Enabling SCORM File into Your Course
Integrate SCORM-Based Learning Content
Overview
SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) is an industry-standard format that allows content authors to distribute interactive, self-contained learning modules across various Learning Management Systems. When you import a SCORM package into your course run, the platform encapsulates the interactive slides, videos, or quizzes seamlessly within the standard unit viewport.
Tip: Ensure you are logged into Open edX Studio before proceeding.
Pre-requisite: Before uploading, ensure your SCORM asset is packaged correctly as a unified .zip file structure.
Step 1: Access Your Unit Layout
SCORM blocks are dropped directly onto individual course pages alongside your standard elements.
Procedures:
- Open your course in Studio.
- Navigate via your Course Outline into the specific Unit where you want to embed the interactive resource.
Step 2: Deploy the SCORM Component Block
In the current platform configuration, SCORM modules are nested directly within the problem engine options.
Procedures:
- Scroll down to the Add New Component selection tray at the bottom of the unit workspace.
- Click the green Problem tile.
- Within the problem block selection bar, select the Advanced tab.
- Click on SCORM from the expanded options list. The SCORM block container will load immediately into your unit workspace view.
Step 3: Upload the SCORM Package
Once the container block is positioned on your page, you must feed it your compressed media asset file.
Procedures:
- Locate your newly added SCORM component block and click Edit.
- In the configuration modal, locate the Upload SCORM File field.
- Click the Choose File button, select the correct
.zipfile package from your local machine, and click Open. - Adjust secondary metadata parameters if required (such as customizing the Display Name or assigning a explicit Maximum Score value if the module passes graded data points back to the server).
- Click Save.
Once saved, ensure you click the Publish button in your right-hand status panel to make the interactive element live.
Learner Perspective in the LMS
When an enrolled learner navigates to the corresponding unit page in the LMS player, the platform extracts and initializes the package content:
- The interactive frame scales automatically to fit inside the centralized unit page layout.
- If your SCORM asset contains a built-in assessment, student grading scores will communicate behind the scenes with the database and instantly reflect in the learner's Progress data charts.
Operational Best Practices
- Verify File Extensions: Ensure you never upload a raw extracted folder. The platform asset parser strictly requires the unified, compressed
.zipfile folder root package architecture. - Confirm Scale Boundaries: Always check your uploaded module using the View Live Version action button to verify that the internal navigation tracking controls or slide text elements do not get cut off inside the default desktop or mobile screen sizes