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xAPI – Integration Without the Middleware by RISC Inc and PeBL Pro

June 24, 2021

Company Culture, Competencies, e-Learning

Cross-posted to the PeBL.Pro blog. RISC and PeBL collaborated on a demonstration of a learning experience that facilitates learners submitting their own practice work using PeBL Pro, and an instructor grading that work in RISC’s LMS, all facilitated by xAPI. …

Sending xAPI Statements from a Unity Game

January 18, 2021

Art Werkenthin

Learning Experiences, xAPI and cmi5

How to Send xAPI Statements from Unity One of the most frequent questions I get about is xAPI is “How can I send statements from Unity?” So I thought I should try it. (more…)

cmi5: All About Blocks

November 24, 2020

Duncan Welder IV

xAPI and cmi5

Introduction to cmi5 Blocks cmi5 is gaining traction across the learning space. The ADL and U.S. Department of Defense have a number of projects underway, including a cmi5 test suite, to support the goal of replacing the outdated SCORM standard…

Password Complexity – VTA Learner Did You Know?

October 7, 2020

Duncan Welder IV

LMS, VTA

VTA Learner Did You Know? The RISC VTA Suite is highly configurable. The “VTA Learner Did You Know?” series of blogs highlight features that some users are not aware of. Past examples include Supervisor Utilities and Spaced Learning. If you…

Supervisor Utilities – VTA Learner Did You Know?

September 28, 2020

Duncan Welder IV

Learner, VTA

Supervisor Utilities VTA Learner has a number of self-service tools for Learners, Supervisors, and Instructors. Are you getting the most out of VTA Learner? In this blog, we will explore the functions of the Supervisor Utilities in Learner. (more…)

What is the cmi5 Fetch Parameter? End the confusion

September 16, 2020

Art Werkenthin

xAPI and cmi5

The cmi5 specification calls for a “fetch” parameter to be added to the launch URL when opening and Assignable Unit (AU). What is the cmi5 fetch parameter? How is it used? Are there any “gotchas”? In this article I will…

xAPI enables data gathering for your business intelligence tools.

xAPI Support in the VTA Learning Ecosystem Platform

March 3, 2020

Art Werkenthin

VTA, xAPI and cmi5

VTA Learning Ecosystem Platform RISC has been committed to xAPI support since 2012, when we adopted xAPI in the 0.9 version. In 2013, RISC was the first LMS with a built-in LRS. This was the start of the VTA Learning…

Video player supported by RISC's learning management solution.

xAPI Video Profile in Resource Videos

January 6, 2020

Art Werkenthin

Learner, VTA, xAPI and cmi5

RISC has long supported YouTube videos in the VTA Resource feature. This support includes xAPI statements to track usage. We realize that many customers cannot link to YouTube videos due to corporate policy. For this reason, we have now created…