Comments on: Step 22 – Progress and Completion – cmi.core.lesson_status http://www.vsscorm.net/2009/07/24/step-22-progress-and-completion-cmi-core-lesson_status/ A Very Simple SCORM Interface Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Addison http://www.vsscorm.net/2009/07/24/step-22-progress-and-completion-cmi-core-lesson_status/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Steve Addison Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:05:44 +0000 http://www.vsscorm.net/?p=476#comment-350 Agreed. Ideally, I think that a content/LMS runtime specification should either be content-centric (allowing the content author complete control of pretty much everything), or server-centric (allowing the content author only a very limited set of options). The SCORM 1.2 standard seems, at least to me, to divide the responsibilities rather awkwardly between the LMS and the content author. Agreed. Ideally, I think that a content/LMS runtime specification should either be content-centric (allowing the content author complete control of pretty much everything), or server-centric (allowing the content author only a very limited set of options). The SCORM 1.2 standard seems, at least to me, to divide the responsibilities rather awkwardly between the LMS and the content author.

]]> By: Chris Phillips http://www.vsscorm.net/2009/07/24/step-22-progress-and-completion-cmi-core-lesson_status/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Chris Phillips Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:34:32 +0000 http://www.vsscorm.net/?p=476#comment-349 I always had a problem with this part of the spec. It seems that it would be best to let the content control all the lesson status & require it to do so. LMS's shouldn't make assumptions about what the content developer intended. Even worse is that many LMS' will overwrite the content sending "complete" with a "passed" or "failed" status based on the assessment mastery score/student score. I always had a problem with this part of the spec.

It seems that it would be best to let the content control all the lesson status & require it to do so. LMS’s shouldn’t make assumptions about what the content developer intended.

Even worse is that many LMS’ will overwrite the content sending “complete” with a “passed” or “failed” status based on the assessment mastery score/student score.

]]> By: Steve Addison http://www.vsscorm.net/2009/07/24/step-22-progress-and-completion-cmi-core-lesson_status/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Steve Addison Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:04:13 +0000 http://www.vsscorm.net/?p=476#comment-317 Hmmm ... you may well be right, but that's not how I read the RTE specification. This is the section of the RTE that places additional requirements on the LMS: <img src="http://www.vsscorm.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Image3.jpg" alt="" /> Hmmm … you may well be right, but that’s not how I read the RTE specification. This is the section of the RTE that places additional requirements on the LMS:

]]> By: scormio http://www.vsscorm.net/2009/07/24/step-22-progress-and-completion-cmi-core-lesson_status/comment-page-1/#comment-75 scormio Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:30:11 +0000 http://www.vsscorm.net/?p=476#comment-75 If the SCO isn't setting lesson_status itself it's not SCORM compliant. The SCORM specification outlines the responsibility of the RTE in detail and it does not specify that the LMS should handle this situation. lesson_status should only be set to not attempted by the RTE, the rest is up to the SCO to work out.... If the SCO isn’t setting lesson_status itself it’s not SCORM compliant. The SCORM specification outlines the responsibility of the RTE in detail and it does not specify that the LMS should handle this situation. lesson_status should only be set to not attempted by the RTE, the rest is up to the SCO to work out….

]]> By: jcasolutions http://www.vsscorm.net/2009/07/24/step-22-progress-and-completion-cmi-core-lesson_status/comment-page-1/#comment-3 jcasolutions Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:52:58 +0000 http://www.vsscorm.net/?p=476#comment-3 When you make this statement "course (or ‘SCO’ in SCORM terms)" it is incorrect. There is no such things as a course in SCORM. What most people consider a course is equal to a content aggregation in SCORM. A content aggregation can contain multiple activities that launch multiple SCOs. To say a course is a SCO or even to say a content aggregation is a SCO is assuming a 1 to 1 relationship when in fact there is a 1 to many relationship. When you make the assumption that a course is equal to a SCO then that limits you to tracking only one SCO per course and the database should be set up so that you can tack "n" number of SCOs per Content Aggregation and that data should be stored per user / per session. When you make this statement “course (or ‘SCO’ in SCORM terms)” it is incorrect. There is no such things as a course in SCORM. What most people consider a course is equal to a content aggregation in SCORM. A content aggregation can contain multiple activities that launch multiple SCOs. To say a course is a SCO or even to say a content aggregation is a SCO is assuming a 1 to 1 relationship when in fact there is a 1 to many relationship. When you make the assumption that a course is equal to a SCO then that limits you to tracking only one SCO per course and the database should be set up so that you can tack “n” number of SCOs per Content Aggregation and that data should be stored per user / per session.

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