Free Mini-LMS to Download, Test SCORM Objects

Hi Jeff

Any local SCORM-compliance checker that's easy to use and stable is going to be useful IMO.  However, I can't get this to run any Storyline packages.  The same imsmanifest.xml error appears every time.  Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Thanks

Good morning, Simon.

I am glad you liked the IDEA here. Now if only everything were working properly, huh?

Thanks for your note. I'll pass it on to the Support team and see what they find.

I'll try to get back ASAP. I'm leading an instructor-led session today (begins in 27 minutes!) so I may disappear for a while. Thanks in advance for patience on that.

Best,

Jeff

Simon, quick update from Support before I run off to the training I have to lead: they wonder if you have zipped this and if it's zipped correctly. I'll try to check back with you later today.

Specifically, they say:  That’s usually because it isn’t zipped correctly, we need the imsmanifest.xml in the root of the zip.

Yep, I zipped it the same way as always.  And yes, the manifest file is in the root (also as always).

Okee dokes, Simon. Let me go back to Programming on that

Simon, sorry it's taken me a while to get back, I'm still involved in that ILT session. But it's lunch, so I have time to post.

We're going to download Storyline and see if there's something unique going on. We have used Studio in the past but have only used the 30-day trial of Storyline once to get an idea of what it does.

If we can't figure things out that way, and if you'd be willing, we'd like to se up a GoToAssist meeting with you and see if we can investigate by looking at your presentation.

Thanks again,

Jeff

Hi Jeff

Thanks for the offer to investigate what's happening on the SL side of things.  Am happy to help out with a GTA session ... but I guess there's a strong possibility you'll encounter the same problem with your own SL SCORM 1.2 output?  Then again, maybe not ... Who knows?  

I'll run a Presenter course through your player early next week and see what happens.  In the meantime, feel free to follow up re the GTA session.

Cheers

Hey there Simon, sorry about the delay again, they've had me on some other projects.

I have not yet downloaded Storyboard, but I published a SCO using Engage and it imported just fine into the Convergence Training Viewer. I got through the installation process and was able to launch my SCO.

I've got a few to-do's on my list today, but after that I'm going to force myself this afternoon to download storyboard and I'll try publishing with that as well and see what happens. Either I'll confirm there's a problem, in which case I'll get back here and let you know that (and we'll see if we can diagnose the problem and fix it), or it will work fine for me, in which case I'll have the Programming team get in touch with you and see what they can figure out.

Cheers, and happy Friday.

I wrote Storyboard above. Meant Storyline. Time for my second cup of coffee.

Simon,

OK, I downloaded Storyline, created/published/zipped a quick SCO (definitely didn't have time to do Storyline justice here!), and imported it into our Convergence Training Viewer mini-LMS with no issues.

Give me an email when you can and I'll set you up with someone in programming who can further diagnose your issue. I've given them access to my SCO plus screen grabs of the publish, reporting, and tracking screens in Articulate Storyline. YOu can contact us at support@convergencetraining.com.

We know others have also downloaded the Convergence Training Viewer mini-LMS...anyone else having any problems like Simon did? Seemed to work like a snap for me.

Hey there Simon,

I thought I'd check in to see if you'd had a chance to contact our support staff and hopefully get that problem solved, or if you've solved it yourself.

Like I said, I wasn't able to duplicate the problem--it worked fine for me when I published a SCORM object with Storyline and imported it into the Convergence Training Viewer LMS.

Also, we've noticed that we've had a lot of downloads of the Convergence Training Viewer, and apparently it's working for those other folks too.

Anyway, I imagine you're just busy doing your ordinary daily stuff, but please do let me know if you've tried contacting our support staff and couldn't get through or anything.

And I hope that your problem has been solved, one way or the other.

Cheers,

Jeff 

Hi everyone,

We redesigned our website and the link above is no longer current (it redirects to the page of our website that talks about our various LMSes).

This link will take you to a website where you can download the Convergence Training Viewer, which is a mini-LMS you can use for testing your SCORM objects.

http://www.buybettertraining.com/Convergence-Training-Viewer.aspx

Thanks,

Jeff

p.s. Of course, we're happy if you check out other parts of our website too.

Cheers!

Hi again, everyone,

Another change. Although a lot of folks did go from here to download that mini-LMS while it was available, it's no longer available. I don't want to pull a bait and switch on anyone, so I wanted to make sure everyone knew this is no longer available.

I don't know why it's been made unavailable--a decision from greater minds than mine.

I expect it's because some new version is coming out, but I have no insight into that. If some new, free LMS comes available, I'll be sure to come back here and let folks know.

Until then, if anyone knows how to delete this thread so people don't accidentally follow the link, let me know. I couldn't find that option.

Cheers,

Jeff