Uploading a Scorm 1.2 module

You might have e-learning content that you’d like to use on the learning platform, that comes from another partner or supplier. And if this sounds like the sort of thing you’re looking to achieve, then we’ve got you covered with the SCORM uploader.

Our platform is entirely compatible with SCORM modules (which stands for Sharable Content Object Reference Model), which means you can still use any previous courses or content you may have – but it must be a SCORM 1.2 course.

From your Courses menu select Import:

…and then Upload Course:

(The other option is just for you to see what you’ve uploaded in the past.)

Pick Choose file … and find your file.

Note it must be a SCORM 1.2 file, which is the most common type (not SCORM 1.3, 2004 or any other type of SCORM file).

When you’ve chosen your file pick Upload and uploading process will begin.

Once it’s checked your manifest file (don’t worry it’s a SCORM thing - it’ll have one) and it’s okay, with no errors, we can move on to the next step.

If this is your first Scorm upload then you’ll only see the option to Continue import as new course:

Otherwise, you’ll have a choice to make:

Either:

We’re going to create a new course so that you can see the entire process …

The Course name and the Course code will be automatically populated from your SCORM file – remember that the course code must be unique, so you might have to change it if you’ve created all your SCORM courses as 'the course'.

You’ll need to add a short name, pick a course type and add your own course description and then Save:

Here’s a top tip for first-time Scorm uploaders…

You’re going to have to pick a course type because these work together with the learning roadmap to group courses so that learners can access and complete them more quickly.

If you’ve not added any course types yet then when you save you’ll see this error:

Don’t worry, you haven’t wasted your time so far but you’re going to have to pause your Scorm upload until you’ve created at least one course type. From your dashboard select Courses followed by Overview. Pick Course Types and Create new.

When you’ve created your new course type and pressed Save:

You can return to your previous import (so there’s no need to start again) just pick Previous Uploads:

And choose which one it was:

You can now populate all the required fields including picking the relevant course type:

Press Save to move on to the next step.

It’ll do its thing a bit more… … and then it’ll be done!

You can import another course if you have one or go back to your dashboard to complete the next bit…

From your Courses menu, select Imported, filter on Inactive courses and from the 3 dots pick Make active:

A pop-up message confirms:

From here, select Edit Course Info to update your course thumbnail, banner image, description, course duration and certificate just like you would any other course:

That’s it! Your course is now ready to be assigned to your learners.

What’s in a name? There is something that you need to be aware of…

When you are importing a Scorm 1.2 course, the name of your course zip file does matter! We use Google Cloud to host our learning platform technology and it does have a limitation of 63 characters. If, however, it is vital that you have a very long filename for your Scorm 1.2 zip file then you can get around this by introducing “dots” into your file name – as long as you don’t exceed 63 characters “between the dots”.

e.g. 63_characters-long.63_more_characters.another_63_characters.zip

(but why would you want to do that?)

An important note for anyone creating courses using Articulate…

When you publish your SCORM 1.2 course, the default LMS Reporting ‘Report status to LMS as’ setting may be set as ‘Passed/Incomplete’. If you want to see a completed green tick every time the course is passed, then you should change this to be Completed/incomplete before you publish your course.

You might also find this guide useful: Grouping courses into learning profiles