I have 34 short mp4 videos that I would like to create into one SCORM course.
I have been advised that I can do this in Adobe Captivate (as a leader in authoring tools).
Can you please confirm if 1) this is indeed possible; 2) if it is some pointers about how to do this and lastly 3) if it is possible where else I can go to achieve this objective.
Thanking you greatly in advance!
As others have stated, simply putting videos into Captivate may not be the answer to what you are trying to do. I’m not sure what you get out of that.
If you only want your learners to run through the videos in a certain order, then an LMS can handle that for you just fine.
If you have to do something more with the videos, then Captivate can help with that, but without knowing your plan, it is hard to fully advise.
Very curious to see what you plan to do. If you only think static and linearly, then I can see why so many videos may not make sense to others. But I’m going to say you are not thinking statically (hopefully that’s the right word) and are thinking more of a dynamic set of choices with the videos. This is one of the reasons I am learning the tools in Captivate. If you are doing something dynamic, please reach out to me. I’ve been creating these dynamic lesson plans for a few years now.
Why would you need an eLearning authoring tool which has focus on interactivity to create a sequence of passive videos (mp4)? That makes no sense. Why do you need a SCORM course? That is mostly wanted if you need to track scores and for user account management. As Greg points out, each decent LMS can track also views of packages. But each LMS also often has a limit to the size of the uploaded assets. Creating a sequence of videos in one large file could bump on that as well.
To answer your question without those off comments, yes it is possible. You could even convert those passive mp4s to interactive videos, which makes them already a lot more interesting although interactivity is still limited compared to a fully interactive course. Here is an example of such an interactive video:
Sure… you could do that.
My advice…?
Don’t.
Here’s why… and perhaps the details of your needs may change my mind but here’s my gut reaction.
Define short. Two minutes is short – but that would make your module be more than an hour long.
That’s too long.
If tracking is the key – I think that any respectable LMS will offer the ability to upload a video as an individual resource that can be tracked. Now I can track all 34 videos and more easily see progress as an admin – even throw a quiz on each one to sort of make sure they paid attention and didn’t hit play and run for coffee.
There is a saying that I like.
“Inch by inch – its a cinch. Mile by mile – it takes a while.”
Think of it like steps. One step at a time it is easy to get to the top. Success!!
If you require two steps at a time, it becomes more challenging.
Three at a time… four?
At a certain point – depending on the learner – frustration as they fail to make progress
Break it down into smaller – more bite-sized chunks that will allow the learner to feel as though they are making progress as they see those green checkmarks of completion add up.
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