The cmi5 Verbs
cmi5 Verbs: An In-Depth Look There are nine xAPI verbs used in cmi5. Three of these are required for every Assignable Unit (AU) session. Some are required to give the student credit and allow “move on” to the next AU. …
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The cmi5 Course Package
cmi5: Key Differences from SCORM If you are using SCORM now, you are probably familiar with the SCORM course “package”. It is used to “import” the course to your LMS. cmi5, the next generation of SCORM, also has a course…
Read MoreCan you lose your LMS?
With the amazing success of the Experience API (xAPI), many organizations are wondering if they need both a Learning Record Store (LRS) and a Learning Management System (LMS). Can you drop your LMS and get along with just an LRS? …
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The Experience API (xAPI), often called “Tin Can”, is a new specification for learning that allows collection of data about a wide range of learning experiences for your students. While there are many xAPI solutions, to most people the benefits of xAPI are still somewhat elusive; “it sounds good…but what does it do for me?” In this article, I’ll will show how xAPI was used to solve a real world problem. I will also show how the VTA system was integrated with a PDF Annotator application that runs in multiple environments, including an iPad or other tablet computer and desktop browsers.
cmi5: An overview of the Process Flow
This is the second in my series of articles on cmi5. In “The next generation SCORM: cmi5”, I provided an overview of the cmi5 specification. In this article I’ll provide an overview of the cmi5 process from beginning to end.
cmi5: The next generation SCORM
With the successful roll out of the Experience API (xAPI), the foundation has been laid for replacing SCORM. By itself, xAPI is not a replacement for SCORM. Instead, xAPI defines communication between a learning experience and the learning record store,…
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Introduction to xAPI: Part 2 This is Part 2 of Introduction to xAPI. In part 1, we discussed the history behind xAPI, why xAPI was developed and some of the benefits associated with xAPI. In this article, we’ll learn how…
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Introduction to xAPI The Experience API (xAPI), initially called “Tin Can,” was released on April 26th, 2013. There are already over 90 adopters of xAPI and the level of industry “buzz” has been unprecedented. So what is it? Is it…
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