How to Test your eLearning in SCORM Cloud

Intended Audience

• Course Designers, e-Learning Authors

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Use SCORM Cloud to validate your SCORM package is working as intended.  Create an account and upload your SCORM package and then follow the remainder of this guide.

Testing for Inappropriate Completions

1. Launch the SCORM package and then immediately exit
2. Confirm the SCORM package relayed the status as "Incomplete".  If the status is "Complete" there's a problem with the design of your eLearning.

Testing Resume/Bookmarking

1. Launch the SCORM package
2. Let a few slides pass, then exit using either a provided exit button or the X in the upper right of the browser window.
3. Confirm the SCORM package relayed the status as "Incomplete".  If the status is "Complete" there's a problem with the design of your eLearning.
4. Launch the SCORM package again to resume.  Confirm that the SCORM package picks up where you left off, not from the beginning.

Testing for Successful Completions

1. Find out what criteria were set for the content to be considered "Complete"
2. Launch the SCORM package
3. View the content and answer any required questions or respond to any prompts as required by the completion criteria set for this SCORM package
4. After closing out of the SCORM package, confirm that the SCORM package relayed the status as "Complete". If the status is "Incomplete" there's a problem with the design of your eLearning.

Important Note: This just proves that it CAN be completed.  Now you need to put yourself in the role of your learner and attempt to cheat by skipping to the end.  If users can get to the end, the SCORM package should relay the status as "Complete", otherwise users won't be able to figure out what actions they need to perform to complete it.

Testing the reporting of Scores and Pass/Fail status

It's possible to design  a SCORM  package that relays a score to the LMS.  It's also possible to design  a SCORM  package that relays a status of pass vs failed.  The SCORM package is responsible for relaying this information to the LMS. Here's how to test:

1. Launch the SCORM package and complete it with a failing score
2. Confirm the SCORM package relayed the status of "Completed" and "Failed"
3. Launch the SCORM package and complete it with a passing score
4. Confirm the SCORM package relayed the status of "Completed" and "Passed"