TinCan & LRS

Ian HeskethLearning Technologist

Edinburgh Napier University

• Some Articulate, Captivate & Xerte users• Additional Storyline licences

– Floating: self-directed use– Named: specific project use

• Articulate– My use: self-assessment and study support – SCORM 1.2 in Moodle– Mobile delivery: download to app library from website

SCORM Production

• So aware for higher stakes assessment TinCan would be needed

• New course development added impetus to greater exploration

• Sports & Business online degree– 1 (of many) Goals : students access using tablet/iPad and tutor track

progress• VLE Development team installed the TinCan API

– ‘private content authorisation for mobile apps’• SCORM Cloud LRS

– To allow tracking

Exploration of publishing options

Publish, Display & Track

Publish, Display & Track

• No!• Publish via Add resource activity

– Unable to monitor via progress bar

Same for TinCAN?

Solution: create dispatch– login to SCORM Cloud– Upload TinCan package– Create Dispatch Shell– Download– go back to Moodle– Add SCORM – use dispatch shell zip– Adjust display settings – Monitor via Progress Bar

• Now works on desktop • And on iPad

We can then access via desktop or app

Authenticated progress: moodle

Authenticated progress: SCORM Cloud

• Installation issues: conflict with Moodle theme & course ID’s– Backup up plan to use SCORM 1.2 and adjust settings to optimise for

iPad screen size• Academic input

– What is it you want?• Learning record Stores

– Concern over pricing model– Investigate open source solutions e.g. Learning Locker

• Videos– Check display when 1.2 used on Mobile safari– Is it Moodle or Articulate that needs to improve?

Lessons

• Can we be sure that Moodle will cope with changing technologies?

• Can we provide academic staff the tools to produce materials independently?

• Is there already enough tracking options?– I’m pretty sure there is – but I have been wrong before

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