Rise, SCORM Packages and Updated Content in Blackboard
Jul 13, 2022
So, Rise content is packaged up as a SCORM and then uploaded into Blackboard. Students can track their own progress within a Rise module, it also remembers where they are up to when they return and we can see their progress in the Blackboard Grade Centre. So far so good.
But when academics want to update the content (which is becoming more frequent as more Rise content is created), that's when my issues start. I have to repackage the content and re-upload to Blackboard each time? I have to hide the old, out-of-date SCORM package in the Blackboard course area and point students to the new one? But what about their current progress? That is wiped clean. So we have to take a "snapshot" of where students are at before I upload the updated SCORM package?
Or do I? Have I missed something here?
The easy way would be to just provide the direct URL to the Rise content. That way the students would constantly have access to updated content...but we lose all of the features of being able to track progress.
(I hope that has made some sense). Any help appreciated.
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An updated Rise course does not accept the resume data from a previous course, any one who has completed should still remain completed in Blackboard anyone partially through will have to start again.
So, as I suspected, it's six-and-two-threes: either plough on having to do a "data snapshot" from Blackboard before I re-upload the SCORMS each time there's updated content OR let the students access the direct URL for an easy life but lose all the progress benefits. :-)