ACSA

ACSA is an ICOM client. They use their own SCORM 2004 LMS named UMS.

List of Courses

This client has the following courses produced by ICOM:

CSTS
ESTS
RSTS
- Legislative Awareness
Construction Safety Awareness

Deployment

Devs need to follow this.

Support

Notes

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CSTS SCORM 2004

Production site. 208.106.250.17. The superuser password is "acsafetysa". Staging site. 208.106.251.17

Courses are installed by adding the manifest first then copying or uploading course files within the corresponding folder.

Stephen Brown is the creator of this LMS.

His Words of Wisdom: (Pulled from emails and poorly organized)

Overall

Firstly, since we require global objectives, the flag objectivesGlobalToSystem should be turned off on the organization tag. With it turned on, which is the default, any named objective will exist for the user across all courses and attempts. Courses should only persist data for the user for the current course, otherwise, it becomes a big mess and extremely difficult to debug.

Topics

Each topic must be mapped to a global objective that the exam can read. This is done using the primary objective of the topic, which the LMS automatically links to the satisfied and measure of the activity. A sequencing rule will also allow the topic to be skipped if already mastered. Since we want the overall module to be scored and mastered solely based on the exam, a roll-up rule is added to exclued the topic from the module score and satisfied. The module will still consider the topic for progress, which is correct (e.g. 3 of 4 topics completed = 75% progress on module). This is done by adding this to each topic's sequencing:

<imsss:sequencing>

<imsss:objectives>

<imsss:primaryObjective objectiveID="PRIMARYOBJ">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_1" writeSatisfiedStatus="true" writeNormalizedMeasure="true" />

</imsss:primaryObjective>

</imsss:objectives>

<imsss:sequencingRules>

<imsss:preConditionRule>

<imsss:ruleConditions conditionCombination="any">

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="PRIMARYOBJ" condition="satisfied" />

</imsss:ruleConditions>

<imsss:ruleAction action="skip"/>

</imsss:preConditionRule>

</imsss:sequencingRules>

<imsss:rollupRules rollupObjectiveSatisfied="false" objectiveMeasureWeight="0" />

</imsss:sequencing>

The mapInfo targetObjectiveID should be unique for each topic, I used a format of OBJ_CSTS_<module number>_<topic number>.

The primaryObjective's objectiveID doesn't really matter unless you wanted to refer to it in the SCO. It's automatically linked to the activity, so there's really no reason for a SCO to reference its primary objective.

Module Exams

The exam then requires the sequencing rules to only show if the topics are done. This is done by mapping the exam to the topic global objectives created above and disabling the exam as long as any of them are not satisfied. A primary objective is also added to the exam (in the format OBJ_CSTS_<module number>_QUIZ), which can be mapped in the same way to disable the course exam until all module exams are satisfied. In order to allow the mastery requirement to be updated outside of the course, the exam is set to be satisfiedByMeasure. The exam SCO should read the minNormalizedMeasure and use this to determine if the student was satisfied.

<imsss:sequencing>

<imsss:controlMode choice='true' flow='true' />

<imsss:deliveryControls tracked='true'

completionSetByContent='false'

objectiveSetByContent='false' />

<imsss:objectives>

<imsss:primaryObjective objectiveID = "PRIMARYOBJ" satisfiedByMeasure="true">

<imsss:minNormalizedMeasure>1.0</imsss:minNormalizedMeasure>

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID = "OBJ_CSTS_1_QUIZ" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:primaryObjective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_1">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_1" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_2">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_2" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_3">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_3" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_4">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_4" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_5">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_5" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_6">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_6" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:objective>

</imsss:objectives>

<imsss:sequencingRules>

<imsss:preConditionRule>

<imsss:ruleConditions conditionCombination="any">

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_1" condition="satisfied" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_1" condition="objectiveStatusKnown" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_2" condition="satisfied" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_2" condition="objectiveStatusKnown" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_3" condition="satisfied" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_3" condition="objectiveStatusKnown" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_4" condition="satisfied" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_4" condition="objectiveStatusKnown" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_5" condition="satisfied" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_5" condition="objectiveStatusKnown" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_6" condition="satisfied" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_6" condition="objectiveStatusKnown" operator="not" />

</imsss:ruleConditions>

<imsss:ruleAction action="disabled"/>

</imsss:preConditionRule>

</imsss:sequencingRules>

</imsss:sequencing>

You'll notice some extra conditions, due to SCORM 2004 having a strange condition that is opposite of what would be logical. A satisfied status can be true, false, or unknown (or null, in that it hasn't been set). The logical opposite of satisfied=true should be satisfied=not true, but in SCORM 2004 the opposite of satisfied=true is satisfied=false which means that satisfied=unknown is neither satisfied nor not satisfied. All other conditions behave logically, only not satisfied behaves this way. As a result, a rule to check if an objective hasn't been satisfied requires 2 conditions, satisfied=false OR objectiveSatisfiedKnown=false.

The exam SCO should also update the topic objectives (i.e. a failure of a topic 3 question in module 2 exam should set loc_OBJ_CSTS_2_3 success_status to failed). This would disable the module exam after any failed objective until they retake the related topic content. With the sequencing rule on each topic, mastered topics can be skipped if their objective is satisfied after the exam has been taken, whereas failed topics become part of their path.

Module Groups

The parent module items should rollup the progress completion based on all child items (topics and exams), but the score and mastery determination should be based on the module exam. This is accomplished above by excluding the topics from the satisfied and weighting rollup. The final course exam should be disabled until all modules are completed, which requires the module to also write to a global objective (I'm using format OBJ_CSTS_<module number>):

<imsss:sequencing>

<imsss:controlMode choice='true' flow='true' />

<imsss:deliveryControls tracked='true' completionSetByContent='false' objectiveSetByContent='false' />

<imsss:objectives>

<imsss:primaryObjective objectiveID = "PRIMARYOBJ">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID = "OBJ_CSTS_1" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:primaryObjective>

</imsss:objectives>

</imsss:sequencing>

Final Course Exam

The final course exam should be disabled until all modules are complete, accomplished similar to the module exams except it reads the module global objectives (I'm only using module 1 in example below):

<imsss:sequencing>

<imsss:controlMode choice='true' flow='true' />

<imsss:deliveryControls tracked='true' completionSetByContent='false' objectiveSetByContent='false' />

<imsss:objectives>

<imsss:primaryObjective objectiveID = "PRIMARYOBJ" satisfiedByMeasure="true">

<imsss:minNormalizedMeasure>1.0</imsss:minNormalizedMeasure>

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID = "OBJ_CSTS_FINAL_QUIZ" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:primaryObjective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:objective>

</imsss:objectives>

<imsss:sequencingRules>

<imsss:preConditionRule>

<imsss:ruleConditions conditionCombination="any">

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1" condition="satisfied" operator="not" />

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1" condition="objectiveStatusKnown" operator="not" />

</imsss:ruleConditions>

<imsss:ruleAction action="disabled"/>

</imsss:preConditionRule>

</imsss:sequencingRules>

</imsss:sequencing>

I didn't update the module rollup rules, but they should be similar to the topic/exam rules, in that the course mark should exclude the module scores and mastery - i.e. the course mark and mastery should be based solely on the final course exam. The course progress completion is fine remaining as defaulted, being a percentage of modules completed.

SCO suspend

- Each SCO sets adl.nav.request to "suspendAll" on initial launch, which seems to be overridden if using the embedded courseware menu. If using the LMS menu, however, adl.nav.request is not overridden, which results in the LMS exiting the course if navigating between any activities. Can this be changed such that adl.nav.request only gets set when a navigation selection is made in the activity?

cmi.exit relates to the tracking data and the state the SCO is left (time-out, suspend, etc.), whereas adl.nav.request defines what the LMS is supposed to do AFTER the SCO terminates. If the SCO terminates with a pending suspendAll nav request, the LMS will suspend the SCO, suspend the course, and exit out of the course.

Score Scaled

The objectives score.scaled is the objective measure and is used by the LMS in determinations. The other scores are just metadata about the score. If the user got 4/5, all the LMS cares about is that the score is 0.8, but the score.min and score.max would be set to 1 and 5 for the range and the raw would be set to 4. None of these mean anything to the LMS, only the normalized score.scaled value of 0.8.

Setting quiz questions to fail a lesson

You outline that failure of a topic 3 question in module 2 exam should set loc_obj_csts_2_3 success_status to failed hence disabling the exam.

The manifest settings, if set, would make retaking the quiz and reviewing the lessons impossible while making them retake the lessons and mini quizâ€™s all over again, thus extending the length of the course. What section accounts for this rule so that I may leave it out of the manifest.

I only just saw your review mode a few days ago and, yes, this would make the review rules in the sequencing unnecessary.

The only difference would be in the objectives section of the exam as you won't require the objectives write maps in the exam, but you will need it for the primary objective. You will still need the objectives and their default read maps, as the exam rules need to know the status of the topics in order to disable.

<imsss:sequencing>

<imsss:controlMode choice='true' flow='true' />

<imsss:deliveryControls tracked='true'

completionSetByContent='false'

objectiveSetByContent='false' />

<imsss:objectives>

<imsss:primaryObjective objectiveID = "PRIMARYOBJ" satisfiedByMeasure="true">

<imsss:minNormalizedMeasure>1.0</imsss:minNormalizedMeasure>

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID = "OBJ_CSTS_1_QUIZ" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:primaryObjective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_1">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_1" ~~writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true"~~ />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_2">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_2" ~~writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true"~~ />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_3">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_3" ~~writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true"~~ />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_4">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_4" ~~writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true"~~ />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_5">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_5" ~~writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true"~~ />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_6">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_6" ~~writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true"~~ />

</imsss:objective>

</imsss:objectives>

<imsss:sequencingRules>

<imsss:preConditionRule>

<imsss:ruleConditions conditionCombination="any">

<imsss:ruleCondition referencedObjective="PRIMARYOBJ" condition="satisfied" />

</imsss:ruleConditions>

<imsss:ruleAction action="skip"/>

</imsss:preConditionRule>

</imsss:sequencingRules>

<imsss:rollupRules rollupObjectiveSatisfied="false" objectiveMeasureWeight="0" />

</imsss:sequencing>

Quiz unlocked after Lesson completed

The problem is that the only sequencing rule currently on the exam is that it is disabled once the exam is satisfied. Compare this with the original manifest snippet I sent, it needs to have a rule set for each topic objective that disables the exam. The issue seems to have occurred when you asked the follow up question and I gave the snippet that didn't write the objectives for the exam, for some reason the rules didn't come across with my copy-paste.

Here is what the module exam sections should contain:

<imsss:sequencing>

<imsss:controlMode choice='true' flow='true' />

<imsss:deliveryControls tracked='true' completionSetByContent='false' objectiveSetByContent='false' />

<imsss:objectives>

<imsss:primaryObjective objectiveID = "PRIMARYOBJ" satisfiedByMeasure="true">

<imsss:minNormalizedMeasure>1.0</imsss:minNormalizedMeasure>

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID = "OBJ_CSTS_1_QUIZ" writeSatisfiedStatus = "true" writeNormalizedMeasure = "true" />

</imsss:primaryObjective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_1">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_1" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_2">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_2" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_3">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_3" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_4">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_4" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_5">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_5" />

</imsss:objective>

<imsss:objective objectiveID="loc_OBJ_CSTS_1_6">

<imsss:mapInfo targetObjectiveID="OBJ_CSTS_1_6" />