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Publish for LMS or LRS
In reading the instructions to send xAPI data to a server, I was wondering if the data can be sent only to an LMS and then how would the data be read? Three years ago I did this but I used an LRS th...
Kelly, thank you for the reply.
I have done this before but I was wondering if now we would only need an LMS to get the data in the course. It seems we still need both an LMS and LRS for reporting purposes. From the people I talk to, needing that LRS is one reason they have not adopted xAPI.
I am not sure how to turn the information in the document you referenced into a way to read the data from a course in a report from the LMS. Unfortunately, I don't have an IT department to help with this.
I do like that Storyline now supports xAPI in the software. Thanks.
Hi Jeffrey,
Happy to chime in!
The LMS that we use for testing (SCORM Cloud) doesn't require an LRS to generate reporting data. Opening the reporting section for each course will display the data listed in the article that my colleague Kelly shared. I believe in most cases, having just an LMS is enough, even if you are publishing your courses in xAPI format. I'd recommend reaching out to the support team of your LMS to confirm if their environment has a reporting section and whether having an LRS is necessary.
You can check out this article if you're interested in seeing what SCORM Cloud's reporting section looks like!
