SCORM Cloud: The 5 categories of content distribution

SCORM Cloud: The 4
categories of content
distribution 🌀

About Rustici Software
Learning technology experts since
2002
We help connect content and platforms
across the eLearning ecosystem,
leveraging our expertise in SCORM, xAPI,
cmi5, LTI and AICC.

About us
Nick Carver
- SCORM Cloud software developer
- Avid Survivor fan
Nolan McDonald
- SCORM Cloud support engineer
- Enjoys bad jokes and video game
binges

Main distribution methods
Target audience: Learners
1. Public invitations
2. Private invitations
3. Registration launch links
4. Customized registration launch links
Target audience: Other learning platforms
5. Dispatch
June 8, 2025 - Paducah, TX wind and hail

Public invitations
Who are they for?
● When you do not know who your learners will
be in advance.
● Public forums, e.g. Slack, Teams, social media,
blog posts.
How do I use public invitations?
Available through the UI and the API. Provide the
course ID and generate a URL.
April 29, 2025 - Benjamin, TX large hail

Public invitations
When are registrations created?
● Learners are asked for their name and email
address.
● Learner submits information and then the
registration is created.
How do I send the public invitation to my
learners?
You are responsible for posting the public
invitation link on the public forum.
April 29, 2025 - Seymour, TX, sunset after softball size
hail, hurricane force winds and tornado warning

Demo
June 8, 2025 - near Palo Duro Canyon

Private invitations
Who are they for?
Specific learner list of who will be taking a course
(e.g. all employees or a department training).
How do I get a private invitation?
Available in both the UI and the API. Provide the
course ID and learner emails, each learner gets
an email containing a unique URL
June 8, 2025 - Birth of a supercell in west TX

Private invitations
When are registrations created?
● Creating a private invitation starts an
asynchronous job.
● The job creates a registration for each
learner in the list.
How do I send the private invitation to my
learners?
The job sends an email to the learners on the list
with their personal launch link. May 6, 2024 - West central OK high risk day

Dispatches
Who are they for?
● Users wanting to share courses with an LMS.
● Different from other content distribution
methods.
● Instead of providing a learner access to the
course, you are allowing your clients to
distribute your course to their learners.
What is a dispatch?
A SCORM 1.2 package. It’s a bridge allowing
external systems to access your content.
June 8, 2025 - Supercell near Claude, TX

Dispatches
What problem does a dispatch solve?
● Centralized control.
○ No maintaining separate content versions for
each client.
○ Maintain access control of your content
○ Protect your intellectual property.
● Meet learners where they are.
● Compatibility layer for environments with
limited elearning standard support
June 8, 2025 - Supercell near Claude, TX

Dispatches
How do I create a dispatch?
Available in both the UI and the API. Provide a
course ID (the content you want to share) and a
destination (who the content will be shared with).
The result is a package that contains a pointer
back to your course.
June 8, 2025 - Supercell near Palo Duro Canyon

Registration launch links
Who are they for?
Learning platforms
How do I create one?
Through the SCORM Cloud API:
1. Create a registration.
2. Build the launch link for the registration.
May 6, 2024 - West central OK high risk day

How do I create a registration?
curl --location 'https://cloud.scorm.com/api/v2/registrations'
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--header 'Authorization: Basic ***'
--data '{
"learner": {
"id": "{your_learner_id}"
},
"registrationId": "{your_registration_id}",
"courseId": "{your_course_id}"
}'
When do I create a registration?
When you’re ready to enroll a learner in a course. Typically when they sign-up or
purchase access.

When do I create a launch link?
When it is time for the learner to launch the content.
How do I create a launch link?
curl --location
'https://cloud.scorm.com/api/v2/registrations/{your_registration_id}/launchLink'
--data '{
"redirectOnExitUrl": "message"
}'

Demo
May 18, 2025 - Arnett, OK EF-3

Custom registration launch links
What can I control when I create a registration? - Learner data
{
"learner": {
"id": "{your_learner_id}",
"email": "james.spann@rusticisoftware.com",
"firstName": "James",
"lastName": "Spann"
},
…
}

What can I control when I create a registration? - Learner data

What can I control when I create a registration? - Postbacks
{
…
"postBack": {
"url": "https://example.com/postBackEndpoint"
}
}

What can I control when I create a
registration? - Postbacks

A note on Postback settings
Application
- Url: https://foo.com/postBackEndpoint
Course
- Url: https://bar.com/postBackEndpoint
Registration
- Url: https://example.com/postBackEndpoint Applied

Application
Course
- Url: https://bar.com/postBackEndpoint
Registration
- Url: none
Applied

Application
Course
- Url: none
Registration
- Url: none
Applied

Url: https://foo.com/postBackEndpoint
Application
Url: https://bar.com/postBackEndpoint
Course: 1 Url: none
Course: 2
Url: none
Reg: 1
Url: none
Reg: 2 Url: https://example.com/postBackEndpoint
Reg: 3
Url: none
Reg: 4

URL Applied
Url: https://foo.com/postBackEndpoint
Application
Url: https://bar.com/postBackEndpoint
Course: 1 Url: none
Course: 2
Url: none
Reg: 1
Url: none
Reg: 2 Url: https://example.com/postBackEndpoint
Reg: 3
Url: none
Reg: 4

How do I create a custom registration?
curl --location 'https://cloud.scorm.com/api/v2/registrations'
--data '{
"learner": {
"id": "{your_learner_id}",
"email": "james.spann@rusticisoftware.com",
"firstName": "James",
"lastName": "Spann"
},
"registrationId": "{your_registration_id}",
"courseId": "{your_course_id}",
"postBack": {
"url": "https://example.com/postBackEndpoint"
}
}'

What can I control when I create a launch link? - Redirect on exit URL
{
"redirectOnExitUrl": "https://example.com/landing"
}
Send learners to your landing page when they exit their content

What can I control when I create a launch link? - Player CSS
{
"redirectOnExitUrl": "https://example.com/landing",
"cssUrl": "https://example.com/SCORM_player.css",
}
Customize the appearance of the player

What can I control when I create a launch link? - Player CSS
Default
Custom CSS Applied

What can I control when I create a launch link? - Link expiry time
{
"cssUrl": "https://example.com/cloud_player.css",
"Expiry": 60
}
Set the expiration time on the launch link

What can I control when I create a launch link? - Additional values
{
"cssUrl": "https://example.com/SCORM_player.css",
"Expiry": 60,
"additionalValues": [
{
"item": "some_item_key",
"value": "some_item_value"
}
]
}
Pass values to your course
on launch

{
…
{
"item": "storm_type",
"value": "blizzard"
}
]
}

{
…
{
"item": "storm_type",
"value": "hurricane"
}
]
}

Choosing the right ﬁt for you
Public invitations: Open training, webinars or public forums.
Private invitations: Targeted training with known learner lists.
Dispatches: Distributing content to external LMSs or multiple client systems.
Basic registration launch links: Building your own learning platform or course
catalog.
Custom registration launch links: Making your learning platform or course
catalog more sophisticated

Have questions?
Ask us anything!
Email us: info@rusticisoftware.com
Learn more: rusticisoftware.com | scorm.com | xapi.com
Sept. 24, 2024 - Rainbow at a therapeutic equestrian
center in Franklin, TN

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