frames) make my movie clip visible. This movie clip named bm asks the user if they want to pick up where they left off. If they say yes it sends the root timeline to the value of bmark

In other words the frame they left off on!!

If they say no I send them to page 1.

Yay!!!!

-Lemorris

p.s. visit my car http://www.58vw.com

Flash Movies And SCORM?
Hi,

I'm looking for a way to make a flashmovie SCORM-compliant. Is there known way to do this? Does anybody know a tool which turns a flashmovie into a SCORM-compliant one?

For I'm no programmer I'm looking for a simple solution like in RoboDemo. Just export as SCORM-compliant and ready ...

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Frank

Where To Start With Flash & SCORM
I can't find any example files to learn what I need to do to make my flash interations SCORM compliant...

Can anyone help? Pretty please?

thanks,
~fit

Scorm Compliance My Duties
I need to publish a very basic one page quiz to an LMS. I used DreamweaverMX to create the Manifest file. Then I discovered a Scorm Run-Time wrapper.

Questions...
1 - Do I need both extensions to produce a SCO for the LMS?
2 - Will I need to make a function call to SCOFinish() from a button from with-in my html doc.? Or are these duties decide by the LMS admin.
3 - What information do I need from my LMS admin to facilitate the scorm transaction?

iaustin

ExternalInterface, Bookmarking And SCORM
Hello,

I'm looking for some help with syntax when using ExternalInterface. I have a flash file that tracks appropriately using SCORM in my LMS. Intially I was using fscommand to pass the intitialize and finish commands to the LMS. This worked fine, but I couldn't figure out how to get the flash file to bookmark where the user was and return them to that place the next time they opened the file from within the lms.

I was told that I needed to communicate between javascript and flash using ExternalInterface. This seems like a good idea, but I haven't been able to get it to work. Does anyone out there have any experience using ExternalInterface with SCORM. I'm posting the code that I was using to replace my fscommands. Unfortunately, the initialize seems to work, but not the LMSFinish and LMSSetValue. I've tried the latter both on a button and on their own on the last frame of the file.

//code on first frame fo flash file
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
function initializeLMS () {
ExternalInterface.call("LMSInitialize","");
getlasterrorLMS ();
}

//code on last frame of flash file
function finishLMS () {
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.call("LMSSetValue","cmi.core.les son_status,completed");
ExternalInterface.call("LMSFinish","");
}

Any help would be much appreciated. Especially, if anyone has used this before to get courses to bookmark within an LMS... Any direction on what I'm doing wrong above and/or how I might do the bookmarking (suspend_data or lesson_location?) as well as any suggestions on JavaScript I might need would be helpful. Thanks in advance for any input you can provide.

Anyone Working With SCORM And Flash 7?
Hi,

I am starting looking at SCORM for eLearning solution, is there anyone working (or who has worked) with SCORM on top of Flash 7?

Best Regards

ExternalInterface With 1.2 Scorm Tracking?
Hello,

I'm trying to set my lesson_status in my lms to completed and then run the finishLMS function.

On the first frame I have this code;

ActionScript Code:
import.flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.call("LMSSetValue","cmi.core.lesson_status,incomplete");

On the last frame I have this code:

ActionScript Code:
import.flash.external.ExternalInterface;
ExternalInterface.call("LMSSetValue","cmi.core.lesson_status,completed");
ExternalInterface.call("LMSFinish","");

This file is then published an placed into the LMS, when I check the scorm report it shows the progress as being incomplete?!?!

Any ideas? (it is tracking the time and number of times accessed)

Scorm Compliant Template
I need a sample flash template which is scorm 1.2 compiiant
and xml driven,
I am trying to create a course template and need help
thanks for any help,
flashservices

SCORM LMSinitialize() Error
Hi All,
Are you getting the LMSinitialize() error when you test your content with the ADL test suite 1.2? I figured this out after pulling my hair out for 3 days. Make sure that you use "_" in file names rather than "-". So, name your course "scorm_test" rather than "scorm-test". Worked for me.

P.S. the content that I was testing was exported from flash using the "Flash with scorm 1.2 tracking" from the 'html' tab in 'publish settings'.

Scorm Training For Elearning
Hello,

Please let me know, how I can get training on Scorm for elearning.

Thanks,
Ushma

Tracking In Flash With LMS SCORM
Hey Guru's,

I have been asked to create an online quiz via flash in a very short time period. I have religously read the tutorial/walkthrough from Macromedia and called "Using Macromedia Flash MX Learning Interactions" Here is the link:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl..._interactions/

I read the entire thing and I have a grasp of how to edit the quiz template that flash provides for you. However, I have never done a project in flash which will have to be produced as SCORM compliant to a LMS system. The source files they give you are for only a few frames to just create the quiz files. I am looking to create this linear instruction animations and then a question every once in awhile within this long movie (like a slide show with questions). My problem is that in the tutorial they say that it will not work with the LMS if I were to create a new movie and drag and drop the questions out of the flash template library into a new file. I need to be able to do multiple things. I need to track how FAR they are in the movie(s), and I need to make sure the quizzes are going to be tracked in the LMS.

As a programmer this is what I planned on doing.. creating a parent flash document that has a stop on each frame, inside that frame I planned on loading a new flash document (to ensure the file is not too big). I need to know how I go about flagging that to the LMS system so if someone closes out of the document it knows where they were. I also need to know if someone has done this kind of work and how i go about using the quiz questions that are in the template that flash provides you, without editing the template..... I am so confused on how LMS system reads the information, and how I tell the LMS system where I am at in the flash document (the parent document not the child, because I would rather them have to start from the beging of the child document if they close out at any time). could anyone help me? I will name my first kid after you!

SCORM Compliant Flash
HI all

I've been trying to research SCORM complaint Flash. But unfortunately there's not a whole lot out there to get started on. And most of the examples I've found lately are either old or are just broken.

So I was looking for suggestions on where I should look to get started with SCORM compliant Flash.

Thanks
Chris

Flash SCORM & Moodle
Have previously had success with creating Quizes using Quiz template in Flash 2004 , creating imsmanifest in Dreamweaver and uploading to LMS.

Same process not working now I have upgraded to Flash 8. At point of upload, LMS send message "no valid imsmanifest". Testing of manifest using SCORM 2004 3rd edition test suite fails to find problem with file.

It is a one frame drag and drop quiz.. Any ideas what might be happening?

SCORM 2004 In Blackboard
Hi

I am urgently trying to find a SCORM 2004 compliant module that works in the Blackboard VLE system. We are struggling to upload a SCORM 2004 module in our Blackboard VLE and want to compare the two to see where we are going wrong. If you can email me chris.lawrie@nhs.net if you have a simple SCORM 2004 module that we could test on our system - in actual fact this can be Flash or some other software like authorware etc.

Thanks

FS SCORM - Help Sample

Hi, I have a BIG problem, after fs scorm 2003 extension instalation, I cannot find any sample or help file...would you be so kind and send me this help files? Thanks a lot!

Hi, I have a BIG problem, after fs scorm 2003 extension instalation, I cannot find any sample or help file...would you be so kind and send me this help files?
Thanks a lot!