Appendix 1: AICC Implementation Issues

There are number of issues that a developer should be aware of to implement AICC 2.2 content on Skillport.

The content must provide an ExitAU command in every user session. Progress tracking will have anomalies if that is not provided. Progress forwarded in a PutParam command will not be entered into the student's summary data for reporting until the ExitAU is received by Skillport.
Skillport does not support the PutInteractions command.
Commands should only have the aicc_data value urlencoded for the post. Some AICC HACP content urlencodes the session_id and version values, and this does not work in Skillport.
Lesson_status is a required value in AICC HACP putparams. If a content object sends a null value for lesson_status to the LMS, the user's progress record for that course is corrupted and requires manual deletion of the database record to correct it. In cases where the getparam fails (or other circumstances), the content should always forward a lesson_status value that is a valid CMIVocabulary value.
If the aicc_data value contains a carriage return line feed prior to the “[CORE]” heading, any previous progress for that user's instance in the course may be deleted.
Functionality implemented since version 2.2 of the AICC specification, including decimal values in scores (for example, [CORE] Score=66.67) are not accepted. Decimal seconds values are also not accepted.
If a putparam command AICC datastream is formatted as a POST and the command=putparam value is attached as the last name/value pair in the stream, the parser will not be able to correctly recognize the command and the putparam may fail.
Skillport only supports single AU AICC content. Specifically: AICC version 2.2, single AU, level 1 content. Multi-AU content must be split into separate courses to interoperate.
The content must support cross domain communication between the courseware and the LMS (since they reside on separate servers). The courseware must utilize Flash or signed Java Applets or equivalent mechanisms (but not server side scripts if hosted by Skillsoft). As a result of a specific implementation, the courseware may have dependencies over and above the normal requirements for Skillport, and such dependencies should be disclosed to Skillsoft for reference by Skillsoft Technical Support.
It is possible for AICC HACP custom content to be hosted separately from Skillport Extranet and be integrated by a fully qualified URL.