SCORM...anyone?

Hi all
So this is my 3rd or 4th post about integrating SCORM
compliant Flash with the hopes that someone knows how to get
started with doing this. Because I've found nothing so far.
So if anyone has info, please help out. Any help would be
appreciated.
Thanks
Chris

ChrisFlynn,
> I agree with you, some of the info in the PDF seems to
be
> outdated or no longer in use, which got me asking
questions
> in the first place.
Fair enough. :) I didn't read the whole thing, but my hunch
is that
SCORM compliancy hasn't changed much since 2002, and the only
updates
necessary may be for ActionScript/JavaScript communication.
> The Flash API files say that you need to work with a
Quiz
> Template in order to create a SCORM compliant quiz. But
I
> have examples here that aren't from quiz templates.
Here, my hunch is that the Quiz Template might be useful,
but probably
isn't necessary. What's necessary is to adhere to the SCORM
requirements.
The Quiz Templates are one person's (perhaps a team's) take
on adhering to
those requirements with ActionScript. Someone else's approach
is likely to
be written in a different way.
> And I don't think I want to use a quiz template for my
quizzes.
I don't care for them, myself.
> And the ADL site has little to no info on Flash
integration, never
> mind that most of their links are broken on their site
anyway.
Heh, that doesn't surprise me. But wow, that's
disappointing. I've
done a fair share of government work, and it often astounds
me how poorly
organized/maintained public data are.
> And the files I have aren't commented, are impossible to
follow
> and we can't get a hold of the original developer.
>
> So everywhere I've looked has been a dead end.
Again, I haven't done SCORM compliance myself, but if it's
anything like
other govt. compliance scenarios, it's presumably a matter of
a) getting the
specs and b) adhering to them. Of those, choice A might just
be the more
difficult one, believe it or not. Have you given ADL a call?
That might be
the surest bet to getting some official documentation. As for
choice B,
once the requirements are set, in theory, an ActionScript
programmer with
experience in external JavaScript calls is all you need.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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