CAM: Content Model
The SCORM Content Model is made up of the following components:
Assets
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Basic blocks of learning content, which are electronic representations of media, text, images, sound, web pages etc. |
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Can be described with Asset Meta-data to allow for search and discovery within
online repositories, thereby enhancing opportunities for reuse. |
Sharable Content Objects (SCO)
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Represents a collection of one or more Assets that include a specific launchable asset that utilizes the SCORM Run-Time Environment to communicate with Learning Management Systems (LMSs). |
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Represents the lowest level of granularity of learning resources that can be tracked by an LMS using the SCORM Run-Time Environment. |
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A SCO can be described with SCO Meta-data to allow for search and discovery within online repositories, thereby enhancing opportunities for reuse. |
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A SCO is free from context information. |
Content Aggregations
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A Content Aggregation is a map (content structure) that can be used to aggregate learning resources into a cohesive unit of instruction (e.g. course, chapter, module, etc.) |
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The Content Aggregation defines the content structure that provides the mechanisms for defining the sequence that learning resources are to be presented to the user. |
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The LMS is responsible for interpreting the intended sequence described in the content structure and controlling the actual sequencing of the learning resources at run-time. |