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SCORM and Adobe Presenter

1. Introduction

For the eLearning platform, it is necessary that one should try to create the contents in a

very interactive and interesting manner. The user will not get distracted while browsing the

lessons in the eLearning platform. The user is free to browse a text book/ reference book

manner or chapter by chapter using the slide show views. But in these types of different

options, user will find sometimes the lack of interactivity and distraction. To provide the

interactive presentations, there are some standard guidelines that will help the course

creator in preparing the interactive contents.

SCORM stands for “Sharable Content Object Reference Model”. Sharable Content Object

indicates that SCORM is all about creating units of online training material that can be

shared across different systems. SCORM defines how to create sharable content objects or

SCO’s that can be reused in different systems and contexts.

Reference Model reflects the fact that SCORM is not actually a standard. SCORM simply

references these existing standards and tells developers how to properly use them together.

Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) (Ref. in http://www.scorm.com/) is a

collection of standards and specifications for web-based eLearning. It defines

communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time

environment, which is commonly supported by a learning management system. SCORM

also defines how content may be packaged into a transferable ZIP file which it calls its

"Package Interchange Format".

SCORM governs how online learning content and LMS communicate with each other.

SCORM does not speak to instructional design or any other pedagogical concern, it is

purely a technical standard. SCORM allows the eLearning software to “play well” with

products from other vendors.

2. Adobe Presenter

Adobe Presenter, a plug-in from Adobe for Microsoft Power Point enables the content

creator to transform Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into rich experiences complete

with voice-over narration and multimedia content, including video, animations, and

product simulations. Even non technical users can create compelling content without ever

leaving the PowerPoint authoring environment. Presenter converts the presentation to the

Adobe Flash® format and publishes it online for your audience to view at their

convenience.

Anyone who needs to communicate with or train people online should use Presenter. This

typically includes specialized training for lecturers / trainers/ policy makers/ other senior

level persons and any other user who are even not a computer friendly.

Presenter offers adaptive streaming audio and video and intelligently preloads presentation

content for a great viewing experience. It also supports streaming "talking head" video,

which enables authors to import pre-recorded FLV files to increase the impact of adobe

presenter presentations and self paced training.


Training Programme under CAFT “Online Content Creation and Management in an eLearning Environment”

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The Presenter content viewer can be fully customized and provides total control over

colours and logos to match with industry standards. Organization’s colour, logo, and

presentation viewer layout settings can be saved as a theme and shared to help ensure

consistency across all presentations.

The presenter also provide quiz and survey authoring. Subject matter experts can easily

add quiz and survey questions to presentations to test understanding and assist in

knowledge retention. Presenter provides all major question interaction formats: multiple

choice/multiple answer, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blank, short answer/essay, and

rating scale.

3. Creating a SCORM manifest file

If you want to package a Presenter presentation as an elearning course that can be

administered and launched from a SCORM 1.2 or 2004 compliant learning management

system, you may need a manifest file.

The SCORM package can be published using the publish option of the Add-In ribbon, a

manifest file is automatically created named breeze-manifest.xml.

The manifest file that Presenter creates is named imsmanifest.xml and contains references

to all content resources. The XML file uses predefined XML tags to describe the package

components, structure, and special behaviors. The file works behind the scenes to properly

integrate presentations with your learning management system and track quiz data.

In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).

Select Adobe Presenter > Quiz Manager. (PowerPoint 2007 users select Adobe

presenter > Manage Quiz.)

Click the Reporting tab.

Select Enable Reporting For This Presentation.

Under Learning Management System (LMS), select SCORM.

Click Manifest.

Set the SCORM Version by selecting 1.2 or 2004 from the pop-up menu.

Set the following manifest options:

Identifier (Required): The LMS uses the identifier to identify different

manifests. A default identifier based on the name of your Presenter

presentation is automatically added to this text box. You can change the

identifier at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text.

Title (Required): Students using the LMS can see the title. You can change

the title at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text.

Description (Required): Text used by the LMS to describe different courses

to users. You can edit the description at any time.

Version (Optional): The version specifies a number that can be used to

differentiate manifests with the same identifier.



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Duration (Optional): Select this option to specify the approximate time it

takes to work with this particular Presenter presentation. Set the time in the

following format: hh:mm:ss.

Subject (Optional): Select this option to write a short description of the

Presenter presentation using keywords or phrases.

SCO Identifier (Required): The LMS uses the identifier to identify

different shareable content objects (SCO). You can change the identifier at

any time by selecting the text and typing in new text. (If you type the name

of a new identifier, do not use any spaces in the name.)

Title (Required): A title for the SCO. You can change the title at any time

by selecting the text and typing in new text.

Mastery Score (Optional): Select this option to specify a passing score for

the Presenter presentation. Specify a number from 0 through 100. Only

Presenter presentations containing score-reporting objects, such as quiz

slides, text entry boxes, click boxes, or buttons, require a mastery score.

Time Allowed (Optional): Select this option to specify the maximum

amount of time allowed to complete the Presenter presentation.

Time Limit Action (Optional): Select this option to specify the action to be

taken when the maximum time allowed to complete the presentation has

been exceeded. From the pop-up menu, select one of the four options: Exit

With Message, Exit Without Message, Continue With Message, or Continue

Without Message.

Launch Data (Optional): Select this option to specify initialization data

expected by the resource.

Click OK.

To see the manifest file, publish your Presenter presentation locally to create a

Shockwave Flash (SWF) file and a manifest file. If you used the default save location,

you can use Windows Explorer to navigate to the SWF file and imsmanifest.xml file in

My Documents\My Presentations\ Name of Presentation folder. If you published the

presentation to a different folder, navigate to that location to see the manifest file.

4. Steps required in creation of SCORM package

Following steps are required to create a SCORM package:

Open the power point presentation

Click on Add-In ribbon as in fig. 1.

Create a new theme or use already existing theme as in fig. 2.

Create or add the presenter information/preferences as in fig. 3.

Create the individual or group of slide properties as in fig. 4



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Select the “Record Audio” from the Adobe Presenter to record the audio as in fig.

5.

Edit the audio using Audio Editor feature as in fig. 6.

Audio editing was completed, save the presentation and then published it as in fig.

7.

Fig.1. Add-In Ribbon of Adobe Presenter in power Point.



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Fig. 2. Theme editor for selection/Creation of a theme

Fig. 3. Presenter preferences



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Fig. 4. Slide Properties

Fig. 5. Record Audio for the slides



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Fig. 6. Audio editor for manipulating the audio of the slides

Fig. 7. Publish setting for publication of presentation of slides

5. Upload the package into Moodle

The SCORM module in Moodle enables users to upload the lesson as a SCORM module.

1. Login to moodle, run a Moodle course in Edit mode.



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2. Select "Add an Activity", and select "SCORM/AICC" from the drop-down list. As

in fig. 8.

3. Select the required zip file from the published folder and upload it to Moodle as in

fig. 9 and fig. 10.

4. Once uploaded, a student can browse the presentation by just clicking on the

SCORM package link from the particular chapter of the lesson.

This type of multimedia enabled presentation can create interest for the subject among

the students. This will also take less time to study a topic.

Fig. 8. Add an activity as a SCORM/AICC



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Fig. 9. Adding a new course as SCORM/AICC

Fig. 10. Save and Return to course/Save and Display the SCORM/AICC

6. Conclusion

SCORM will be useful in transferring the package from one platform to another platform.

The package once created, can be used anywhere. The Adobe presenter can be one of the

tool by which we can easily create multimedia enabled presentation as an SCORM

module. The audio facility is one of the best feature in the module. The audio script can

also be edited. Once the module is ready, it can be uploaded to any elearning portal

deployed on any platform. SCORM is platform independent.