Creating SCORM Content

Creating SCORM Content

LMS does not generate scorm content. LMS presents the content in SCORM packages to learners, and saves data from learner interactions with the SCORM package.

Some people hand-code SCORM objects using HTML, JavaScript, and sometimes SWF files. There are some templates provided by ADL and by others, which make this process easier.

Others use SCORM authoring software to generate SCORM packages. This process is easier for non-technical users, but not as foolproof.

Find existing SCORM packages

You can find SCORM packages on LMS.net Please feel free to add yours to the database.

Before Investing in SCORM Authoring Software

Please be aware that vendors can edit entries on this wiki page. No SCORM authoring software is without bugs, and some have significant issues when used with LMS. Just because products are listed on this page does not mean that LMS.org either supports or endorses them. Be sure to test all products extensively before purchase, and be sure that the built-in LMS authoring tools will not meet your needs. Also, take the time to search for past issues with a particular product in the Using LMS SCORM forum, and read the rest of the LMS SCORM documentation.

Many of these products piggyback on Powerpoint® or present talking head video to a learner. Powerpoint presentations and talking heads do not promote social learning. It is valuable to consider, before embarking upon SCORM development, whether your organization wants to limit itself to the pedagogical approaches provided by the SCORM API.

It is also important to know that one does not need to purchase or obtain any product in order to produce SCORM content. SCORM content is a collection of HTML, JavaScript, and multimedia files, all of which can be produced by regular humans. Humans are, in addition, capable of testing your content in your LMS and writing code which addresses the nuances of your LMS, a valuable service that Authorware does not provide.

In addition, an Authorware production model, in which non-programmers produce content using graphical user interfaces, can present issues because non-programmers do not understand some of the basic tenets of the Web. It is a good idea to educate Authorware users about best practices with regard to issues such as file size, file naming conventions, how to publish images for the Web, and so forth, before turning them loose with an Authorware product.

Tools for Authoring

Here is a list of tools to create SCORM packages, both open source, and commercial. LMS is a modular authoring tool for courses but at this time does not create SCORM packages.

Creating Reusable Content in SCORM 2004 Video Webinar

This is the perfect video webinar for instructional designers who need to start developing e-learning content for use in a SCORM 2004-compliant LMS. Available when you need and where you need it, this webinar will give you a basic understanding of how to start developing reusable content. While intended for a SCORM 2004 audience, many of the considerations for re-use can be utilized by SCORM 1.2 developers.

• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: Key Terminology
• Part 3: Data Model Elements
• Part 4: Reuse
• Part 5: Designing Reusable Content

Free OpenSource

eXe OPEN SOURCE SCORM Development Package

The eXe project is developing a freely available Open Source authoring application to assist instructors and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. Resources authored in eXe can be exported in IMS Content Package, SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 or IMS Common Cartridge formats or as simple self-contained web pages.

Xerte OPEN SOURCE SCORM Development Package

The Xerte Project provides a full suite of open-source tools for eLearning developers and content authors producing interactive learning materials.

Freeware not OpenSource

Courselab

CourseLab is a free program but is not open source.

CourseLab had a few bugs. The first is with audio. Sometimes (for some reason not known to CourseLab) the audio will restart, creating an echo effect. You will need to un-check the “autostart” mark of the Video object (video object is used to insert audio too)and then define action on some event that fits the case (for example on the slide’s after display event) choose METHOD (your video object, PLAY. this will play the audio after the slide is displayed.

Another issue is with Firefox browsers displaying graphics with CourseLab. It is stated in the user’s manual that some objects utilize Explorer-specific features and the author should avoid using them if he wants to use the course in the multi-browser environment. These are Gradient Box and all AutoShapes. AutoShapes are VML-objects and VML (Vector Markup Language) is not supported by Firefox. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics – another vector format) could be a good alternative, but there are still problems with displaying inline SVG-objects in both Gecko-family and IE. (from CourseLab Support)

If these Firefox/Image display problems are not an issue then be sure to install the latest browser plug-ins. If you present content to non-IE users, do not use this authoring package.

Easygenerator

Easygenerator has a free edition but it is not open source. SaaS-based platform in connection to a windows application. Collaborative and special thanks to adaptive options for courses, a lot of features like PowerPoint import, WYSIWYG interface, Template-based. Is now on version 8.3. Use the HTML publication to the web, school/university intranet, blog, Facebook, or your app. Use Scorm 1.2 or 2004 for any LMS. SCORM, You can track and trace learners’ results through Scorm or Xapi. Using easygenerator ensures your developed courses will be optimized for any device: desktop, tablet, or smartphone. Create content once and publish courses for any l device without having to recreate the course. Publish to a website, blog, Facebook, or app and track and trace learners’ advancements through TinCan (Xapi). Easygenerator comes with multiple question types to help create the most engaging courses: Multiple Choice, Multiple Select, Drag and Drop Text and fill in the blanks. Co-Author with multiple domain experts, invite subject matter experts to review your course without requiring additional licenses. Build Instructional sound courses fast with easygenerator templates: Quiz, Exam, Adaptive Learning templates, and the simple course template.

Free QuizMaker by iSpring

With a free, full-featured QuizMaker by iSpring, you can quickly develop Flash-based quizzes and surveys. Easy and fast, it ensures rapid authoring of True/False, Multiple Choice, and Multiple Response quizzes and surveys. In addition, you can enhance quizzes with audio, video, images, and formulas. Advanced functions allow you to insert slides with additional info, and create random sequencing of questions and possible answers in a question.

Quizzes and surveys created with Free QuizMaker are compatible with SCORM 2004 R3 standard and can be easily integrated with LMS CMS.

Eazy

Eazy provides a free account that allows creating up to 3 projects with the tool’s full functionality.

Eazy is the authoring tool that you’ll be able to create and share multidevice courses with, all without worries. Born in the cloud, it’s ready for the challenges of today.

With a slide-based content and a really intuitive layout system, it allows you to achieve professional results without any technical knowledge.

It provides a great variety of interactive resources that drives you to create attractive and dynamic content to engage your users.

These are the most outstanding highlights of the tool:

• Great ease of use.
• Real-time editing with the WYSIWYG interface.
• One content for all devices.
• SCORM exporting ready for report completeness or mark.
• Great variety of interactive resources and exercises. Furthermore, with the Linked Images element, you can develop countless pedagogies: choice trees, choose-your-own-adventure games, role-plays…
• Integrated image bank (more than 450k professional photos).
• Collaborative edition between team co-workers.
• Allowance to duplicate projects, slides and interactive elements with great agility.
• Customisable course look.
• Direct link distribution.

One of isEazy’s most stunning features is its smooth high-performance user experience, that lets you focus on creativity and let it all flow.

iSpring Free

With iSpring freeware, you can create SCORM-compliant e-learning courses that can be integrated with LMS CMS. Easy for both experts and non-tech users, iSpring Free works as a PowerPoint add-in, accurately converting PowerPoint presentations into Flash courses. Use PowerPoint to its fullest advantage as iSpring features:

• Virtually all PowerPoint animation and slide transition support
• Trigger animation support
• Hyperlinks and action buttons

• Custom aspect ratio for slides
• YouTube and Flash video insertion
• SCORM 2004 r3 compliant course authoring
• Compliancy with PowerPoint 2003/2007/2010 (32-bit and 64-bit versions)

iSpring Free with its ease of use, conversion accuracy, and SCORM compliance is a great choice considering that it can be used free of charge commercially and non-commercially.

MOS Solo

SCORM 2004 authoring tool. Entirely free.

MyUdutu

Free software for creating e-learning courses with flash interactivity. It is free to sign up and make the courses – there are many customizable templates enabling users to import images/video/audio/etc and incorporate them into scored questions of varying formats. The finished course can be exported as SCORM 2004 or SCORM 1.2 compliant -again for free and then hosted on an LMS or another site. (The courses can also be hosted on the udutu site, either for free but with a watermark or for a fee) Quite intuitive to use and offers many features, it is, however, dependent on the good connection to the site as it is created online. Also doesn’t seem to like working in Opera.

Reload

Reusable eLearning Object Authoring and Delivery – NB it is rather technical and may only be suitable for those with an understanding of HTML and the underlying SCORM specification.

One problem with Reload is that it sometimes places the imsmanifest file 2 directories deep in the published SCORM package.

Commercial

ActivePresenter

ActivePresenter allows you to create interactive contents with branching capabilities, quizzes, audios, videos, closed captions, zoom effects, annotations with flexible hotspot, object styling, integration with LMS. The outputs can use Flash or without using Flash (CSS + HTML + JavaScript). It is suitable for creating software demonstrations, presentations, tutorials, assessments, and surveys.

Articulate

Use Articulate Storyline or older tools like Articulate Presenter ’09, coupled with Articulate Quizmaker ’09, is a solution in developing SCORM content for LMS. Both Articulate Presenter ’09 and Articulate Quizmaker ’09 are SCORM certified by an independent ADL certification expert. This means that Articulate Presenter ’09 and Quizmaker ’09 will seamlessly report results to LMS by uploading the published project as a SCORM package. With the complete suite of products from Articulate, you’ll be able to quickly create e-learning courses from PowerPoint and develop interactive content, quizzes, assessments, and surveys.

Note: Articulate products run only in Windows. There is no Mac or Linux version.

Atlantic Link

The Atlantic Link product suite is a rapid, collaborative eLearning tool that creates Flash-based eLearning content. This can export SCORM compliant modules which will run smoothly within lms. It allows the creation of quizzes, slideshows and software emulation.

Camtasia

This is a commercial screen-recording product for producing demonstrations and tutorials. It has SCORM compliant output as an option, and permits quizzing and branching. The SCORM output option creates a single .zip file that is appropriate for uploading into a SCORM activity for LMS. Retail price for Camtasia is US$299, but non-profit educational discounts of about 50% are offered. 30-day trials are also available.

Note: only the Windows client has SCORM output ability. The Mac OSX version does not.

Captivate

Adobe’s Captivate software allows you to create fully functioning interactive lessons with quizzes, scoring, and integration (via SCORM) with LMS. You can create anything from a simple slideshow to a complete branching software simulation or evaluation, all delivered via Flash without learning any code. It is the most straight-forward package and makes it a lot of fun to work with – even adding closed-captioning is really easy!

One difficulty with Captivate is that it tends to save important reporting values to a string in suspend_data, rather than in lesson_status, lesson_location, and the like. This makes it more difficult to write custom reports, or to debug interactions.

Claro

dominKnow award-winning HTML5-compliant collaborative authoring tool can publish AICC, SCORM 1.2 up to SCORM 2004, ADLNet’s Experience API (also known as the Tin Can API), web, and exe packages (Print available in March 2012). Claro’s web-based collaborative content creation tool can be accessed by authors using Firefox, IE, Chrome, and Safari on any platform. Learners and reviewers are able to use any browser or tablet device to access content. Sporting an easy to use interface based off the Microsoft Ribbon toolbar, Claro includes all the basic content creation features, as well as things like screen recordings, image editing, and extensive interactions. Besides content creation, it is a collaborate environment that enables content developers and reviewers to work together using a central repository with reusable content.

Composica

Composica is a social e-learning authoring system that offers real-time collaboration among team members and provides a powerful programming-free WYSIWYG environment to create and deliver high-quality interactive e-learning content with embedded social media.

Composica offers extensive multimedia support, including central repository, thousands of media files, customizable media player, built-in audio recording, automatic narration synchronization and mashups with leading external services such as YouTube, Google, Twitter, Facebook and more.

The system provides a large variety of fully customizable e-Learning interactions which can be integrated into a test or a game and communicated to the LMS via SCORM 1.2 / 2004.

Composica encourages authoring teams to share knowledge and remove development bottle-necks through a unique groupware environment, powerful tasks system and task reports, project blog, comments, community dashboards, and built-in chats.

In addition, Composica includes Social Media tools, to create a real learning community around each course – learners can share knowledge with others, learn from each other, comment on anything, rate everything and more.

ContentGenerator.net SCORM functionality

The software was successfully used at the CambsLMS.org conference on July 10th 2008 – every instructor at the workshop was able to get their SCORM game uploaded and working. The software doesn’t create extensive courses, but instead trackable interactive Flash games such as Fling the Teacher and Teacher Invaders.

• Free software (+ some pay for) – need to register on the forum, but downloads free from there.
• Select SCORM option within the software
• Generates single .zip file
• Select ‘Add SCORM / AICC’ from add resource option in your course
• Edit SCORM settings – copy settings from http://www.contentgenerator.net/images/scorm/16_settings_mostimportant.png
• Some overly detailed instructions available

Coral Presenter

With Coral Presenter, a plugin for PowerPoint, users can easily add audio and video files, as well as quizzes to create more engaging and interactive e-learning presentations. A ribbon menu, slide-level call-outs, attachments and links, custom tabs and one-click publishing are just some of the unique features of Coral Presenter. Coral will convert your content to Flash format and bundle all necessary files and data for publishing to LMS or any other SCORM 1.2 compliant LMS. Completion tracking can be set either by a number of slides viewed or by quiz scores.

Coral Presenter was developed to work with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint XP and PowerPoint 2003.

DemoCreator

DemoCreator is a Flash-based screen recording software which allows users to generate screencast by recording computer screen. It’s mainly used to create desktop tutorials and Web-based presentation for distance learning and training. The SCORM or AICC output package for LMS is also available.

Easygenerator

Easygenerator has a free and a paid version. SaaS based platform in connection to a windows application. Collaborative and special thanks to adaptive options for courses, a lot of features like powerpoint import, WYSIWYG interface, Template based. Is now on version 8.3. Use the HTML publication to the web, school/university intranet, blog, Facebook or your app. Use Scorm 1.2 or 2004 for any LMS. SCORM, You can track and trace learners’ results through Scorm or Xapi. Using easygenerator ensures your developed courses will be optimized for any device: desktop, tablet or smartphone. Create content once and publish courses for any l device without having to recreate the course. Publish to a website, blog, Facebook or app and track and trace learners advancements through TinCan (Xapi). Easygenerator comes with multiple question types to help create the most engaging courses: Multiple Choice, Multiple select, Drag and Drop Text and fill in the blanks. Co-Author with multiple domain experts, invite subject matter experts to review your course without requiring additional licenses. Build Instructional sound courses fast with easygenerator templates: Quiz, Exam, Adaptive Learning templates, and the simple course template.

Helius Presenter

Helius Presenter (previously PointeCast Publisher) is a PowerPoint plug-in that automatically converts your PowerPoint XP/2002, 2003 and 2007 presentations into a highly compressed Flash presentation. The Pro version allows you to import and edit audio, import video, and create quizzes and surveys. It’s SCORM 1.2 or 2004 compatible. It seems close to Articulate Presenter in terms of functionality but at considerably less cost.

isEazy

isEazy provides a free account and three payment accounts: Starter (29€/month), Professional (69€/month) and Business (199€/month), for team-work oriented users.

isEazy is the authoring tool which you’ll be able to create and share multidevice courses with, all without worries. Born in the cloud, it’s ready for the challenges of today.

With a slide-based content and a really intuitive layout system, it allows you to achieve professional results without any technical knowledge.

It provides a great variety of interactive resources that drives you to create attractive and dynamic content to engage your users.

These are the most outstanding highlights of the tool:

• Great ease of use.
• Real-time editing with WYSIWYG interface.
• One content for all devices.
• SCORM exporting ready for report completeness or mark.
• Great variety of interactive resources and exercises. Furthermore, with the Linked Images element, you can develop countless pedagogies: choice trees, choose-your-own-adventure games, role-plays…
• Games.
• Integrated image bank (more than 450k professional photos).
• Collaborative edition between team co-workers.
• Allowance to duplicate projects, slides and interactive elements with great agility.
• Customisable course look.
• Direct link distribution.

One of isEazy’s most stunning features is its smooth high-performance user experience, that lets you focus on creativity and let it all flow.

iSpring Converter

Create eLearning courses in HTML5 for viewing on iPads and other mobile devices with iSpring Converter. Installed as a PowerPoint add-in, the converter is very easy to learn and use. It allows you to easily turn your PowerPoint presentations into interactive eLearning courses in HTML5.

iSpring Converter accurately preserves even the most advanced animations, transition effects, embedded audio and embedded video. In addition, the converter provides its own features of inserting YouTube video and Web Object, which can help you create an outstanding eLearning course. Finally, iSpring Converter keeps the interactivity of your course by supporting triggers, on-click animations, and hyperlinks.

Once you are done fine-tuning your eLearning course, you can publish it for your LMS. iSpring Converter generates SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 (2nd, 3rd and 4th editions) and AICC-compliant eLearning courses. You can specify the number of rated slides for your course, set the duration and select timeout actions. For the highest compatibility, upload your eLearning courses to iSpring Online LMS.

iSpring Pro

Сreate high-impact eLearning courses with iSpring Pro, professional software that streamlines e-learning authoring. Whether you work in PowerPoint 2003, 2007 or 2010, iSpring will help you to transform regular PowerPoint presentations into SCORM-compliant Flash courses ready for integrating with LMS CMS. iSpring Pro is extremely easy-to-use and allows you to stay focused on eLearning content creation rather than software mastery!

iSpring-created courses preserve the most advanced effects and interactivity of your original PowerPoint presentation including hyperlinks, custom aspect ratio for slides and trigger animations. iSpring Pro also allows the addition of voice and video narration, course branding with the customized player and presenter info. Plus, you can additionally protect your content protection with a watermark, password, time limit and playback restriction on set domains only.

iSpring Pro integrates perfectly with iSpring QuizMaker and iSpring Kinetics. Available as a Suite, iSpring products allow the creation of courses with quizzes and interactions then integrating them with LMS LMS.

iSpring QuizMaker

Whether you are experienced or new to quiz creation, with iSpring QuizMaker you’ll find it easy to create thought-provoking quizzes and surveys. Creating quizzes of 23 question types is as easy as filling out the form. You can check your work instantly with a live preview option and publish your quiz into a SCORM-compliant package ready to be uploaded and tracked with LMS CMS. You can:

• Add images, audio, video, and formulas to questions
• Insert slides with additional information
• Organize branching scenarios based on user answers
• Set custom, result-based feedback to each question
• Organize questions in question pools
• Receive quiz results via email or web server

• Upload your quiz to any SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 or AICC LMS

 

Even though iSpring QuizMaker has a lot to offer, all its features are intuitively designed into a single window for a hassle-free quiz authoring experience!

GOMO

gomo is multi-device e-learning authoring tool. It is the easiest way to create beautiful learning which looks sand feels bespoke, for content that suits your needs perfectly.

Easily create interactive content – Video, audio, graphic and text content are just a drag and drop away with gomo’s intuitive user interface for fast, flexible content creation.

• Simple and rich authoring
• Easy course management
• Library of themes
• Team-based development
• Shared central resources
• Hassle-free multi-device publishing
• HTML5, SCORM, TinCan (xAPI)

 

Knowledge Anywhere’s ICE Tool – Instructional Content Editor Tool

Create and publish SCORM-compliant courses with WYSIWYG tool, that are ready to be uploaded into any LMS. The Instructional Content Editor Tool offers many features including streaming video, pre-made page templates, storyboard export to Word function, language translation and many more. Anyone can create a high-quality learning course easily.

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Lectora Inspire

Lectora Inspire makes online course development fast and simple. Bundled with leading content creation tools, screen capture, and recording software, Lectora’s powerful authoring tools empower you to quickly create dynamic interactive eLearning content.

Publish options include: SCORM and AICC-compliant Learning Management Systems, HTML, CD and a variety of mobile devices.

Note: Inspire is a bundle that includes Camtasia, SnagIt, eLearning Brothers, and BranchTrack Integration; It publishes HTML5, SCORM, AICC, and xAPI (implements Responsive Course Design for mobile delivery); It runs on Windows (Lectora Online works on a Mac).

Lectora Online

The power of Lectora, online. Enable teams of course developers, designers and subject matter experts to easily create, modify and collaborate on course content. Instantly view real-time changes and streamline your project life cycle.

Publish options include: HTML5, SCORM, AICC, and xAPI (implements Responsive Course Design for mobile delivery)

Microsoft Learning Development System

Free tool from Microsoft that allows you to create SCORM resources using drag and drop.

“The LCDS is a free tool that enables the Microsoft Learning community to create high-quality, interactive, online courses. The LCDS allows anyone in the Microsoft Learning community to publish e-learning courses by completing the easy-to-use LCDS forms that seamlessly generate highly customized content, interactive activities, quizzes, games, assessments, animations, demos, and other multimedia.”

This is an internal Microsoft tool. Has a few bugs and can crash.

NOTE READ the Help info. To upload to LMS you will need to zip up your working directory then upload using the ‘Add SCORM / AICC’ from adding resource option in your course

Mohive

“Mohive makes it possible for more people to design custom e-learning content thanks to a unique platform that simplifies each step of the development process. The only solution on the market to feature an integrated project management tool, Mohive makes it possible to cut production lead times considerably, especially when many different people are involved.”

PowerPointForce

PowerpointForce is an MS Windows program, which converts PowerPoint(2003/2007) slides into flash with different additional features and brings to you professional rapid flash-based presentations in a matter of minutes. SCORM 1.2 or 2004 compatible.

PowerQuizPoint – Quiz Creator

Create a Flash-Based Quiz from PowerPoint in two steps. PowerQuizPoint easily creates interactive Macromedia Flash Quizzes from within PowerPoint. PowerQuizPoint is a convergence of power features in PowerPoint and Macromedia Flash. Flash Quizzes created with PowerQuizPoint is web ready. Insert interactive Quiz slides directly into PowerPoint presentations and Publish them to Macromedia Flash format.

PowerQuizPoint PowerPoint Quiz Maker provides options like insert your questions with up to 4 choices per Questions, Separate slides for correct and incorrect answers and Question Bank facility.

QuizCreator

QuizCreator is a powerful Flash quiz maker that enables trainers and educators to easily create SCORM compliant Flash quizzes with images, sounds, narrations, and Flash animations to engage learners through the learning process and offers flexible results tracking and score reporting toolkit.

It supports 9 question types: True/ False, Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, Fill in the Blank, Drag and Drop-Matching, Drag and Drop-Sequences, Word Bank, Click Map, and Essay. You could publish your quiz for Flash, Word, Excel or LMS.

QuizForce

QuizForce is an MS Windows program that provides a comprehensive but easy-to-use set of tools for creating highly customized Flash-based quizzes and surveys for non-programmers. SCORM 1.2 or 2004 compatible.

SoftChalk

SoftChalk packages your lesson in either a standard zip format or in SCORM format. If you package your lesson using the SCORM format, you can re-use your content in any learning management system that supports SCORM (with no need to revise the content). Additionally, the SCORM standards allow your content to work automatically with specific components of the course management system (for example the gradebook), and to track whether a user has completed the lesson.

STT Trainer

STT Trainer from Kaplan IT Learning is a complete solution for creating software simulations, electronic user performance support, and documentation to train employees on critical web-, windows, and Java-based business software. It can create SCORM compliant packages that can be used withing the lms system.

ToolBook

[LMS 1.9 / ToolBook Instructor 9.01] Tracking and bookmarking work well. The content should be exported using the SCORM 1.2 option; AICC and SCORM 2004 do not seem to work properly. Scoring works and is viewable within the tracking details, but does not transfer correctly into the Gradebook.

TutorAuthor NG

TutorPro’s TutorAuthor NG is a professional software application for quickly creating interactive lessons, training, demonstrations, and simulations. Anyone who needs to develop online product demonstrations, software simulations for e-learning, or online tutorials for user support will find TutorAuthor NG an ideal solution. TutorAuthor NG includes everything you need to capture actions in any application and instantly create a 3D life like simulation. The application is equally at home creating ‘soft-skill’ tutorials such as new employee introductions, company policy, in fact, anything that can be taught electronically.

If you use TutorAuthor NG to create e-learning content, you can add realistic, fully interactive question slides, buttons, click boxes, and text entry boxes, and much more. TutorAuthor NG is SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, and AICC compliant, allowing effortless integration with any compliant Learning Management System (LMS).

ViewletBuilder Enterprise

Qarbon’s ViewletBuilder is cost-effective, comparatively easy to learn, and used by many thousands of corporate, educational, and government professionals since 1999. On Mac OSx and Windows PCs, it is used to create compelling, interactive online tutorials for distance learning and user support. ViewletBuilder Enterprise includes ViewletQuiz, for creating interactive assessments and surveys.

ViewletBuilder Pro, ViewletQuiz, and ViewletBuilder Enterprise are fully SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, and AICC compliant.

Qarbon.com provides the highest level of support and training for its customers.

Wimba Create (formerly Course Genie)

A commercial tool allowing you to convert Word documents into CMS ready content. It’s particularly suited for non-technical instructors who have large documents to display on LMS and allows embedding of video, sound etc. When downloaded to your computer it generates a toolbar in Word giving options to enable easy conversion of the file to clean HTML pages which include navigation and interactive features. It claims to work on Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista Word 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007.

Wondershare PPT2Flash Professional

Convert PowerPoint to Flash and upload the courses to LMS. Note that this is not a free tool, rather there is a free trial version of the full software. The output from the trial version has a watermark on it.

• Download the trial version of the software.
• There is a plug-in menu in PowerPoint, click the “Publish” button and select “LMS”
• Select “SCORM 1.2” or “SCORM 2004”
• Click “Convert” button
• Select “Open output folder” after conversion is completed
• Choose the output .zip file and upload to LMS
• Done!