Comments on: SCORM Cloud Beta :: What is a "dispatch"? http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/ We make SCORM easy Tue, 22 May 2012 11:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tim Martin http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Tim Martin Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:33:02 +0000 http://www.scorm.com/?p=5381#comment-566 Chad. There are plenty of LMSs out there with problems, no doubt. One upside to SCORM Cloud, though, is that we can often help you work through them. If you'd like to create a ticket at support.scorm.com, we can take a look at how your course works in SCORM Cloud and then how a dispatch to Learn.com functions as well. Is that something you'd like to explore with us? Tim Chad.

There are plenty of LMSs out there with problems, no doubt. One upside to SCORM Cloud, though, is that we can often help you work through them. If you’d like to create a ticket at support.scorm.com, we can take a look at how your course works in SCORM Cloud and then how a dispatch to Learn.com functions as well. Is that something you’d like to explore with us?

Tim

]]> By: Chad Parmentier http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Chad Parmentier Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:28:08 +0000 http://www.scorm.com/?p=5381#comment-565 I am from the Moodle world where things usually just work but as of recent I have been hired to work for a company that uses Learn.com. I tested the SCORM Cloud out with Learn.com with 100% failure. Import produces warnings, and the course fails to launch. This does not surprise me because I have yet to see anything work in this LMS. Just thought I would let you know. I am from the Moodle world where things usually just work but as of recent I have been hired to work for a company that uses Learn.com. I tested the SCORM Cloud out with Learn.com with 100% failure. Import produces warnings, and the course fails to launch. This does not surprise me because I have yet to see anything work in this LMS. Just thought I would let you know.

]]> By: Tim Martin http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Tim Martin Mon, 24 May 2010 14:21:06 +0000 http://www.scorm.com/?p=5381#comment-564 Thanks for checking it out. I'll reach out to you via phone to handle your particular details. The short answer, though, is that Dispatch is probably a good fit for you. The only way to know for sure, though, is to try it... Thanks for checking it out. I’ll reach out to you via phone to handle your particular details. The short answer, though, is that Dispatch is probably a good fit for you. The only way to know for sure, though, is to try it…

]]> By: john http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/comment-page-1/#comment-563 john Fri, 21 May 2010 21:53:25 +0000 http://www.scorm.com/?p=5381#comment-563 Dispatch may be a solution for me. I mean, I like the LMS I am using, but it aint ADL compliant. Can I have SC in background for reporting but offer my courses on the original LMS? That would mean all learners login to original LMS, etc. Is this what Dispatch is meant to do? You guys are cool. Comments on this? Dispatch may be a solution for me. I mean, I like the LMS I am using, but it aint ADL compliant. Can I have SC in background for reporting but offer my courses on the original LMS? That would mean all learners login to original LMS, etc. Is this what Dispatch is meant to do? You guys are cool. Comments on this?

]]> By: Tim Martin http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Tim Martin Thu, 20 May 2010 13:36:02 +0000 http://www.scorm.com/?p=5381#comment-562 Tom... I have some short answers for you now (since the tech blog post is somewhere back in the queue.) Will there be an API? We've built it so that we can expose an API relatively soon. Interest like yours affects just <em>how</em> soon. If you would commit to a certain level of usage/$$$, we could probably accelerate that timing. And yes, if you wanted to build an application that uploaded your content to SCORM Cloud and then made use of the API to download Dispatches, you could definitely do what you have in mind. (I'm trusting that you understand there's an associated cost for the SCORM Cloud piece.) Limitations: This solution definitely requires a connection... it won't work with an offline player (because the content is served directly from cloud.scorm.com). That's the biggest in my mind. Others would include that only a subset of the data model is shared with the host LMS due to technical limitations. If you have further questions, keep asking. Tom… I have some short answers for you now (since the tech blog post is somewhere back in the queue.)

Will there be an API? We’ve built it so that we can expose an API relatively soon. Interest like yours affects just how soon. If you would commit to a certain level of usage/$$$, we could probably accelerate that timing.

And yes, if you wanted to build an application that uploaded your content to SCORM Cloud and then made use of the API to download Dispatches, you could definitely do what you have in mind. (I’m trusting that you understand there’s an associated cost for the SCORM Cloud piece.)

Limitations: This solution definitely requires a connection… it won’t work with an offline player (because the content is served directly from cloud.scorm.com). That’s the biggest in my mind. Others would include that only a subset of the data model is shared with the host LMS due to technical limitations.

If you have further questions, keep asking.

]]> By: Tom http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Tom Thu, 20 May 2010 13:17:26 +0000 http://www.scorm.com/?p=5381#comment-561 Really, really excited by the possibilities this throws up. I'd be interested to see a follow up post on the techincal side of things - and any possible limitations of this approach. Will an API for dispatch creation would be made available? For example, if I wanted customers to be able to register on my site, select the courses they want to purchase and then be presented with a dispatch for them to download for their LMS would that be possible? Really, really excited by the possibilities this throws up. I’d be interested to see a follow up post on the techincal side of things – and any possible limitations of this approach.

Will an API for dispatch creation would be made available?

For example, if I wanted customers to be able to register on my site, select the courses they want to purchase and then be presented with a dispatch for them to download for their LMS would that be possible?

]]> By: Tim Martin http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Tim Martin Tue, 18 May 2010 20:43:47 +0000 http://www.scorm.com/?p=5381#comment-560 First of all, this comment must be spam. Such self adoration... wow. Second, you can see a screen shot of that "Sequencing Demo" running <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rusticisoftware/4619237059/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The area in red is from Test Track, the area in green is from the Dispatch. Now, it actually shows a bug, too. The Cloud skin should be showing at the bottom, rather than the Test Track skin. That'll be fixed soon. Package properties selected in Cloud will apply here, so it could be set up to pop in its own window. And yes, Cloud based runtime is pushed back to the host LMS <i>in aggregate</i>. To the Host LMS, this appears to be a single SCO course. More questions... please. First of all, this comment must be spam. Such self adoration… wow.

Second, you can see a screen shot of that “Sequencing Demo” running here. The area in red is from Test Track, the area in green is from the Dispatch. Now, it actually shows a bug, too. The Cloud skin should be showing at the bottom, rather than the Test Track skin. That’ll be fixed soon.

Package properties selected in Cloud will apply here, so it could be set up to pop in its own window.

And yes, Cloud based runtime is pushed back to the host LMS in aggregate. To the Host LMS, this appears to be a single SCO course.

More questions… please.

]]> By: Joe Blow SCORM Guy http://scorm.com/blog/2010/05/scorm-cloud-beta-what-is-a-dispatch/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Joe Blow SCORM Guy Tue, 18 May 2010 19:58:04 +0000 http://www.scorm.com/?p=5381#comment-559 Good post. I'd like to have seen the example screenshots to have included the "launch" of the dispatch. Does it just open a new window to the cloud? Does it pass cloud-based runtime results to the LMS hosting the dispatch? Are these the technical details for another day? And I think a screenshot of that "Sequencing Demo" course would be neat. It sounds very intriguing. Sequencing is hard, right? I bet whoever wrote it is really smart, and probably a bit on the handsome side too. Good post. I’d like to have seen the example screenshots to have included the “launch” of the dispatch. Does it just open a new window to the cloud? Does it pass cloud-based runtime results to the LMS hosting the dispatch? Are these the technical details for another day?

And I think a screenshot of that “Sequencing Demo” course would be neat. It sounds very intriguing. Sequencing is hard, right? I bet whoever wrote it is really smart, and probably a bit on the handsome side too.

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