The four standards report progress in different shapes. ActiveManage normalises them, so a single report can cover courses built to different standards and still be honest.
Status
SCORM 1.2 has one status field that mixes together have they finished and did they pass. The newer standards separate the two, so both readings are recorded:
- Completion status — completed, incomplete, not attempted or unknown.
- Success status — passed, failed or unknown.
- Status — the overall standing, which is usually what a report should show.
A completion is not a pass
A learner can finish a course and fail its assessment. If your compliance reporting only looks at completion, you will overstate compliance. Report on both, or report on success status where a pass is what actually matters.
Scores
Scores are recorded both raw and scaled, because SCORM 1.2 reports a mark out of a maximum while the newer standards report a fraction. Storing both means courses built to different standards can sit side by side in one report and be compared fairly. Whether a score counts as a pass is judged against whatever pass mark the package itself declared.
Time
Time is recorded in seconds and presented per standard, so you never have to interpret a standard's own time format to total up how long people spent.
Worked Examples
- Regulatory return: report on success status — "passed" — not completion.
- Engagement reporting: completion plus time spent tells you whether people are actually reading the material or clicking through it.
- Course quality review: a course everybody completes but many fail is either badly written or badly pitched.