Elearning Essentials: SCORM and Tin Can API
55mBeginner2021-12-10
Authors

David Rivers
Author, Trainer, and Learning and Development Expert
Course details
The rise of elearning is redefining education, from subject-specific inquiry to professional skills development. The growing demand for online course materials is coupled with a growing demand for back-end expertise. Enter the SCORM API, an industry standard for integrating learning tools and programs with learning management systems (LMS). All major elearning software can use SCORM for integration, including Captivate and Articulate—two of the most-watched platforms.
In this course, David Rivers offers you an introduction to the importance and structure of the SCORM API, as well as how to use the API for LMS integration. Find out more about the second generation of compliance integration, Tin Can, the Experience API for recording and analyzing learning events. Whether you’re an instructor, a designer, a developer, or a learner, David gives you the tools to make sense of these back-end elearning essentials.
In this course, David Rivers offers you an introduction to the importance and structure of the SCORM API, as well as how to use the API for LMS integration. Find out more about the second generation of compliance integration, Tin Can, the Experience API for recording and analyzing learning events. Whether you’re an instructor, a designer, a developer, or a learner, David gives you the tools to make sense of these back-end elearning essentials.
Skills covered
SCORMADLEducational TechnologyTraining and EducationLearning
Concepts
Introduction
- Integrate learning tools with SCORM and Tin Can
- What you need to know
Understanding SCORM
- What is an LMS
- What is SCORM
- Why is SCORM important
- The history of SCORM
- A visual of how SCORM works
Popular SCORM-Compliant Authoring Tools
- Publish to an LMS with Adobe Captivate
- Publish to an LMS with Articulate Storyline
- Publish to an LMS with Lectora Online
SCORM-Compliant Publishing Tips
- Include graded interactions
- Lessons for credit vs. not for credit
- Handle mastery score scenarios
Tin Can API (Next-Generation SCORM)
- What is Tin Can API, or xAPI
- How does xAPI differ from SCORM
- Understand LRS, LMS, and cmi5
- Four components of the ADL vision
Next Steps
- Next steps