1. Minneapolis, MN -- Feburary 3, 2003
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Overview
ITL background
Current AICC Certified Products
Test Suite Status
AICC Test Suite
ADL Test Suite
Test Suite Plan

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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

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ITL Background (continued):
The following product categories are tested:
CMI related product types
CMI (LMS) systems
CMI (LMS) Application Service Providers (ASP’s)
AU (content) related product types
CBT Courses (Collection of AU’s)
Individual AU’s
Authoring Tools
Courseware Generation/Assessment Systems
(i.e. “other”)

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ITL Background (continued):
2 Test Lab Locations:
US Naval Undersea Warfare Center at Keyport (NWUCK)
Keyport, Washington USA
University of New Mexico (UNM)
Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

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AICC Certified Products (AGR-006)
1 File-based CMI systems (Currently)
Backlog
0 in the “pipe-line”

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AICC Certified Products (AGR-010)
2 - Authoring Systems
22 - Web-based CMI systems
3 - Web-based Courseware Generation/Assessment Systems
10 - Sets of Web-based Courseware
[Total of 37]
Backlog
3 Products (3 CMI) in the “pipeline”

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Designed To Logo Program
14 vendors applied for AICC Designed To Products status since June 1, 2002

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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

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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

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ADL Test Suite UPDATE (June 2003)
SCORM Certification has begun at Keyport. Unknown whether other sites have begun.
ADL has test suite software that tests conformance to SCORM (runtime) API (AICC JavaScript API derivative)
SCORM runtime is different in “policy” with some functions compared to AICC (minimum requirements are different)
“slash n burn” elements not included

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HACP Test Suite (Last Update Sept 2002)
ADL has delivered AICC/HACP test suite !!
This effort is the result of a prior commitment made by ADL during the joint AICC-ADL development of the JavaScript API.
File-based tests are not be included.
AICC will be responsible for support the software. Additional development (financed by AICC) will likely be required.
Initial review appears to indicate that the test suite is incomplete. (Programmer on the project left before completion - at CTC)

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The “Plan” :
Keep using Existing Test Suite ( Until new tests are available)
Update CMI001 – “Disambiguate”
Review ADL provided HACP & API tests
Develop new testing procedures (and possibly software)
AFTER a complete testing process is established - update AGR-010 to formally recommend the API for use in CMI/LMS systems.

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What’s Next :
Complete CMI001 “spec maintenance” for File-based & HACP methods (this will drive new test requirements)
Develop new testing software requirements document
Look for potential test suite contributors. (LaSalle University in Montreal has expressed interest.)

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