Do you want a standard?

I’ve got them all.

CMI5?

Or how about TINCAN?

Standards are really useful.

Standards allow different systems 
to talk to each other.

You could say that a standard
is like a container that can hold

lots of different things.

Such as videos, quizzes, games or sounds.

But this content has to be packaged 
in some sort of container

so that your LMS can handle it.

And now we are going to talk about the 
types of container that are used in EdTech.

This one, Scorm 1.2, 
is a real old favourite.

This standard came out back in 2000 
at the start of millennium

and it’s simple, reliable, and supported 
by every LMS on the planet.

But, it’s obviously not the latest 
and it doesn’t work especially

well with smartphones.

So that’s something to keep in mind.

Let's not talk about this one.

This is Scorm 2004.

It’s like the little 
brother to Scorm 1.2.

They are very similar, but no matter 
how hard it has tried,

it has never grown as 
big as its big brother.

Then, in 2013 this cool kid 
came along, TINCAN or xAPI.

This one is really good at communicating 
with smartphones and mobile-ready LMS.

Take a look at this neat little thing.

This is CMI5.

This standard is totally new.

Of course, there are not 
many people using it yet,

but you have to agree it looks good.

So there you have it: standards.

Oh yes.

I almost forgot this one of course.

This is a little painful.

This is Flash, and it was a really 
important standard for many years.

But nowadays ... well, there’s 
not much to say really.

It’s really out for the count today, 
and it shouldn’t be used any more.

And we’ll talk about 
that in another video.