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SCORM Settings

You can specify the default settings for SCORM courses in your LearnCenter. On the ControlPanel:

Click on the Options menu to expand it.
Click Course.
Scroll down if necessary to view the SCORM Settings panel.

Select one of the following from the Look-Ahead Sequencing drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - for all activities to be available in the Table of Contents (TOC).
Yes - for all activities to not be available in the TOC.

Setting Look-Ahead Sequencing to No speeds up navigation from one SCO to another for only SCORM 2004. In addition, setting this field to No allows the user to click on any activity in the TOC and the rules are evaluated at runtime. See Look-Ahead Sequencing for additional information.

Select one of the following from the Use AJAX Communication drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - to not enable AJAX Communications.
Yes - to enable AJAX Communications.

AJAX Communication allows the LearnCenter to handle network communication issues and prevent race conditions for courses that pass completion and bookmarking related information during the content’s unload event handler. This setting can only be changed on a per LearnCenter basis.

See Asynchronous JavaScript - AJAX for additional information.

Select one of the following from the SCORM 1.2 Commit Behavior drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Explicit is used.
Interval-Based - to use the auto-commit on a specified interval. If you select this option, the SCORM 1.2 Commit Interval (ms) field displays. Type the appropriate information. This field only takes numeric characters, and it measures in milliseconds. Leaving the field blank will imply a default value of 500.
Explicit - to use the explicit commit call.

Select one of the following from the SCORM 2004 Commit Behavior drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Explicit is used.
Interval-Based - to use the auto-commit on a specified interval. If you select this option, the SCORM 2004 Commit Interval (ms) field displays. Type the appropriate information. This field only takes numeric characters, and it measures in milliseconds. Leaving the field blank will imply a default value of 500.
Explicit - to use the explicit commit call.

See Flexible Commit for additional information.

Select one of the following for Unsuspend SCO Upon Initialize:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter.
No - to prevent the SCO from initializing immediately when a User resumes use after a pause or suspension.
Yes - to initialize the SCO immediately when a User resums use after a pause or suspension.

When a Course is launched, and if it was left suspended (paused, later to be resumed) from the last session the User had with it, it would immediately unsuspend it (this is the default [NO]). So for those Courses that require a User to click a link to view the content, the User could simply just click Next and then the suspended information would be lost. Setting this option to Yes will wait until the Course content sends in an Initialize command, and then unsuspend the Course attempt.

Determine the default Failed Completion Status. This setting can be set at the root LearnCenter and its setting inherited down to sub LearnCenters. Optionally, you can change this option at the sub LearnCenter level to override the root LearnCenter selection. This setting applies to all SCORM Courses and Classes including SCORM 1.2, and all editions of SCORM 2004.Inheritance starts with the root LearnCenter to determine what behavior should take place.

Completed - treats a "Failed" Course status as completed
Incomplete - treats a "Failed" Course status as incomplete

Sub LearnCenters will show as “Inherited”, while the root LearnCenter will display as "Default". The Failed Completion Status can be set on any of these pages:

Control Panel > Options > Course
Course Properties Screen (only SCORM Courses and classes)
SCORM importer screen

Select one of the following from the Navigation Button Tips drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, On is used.
Off - to not enable the dynamic help text that displays at the right of the course player's navigation button sections.
On - to enable the dynamic help text that displays at the right of the course player's navigation button sections.

The Navigation Button Tips drop-down list only displays if you are using the Classic Course Player. See Adding Courses with the WYSIWYG Course Editor for additional information.

When the SCO is finished with the SCORM API

Select one of the following from the Show Navigation Buttons drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, No is used.
No - displays the course player's navigation buttons regardless of the SCORM API state.
Yes - hides the course player's navigation buttons while the SCORM API session is active.

See Adding Courses with the WYSIWYG Course Editor for additional information.

Select one of the following from the Send Emails drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - sends the supervisor an email as soon as the course sends a completed completion status.

See Importing SCORM Content to Your LearnCenter for additional information.

Yes - delays the sending of the course completion message until the course terminates the SCORM API session.

Select one of the following from the Close External Window drop-down list:

Inherited - uses the value from the parent LearnCenter. If parent LearnCenter is default, Yes is used.
No - to not automatically close the pop-up window that the SCORM content (the SCO) is contained in.

See Importing SCORM Content to Your LearnCenter for additional information.

Yes - automatically closes the pop-up window that the SCORM content (the SCO) is contained in.

When the SCORM API fails to initialize.

Click the Show Message check box so that the API failure message displays if the second attempt to initialize the API is unsuccessful.
or
Clear the check box if you do not want to display the message when the second attempt to initialize the API is unsuccessful.
Use the default Message or customize the message to suit your business needs.

This field does not accept HTML Code. The Message field does not display if you do not select the Show Message check box.

Click the Close Course on Initialization Failure check box if you want to close the course one the user has clicked OK on the second unsuccessful attempt to initialize the API.
or
Clear the check box if you want to allow the user to continue unto the course by clicking OK or close the course by clicking Cancel.

The Close Course on Initialization Failure check box does not display if you do not select the Enable Course API Failure Message check box.

If you select the Close Course on Initialization Failure check box in the Course Options - SCORM panel, you will only see the OK option on the second attempt message box instead of OK and Cancel.

See SCORM API Error Messages for additional information.

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