HOW TO USE CAPTIVATE TO PUBLISH A SCORM COMPLIANT COURSE BJC HealthCare

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1 HOW TO USE CAPTIVATE TO PUBLISH A SCORM COMPLIANT COURSE BJC HealthCare

2 How to Publish to SCORM from Captivate Overview This handout will briefly explain how to set up your Captivate module to be published and ready for Cornerstone. Note: This is just a tutorial on how to properly set up Captivate to publish to SCORM. If you need to know more about how to use Captivate please go to Adobe.com for more tutorials. If you have a previous version of Captivate some features may appear in different locations. Table of Contents (Hold Ctrl and click on any of the titles to jump to that section.) HOW TO PUBLISH TO SCORM FROM CAPTIVATE... 0 How to Publish to SCORM from Captivate... 1 Overview... 1 Adding a Submit Button... 2 Publishing your File to Run within Cornerstone... 4 Publishing the File... 8 What to do with the Published File P age

3 Adding a Submit Button A Submit button is required to record the user s completion of the material in Cornerstone. 1. Navigate to the last slide using the Filmstrip on the left side of your screen. 2. Click on the last slide in the Filmstrip. 3. In the Toolbar located to the left of the Filmstrip, click on the Insert Button tool. A button will be added to the middle of the slide. (See image on the next page) Insert Button 4. Drag the button on the screen to a desired position on the slide. 5. In the General pane of the Properties tab, click in the Caption text box. 6. Type the word Submit. 7. Click the On Success drop down in the Action pane. 8. Select Execute JavaScript. 2 P age

4 9. A Script_Window button appears with a Drop Down arrow beside it. Click the Script_Window button. 10. Type: javascript: window.close(). 11. Click OK. 12. Click the Drop Down arrow. 13. Select Top and deselect Continue Playing the Project. 14. Click the Drop Down arrow to close it. 3 P age

5 Publishing your File to Run within Cornerstone Your Captivate presentation needs to be published to run successfully in Cornerstone. The publishing process will add all of the programming calls necessary to communicate with the LMS. These calls identify the user and mark the course complete when the Submit button is clicked. Project Category Start and End 1. Select File > Publish Settings from the menu. 2. Select Start and End from the Project Category on the left. 3. Click the Action dropdown under Project End Options:. 4. Choose Stop project. (Already selected by default) 5. Deselect Fade Out on the Last Slide option. 6. Verify that the Auto Play: option is active. 7. Verify that the Preloader option is active. 4 P age

6 Quiz Category Reporting 1. Select Reporting from the Quiz Category on the left. Manifest button for Step Click the Enable reporting for this project Check Box next to Quiz: at the top of the screen. 3. Choose Standard in the Learning Management System (LMS) area. 4. Verify that SCORM is select in the dropdown next to Standard. 5 P age

7 5. Click the Manifest button. A new window title Manifest will appear. 6. In the Course area, Click in the Title text box. 7. Enter your course title. 8. In the SCO area, Click in the Title text box. 9. Enter the same course title. These two fields must match. 10. All other items on the screen should be defaulted to the above screen shot. 11. Click OK. You will be returned to the Preferences window. 6 P age

8 12. Verify that the Complete/Incomplete option is selected in the Report Status area. 13. Choose Slide Views Only in the Choose Report Data area. Make sure Slide View Completion is set to Click the LMS Customization Settings button. A new window will appear titled LMS Customization Settings. 15. Deselect the Never Send Resume Data check box. 16. Click OK. You will be returned to the Preferences window. 17. Click OK for the Preferences window. 7 P age

9 Publishing the File 1. Select File > Publish from the menu. Project Title Flash (SWF) Zip Files Browse 2. Verify that the Flash (SWF) is selected on the left. 3. Click in the Project Title: text box. 4. Enter the course title. This will name the compressed file that the publishing process will create. 5. Click the Browse button. 6. Navigate to and select the appropriate file location. 7. Click OK. 8. In the Output Options: area, select the Zip Files check box. 9. Click Publish. 10. Click OK to close the confirmation message. 8 P age

10 What to do with the Published File 1. Go to 2. Fill out the form with the appropriate information. 3. In the Insert File(s) category, click the Browse button. 4. Locate and select the compressed file that Captivate created. 5. Click Open. 6. Click Submit Request. 9 P age