Captivate and SkillPort LMS

I have been running into some issues testing a CBT with a
SkillPort-provided LMS, and was wondering if anyone had any
experience working with SkillSoft/SkillPort.
The CBT was built using Captivate 2 and has a 10-question
quiz, with each question having a value of 10 points. I’ve
published the CBT to SCORM 1.2, opted to report quiz results only,
report the score to the LMS as a percent, and under Reporting
Level, only report the score. For Pass/Fail Options, the score is
set to 70% to pass, and if the user fails, he/she is allowed
infinite attempts (this setting was selected to offset an error
received in our first trial run). This CBT was then packaged
through the SkillPort Compatibility Toolkit (SCT) to prep it for
installation to our LMS. The SCT creates a par file from the CBT,
which is then saved to a zip file to be dropped into the installer.
I am running two identical LMS’s, for two separate
networks. On network A, the packaged CBT/course was installed and
tested successfully in the administrative environment and was made
visible to the user audience. On network B, the course exhibited
odd behavior – the quiz began to report odd scores (35% when
7 questions had been answered successfully; 127% when no questions
were answered, etc.). Going back to network A, I removed the
visibility of the course and tested it again in the admin
environment. After changing the visibility, the course then started
to behave as it did on network B.
I have reached out to SkillSoft for support with this issue,
but the reps have maintained that the problem stems not from the
LMS but from Captivate. Because the LMS has been glitchy in other
ways, I am inclined to think that this may be due to something
within the system, although I know that Captivate is glitchy is its
own regard. Also, I am by no means an experienced instructional
designer, but have been learning Captivate by doing.
Any assistance or insight would be most appreciated. I would
really like to speak with someone who has had experience with a
SkillSoft/SkillPort LMS.
Many thanks.
- Laura

Here's the result of trying the option "Status as defined by report data" (under the "Report Pass or Fail" section of the Quiz Preferences window): (Reminder about my goal: I want SkillPort to totally ignore the question results and to base course completion on the learner's having viewed all of the slides.)
The SkillPort "Completed" field was still correct (i.e., Completion was based on viewing all of the slides, not on the question answers)
However, Captivate apparently still passed the results of the question answers to SkillPort, because SkillPort's "Current Score" field still continues to reflect the percentage of questions answered correctly, rather than the percentage of slides viewed.
So the "Status as defined by report data" option didn't seem to work any better than the "Complete/Incomplete" option.
Here's an idea -- What would happen if I de-selected the "Enable reporting for this project"? (see illustration below) Then would the LMS (SkillPort) totally ignore question results and base course completion simply on slide views?
Thanks again for any insights.
Jan

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