Install a SkillStudio Course

SkillStudio does not include a built-in feature that allows you to export your custom course in either the AICC or SCORM eLearning Standards. When a course is exported via SkillStudio, it is exported in a raw format with no AICC or SCORM association. In order to apply either the AICC or SCORM standards against your course, you will need to process the course with the help of the Skillsoft Content Installer Kit (CIK). The CIK has the ability to process your custom course into the following standards:

• AICC: v2.2 and v3.5
• SCORM: v1.2 and v2004

To export a SkillStudio course to AICC or SCORM eLearning standards

1. In SkillStudio, perform a Final Publish on your customized course.

   

   Once completed, the raw course will be placed in the Publish folder, located in the root of your course source folder.

   

2. If you have not already done so, extract the contents of the CIK to your local hard drive.
3. Place a copy of the final publish zip file into the Courses folder of the CIK.

   Example: C:\CIK_RELEASE_20100209\Course\zteh_01_a01_bsc_enus.zip

   

   In order for the Content Installer Kit (CIK) to recognize your new custom course, there must be a corresponding entry for the course in the sp6content.xml file of the CIK. If there is no entry for the course in this file, the CIK will not recognize your course during the installation process.

4. Using a valid XML editor, open the sp6content.xml file located in the root of the CIK. The courses in the sp6content.xml file are sorted in groups, separated by tags. You must create a new group for your custom course(s).

   

5. Locate the Skillsoft group tag (which should be on line 2) and create a new line underneath it. Place the following group entry on the new line:

   <GROUP ID="Custom_Content" ORDERINFO="00000" TITLE="My Custom Courses">

   <LO ID="zteh_01_a01_bsc_enus" ORDERINFO="00005" LANG="enUS" ASSETTYPE="_ss_cca" X508="0" TYPE="6" SPCSF="Content/cca/zteh_01_a01_bsc_enus/spcsf/zteh_01_a01_bsc_enus.xml"/>

   </GROUP>

   The ID attribute within the LO tag should be replaced to correspond with your custom course code.

   For details on Group and ID attributes, see Group and ID attributes.

   Group Attributes

   Attributes Name	Required	Valid Values	Description
   ID	Yes	Any identifier made up of the characters 0-9, A-Z, _ Lowercase a-z, spaces or punctuation characters are not allowed.	The ID is used to uniquely identify a GROUP.
   TITLE	Yes	Any valid sequence of characters including spaces and punctuation. XML special characters like & must be replaced with &	The TITLE is used to specify an end-user-friendly name for the group.
   ORDERINFO	No	Any identifier made up of the characters 0-9. Spaces or punctuation characters are not allowed.	The ORDERINFO is a key used to specify a display ordering. By convention, groups at the same level should have unique ORDERINFO values. However, if they do not, then their respective ordering will be non-deterministic. ORDERINFO does not have to be unique across levels.
   DESC_URL	No	A URL (either relative or absolute) pointing to the location of the certbriefs on the server.	This attribute is used to denote the location of the certbriefs files for that GROUP.

   LO Attributes

   Attribute Name	Required	Valid Values	Description
   ID	Yes	Any identifier made up of the characters 0-9, A-Z, _ Lowercase a-z, spaces or punctuation characters are not allowed.	The ID is used to uniquely identify an LO.
   ORDERINFO	No	Any identifier made up of the characters 0-9. Spaces or punctuation characters are not allowed.	The ORDERINFO is a key used to specify a display ordering. By convention, LOs at the same level should have unique ORDERINFO values. ORDERINFO does not have to be unique across GROUP levels.
   TYPE	Yes	1 = Skillsoft course 4 = Generic content 6 = SPCSF course	Type is used to specify the kind of content described by an LO. Depending on the type, additional attributes may or may not be required.
   PTYPE	Recommended if TYPE=1	0 = Regular content (default) 1 = Skillsoft Skillsim	PTYPE is used to further distinguish an LO of TYPE=1.

6. You are now ready to generate the AICC/SCORM data that your specific LMS requires using the CIK.

   Note: Ensure that the Skillsoft Course Player (SCP) is properly configured for communication with a third-party LMS.

   Documentation for the CIK process can be viewed using any of the following resources:

   • From the docindex_cs.htm file located in the root of the Content Installer Kit.
   • From the Content Installer Instructions in this chapter.
   • From the AICC and SCORM installation guides.