With the Training LMS in your subscription*, you can add-on integrated training courses with a Learning credential type in your VolunteerMatters system.  

New customers are provided 5 hrs of free course set up.  Any additional time required after the setup phase or beyond the 5 hours would be billed at an hourly rate.  The best part is that all you have to do is provide our support team with the raw course materials or SCORM file, and they do the rest. If you would like a quote for these services live chat with us now from your VolunteerMatters Portal or submit a support ticket via email.

Courses can be created with individual course elements as well as a preconfigured SCORM file.

This solution goes through what is required to setup your course and what needs to be provided to support to create your course in our Learning Management System.

*The Training LMS is an Add-on module for the Professional subscription level and is included in the Enterprise subscription levels.  If you have any questions about your subscription level and associated add-ons, please live chat with us now from your VolunteerMatters portal or submit a support ticket via email.

SCORM

SCORM is an acronym which stands for “Sharable Content Object Reference Model”. SCORM is a recognized e-learning standard consisting of several technical requirements. When content is designed to be SCORM-compliant, it allows that content to be shared across multiple learning management systems (LMS’s). SCORM introduces many benefits for volunteer learners and creators including easy access, cost-efficiency, more adaptable content, and interoperability.

The VolunteerMatters' LMS is built to support SCORM so that existing interactive content built on third-party authoring tools can be imported and incorporated into your courses for volunteer learners to access and enjoy.

Authoring tools are used to develop content like interactive quizzes, simulations, and games. By importing content built on third-party authoring tools onto your VolunteerMatters' LMS, you are able to introduce these unique experiences to volunteer learners through your course offerings.

You will simply need to provide to VolunteerMatters Support your SCORM file.  The SCORM file must be SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004, 4th edition.  

Creating a Course with individual Course Elements

Courses can be made up of multimedia content and quizzes.

Content
Content can include downloads (Word, PDF, Excel), slides (PPT or Google Slides), page content (provided as Word, Google Doc, or HTML document), and video files (mp4, mkv, wmv, flv, avi, and more). We recommend mp4 video files if at all possible.  Content can be provided either as an attachment to an email (if small enough) or as a link for us to download. 

Quizzes
Quizzes are comprised of multiple choice questions where you define the question, list of possible answers and which of those is the correct answer.  You can set it that there is one correct answer or multiple correct answers. For each quiz you must also define the number of questions that must be correct out of the total number of questions to consider the quiz "passed".

Please use this Excel document to provide the data for the quiz.

• Review the instructions on the second tab of the template.
• Fill out the template with your quiz. It's important that you don't rename or move around any fields. The file must have the template in a sheet named "QUESTIONS" in order for our system to recognize it.
• Make sure that your return the file in the .xlsx format. In your spreadsheet program, you may need to export the file as 'Excel' format in order to make the upload work.
• Questions will be ordered in the order they are on the spreadsheet.

NOTE: Your organization is entirely responsible for attaining the rights to display, use, re-use, or host any provided content.  For more information submit a support ticket via email.

Commonly Asked Questions Regarding Integrated Trainings

Question: Can I just provide you with a link to another course, hosted elsewhere?

Answer: You can.  However, extracting course materials from a third party may require a little more time.  New customers are provided 5 hrs of free course set up.  Any additional time required after the setup phase or beyond the 5 hours would be billed at an hourly rate.  If you would like a quote for these services live chat with us now from your VolunteerMatters Portal or submit a support ticket via email.

Question: Which versions of SCORM does the VolunteerMatters LMS support?

Answer:  The learning management system currently supports SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004, 4th edition. 

Question: Can quizzes have response types other than select one from a list (e.g., write-in fields, numeric fields, choose many)?

Answer: Quizzes for individual content courses can only be multiple choice with one or more correct answers.  For a SCORM course, you are only limited by your authoring tool when creating your content.