Tracking To Aicc- Or Scorm-Compliant Learning Management Systems - Adobe 38039336 - Flash CS3 Professional User Manual

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Tracking to AICC- or SCORM-compliant learning
management systems
AICC- and SCORM-compliant learning management systems
The Flash learning interactions and quiz templates allow easy communication with both AICC- and SCORM-
compliant LMSs. The code built into both the Flash documents and the corresponding HTML/JavaScript files send
properly formatted data to the LMS. The stand-alone interactions send question data, while the quiz templates track
the score and overall time spent.
Because of differences between the two tracking standards (AICC and SCORM), the files created with the Flash
learning interactions and the quiz templates have compliance differences.
To be SCORM-compliant, content must call an initialize command when it is first started, or before any other
tracking commands are sent to the LMS. The Flash with SCORM HTML template was designed to initialize commu-
nication with a SCORM-compliant LMS when the file is loaded. It also sends a finish communication to the LMS
when the file is unloaded, if the finish command wasn't explicitly sent previously.
Files created by using both the Flash learning interactions and the quiz templates can send tracking data to an AICC-
and SCORM-compliant LMS. Individual interactions do not send overall score and tracking data, but they can send
interaction or question data.
Files created by using the quiz templates to comply with either AICC or SCORM standards do not read data from
the LMS into the Flash file.
AICC communication overview
When a student takes an AICC-compliant quiz, the following events occur:
• The LMS is opened.
• The student logs in to the LMS.
• The student navigates through the course structure to find an assignable unit (AU). In this case, assume it's a Flash
quiz, built using a Flash quiz template.
• The student starts the Flash content (the quiz).
• The content is located on a web server. To track properly, the Flash file must be embedded in the Flash AICC
tracking frameset.
• The LMS creates two parameters that are appended to the end of the URL: AICC_URL and AICC_SID. When the
content is launched, the final URL looks something like the following:
http://myserver/flashcontent.htm?AICC_URL=http://mylmsserver/trackingurl.asp&AICC_SID=12345
• The student progresses through the quiz.
• The Flash learning interaction sends the tracking data to the LMS through the HTML/JavaScript tracking files.
The tracking data is sent when the student answers a question or progresses to the next page.
Note: Communication with the LMS, and data tracking, is not exposed to the user.
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