COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction to SCORM 2004

• Basic ADL/SCORM Concepts and Definitions
• Overview of SCORM 2004
• Differences and similarities between SCORM 1.2 and 2004
• The Role of SCORM in Modern Courseware Development

2. Modern Courseware Technologies

• Course Development Media: Images, Audio,Video, Simulations, Mobile Code
• Course Development/Instructional Design Tools:
  • How to choose the right tools
• Courseware Delivery Technologies: Current State, Trends and Issues

3. SCORM Essentials

• Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs): What constitutes Assets and Sharable Content Objects (SCOs)?
• Repositories: Melting pots of reusable content
• Learning Management Systems (LMS): How to choose one?
• Expanding your options via a Learning Content Management System (LCMS)
• What is Metadata?
• ADL Registry: Discovery of specific content resources

4. Metadata

• How to read Metadata files
• How to develop Metadata using tools and templates
• LAB: Developing Metadata With Metadata Generator Pro
• LAB: Developing Metadata With Reload
• Content repositories definition and usage
• What is the future vision for Metadata use? CORDRA, IMR, Cybrarian, and N-SCORM
• Rights Management: Whose asset is it anyway?

5. Runtime SCORM: What makes a SCO a SCO?

• Introduction to SCORM 2004 API and related 3rd party APIs
• LAB: The Handshake - Connecting Your SCO to the LMS
• LAB: Connecting to LMS API using FLASH
• Bookmarking using navigation and browser events
• LAB: Creating Bookmarks and Responding to Bookmark Events
• Completion status and session time within a SCO
• LAB: Create a SCO that Sets Completion Status and Session Time
• Tracking student performance and assessment scoring
• LAB: Scoring Using Score.raw and Objectives

6. Manifest and Sequencing

• What is the course manifest?
• Reading a 2004 manifest file
• Simple Sequencing: Control, Rules, and Objectives
• The Activity Tree: Activity Path, Roll-up, and Clusters
• LAB: Create a Manifest Using Reload
• How to influence sequencing outside of the SCO

7. Advanced Content Issues

• Mobile code and Security issues
• How to get content signed and by whom
• Cross-domain scripting issues and solutions
• FLASH(TM) and SCORM 2004 S1000D and SCORM

8. Designing for SCORM

• Creating a SCORM-conformant course: A sample blueprint
• Key Design Considerations: Breaking down the content without “breaking it”
• SCORM Tools and Development Packages
• Redesigning for SCORM: Things to consider
• Service specific requirements for SCORM
• SCORM Testing and Certification: Let us walk you through the process!

9. Building a Sample Course:Putting it all Together!

• LAB: Creating a Multiple Sco Course
• Directory structure and assigning Metadata
• LAB: Assembling and Sequencing Scos
• LAB: Connecting the Scos to the Lms
• LAB: Tracking the Student’s Progress and Score

10. Testing your SCORM Package

• What does the test suite test?
• Known issues and workarounds
• LAB: Installing and Using the Scorm Test Suites
• LAB: Reading the Test Log