Question regarding what can be recorded into an LMS using SCORM or TinCan publishing interface from Storyline2

Feb 25, 2016

Travis Metcalf
By Travis Metcalf

Forgive me if this has been asked and answered elsewhere, but I have been unable to find the info i am looking for here. 

We are developing content for a client which requires tracking specific answers to quiz questions along the way as well as free-for essay type questions. They are requesting that the LMS system be able to export a summary of answers from all students in a particular class (they use this for evaluating the effectiveness of their educational content). We are in the process of testing and evaluating various LMS solutions with Storyline and I am running up against the following: 

I have been unable to get any LMS to show me the actual answers a student picked as well as free-form text submissions. All that the module seems to be recording into the LMS is a passed/fail status and a final score (as shown on a results slide). 

Is there a way to get a storyline module to submit the actual answer to each question contained in a module via the SCORM publishing interface, or would this functionality require some custom work in storyline (via javascript/PHP)?

thanks in advance!

Travis

6 Replies
Leslie McKerchie
8 years ago02/26/16 at 3:50 pm (UTC)

Hi Travis!

The following information is communicated to learning management systems (LMSs) by Articulate Storyline SCORM and AICC content:

  • id: Storyline sends a series of data for this string to identify the Scene#, the QuestionDraw# (if applicable), and the Slide# in that particular scene or question draw.
  • type: This is the type of question (True/False, Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, etc).
  • student_response: This is how the learner answered the question.
  • correct_response: This is the correct answer for the question.
  • result: This designates whether the learner answered the question correctly or not.
  • weighting: Articulate content doesn't currently utilize this item. It'll always be set to 1.
  • latency: This is how long it took the learner to answer the question.
  • objective: Articulate content doesn't currently utilize this item. It'll always be set to 0.

Tip: To send question text to your LMS, publish for SCORM 2004 or Tin Can API (also called Experience API).

You can test this in SCORM Cloud to see the behavior, but it sounds like you may need to follow up with your LMS on why this is not being reported.

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