How to export a SCORM package

In this article, we’ll teach you how to export a course that you’ve built using Nimble Author as a SCORM package. You might want to do this if:

• You use Nimble Author to build courses for resale.
• You use an LMS other than Nimble LMS.

Important note: SCORM is only supported for subscribers. If you're using a trial or pay as you go account, you won't be able to export a SCORM package.

Nimble Author exports elearning content in SCORM 1.2 format

Exporting a SCORM package for courses created in Nimble Author

To export a SCORM package from a course follow these steps:

1. Find the course that you’d like to export as SCORM and click the 'Edit course' button
2. In the Nimble Author course editor, click the 'Publish' icon from the menu on the left hand side
3. Make sure your latest course revisions are published.  If your 'Publish' button ls showing purple like this    then click it to publish your course.
   NOTE: The 'Export SCORM' button is initially greyed out until the course is published for the first time.
4. Click the 'Export Scorm' button to export your course to a SCORM package.
   
   You should see 3 animated dots as your course is being exported to a SCORM package.
   NOTE: Depending on the size of your course, you may have to wait a few minutes for course to export and save.

Where is my SCORM file?

1. Depending on how your browser is set up, it may either download the SCORM file automatically to your hard drive, or it may ask you where you would like to save the file.   We would suggest giving it a meaningful filename, with the name of the course, date of export, and the word 'scorm' in it.
2. If your file has downloaded, but you don't know where it is, click on you browser menu, and select 'Downloads'.  Look for the file you recently downloaded.  The default filename will be a string of unique letters hyphens and digits followed by .zip.    .e.g: 07e30c8e-a5cc-4e8e-8fcd-fe0859a8a717.zip.   Your browser 'Downloads' list should have an option to 'Show in folder'.  Select that, and your computer should open a file explorer, showing the folder the file is saved in.
3. Additionally, you can find your browser's default download location by selecting your browser's 'Settings' from the browser menu, and finding the 'Download' option, which with tell you where it's saving files.  It should also give you options to set a different download location, or to ask you where to save files each time.
4. If you haven't already done so, we would suggest renaming you .zip file giving it a meaningful filename, with the name of the course, date of export, and the word 'scorm' in it.