SCORM 1.2 enforces some low data limits which could be getting in the way. go to admin > activities > scorm and then find the setting "Enable SCORM 1.2 standard mode" and uncheck the box and see if that helps.
Re: Can't answer essay and short answer test questions (SCORM)
Re: Can't answer essay and short answer test questions (SCORM)
I unchecked the box and it made no difference. One other thing I should mention too is that the captivate "continue" button does not appear either. It's almost like the page does not completely run.
Re: Can't answer essay and short answer test questions (SCORM)
it does seem strange that admin users work but students don't - perhaps you have some custom roles or modified permissions on your site that cause this.
there is a a capability within scorm called "savetracks" - make sure the role that your students are in have this capability (it is added by default to the student role in Moodle)
but - I would only expect that to be the case if no user data is saved when students are accessing the SCORM - if some data is saved but not essay/short answer questions that suggests a different issue. If you can reproduce this you could turn the SCORM debugger on, and then post the details from the debug log here for us to look at.