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packaging a course as a stand-alone application
by Chuck Lorenz - Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 9:31 AM
 

Hi folks,

Sometimes there's call for an Adapt course to be a stand-alone application--not served by the typical web-server, not connected to an LMS.

I put together some instructions to help jump start a solution: https://github.com/chucklorenz/demo-wiki/wiki/Packaging-a-Course-as-an-Application

Before I put this on the wiki, I'm hoping anyone experienced with electron or NW or with other alternatives might help to improve this with comments, critiques, helpful hints, or warnings.

Thanks!

 
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Re: packaging a course as a stand-alone application
by Neil Hone - Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 1:12 AM
 

Thanks for this, Chuck. 

I was able to create a standalone Android-Adapt app by uploading a published course into PhoneGap. The process was quite painless and may be worthwhile exploring for some people.

I'm curious to know how difficult it would be to add something that would allow the app to report back to an LMS.

 
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Re: packaging a course as a stand-alone application
by Matt Leathes - Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 8:49 AM
 
I'm curious to know how difficult it would be to add something that would allow the app to report back to an LMS.

Unless the LMS provides some sort of API other than SCORM, this is likely to be very challenging. SCORM is completely centred around the course being in a browser and the course launch having been initiated by the LMS.

One of the main reasons for xAPI's existence was to create something that didn't have this limitation.

Adapt does not yet have xAPI support - but we are working on it. If you want to get involved, please do feel free to join the conversation over at https://gitter.im/adaptlearning/xAPI

 
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