I have a course containing 18 modules and seek a SCORM LMS provider to host this course until my own facilities are completed. I have been advised to make each module a separate course by one provider and would like an opinion from the community please. Has anyone been similarly advised?
If it is necessary, Is it a simple matter of copying the module, opening a new course and pasting the module into it?

SCORM is a 'standard' however how it is implemented is very much up to the implementor. And what they implement can be quite variable, most offering 1.2 frequently have a hacked AICC which is usually what they started with and are happiest with. Using anything that cites 2004 compliance is is real gamble and it will get worse when the next iteration of SCORM is formally released.

A course is made of smaller components and SCORM doesn't really say if they have to be discrete or composite, either is quite valid. Again it depends on the implementation, but following the standard explicitly either model should work, it is much easier to host smaller chunks though.

I've copied individual pages, just lifted all of the page components in a single drag and drop. I've not tried it with a chunk of organised pages though so unless anyone knows better its a suck it and see proposition that might work although you'd need to check carefully afterwards.

It might be easier to work from the xml end if its a big heap of modules built into one course. Make a copy of the whole thing and then delete the series of modules or pages from the xml file. I would think that a refresh of the objects used would clean up most of the unused components. Not tried this but it does keep all of the resources in the right places.

22.04.2014 23:44 James Nick wrote:
SCORM is a 'standard' however how it is implemented is very much up to the implementor. And what they implement can be quite variable, most offering 1.2 frequently have a hacked AICC which is usually what they started with and are happiest with. Using anything that cites 2004 compliance is is real gamble and it will get worse when the next iteration of SCORM is formally released. A course is made of smaller components and SCORM doesn't really say if they have to be discrete or composite, either is quite valid. Again it depends on the implementation, but following the standard explicitly either model should work, it is much easier to host smaller chunks though.I've copied individual pages, just lifted all of the page components in a single drag and drop. I've not tried it with a chunk of organised pages though so unless anyone knows better its a suck it and see proposition that might work although you'd need to check carefully afterwards.It might be easier to work from the xml end if its a big heap of modules built into one course. Make a copy of the whole thing and then delete the series of modules or pages from the xml file. I would think that a refresh of the objects used would clean up most of the unused components. Not tried this but it does keep all of the resources in the right places.

Fully understood. Thanks Nick.