Contents
Preface ..............................................................................1
Tab 1: Overview ................................................................3
      RAAAID .......................................................................5
      Background: The What, When, Who, and How of
      SCORM .......................................................................5
            What is SCORM? .................................................5
            Who is Involved in SCORM? ...............................5
            Why Did SCORM Come About? ........................7
            How Did SCORM Evolve?...................................8
      E-Learning Development: A Process.......................8
      Our Demonstration Course....................................... 10
Tab 2: Instructional Content ............................................ 13
      Responsibilities of the Learning Management
      Systems....................................................................... 13
      Responsibilities of the Course Developers ............ 14
      SCORM Content Packaging .................................... 15
            Physical files ......................................................... 15
            The Manifest File ................................................. 17
                  1. Preamble..................................................... 18
                  2. Metadata ..................................................... 18
                  3. Organization: Content Organization.......... 19
                  4. Resources: .................................................. 24
Tab 3: SCORM Metadata................................................. 25
Tab 4: SCORM Sequencing ............................................ 27
      Engaging the Sequencing Engine ............................ 28
      Control, Rules, and Objectives................................... 32
            Controls .................................................................. 32
            Rules & Objectives ................................................ 34
      The Activity Tree........................................................... 36
      Activity Path ................................................................. 40
      Roll-up .......................................................................... 40
      Management by Clusters............................................ 41
            Scenario 1: ............................................................ 42
            Scenario 2: ............................................................ 44
Tab 5: The Role of Testing and Exams........................... 50
Tab 6: SCORM Run-time ................................................. 52
      SCORM Application Program Interface (API) ......... 52
      How it Works................................................................ 53
Tab 7: Appendices ........................................................... 55
      Appendix A: Tools and Resources............................ 55
      Appendix B: Course Folders and Interfaces ............ 57
      Appendix C: Complete List of Metadata Items......... 66
      Appendix D: Parts of a Manifest File......................... 68
      Appendix E: Metadata File......................................... 71
      Appendix F: Glossary of Key Terms, Acronyms and
      Concepts...................................................................... 76
            Key Terms and Concepts .................................... 76