Developing Self-Contained Instructional Units

Rhonda FicekMSU Moorhead

Rationale

Prepare Yourself for Changing Environments

Mobile content – deploy anywhere

Authoring in easy-to-learn and use

Standards (SCORM)

SCORM

Sharable Content Object Reference

Model

What is it?Set of standards and

specifications

What does it do?

1. Defines communication between your

content and an LMS

2. Defines how to package the content into a ZIP file that is

transferable

Versions of SCORM

• SCORM 1.1 (first one – not used long)

• SCORM 1.2 (still used; most LMS support this)

• SCORM 2004 (current version)– Provides for adaptive sequencing so that rules can

be defined that control a learner’s access to areas of the content

Self-Contained Instructional Units: 3 applications

1. EXELearning

2. SoftChalk

3. uDuTu

EXELearning.org

XHTML editor

Open Source authoring application

Publish web-based content easily

Export your content

EXELearning.org

Authoring Application

•Easily create web-based content

Export your Content

•Self-contained web pages•SCORM 1.2•IMS Content Package

Open Source •Free download•Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

EXELearning

Examples: EXELearning

SoftChalk LessonBuilderwww.softchalk.com

Create interactive web-based lessons

Free 30-day trial of full version; $450 per license – install on up to 3 computers

Publish web-based content easily

Export your content

SoftChalk LessonBuilder

Authoring Application

•Easily create web-based content•Standards: SCORM, Accessibility

Export your Content

•Self-contained web pages•SCORM •IMS Content Package

Variety of Platforms

• Windows Vista/ 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP•Mac OS X 10.3.4 or higher

Supported Media Formats

•Images (gif,jpg,png)•Audio (wav, au, mp3, aiff, ram),Video (avi, mov, mpg)

• Other (PwrPt, Excel, Word, Flash

SoftChalk Example

SoftChalk

uDuTu.com

Web-Based Course Creation Application

Design Courses freeHosted by them: $1/page/monthYou download/host: free

Publish web-based, interactive content easily

Export your content

uDuTu Course Authoring Application

Authoring, Library •Easily create interactive web-based content•Standards: SCORM 2004 or SCORM 1.2

Export your Content

•Self-contained web pages (ZIP file)•SCORM •IMS Content Package

Author and View via Web Browsers

•Web-Based authoring – no software to download

myUdutu•myUdutu Moodle module•udutuTeach: manage which people can take your courses•udutuLearn: view courses you’ve been given access to•Udutu applications for Facebook

myUduTu Interface

myUduTu Example

Conclusion

Prepare for change :

Create content that is mobile between various delivery

options(Web, CMS, CD, Mobile Devices)