Question Slides OK in Captivate - Not so good in LMS

Hi,
I've just put together a Captivate course. Everything works
quite well in project preview mode, but when I export to Southrock
LMS - doom.
When the quiz is running it does either of two things. It
randomly freezes and marks the user as not competent, or kicks the
user all together. There are only seven question slides and I have
optimised these so they are smaller. Sometimes I can get right
through the course with a result, other times only the second or
third question.
Please help - my boss is on my back!!!

Just guessing, but assuming you're using SCORM, the Southrock
LMS could be one of those products that has trouble with the
frequency at which Captivate-generated SCORM files submit
information.
You might want to read through the following thread and see
if anything sounds similar to the problems you're having:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=67&catid=469&threadid =1294299
If memory serves, the fix included at the end of the thread
has helped fix problems with other LMS products besides
Moodle.

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