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SCORM file that launches website using URL


We are currently using an LMS system for an online course. Almost all of our material is online. We are starting to SCORM format our online material. Instead of attempting to physically merge all of our HTML pages within a SCORM file, isn't there a way to simply have the SCROM file launch a given URL automatically? All of our material needs to be in SCORM format in order for our LMS system to track the time spent in our LMS course which is why we are making the switch.

Is there a way to instantiate this in the manifest.xml or launchpage.html?


Solution

  • Some companies including mine, use a local file which launches a frameset to our websites. The SCORM runtime communication between the two sites can happen using a HTML5 postmessage. For example, if a learner gets a score on your website, you can send the information to the code that sits in that small local file on the LMS. In turn, you call SCORM runtime from the that file. This can also happen in reverse. Here's an example by Claude Ostyn:

    http://www.ostyn.com/standardswork/xdomain/remotecontentdemo.htm