SCORM

Hi Jason,

Here's a good place to look for developing Flash apps. to send scores to SCORM: http://pipwerks.com/

Also, make sure you've got the right version of SCORM for Moodle and you're using the right subset of commands. Every LMS interprets SCORM compliance guidelines slightly differently. SCORM can be quite a steep learning curve.

If you get fed up with SCORM and you only need to push a score into Moodle's grade book, the SWF Activity Module's a good option: http://code.google.com/p/swf-activity-module/ It also hooks into some of Moodle's APIs so you can safely send and retrieve user data, group data, etc. I'm developing it and I'm primarily a Flash developer so I'd like to hear back from you about it, i.e. about the documentation, the features, the code, ease of use, anything more it needs, etc.

Good luck!

Hi Jason,

Here is some code I shared with another user on this forum using the pipwerks package. You can adapt to fit your needs. Matt's code does a good job too using the external interface if I recall.

import fl.controls.Button; // assumes you are using the components imports
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import pipwerks.SCORM; // class file to track SCORM information

var lessonStatus:String; // checks the status of lesson complete or not complete
var lmsConnected:Boolean; // checks if LMS is available returns true is there is LMS available
var success:Boolean; // Hold value to tell if LMS is active
var scorm:SCORM = new SCORM();

test_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, scormFinish)

lmsConnected = scorm.connect(); // tries to connect to SCORM and returns true if it does

if(lmsConnected) // if it is connected (true)
{
lessonStatus = scorm.get("cmi.core.lesson_status"); // gets the current status of the lesspm

if(lessonStatus == "completed") // is the lesson is already complete
{
scorm.disconnect(); //Course has already been completed. // disconnect from the system
}

else
{
success = scorm.set("cmi.core.lesson_status", "incomplete"); // else set the lesson to incomplete
//Must tell LMS course has not been completed yet.
}

}

else
{
trace("Could not connect to LMS."); // returns a message if lmsConnected is false (not connected)
}

function scormFinish (event:MouseEvent): void // used to finish upon a mouse click

{
success = scorm.set("cmi.core.score.raw", "5") //raw score
success = scorm.set("cmi.core.score.max", "10") // total score
success = scorm.set("cmi.core.score.min", "0"); // min score
success = scorm.set("cmi.core.lesson_status", "completed");// sets the project as having been compelted
scorm.disconnect(); // disconnects from the system
lmsConnected = false; // sets lmsConnected to false
}

The comments should help you work your way through it. Sticking to this naming convention should provide you with code hinting to help add your event listeners.

The numbers 5 ,10 & 0 could be replaced with variables that would be impacted by the actions of the users. Hope this helps.

Wade

Thx for all your replies.

As I have only studied externalinterface in flash for communication with javascript, it take me sometime to understand what you are talking about. But hopefully, i will make it.

Thx