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Creating a manifest file

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294 CHAPTER 13 Creating eLearning content Note: If you change the settings in this dialog box, they become the default settings and any new Review areas you create use the new settings. 7 Click the Apply to all button to apply the settings specified from the Settings menu. 8 Click OK. Note: Alternatively, you can select Edit > Preferences. In the Preferences, dialog box, expand Quiz, and select Settings. Click Question Review Messages in the Quiz panel to customize the messages. Creating a manifest file Adobe Captivate contains an important eLearning feature that creates a manifest file. This is useful if you want to package an Adobe Captivate project to be an e-learning course that can be administered and launched from a SCORM 1.2 or 2004 compliant LMS. The manifest file that Adobe Captivate creates is named imsmanifest.xml and contains references to all content resources. The XML file uses predefined XML tags to describe the package components, structure, and special behaviors. To create a manifest file: 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project. 2 Select Quiz > Quiz Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears. 3 In the Category panel, expand Quiz, and select Reporting. 4 Select Enable reporting for this project. 5 Select SCORM. 6 Click Manifest. 7 Set the SCORM Version by clicking the pop-up menu and selecting 1.2 or 2004. 8 In the Course area, you can set the following manifest options. Note that some of these are required and some are optional. Identifier (Required field) The identifier is used by the LMS to identify different manifests. A default identifier based on the name of your Adobe Captivate project is automatically added to this field. You can change the identifier at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text.

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CHAPTER 13
294
Creating eLearning content
Note:
If you change the settings in this dialog box, they become the default settings and any new Review areas you
create use the new settings.
7
Click the Apply to all button to apply the settings specified from the Settings menu.
8
Click OK.
Note:
Alternatively, you can select Edit > Preferences. In the Preferences, dialog box, expand Quiz, and select Settings.
Click Question Review Messages in the Quiz panel to customize the messages.
Creating a manifest file
Adobe Captivate contains an important eLearning feature that creates a manifest file. This is useful if you want to
package an Adobe Captivate project to be an e-learning course that can be administered and launched from a
SCORM 1.2 or 2004 compliant LMS.
The manifest file that Adobe Captivate creates is named imsmanifest.xml and contains references to all content
resources. The XML file uses predefined XML tags to describe the package components, structure, and special
behaviors.
To create a manifest file:
1
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
2
Select Quiz > Quiz Preferences.
The Preferences dialog box appears.
3
In the Category panel, expand Quiz, and select Reporting.
4
Select Enable reporting for this project.
5
Select SCORM.
6
Click Manifest.
7
Set the SCORM Version by clicking the pop-up menu and selecting 1.2 or 2004.
8
In the Course area, you can set the following manifest options. Note that some of these are required and some
are optional.
Identifier
(Required field) The identifier is used by the LMS to identify different manifests. A default identifier
based on the name of your Adobe Captivate project is automatically added to this field. You can change the
identifier at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text.