SCORM and LMS help please

Aleck,

Not the answer you want.... but have you considered having these resource documents served up external to the module itself?  Many (most) full-featured LMSs today offer the ability to track documents like this; either separately or packaged as a "lesson" that's part of the broader course.   This would address the client needs fully, give the learner visibility, allow easy updates to the documents, etc.

Hi Aleck,

There is only a way to pass a text variable to an LMS as described here - but it sounds like you're using a numeric variable? 

Hi Bob, this is a good idea. I will have to look into whether their LMS has this capability. Is there any where I can find out more information on this please? 

HI Ashley, I saw that article earlier and yes it's something I could do. I'm using numeric variables now but it could be changed to text. The problem is its around 40 PDF's they have to click, so this would mean creating 40 question slides. I didn't know if there was a more efficient way of doing it. 

I can't think of another option Aleck - but our community members are pretty creative so hopefully they'll be able to chime in here! 

Aleck,

While fairly common now on full-fledged LMSs, the way each one implements it is slightly different.  I would start by finding out which platform the client is using first. 

Many LMSs allow for some interesting flexibility around this sort of "lesson" including completion criteria, etc... For example many will allow you to group the documents into bundles/chapters and even specify things like "must view 3 out of 5 in this group of documents".  So instead of just having a slug of 40 (yikes!) PDFs, you might be able to apply some sort of grouping logic to them hence requiring some to be mandatory, some to selected choice with a minimum, and others to be optional altogether.

Wish I had more specifics for you, but your client's LMS platform is going to dictate what's possible here.

Hope this helps and good luck!