Guide

SCORM, xAPI or cmi5: which should we export?

Export SCORM 1.2 when you need it to run almost anywhere, SCORM 2004 for separate pass and completion, and xAPI or cmi5 for richer data. TrioLMS plays all four, with a learning record store built in.

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Without TrioLMS

Youcourse.zipcourse.zipcourse.zipTheir LMSWill it play?

Support varies by LMS
xAPI with no LRS to send to

With TrioLMS

Youyourfirm.triolms.comYour site50 seatsAll four formats play

SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, xAPI and cmi5
A learning record store built in
Checked when you upload

The problem

SCORM 1.2 is the oldest and runs nearly everywhere, but it records little: completion, a score and a bookmark. SCORM 2004 reports pass and completion separately. xAPI records much more, but needs a learning record store (LRS). cmi5 is xAPI with rules for how an LMS launches and tracks a course.

The trouble is that support differs. Some LMSs play only SCORM, some list cmi5 without handling it fully, and xAPI exported with no LRS to send to records nothing.

What people usually try

Exporting everything as SCORM 1.2. It plays almost anywhere, but you lose separate pass and completion and any detailed data.
Exporting xAPI without an LRS. The course plays, but its statements have nowhere to go.
Trusting a feature list that says cmi5. Courses then fail to launch or report in ways that are hard to trace.

How it works in TrioLMS

How TrioLMS works

Your accountOne bill and one pool of seats A site for each clientAt their name or their own address Their people sign inWith a code from their email You see who has finishedReports and certificates

Start your 14-day free trial and upload a SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 (2nd, 3rd or 4th edition), xAPI (with tincan.xml) or cmi5 package.
The server reads the package itself and warns about Flash, http:// links and outside embeds before anyone takes it.
Preview the draft, then approve it. SCORM plays in TrioLMS’s own runtime, and xAPI and cmi5 report to the site’s own LRS.
The LRS speaks xAPI 2.0 and 1.0.3 and is checked with ADL’s LRS conformance tests, and the cmi5 launcher with the CATAPULT test suite.
Make LRS keys for courses or tools hosted elsewhere, and see every statement on the Statements page.
Building something new? The composer builds cmi5 courses that run in any cmi5 LMS, not just TrioLMS.

The course store: each uploaded course, with its format, waiting for approval as a draft.

What it doesn’t do

AICC isn’t supported.
Full SCORM 2004 sequencing between activities in one package isn’t supported. A package with several SCOs becomes one lesson for each.
TrioLMS doesn’t convert a course from one format to another, and can’t run a course inside another LMS.

What it costs

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