SCORM, xAPI, And LTI: What Every LMS Buyer Needs To Know In 2025
Briefly

SCORM, xAPI, and LTI are essential learning standards for Learning Management Systems (LMS). SCORM has been dominant due to its universality, allowing easy content creation and low costs via various authoring tools. It enables seamless integration of different content sources across SCORM-compliant platforms. xAPI and LTI, while not as universally adopted, offer enhanced interactivity and tracking capabilities, which can provide organizations with richer insights into learner engagement and foster better collaborative experiences. Choosing the right standard depends on an organization's specific interactivity, insights, and interoperability needs.
SCORM remains the most widely used learning standard, providing a framework enabling learning content to be packaged and imported into any SCORM-compliant LMS or application.
SCORM's simplicity in content creation and low cost due to multiple authoring options make it highly appealing for organizations looking to develop engaging learning materials.
The interoperability of SCORM allows organizations to combine multiple content sources seamlessly, thus facilitating a wide range of learning experiences across diverse platforms.
xAPI and LTI offer advanced tracking and integration abilities, permitting organizations to gather deeper insights on learner engagement and foster rich collaborative environments.
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