Transcript This software is more of a SCORM Editor than an Authoring Tool

SCORM
SCORM Compliant Authoring Tool
By :
Sameer Allan Alawnah
Hytham Fahed Swalhi
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eLearning

learning conducted via electronic media,
especially via the Internet.
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eLearning systems can be In-House
systems ( local standards ) or compatible
with some global standards like SCORM.
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SCORM - Shareable Content Object Reference Model

Is a standard for developing, packaging and
delivering high-quality training materials
for online training courses.

SCORM was developed based on the
concept of "using a common e-learning
standard to modernize education and
training courses".
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eLearning System
Upload
Package to
LMS
Export
Package by
Authoring Tool
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LMS
Course
Package
Learning Management System
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LMS Web
Browser
Interactions
Authoring Tool
Web Browser
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Instructor use the
authoring tool to
develop
The course
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Learner uses the
web browser to
interact with the
course
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Why SCORM

Is being implemented more and more by
Fortune 500 companies.
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Government grants increasingly including it as a
requirement.
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Allows for efficient development of high use
online learning materials in Higher Education.
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Why SCORM cont.
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SCORM can offer your corporation the following benefits/values:
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Reusability: Lowers costs because learning contents can
be used many times.
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Accessibility: Increased access to learning information
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Interoperability: Systems works efficiently together.
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Durability: Learning contents will not easily become
obsolete
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Manageability: Tracking of system usage and learning
experience
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SCORM - Advantages
Frees you from dependence on a
particular LMS.
 Encourages reuse.
 Creates an object economy for learning
content (eventually).
 Encourages structured instructional
design.
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SCORM Compliant eLearning System

LMS ( Learning Management System)
is software for delivering, tracking and managing
training/education.
Not in our Project Interest Area.

Authoring Tool
is a software package that the developers use to create
and package content delivered to the end user by the
LMS.
This is Our Project
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eLearning System
Upload
Package to
LMS
Authoring Tool Domain
Export
Package by
Authoring Tool
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LMS
Course
Package
Learning Management System
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LMS Web
Browser
Interactions
O
Authoring Tool
Web Browser
1
Instructor use the
authoring tool to
develop
The course
4
Learner uses the
web browser to
interact with the
course
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Learning Activity
A learning activity is defined as a
meaningful unit of
instruction.
A learning activity can
be a module, lesson, etc.
Learning activities can
also consist of sub-activities such as a
pre-test or post-test.
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Activity Tree
Its a tree of the activities ( lesson slides
quiz’s exams etc.) these activities are
arranged in hierarchal manner like tree
Therefore it is called the activity tree .
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Making a Course 1
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Making a Course 2
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Making a Course 3
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Making a Course 4
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Making a Course 5
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What is the Authoring tool
- It is a program used to generate a
SCORM packages , it will facilitate
creating courses based on SCORM
standard.
- i.e. It will generate all needed files and
code.
- The author does not need to deal with
small details of the standard .
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Examples of Authoring Tools
- eXeLearing Authoring Tool
- Reload Editor
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eXeLearning - Advantages
It is a free and user friendly xHTML
e-learning editor
The main advantage of this tool is the ease
of use and great support of webpage
editing ( the main part of any e-learning
activity ).
Also support simple SCORM
compliant quiz's .
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eXeLearning - Disadvantages
Supports SCORM 1.2 standard , and does
not support SCORM 2004 3rd
edition .
Does not support sequencing , it only
supports simple sequencing provided by
arranging the activities in the activity
tree .
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Reload Editor – Advantages
It fully Supports SCROM 2004 3rd
edition
Also supports editing of SCROM packages
previously generated by other authoring
tools.
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Reload Editor – Disadvantages
Does not Support HTML Editing and Exam
editing that provided by eXe .
Difficult to use and requires a
professional person to deal with. This
software is more of a SCORM Editor
than an Authoring Tool .
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Our Authoring Tool
We try to combine the advantages of
eXeLearning authoring tool and
Reload Editor .
We can edit HTML pages easily with a userfriendly Editor and edit the complex
sequencing and Rule based Sequencing
using a rich embedded SCROM Editor .
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What can you do in our authoring tool
Create a SCORM 2004 compliant course
and save it as project file , also you can
export the final package
Import packages generated from other
authoring tools like eXe and modify
these packages
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Additional feature
Adding PowerPoint file to item
Adding word file to item
Adding quizzes [exams]
Adding objective to each item [optional]
Logging file , for future analysis and fault detecting
Error Reporting , assist the developer to improve the
software .
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Word/PPT
Import Area
Activity Tree
Manipulation Area
Activity
Tree Area
File Resources
Area
HTML
Editing Area
Log Area
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Editing Panel
Sequencing
Tree Area
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eLearning System
Upload
Package to
LMS
Authoring Tool Domain
Export
Package by
Authoring Tool
2
LMS
Course
Package
Learning Management System
3
LMS Web
Browser
Interactions
O
Authoring Tool
Web Browser
1
Instructor use the
authoring tool to
develop
The course
4
Learner uses the
web browser to
interact with the
course
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