Re: [elearning tech & dev] SCORM without Java

[Philip Hutchison]

Hi Ridgie

I'm not sure what you're asking. What does Java have to do with HTML5 courseware or SumTotal?  SumTotal's TotalLMS uses an ASP.Net backend. HTML5 is independent of Java.

- philip

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Ridgie <rid...@pixvfm.com> wrote:

I have a client that has an SumTotal LMS -(from Docent)  and now they are going HTML5 based courseware. Spec'd Chrome, but did not figure Chrome was so security based that JAVA was going to be a problem. Plus wanted to deliver on iPad - won't use JAVA. Now they want to know if there is an easy way - given this LMS and apparently not too worried about security (main reason JAVA is there) to get rid or by-pass JAVA?

Ridgie

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[Ridgie Barton]

This converted Docent to SCORM LMS does use JAVA in the communication to the LMS, I don't know if that's common or not - you can tell me - The references to Chrome were just that Chrome's security is tough for users when adding plug-ins - I found your post on SOAP which was interesting to consider.  I'd like the client to switch to a Web Services approach or looking for other suggestions.

The immediate issue is this is a large Auto OEM that decided push a move to iPad and HTML5 and spec'd Chrome without considering all the issues - now Dealers won't install another browser and if they do, don't add the JAVA plugin and a bunch of required courses are not being scored. Not many happy campers especially at NADA.

They need a solution that can be done fast.

Thanks
Ridgie

[Alex Midence]

Hi,

 

I once tried Sumtotal’s desktop solution while searching for a good desktop-based e-learning authoring tool.  The application required a JRE to run.  Perhaps, this is where the confusion is stemming from?

 

Regards,

Alex Midence

[James Jordan]

Are they switching from SumTotal to something else because SumTotal currently only supports IE. We're on SumTotal 8.8.2 and tried Chrome and
Firefox with no success. As far  as java, it uses java for the communication handoff when using remote content servers to get around the remote scripting issue.

Have a great day!
James

[Ridgie Barton]

We've used the latest Chrome and ie back to 6 successfully, but I'd guess they are on the version of SumTotal that was before SumTotal - they have freelance support.

We're looking into suggesting going to Web Services with REST - but not our call. Given every course on the LMS is custom, SCORM like solution would be fine with us, & I'd guess most vendors.

Thanks
R

[James Jordan]

We started on 8.2 so I don't know much about it before that.