Do you use Camtasia Studio to create e- Learning videos and quizzes? Do you also use an LMS?
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to produce your Camtasia Studio videos and quizzes
as SCORM content packages that you can use with any SCORM compliant LMS.
The process for creating a SCORM content package is somewhat different depending on whether your video contains quizzes.
If you’re planning on creating quizzing videos, click here to watch this version.
If you’re planning on creating videos without quizzes, click here.
If you’re unfamiliar with adding quizzes to your videos, you may want to watch the Introduction to Quizzing tutorial first
and then come back to this video.
Otherwise, let’s get started.
Once you’ve finished editing your video and adding quizzes, it’s time to set up the necessary production settings.
To open the production wizard click the produce and share button.
Then, choose one of the options that allow you to create a SCORM content package.
These include either of the two MP4 with video player options, as well as the custom production settings.
For now, let’s choose the custom production settings from the dropdown menu and click Next.
Here, select the MP4 – Flash/HTML5 player option. The other options in this list do NOT support quizzing.
Continue through the Production Wizard until you get to the Quiz Reporting Options.
You’ll want to check the box next to “Report quiz results using SCORM.”
If you check “Report quiz results through email” as well, you’ll also receive our nightly quiz report emails.
These quiz reports provide more in-depth information about your viewers’ quiz results than the SCORM content package can provide.
Selecting both is a good option if you’d like to have your quiz scores applied directly to your LMS gradebook,
but you’d like to receive the more detailed information available from the emailed reports.
To learn more about these reports, check out our tutorial on Receiving and Reviewing Quiz Results.
When you’ve made your decision, click the SCORM options button.
Under the Course information, you’ll see that Camtasia Studio automatically generates an Identifier for you.
This Identifier will be added to the SCORM manifest file, and serves as a globally unique identification code for your SCORM package.
Unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise, we recommend that you leave this field as it is.
Before moving onto the next section, you have the option to add a Course Title, Description, and Subject.
Depending on which LMS you’re using, this information may or may not be read from the SCORM manifest file,
so you may want to play around to see if these fields will be useful for your LMS.
The next step is to choose which version of SCORM you want to use.
Before you do, make sure that the version you choose is supported by your LMS.
For example, Moodle only supports SCORM 1.2.
You may want to test both to see what’s best for you.
Next, add an optional title for this lesson under Lesson information.
Under Quiz success, set a Passing Score for your quiz or quizzes either by using this slider, or typing a specific percentage in this text box.
Under Completion requirement, you’ll set the Viewing percentage required in the same way with either the slider or the text box.
This will determine how much of the video your viewers must watch before it’s marked as complete.
To help ensure your viewers’ success, you may want to avoid setting the Completion requirement at exactly 100%.
For example, if a viewer watched all of the content in the video and happened to navigate away from the page with a second or two left,
that would cause them to fail.
It’s a good idea to set the percentage high enough that it requires viewers to watch all of the content,
but leaves a little room for error, say, about 95%.
Finally, in the SCORM Package options, choose either produce zip file or produce both zip file and unzipped files.
The zip file is the SCORM content package you’ll need to upload to your LMS.
Choose OK to close the SCORM options window, and then click Next.
Give your video a descriptive name...
and then click Finish to produce your video.
This concludes the instructions specific to quizzing videos.
Click here for final instructions.
Alright, let’s get started. Once you’ve finished editing your video, it’s time to set up the proper production settings.
To start, click the produce and share button.
Choose custom production settings from the dropdown menu and click Next.
Here, we recommend that you select the MP4 – Flash/HTML5 player option as it provides the most versatility.
However, you can choose any of these options here as long as the one you choose is supported by your LMS.
Continue through the Production Wizard until you get to the Video Options.
Here, you’ll want to make sure that the SCORM box is checked, and then click the Options button.
Under the Course information, you’ll see that Camtasia Studio automatically generates an Identifier for you.
This Identifier will be added to the SCORM manifest file, and serves as a globally unique identification code for your SCORM package.
Unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise, we recommend that you leave this field as it is.
Before moving onto the next section, you have the option to add a Course Title, Description, and Subject.
Depending on which LMS you’re using, this information may or may not be read from the SCORM manifest file,
so you may want to play around to see if these fields will be useful for your LMS.
The next step is to choose which version of SCORM you want to use.
Before you do, make sure that the version you choose is supported by your LMS.
For example, Moodle only supports SCORM 1.2.
You may want to test both to see what’s best for you.
Next, add an optional title for this lesson under Lesson information.
Under Completion requirement, you’ll set the Viewing percentage required in the same way with either the slider or the text box.
This will determine how much of the video your viewers must watch before it’s marked as complete.
To help ensure your viewers’ success, you may want to avoid setting the Completion requirement at exactly 100%.
For example, if a viewer watched all of the content in the video and happened to navigate away from the page with a second or two left,
that would cause them to fail.
It’s a good idea to set the percentage high enough that it requires viewers to watch all of the content,
but leaves a little room for error, say, about 95%.
Finally, in the SCORM Package options, choose either produce zip file or produce both zip file and unzipped files.
The zip file is the SCORM content package you’ll need to upload to your LMS.
Choose OK to close the SCORM options window,
and then continue through the Production Wizard until you get to the Produce Video page.
Here, give your video a descriptive name…
and then click Finish to produce your video.
When the production process is finished, click here to open the production folder.
In the folder that opens, you’ll find the zip file (which is your SCORM content package).
If you chose the produce zip file option, this will be the only file in the folder.
If you chose produce both zip file and unzipped files, you’ll see the zip file as well as all the other production files.
Follow your LMS’s SCORM procedures to upload this zip file and add it to your LMS.
Before we finish, let’s talk a little bit about the information the SCORM content package will report to your LMS.
If you’re working with a video without quizzing, the content package will report when the video is completed
(based on the completion requirement you set in the production wizard).
If you’re working with a quizzing video, the SCORM content package will also report the viewer’s score,
and whether or not they passed or failed.
This concludes our tutorial on creating SCORM content packages from Camtasia Studio projects.
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