Standards & integrations

E-learning standards decide whether a course built in one tool runs in another LMS and whether its results come back. SCORM (1.2 and 2004) is still the format most authoring tools export; xAPI records learning events outside a browser course and sends them to a learning record store; cmi5 combines xAPI with launch rules for an LMS; LTI connects external tools to a learning platform. Around them sit the integrations that keep training in sync with the company: single sign-on (SAML, OpenID Connect), user provisioning via SCIM, HR systems, calendars and chat tools. The articles here explain the differences in plain terms, show how to move existing courses between systems and what to check before an integration goes live.