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Integrating Captivate-Generated Learning Objects into WBT Manager - Part 1: Tracking Data in Captivate Courses


Carol Fallon

Carol Fallon

www.ielearning.com

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Building Courses in WBT Manager
  3. The WBT Manager System Administrator
  4. Defining a Lesson in WBT Manager
  5. Defining a New Lesson in WBT Manager, continued
Created:
13 Jun 2005
User Level:
Beginner

Macromedia Captivate enables you to create interactive, web-based tutorials as Macromedia Flash (SWF) files that support the AICC, SCORM 1.2, or SCORM 2004 specifications for data tracking. Data tracking is the process whereby learning objects and Learning Management Systems (LMS) exchange data about a learner’s progress with the learning object.

The ability to support standards means that you can easily launch and track Captivate-generated content as learning objects within WBT Manager. Captivate-generated content sends data to WBT Manager about a learner’s progress, such as score and status (passed/failed) and can also report the learner’s performance in each individual interaction or quiz question. This information is stored in WBT Manager’s database, which you can access through WBT Manager reporting facilities.

AICC-Compliancy

Captivate enables you to produce learning objects that can be launched and tracked by AICC-compliant LMSs, such as WBT Manager. It supports all the required AICC/CMI data elements plus many optional data elements, and uses the HACP communication method for launching learning objects and exchanging data with an LMS.


SCORM 1.2-Compliancy

Captivate enables you to produce learning objects that can be launched and tracked by SCORM 1.2-compliant LMSs, such as WBT Manager. It supports the use of many of the optional SCORM 1.2 Run Time Environment (RTE) data model elements and generates learning objects that use the SCORM API for exchanging data with an LMS. You can find the full specification of the SCORM 1.2 RTE at www.adlnet.org/.

SCORM 2004-Compliancy

Although Captivate enables you to produce learning objects that can be launched and tracked by SCORM 2004-compliant LMSs, as of June 2005, WBT Manager does not support SCORM 2004. It is anticipated that SCORM 2004 support for WBT Manager will be available in late 2005. For more information, visit www.ielearning.com. You can find the full set of SCORM 2004 specifications at www.adlnet.org/.

In this article you will learn how to build a course comprising of Captivate-generated learning objects and set up data tracking for those learning objects within WBT Manager. In Part 2 of this article, "Integrating Captivate-Generated Learning Objects into WBT Manager – Part 2: Testing and Debugging Learning Objects," you will learn to test Captivate-generated learning objects and tracking data between the learning objects and WBT Manager.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

Captivate

Flash Player(version 6 or higher)

Integrity eLearning WBT Manager

Prerequisite knowledge:

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About the author

Carol Fallon has been involved in e-learning since 1992 when she moved to the US from England to work for a courseware vendor specializing in technology training. Carol co-founded Integrity eLearning in 1996 and started out by developing numerous custom online learning courses for clients in a wide variety of industries.

In 1999, Integrity launched WBT Manager, a Learning Management System (LMS). WBT Manager was the first LMS ever to be certified as conformant with the AICC specification for web-based Learning Management Systems. While promoting WBT Manager, Carol discovered the confusion surrounding the subject of standards for LMS and content interoperability. In 2002 she co-authored "e-Learning Standards – A Guide to Developing and Deploying Standards-Conformant e-Learning," the first book to be published on the subject. Carol has also written several white papers for Macromedia on the subject of integrating Authorware, Breeze, and Captivate content with LMSs.