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an e-learning software specification that allows learning content and learning systems to speak to each other in a manner that records and tracks all types of learning experiences.

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What is difference between tincan and Scorm?

What is difference between tincan and Scorm ? I have requirement in which, we need to support CMS contents using third part content server. So which one is good Tincan or SCORM ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of these 2 ?
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xAPI / Tin Can to LRS to LMS

I am trying to better understand how xAPI / Tin Can works (I'm going to call it xAPI henceforth) Previously I was developing for a SCORM 1.2 LMS where there were 'records' such as: Raw Attempts, Status and Raw Score for each content package. The LMS…
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How to create an xAPI (Tin Can) LRS (Learning Record Store) in C#

I'm looking for some sample code to get me started on a C# based LRS. I've read the xAPI spec from ADL's website and I've looked through all the sample code in their github repo but there just isn't anything good to start from except an example…
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How to integrate xAPI / TinCan in Unity

I am new to xAPI/TinCan API so my question might be a bit general but I haven't found anything that can help me so far. I figured it is possible to integrate xAPI into a Unity project (a game or simulation) but how exactly do I do that? (Are there…
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Is implementing LMS Scorm Tracking without an authoring package feasible for a beginner?

Prior to building an eLearning solution, I am determining whether to use an authoring package such as Captivate or Storyline or to create HTML pages which utilize JS calls for tracking. If I avoid using an authoring tool, I get flexibility in terms…
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How to create a local LRS and intergrate with Tin can Api using PHP to run on my SCORM package

I am trying to create a SCORM package and generate statements for the same. I want to create a local LRS & Tin Can Api setup and generate statements from my scorm and display result in my php page. I have created a LRS using the following link…
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Are IFRAMES still a necessity in a tracking SCORM SCO

When building a SCORM solution from html and javascript where tracking with the LMS is required, is it still necessary to contain all pages in an IFRAME or are other approaches being adopted? What difficulties does working within an IFRAME present…
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Tin can launch auth parameter

This document refers to an auth token parameter being passed to the launched activity https://github.com/RusticiSoftware/launch/blob/master/lms_lrs.md What is this parameter, and how is it used/passed back to the LRS with statements to authorise…
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Best practice with tincan LRS/LMS launching and OAuth

I'm working on building a tin-can based LMS. We launch activites from the LMS according to this guide, with the appropriate query parameters for the activity to communicate back to the LRS xapi…
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What is Assignable Unit in cmi5 spec?

A bit introduction, I'm trying to create a LMS that will launch cmi5 course. But, I've trouble in understanding about cmi5 package and some other terms. Here I would like to ask/clarify several points to make it clear. I've seen TinCan/xAPI sample…
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How EXACTLY can Scorm content be 'played' in a .Net desktop application?

At the moment we have an LRS and the Tincan .net library. We want to create an LMS based in .Net, Window forms to be specific, utilizing TinCan API. Course content are in the form of Scorm packages. This is a very silly question I know, and the…
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Track video using X-API or Tin-Can-API

I am developing a learning content and I want to track the learner activities using Tin-Can API or X-API. Is it possible to track the video content (YouTube videos added in my course page) ? Tracking the content like learner started the video,…
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Securing tincan course agains replay / fraudulent statements

We are having courses using the tincan api to report progress in courses to our own learning record store (LRS). The courses are provided by a third party and run in the users browser as HTML pages. Since all tincan statements send from the course…
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Tin can api (xAPI) launch not working

I have a xAPI course created in Storyline which I'm trying to launch in the browser. After referring to the documentation on the internet I performed following steps: 1) Configured the Learning locker LRS locally. 2) Created the launch URL with the…
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What is good way to render scorm 1.2 package in a web page?

We have some scorm 1.2 content hosted in our server and would like to integrate in our website. I didn’t find any good article that explains how to do it right way. I found lot of articles/tutorials explaining various apis and events about Scorm…
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