Dynamic SCORM using Rise 360

I've used a system before that uses "dynamic" SCORM (which is a bit of a misnomer BTW).

Here is it how it works:

In the Authoring system we were using at that time, there were additional publishing options:

• Publish/republish a version of the course (for internal hosting)
• Publish dynamic SCORM

 

First step is to do an "internal hosting publish". That creates a published copy of your master course and generates a unique URL for that course. This "published" course lives on the same server as your master courses. 

The second step is to use the Publish dynamic SCORM feature which creates what is actually not a normal SCORM file. It's a very small file because it does not contain the course. You upload that file to the LMS once, and never touch it again. That SCORM just contains a simple re-direct back to the URL of the internally published version of the course that permanently resides in the Authoring System.

So if there is an edit to the master course, you never have to update the SCORM in the LMS again. You simply need to do an internal re-publish, which automatically replaces the previous version of the course on the internal server. Because the new version uses the same URL as before, it automatically shows up when students next launch that course in your LMS.

So the first time you publish a new course it still takes the usual amount of time to upload it to the LMS. But thereafter, every time you republish, it takes 5 seconds instead of 15 minutes. It also resolves the issue of a LMS not being able to accept very large SCORM files.