SCORM

Technology,
Xblock and scorm shell
What is SCORM?
● Sharable Content Object Reference Model
● Creating units of online training material that can be shared across systems
● SCORM defines how to create “sharable content objects” or “SCOs” that can
be reused in different systems and contexts.

● A Sharable Content Object (SCO) is the most granular piece of training in a

SCORM world. Some would call it a module, a chapter, a page
Why use SCORM?
● Content can be created one time and used in many different systems and
situations without modification.
● This plug-and-play functionality can be powerful within an organization but
even more so across organizations.
● Content can be sold and delivered to the user more quickly, more robustly
and at a lower price.
How does SCORM work?
1. Packaging content

How a piece of content should be delivered in a physical sense.

“Imsmanifest”: describes the structure of a course both from a learner’s

perspective and from a physical file system perspective.

2. Run-time communication

Specifies how the content ”talks” to the LMS while the content is actually playing.

A series of “get” and “set” calls and an associated vocabulary. Conceptually, these
are things like “request the learner’s name” and “tell the LMS that the learner
scored 95% on this test.”
SCORM in Mckinsey Academy
SCORM xblock
Provides a player to run SCORM courses by other vendors in Open edX

https://github.com/mckinseyacademy/xblock-scorm

Uses scorm player developed by JCA solutions

SCORM shell
Packages Mckinsey courses for other SCORM systems

https://github.com/mckinseyacademy/scorm-shell

SCORM 2004 compliant