A look at the SCORM Cloud module for Sakai. Easiest way to get SCORM running, integrates with gradebook, great reports. More at http;//www.scorm.com/sakai
33. SCORM
Cloud
in
Sakai:
The
easy
route
to
SCORM
compliance
Tim
Mar(n
@(mpmar(n
(m.mar(n@scorm.com
www.scorm.com
Notes de l'éditeur
For some people, SCORM is like this dirty little secret no one wants to talk about.
Many people are hoping if they ignore it, *click* it’ll just go away.
But SCORM is the de facto standard these days for interoperability. And while it has it’s problems, it also has its benefits.
And one of it’s problems? It’s hard. Hard to understand, hard to implement, hard to execute.
That’s where we come in. We don’t do anything but SCORM at RS and *click* our #1 goal is to make it easy. For anyone who needs it. And we know not everyone does. But you’re here. Which means you do. Or think you do.
So how did we make SCORM easy for Sakai? Well, in the past year, we created and launched a hosted version of our SCORM player called SCORM Cloud, which can be integrated into web services as well as stand-alone LMSs.
And for ease of use, we went ahead and integrated it into Sakai and packaged it up for installation just like any other module or add-on. (We did the same for Moodle, Dokeos and Ilias as part of an overall proof of concept.)
Easy for Sakai comes down to three things – first, it takes less than five minutes to install and get running. Second, our player is incredibly tolerant so your people can bring in SCORM packages created in a variety of tools and still have it work. Third, SCORM Cloud is integrated with the gradebook in Sakai so it works seamlessly with your system.
So yea! SCORM Cloud sounds fabulous. What does it actually do, how does it work, and how can you get it? And can I back up what I just said?
Three steps for installation – copy over some files, restart your system, configure SC. And you’re done.Extract the .zip file you downloaded from our site. (There’s a pack for 2.5.x and one for 2.6.x.)Copy the scormcloud-pack folder into the components folder in your Sakai installation.Copy the scormcloud-api-0.8.jar into the shared folder of your Sakai installation. (The number is the version number, so that changes.)Copy the scormcloud-tool.war folder into the webapps folder of your Sakai installation.Restart your Sakai, then log in and go to the administration workspace.Create a new worksite and select SCORM Cloud on the list of tools for the site.Go to your new worksite and click SCORM Cloud in the left-side navigation menu.Click configure plug-in on the welcome screen.Add your SCORM Cloud account information that came in your welcome email or click the link within the mod to sign up for a free trial account.
Video showing installation if want to run. Just click on the vid.
Download the zip file – available for 2.5.x and 2.6.x and found at scorm.com/sakai
Once you expand the zip, you’ll several files and folders. *click* You’ll be copying these three guys over to your sakai install. And all the directions are right *click* here in this install file.
Here’s the install file – *click* lists the three files you need to copy right there and where they need to go.
Each folder or file set goes into a different folder *click* of your Sakai install. And you’re ready to restart the install and move on to configuration.
After you restart, you’ll now find SCORM Cloud in the list of options for setting up a new worksite. Select it along with whatever else you want for the workspace just like you normally would.
Within your new workspace – you’ll now see SCORM Cloud *click* as an option on the left nav. We now have to get it configured so your Sakai install will communicate with SC properly. Handily *click* there’s a link in the top nav there for configure.
And now – configuration. When you sign up for a SC account, you’re given two very important pieces of info. *click* an AppID, which is sort of your application’s username for SCORM Cloud. The other is *click* a Secret Key, which you can think of as being your install’s password. There’s a lot more to say about those, but only if you’re planning to develop your own SC app or need to run multiple applications off one SC account.
Discussion of package properties, how to tweak, how easy it is to do so. Basic message is about our tolerance – can get most anything to work with our SCORM. Easy way to make it happen.
SCORM Cloud is superior to rsmart because SCORM evolves and that evolution will require NO effort on the part of the administrator or user... auto updates
Video showing course upload and gradebook if want to use.
We have a new resource type under Add. *click* You should see SCORM Package. You’re going to select that and upload your course.
If you want SCORM Cloud to report back to the gradebook, you have to make sure you have two things set as you upload the resource – on import *click* select to allow content to contribute to the grade.
Then when you are going through the other settings, select *click* to add assignment to gradebook under Grading. Without those, SCORM won’t return the data to the gradebook (ask David to make sure that’s true).
A SCORM package attaches to an assignment just like any other. And if you include multiple resources, they’ll collectively report back to the gradebook with the score.
Student view of the gradebook – with*click* the course score showing.
Admin view of the gradebook with the *click* course score showing.
Reportage w/in Sakai
Reportage separately. Can see – a lot of the same data we just saw within Sakai itself.