SCORM: The course description is not displayed in the LMS after import.

By default the actual course description is not contained within the imsmanifest.xml file. Skillsoft places this information in an external xml file that is also included with the processed course package. The external metadata file contains the information that describes the content, this includes: course title, author, expected duration, lesson objectives and copyright/distribution information. As a result, some Learning Management Systems (LMS) may not locate the course description upon import and populate this data in the course entry within the LMS itself.

The ability for this information to be displayed within the LMS depends on where your particular LMS is expecting to find this data in the course files. There are many LMS in use today that all expect this information to be in different locations within the course files. Generally the LMS should be parsing the imsmanifest.xml file for the tag 'adlcp:location' as this will indicate the location of the external xml file that contains the actual metadata for the course itself. However, some LMS do not even look for this tag during the course import process. In which case, you will need to manually populate the course description into the entry within the LMS. It is advised that you inquire with your LMS vendor to ascertain where your LMS expects to locate this information.

Skillsoft has incorporated functionality into the Content Installer Kit (CIK) to be able to place references to this external xml file within the imsmanifest.xml file in hope that your LMS will pickup the description data.

 

Instructions to modify the CIK

1. Open the file called InstallerValues.properties with a plain text editor. This file is located in the root of the CIK folder.

2. Once opened, locate the following entry.

# These properties control where the course metadata is included in the imsmanifest # The default is to only include metadata in the resource element MetadataInManifest=false MetadataInOrganization=false MetadataInItem=false MetadataInResource=true

These values can either be toggled to 'true' or 'false'.

The images below depict the expected output as seen in the imsmanifest.xml file of each value when set to 'true'.

MetadataInManifest=true

MetadataInOrganization=true

MetadataInItem=true

MetadataInResource=true

 

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