I’ve been lacking the time to put anything out further on the book, even to the collaborators who so enthusiastically jumped on board to do it. It figures: once I find a pocket of time to write a book, I get maximized by every other project

I can share this much right now about what the book will cover. It is going to be for a beginner with SCORM, not necessarily a beginning Instructional Designer, Developer, Project Manager or Producer. We’re going to cover SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004, where in the context of building an E-Learning course they’re almost the same; where they’re different. The book will likely include concrete practices on putting E-Learning together in a variety of tools (Flash, Captivate, Articulate I would guess are big ones I think). There will be some very how-to-do-it-well level material covering the project management (getting the right requirements, maybe decoding your client’s ideas, what are the big gotchas and how will they affect your project, putting a team together, know your constraints, etc), instructional design (how to pace the instruction into logical chunks, how much is too much text, what to track based on your requirements, etc), development (architecture, sequencing for SCORM 2004, how to track what you need in HTML or Flash), production (best practices for web delivery, etc).

It’s going to be a good, solid E-Learning tome, but with a specific specialization on how to track things in an LMS with SCORM (the adivce that will get you 80% of the way to done), and some advice on how to test and troubleshoot that last 20%…

That’s the goal, anyway. Now if I can just stay awake long enough to put the outline together so that my friends can start plugging in

I have been developing CBT’s for several years, using a variety of tools (mainly Flash and Captivate). I have never been asked to create a SCORM compliant couse for anyone … but I have the feeling that one of these days it’s going to happen. And I’m not going to know where to even start.

A book about SCORM!! I would love it. Could you write something for the beginner? Not just theory and overview material, but actual functional step by steps on how to take my Flash or Captivate course and make it work with an LMS. What’s the logic in breaking up the courses into SCO’s? Where do I go to test something if I don’t have access to an LMS myself (after all, I’d like to be able to practice this before I’m put in the fire to create something for a client). SCORM for Dummies??

That would be my recommendation. Thanks.

Marge