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Learning Management System (LMS)

FlickRocket is the most fully featured platform for monetizing and distributing content securely and now you can offer eLearning courses with or without assessments using our new Learning Management System (LMS) functionality.

If you have already created a SCORM 1.2 package, you can upload those directly to a new SCORM product in FlickRocket. If you need to create the course, you can use our new Flux SCORM Editor to create your course and SCORM package.

You can use any videos that are already in your shop catalog or you use MP4 videos on your computer. The courses are Digital Rights Management (DRM) protected, so screen sharing and recording are still prevented just like any other content in your shop.

The process is simple. Add a section, select the video, set the in and out points, then add the questions and answers. Repeat until you have added all sections.

The screenshot below is from a course developed with the Flux SCORM Editor tool.

 

 

The Flux SCORM Editor

Welcome to the Flux SCORM Editor! This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating video-based SCORM courses complete with interactive questions. A SCORM course is built using sections, which function like chapters in a book, each potentially containing its own video segment and related questions.

To locate the Flux SCORM Editor, login to the FlickRocket admin and go to CMS/LMS>LMS>Flux SCORM Editor.

Getting Started: Creating a New Course

First, you'll need to create a course and add your first section.

  1. From the main editor screen, begin by clicking Add new section.
  2. A field for "Section Title" will appear. Enter a descriptive title for your first section, such as "What is Voltage?".
  3. Click the Add button to create the section.

 

 

Adding Content: Videos and Questions

With your first section created, you can now add video content and interactive questions.

Adding a Video

Each section can feature a video from one of three sources:

  • No video: Create a section with only text and questions.
  • Use FlickRocket video product: Use a video that has already been uploaded to your FlickRocket shop.
  • Use MP4 video file: Upload an MP4 file directly from your computer. This file will be automatically uploaded to FlickRocket when you finish your course.

After selecting your video, you must define the segment that applies to the section.

  • Mark the start position on the video timeline. This is where the video will begin playing for this section.
  • Mark the end position on the video timeline. This is where the video will stop playing.
  • You can also enter the time codes directly into the time fields.

Adding Questions and Answers

You can add questions that will be displayed to the user during video playback or at the end of the section.

  1. In the Question field, type the question you want to ask.

  2. Set the point value for a correct answer in the Score field.

  3. Click Add to save the question.

     

  4. Next, add the possible answers. Enter the first answer text in the Answer field.

  5. If this is the correct answer, check the Correct box. For incorrect answers, you can provide explanatory text in the Feedback (wrong) field.

  6. Click Add to save the answer. Repeat this step until all possible answers for the question have been entered.

     

  7. To add another question, click + Add new question and repeat the process.

  8. To add another section, click + Add new section and repeat the process. You can always modify or remove existing sections, questions, or answers by clicking the associated Edit or Delete buttons.

 

Customizing Course Settings

Before finalizing your course, you can customize its behavior and appearance. Click the Settings button to access these options.

General Settings

  • Enable Questions Before Video Completion: Allows questions to appear during video playback. If off, questions only appear after the video segment finishes.
  • Show Player Controls: Hides or shows the video player controls (play, pause, scrub).
  • Enable Retry: Lets users re-answer questions after their first attempt.
  • Mark Answers: Immediately shows the user if their answer was correct or incorrect.
  • Send Results: Submits the user's results to the Learning Management System (LMS).
  • Show Response Summary After Completion: Displays a summary of the user's score and answers at the end.

Passing Criteria

  • Passed Score: Set a specific score required to pass. A value of -1 ignores the score, while 0 means any score is a passing score.
  • Passed Percentage: Set a minimum percentage of correct answers required to pass. A value of -1 ignores the percentage, while 0 means any percentage is a passing percentage.

Time Limit

  • Time Limit for Completion (minutes): Set a maximum time in minutes for course completion. A value of 0 means there is no time limit.
  • Limit to 1 attempt: Course is limited to a single attempt to pass. If failed, the user will not be able to try again.

Background and Logo Settings

  • Background image: Upload a PNG image to use as the course background.

  • Company logo: Upload a PNG image of your logo.

  • Logo position: Select where the logo should appear on the screen.

  • Font color: Choose the font color for section headings.

Texts

  • Introduction text: Text will display at the top of the course and can be used for additional pre-course instructions.
  • Completion text: Text will display on the above the results and can be used to provide any post-course directions.

 

Background and Logo Settings
 

Finalizing Your Course

Once your sections, content, and settings are configured, you can preview and upload the course.

  1. Preview: Click the Preview button to test the course and ensure it functions as expected.

  2. Save: Click Save to store your course progress.

  3. Finish and Upload: When you are ready, click Finish and upload to publish the SCORM package.

  4. Close: Click Close to exit the Flux SCORM Creator.

    You can also offer customized certificates upon successful course completion. See the FlickRocket user guide:

    https://www.flickrocket.com/en/shop/information/usage-guide/lms/#-creating-the-certificate

     

 

 

Advanced: Extra Functionality

The Extra button provides access to advanced options. The primary function here is Clean local storage, which you can use to purge video data from previous courses that may be stored in your browser's IndexedDB. Use this with care, as it will render any unsaved courses with locally saved data invalid and you would have to reload videos for any saved courses.

Adding certificates

Providing a certificate upon successfully completing a course may be required by your clients. FlickRocket provides the functionality to upload your own certificate images and automatically populate the certificates with the course taker's name, successful completion date, expiration date, your company name as the company certifying the course completion.

The SCORM product configuration page allows selection of one of the available certificates as well as entering an expiration period from the date of successful course completion.

  • Creating the certificate

    To create a certificate:

    1. Choose CMS/LMS>LMS>Certificates
    2. Click Add
    3. Click Upload and select your certificate image
    4. Enter a Name for the certificate
    5. In the Settings section, select the field Type from the dropdown list
    6. Set the text options and placement and click Add in the Actions section
    7. Repeat until all desired fields are created.
    8. Click Preview
    9. When satisfied with the certificate layout, click Save.

 

Creating a certificate

 

  • Configuring the certificate

    Whether a certificate is made available to the course taker is set in the product configuration page. To add a certificate:

    1. Select Products>All Products
    2. Click Edit on the desired product
    3. In the Advanced Options section, set the Certificate field to the desired certificate.
    4. Enter the number of months that the certification should be valid in the Expiration Date field. (Enter 0 if the certification will not expire.)
Configuring a certificate

Reviewing LMS Results

You can view the complete assessment results, search, and export to .CSV. Basic results are displayed by selecting Details. The complete results can also be exported to CSV.

  • By product

    1. Choose CMS/LMS>LMS >By product
    2. Click Details to display full results for an individual
  • By customer

    1. Choose CMS/LMS>LMS >By product
    2. Click Details to display full results for an individual
Reviewing LMS results

 

Uploading a SCORM Product

To offer a SCORM product via your FlickRocket shop account, you must create a SCORM product and upload the SCORM package to that product. All of the information except the Product ID and whether the content is DRM-protected can be changed later.

To create a SCORM product:

  1. In the FlickRocket admin, go to Products>All Products
  2. Click the New Product button
  3. Select SCORM Package from the Product Type dropdown list.
  4. Enter a Name for the product
  5. Enter a Version or SKU if you have that information. It cane also be added later.
  6. Add any Comments you may want to store with the product. (Only admin users will see these comments.)
  7. Enter the Public Name for the product. (This should typically be the same as the product name in the General section, but it can be different.)
  8. Enter a Public Description of the product. (This product desciption will appear in your shop and the players.)
  9. The Text for purchase email is optional and can contain text that will be included in the order confirmation email. (This is only available when using the FlickRocket frontend. It is not functional for 3-party shopping carts.)
  10. Click Upload to add an image. This image will show in the shop and the players. This image is important for quick product identification and your branding, so you should not skip uploading an image even if only to be replaced later. The image file should be at least 600 pixel resolution. 1024 x 1024 is a good resolution, but is does not have to be square. It is more important that your images sizes are consistent.
  11. The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is optional, but it is important to add this information to attain the highest search position. Mozilla has a great guide for beginners learning SEO at https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo.
  12. In the License Assignment section, select a license and click Add. Then select a Price Model from the dropdown list. (Repeat if offering multiple licenses with differing options at different price points.)
  13. If you have created categories for your shop, select the desired Category and click Add. (Repeat if the product should be assigned to multiple categories.)
  14. Leave the Domain Assignment set to All Themes unless you have added more than one theme to your shop.
  15. Leave the Group Assignment set to the default values unless directed otherwise. Groups are used for shop, subscription, and access group content distribution methods.
  16. The Meta Information section options will vary depending on the product type. No information is required for SCORM packages.
  17. If you have set up Attachments, you can add them in this section. Attachments are used to provide supplemental non-DRM protected files such as docs, spreadsheets, and PDFs to the end user. For example, a personality assessment might include a PDF attachment on intrepreting the assessment results.
  18. The Attribute Set section is not required for SCORM packages and is typically used when offering items such as T-Shirts where size and color must be specified.
  19. The Availability section controls when the product will display in the shop catalog. It does not affect content obtained by unlock codes, third-party shops, list import, or manual order entry. The exception is when Enable Pre-Order is selected. That option will prevent access to the content until the release date via web player and player apps.
  20. The Tax Calculation section is optional and requires purchase of the TaxCloud app and subscription to that third-party service.
  21. In the Advanced Options section, there are the following options:
    • Availability - The Web Player should be enabled to allow access using a web browser.
    • GTIN - This field is optional and can be used to add product codes for UPC, ISBN, EAN, JAN, and ITF-14.
    • Supplier - This is a special feature to help supplier maintain component inventory for products. It is optional and would rarely be needed for SCORM products. You can select the supplier if you have purchased the app and set up the feature.
    • Catalog - Enabling this option removes the product from the FlickRocket shop catalog and creates a "secret" link to purchase that product. It has no effect on third-party shops.
    • Certificate - Provided you have created at least one certificate, you can select a certificate that will become available to the course taker once the course is successfully completed.
    • Expiration Date - The certification can be set to expire x many months after successful course completion. Enter 0 if certification should not expire.
  22. Click the Upload content button at the top or bottom of the page.
  23. Browse to the SCORM package zip file or drop it on the download window. (The Preview option is for trailers or audio previews and not typically used for SCORM products.)
  24. Click the Upload Now button.
  25. Click Save to save and close the product.

 

SCORM product Config

 

The SCORM package zip is then uploaded to the server, checked, and placed in queue to be uploaded to the Content Distribution Network (CDN). You will receive one email to acknowledge receiving the upload and a second email when the content is ready on the CDN.

Accessing the SCORM product

SCORM products can be obtained via shop purchase, invitation, unlock codes, and manual order.

The SCORM course can be accessed through the Web Player using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. The Login button for the Web Player is in the Quick Online Access section of the My Content page in your shop. SCORM courses can also be accessed using the player apps, however unlike other types of digital content, an internet connection is required when viewing a SCORM course. If a certificate is available for the course, a link will appear in the product description area once the course has been successfully completed.

Access to the course can be restricted depending on the license and SCORM course options set during course creation.

Using Unlock Codes

When an order quantity is greater than 1, the product is not automatically assigned to the customer's email account. It does not make sense to add multiple copies of a digital product to an account as the customer would still see only one product. Instead, the purchaser is provided with an Unlock Code. The code can be redeemed to a new or exiting account or even by the purchaser. The same code can be used to unlock the product on the number of accounts equal to the quantity purchased. For example, a purchasing agent could purchase a quantity of 10 and then provide the code to a department manager who could give the code to 10 employees. Each employee could redeem the code once on their own account and use their own email address and password to access the content.

The code and redemption instructions are provided to the purchaser in the order confirmation email, however the purchaser can also find the code and instructions by opening the product on the My Content page.

 

Product on My Content page

After the product is open, the purchaser has several options for distributing the code including redeeming the code to their own account, copying the code to paste in another document, sending individual pre-populated emails, and automatically sending bulk emails.

Unlock code distribution options
  • Redeem for Me - Clicking this option will redeem one of the available codes to the purchaser's account.

  • Forward to others - This option presents an email subject field, body field, and recipients field. The text in any of these fields can be modified and provided to others by using Copy to copy the text to the clipboard. Using the Open email client option will open the default email client with a pre-populated email ready to send.

  • Email to recipients - Emails, with any modifications to the text, are automatically sent when you populate this field with the email addresses of those that should receive an unlock code. The email address must be separated by a semi-colon.

 

Example email using Open Email Client option

 

The unlock codes can be redeemed by clicking the Redeem Code button on the My Content page and entering the code exactly as it appears with dashes.

Redeem Code

 

During code redemption, the person redeeming the code can enter their email, a password or their choice, and their first and last name. The email and password will be the login credential for both the Web Player and the player apps.

Unlock code redemption fields

 

Managing Results

Each assessment taker can review their assessment results immediately after the assessment in the product description area of the Web Player or player apps. If they have taken different courses, they will be able to view the results for all courses taken and download the associated certificate if one was available for the course.

A manager may also need access to those results and/or certificates. The manager will have access to those results if they are purchased under the manager's email address and the manager forward's the unlock code the employees.

Forwarded users results
Forwarded users results