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SCORM Module
Introduction
WebCTs Help for: SCORM Modules, German Version, French Version.
WebCTs Help for: Creating SCORM Modules, German Version, French Version.
This page provides you with a step by step instruction to the importing of a SCORM module together with comments on the choice of tools for creating SCORM-modules. Further information can be found in Part 4, Chapter 32, Sect.: "SCORM Modules" in the Designers and Instructors Reference, Vista 4 p. 741 (pdf, 2.3 MB). Get UN & PW at edutech Vista Support.
Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)-compliant content packages are created outside of WebCT and imported into your course as a .zip file. SCORM content packages can contain the following two types of learning objects:
- assets: normally files or images, such as an HTML file
- Sharable Content Objects (SCOs), such as a quiz
Once imported into Vista, the SCORM content package is referred to as a SCORM module. SCORM modules have a user interface very similar to that of a learning module, including a table of contents and Previous and Next icons for navigation.
EXAMPLE: When a quiz is imported into WebCT as a SCORM module, the SCORM module containing the quiz displays within the WebCT interface with the optional table of contents and Previous and Next icons, but the content, grading scheme, and appearance of the quiz itself is determined by the creator of the quiz. Data generated by the quiz, such as Section Student grades are communicated to WebCT and appear in the Grade Book tool of the Section Instructor interface.
Importing SCORM Modules into Vista
Important: SCORM modules can only be imported as zip files.
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- From the SCORM Modules screen, click Create SCORM Module. The Import SCORM Module Screen appears.
- Under Settings, in the Title text box, enter the title of the SCORM module.
- From the Numbering drop-down list, select the numbering style you want to use for the SCORM module's table of contents.
- In the Author text box, enter your name.
- In the Keywords text box, enter searchable keywords that relate to the SCORM module.
- Next to Gradable, select whether the SCORM module is
gradable.
NOTE: Only SCORM
modules that contain gradable content for which Section Students are
assigned a grade within the SCORM module and for which you select the
gradable option will produce grades that appear in the Grade Book tool
of the Teach tab. - Under Navigation Controls, select how you want Section Students to navigate the SCORM module.
- Next to File, click Browse. The File Browser pop-up window appears.
- Navigate to the folder containing the SCORM module zip file you want to import. For help with navigating, uploading a file, or using any other feature on the File Browser pop-up window, click the Help link that appears on the pop-up window.
- Select the zip file you want to add and click Add Selected. The Import SCORM Module screen appears with the selected zip file listed next to File.
- Click Save. The SCORM Modules screen appears and the imported SCORM module is listed.
Creating SCORM Modules
An evaluation of authoring tools and their ability to let non-informatics create SCORM Modules in a user friendly way has been carried out by the FH Winterthur and is documented at: http://elearning.zhwin.ch/forum/viewtopic.php?t=821.They selected
- Lersus as the best choice out of a group of about 12 authoring tools and discussed their choice together with their experiences with the tool at: Authoringtools im Vergleich zur Diskussion. The price for the version 1.0 was then 400.- Euros.
- a free extention to Macromedia's Dreamweaver that let's you save your pages in the SCROM-format.
- Reload that is not an authoring tool, but allows to package documents created with other tools in the SCORM-Format. On the Reload-site it is described as a "Content Package and Metadata Editor".