Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Start page ITL Subcommittee Phoenix, Arizona USA – Feb 2, 2004 Bill McDonald, Alteon – Subcommitee Chair

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee Overview u u ITL background u u Current AICC Certified Products u u Test Suite Status u u Test Suite Plan

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee ITL Background :   ITL (Independent Test Lab) - Independent organizations contracted by the AICC to conduct tests   ITL Tests for compliance with the following AGR’s   AGR File-based CMI   AGR Web-Based CMI   ITL is responsible for “Designed to AICC Guidelines” Logo program

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee ITL Background (continued):   The following product categories are tested:  CMI  CMI related product types   CMI (LMS) systems   CMI (LMS) Application Service Providers (ASP’s)  AU  AU (content) related product types   CBT Courses (Collection of AU’s)   Individual AU’s   Authoring Tools   Courseware Generation/Assessment Systems  (i.e. “other”)

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee ITL Background (continued):   AICC Certification Program   Certifies Products (Not organizations or people)   AGR Started in 1997   AGR Started in 1998   AICC Certification expires after 2 years.   AICC Certified Logo

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee ITL Background (continued): 2 Test Lab Locations: u u US Naval Undersea Warfare Center at Keyport (NWUCK) » »Keyport, Washington USA u u University of New Mexico (UNM) » »Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee AICC Certified Products (AGR-006)   0 File-based CMI systems (Currently) Backlog   0 in the “pipe-line”

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee AICC Certified Products (AGR-010)   1 - Authoring Systems   11 - Web-based CMI systems   2 - Web-based Courseware Generation/Assessment Systems   2 - Sets of Web-based Courseware   [Total of 16] Products Currently Certified   [Total of 59] Certified Products over the lifetime of the program   Backlog   1 – Set of Web-based Courseware   2 - Web-based CMI systems

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee Designed To Logo Program   ?? vendors applied for AICC Designed To Products status since February 2, 2004

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee AICC Test Suite   Tests Minimum Compliance for AGR-006 (file-based) and AGR-010 (web-based)   Test to the older version   HACP and File-based Communication Methods only (no API at present)   Freely available (but licensed) ? Registered Organizations

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee AICC Sample Lesson   Written in Authorware   An example implementation of an Assignable Unit (minimum & optional features)   Source code included   Uses HACP Communication   Freely available (but licensed) – 425 ? Registered Organizations

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee The “Plan” : l l Keep using Existing Test Suite ( Until new tests are available) l l Update CMI001v4 – “Disambiguate” l l Develop new testing procedures (and possibly software) l l AFTER a complete testing process is established - update AGR-010 to formally recommend the API for use in CMI/LMS systems.

Phoenix, Arizona USA - Feburary 2, 2004 Independent Test Lab (ITL) Subcommittee What’s Next : l l Complete CMI001 “spec maintenance” for File- based & HACP methods (this will drive new test requirements) l l Possibly update (existing) test suite to add API for minimum CMI tests. l l Develop new testing software requirements document l l Look for potential test suite contributors.

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