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Import an Adobe Captivate course (.cptx or published output)
What Scormbusters reads from a Captivate Classic .cptx, a Classic HTML5/SCORM publish (CPM.js) and an all-new Captivate 12/13 publish (project.js); what comes across, what does not, and how it differs from Adobe's own Classic importer.
Import a published Storyline course (no .story file needed)
How Scormbusters recovers the real text, pictures, layers, quizzes and triggers from a Storyline HTML5 publish — including text hidden behind Storyline's font subsetting — and exactly what does not survive: JavaScript, motion paths and the few trigger forms Scenes cannot run the same way.
Import a published SCORM, AICC, cmi5 or xAPI package
Which published packages Scormbusters can turn into editable courses — SCORM 1.2/2004, AICC, cmi5, xAPI, Rise 360, Lectora, iSpring, Articulate Studio, Adapt, H5P, Common Cartridge, QTI and Moodle backups — how the zip is handled, the 100 MB limit, and what to try when an import fails.
Export a course to your LMS (SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, cmi5, xAPI)
How to export a SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, cmi5 or xAPI package, which to choose, how to upload it to Moodle and SCORM Cloud, how question pools behave in an LMS, and how resume data is kept inside SCORM 1.2's 4,096-character limit.
Can't open an old course?
Open a .cptx in the new Captivate
Why the all-new Captivate (12/13) will not open a Captivate Classic .cptx, what Adobe's beta importer in 13.1 accepts, and the options when it does not fit.
Lost .story file? Storyline output to editable
Recover the text, images and quizzes from a published Storyline HTML5 package when the .story file is gone.
Edit SCORM without the source file
Turn a published SCORM package into an editable course — text, media and, where the package carries them, quiz questions with answer keys — and re-export it.
Captivate to Storyline or Rise
There is no Captivate importer in Storyline or Rise 360. The realistic options for moving Captivate courses to another tool, and what can be automated.
Flash (SWF) eLearning to HTML5
The options for Flash-era courses when there is no source file — emulation, re-recording, rebuilding — and the structure-only recovery Scormbusters can do.
Articulate Studio end of support
What Articulate Studio 360's end of support on 2026-12-31 means, Articulate's own routes into Storyline 360 and Rise 360, and exactly what Scormbusters can and cannot do with Studio packages today.
Open or edit a Captivate 2017/2019 course without Captivate
No Captivate license, an old .cptx that newer versions reject, or only the published SCORM zip left? Here is what each option can and cannot recover, and how to get an editable course from the published output alone.
SCORM course doesn't resume or loses progress
Why learners restart a SCORM course from the beginning: SCORM 1.2's 4,096-character suspend_data limit, LMS quirks on relaunch, and new package versions — and how to diagnose each.
Importing & Migration
Import an Adobe Captivate course (.cptx or published output)
What Scormbusters reads from a Captivate Classic .cptx, a Classic HTML5/SCORM publish (CPM.js) and an all-new Captivate 12/13 publish (project.js); what comes across, what does not, and how it differs from Adobe's own Classic importer.
Import a published Storyline course (no .story file needed)
How Scormbusters recovers the real text, pictures, layers, quizzes and triggers from a Storyline HTML5 publish — including text hidden behind Storyline's font subsetting — and exactly what does not survive: JavaScript, motion paths and the few trigger forms Scenes cannot run the same way.
Import a published SCORM, AICC, cmi5 or xAPI package
Which published packages Scormbusters can turn into editable courses — SCORM 1.2/2004, AICC, cmi5, xAPI, Rise 360, Lectora, iSpring, Articulate Studio, Adapt, H5P, Common Cartridge, QTI and Moodle backups — how the zip is handled, the 100 MB limit, and what to try when an import fails.
Reading the import report
Every part of the screen you see after an import — the counts, 'things need rebuilding by hand', 'Worth knowing', the accessibility fixes, problems during the import and error messages — what each means and what to do next.
Publishing to an LMS
Export a course to your LMS (SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, cmi5, xAPI)
How to export a SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, cmi5 or xAPI package, which to choose, how to upload it to Moodle and SCORM Cloud, how question pools behave in an LMS, and how resume data is kept inside SCORM 1.2's 4,096-character limit.
Translate a course and ship every language in one package
Add languages to a course, translate them in Scormbusters, with a translation vendor over XLIFF or with your own AI assistant, then export one SCORM or xAPI package that carries every language, with a learner language picker and progress that survives switching.
Publishing and sharing a course
Three ways a course leaves the editor: publish it with a public link and your organization's catalog, share it for review, or export a package — and how to test that package in a SCORM player first.
Accessibility
The accessibility checks, mapped to WCAG 2.1 AA
Every accessibility check Scormbusters runs — in the lesson editor, the slide editor, preflight and the free scan — with the WCAG 2.1 success criterion each one maps to, what it cannot check, and the ADA Title II and HHS Section 504 deadlines.
Accessibility triage after an import
The first accessibility pass on an imported course: Fix accessibility now, alt text triage (describe once, or mark decorative), the lesson editor's checker, and what Export with known issues means.
Getting Started
What is Scormbusters?
What Scormbusters does, how courses are structured (course, module, lesson, block), and how building and taking a course fit together.
Create Your First Course
Step by step: create a course, add modules and lessons, build a lesson from blocks, preview it, publish it and enroll learners.
Invite Your Team
Invite teammates to your Scormbusters org, choose the right role (Owner, Admin, Member, Viewer) and manage pending invitations.
Start a course: blank, from a template, or from an import
The three ways to start a course in Scormbusters — a blank course, one of four templates with sample content, or an import of a course you already have — and exactly what each template contains.
Building Content
Block types reference
Every block in the Scormbusters lesson editor: text, layout, media, interactive and question blocks, what each does and when to use it.
Building Quizzes & Assessments
How Scormbusters scores quiz blocks, lessons and courses, how passing score and max attempts work, and how to reuse questions from the question bank.
Branching with the Adaptive Editor
Route learners to different lessons by score, pass or fail, completed lessons or the answer they chose, using the Adaptive tab: connections, conditions, priorities, the Path Simulator and validation.
Adding Video to Your Course
Add video to a Scormbusters lesson: link YouTube or Vimeo, upload through Cloudflare Stream or Mux, upload a file directly, and add captions.
Connect Your AI Assistant
Scormbusters has no built-in AI and no AI fees. Connect the assistant you already use — Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code or any MCP client — over OAuth or a personal token, and it works on your courses, on your own subscription.
What to Ask Your AI Assistant
Working recipes for an AI assistant connected over MCP: modernize an imported course, draft quizzes from lesson content, write alt text, translate, audit accessibility and export.
Custom Interactions: Your Own Code, Tracked
Run your own HTML, CSS and JavaScript in a lesson, sandboxed, and have it report a score, completion and saved state to Scormbusters and to the LMS through a small postMessage API.
The Scenes editor: slides, objects and layers
Find your way around the Scenes slide canvas: which courses open in it, the slide panel, the insert toolbar, the Properties panel, layers, undo, keyboard shortcuts, preview and exporting a package.
Scenes triggers, variables and states
How interactivity works on the Scenes slide canvas: the events and actions a trigger can use, conditions, course variables, object states, the order triggers run in, and how Storyline triggers and Captivate actions arrive on import.
Question pools and slide draws
Give each learner a random selection: set Questions per attempt on a lesson, or a Random draw bank on Scenes slides. How the draw is made, kept on resume, scored and exported.
Preflight: catching problems before you publish
30 checks that run as you build a Scenes course and stop the export on definite errors — broken triggers, unanswerable questions — and ask before exporting with accessibility gaps.
Review & Versions
Stakeholder review: links, feedback and the author inbox
Send a subject-matter expert or client a review link — no account or seat needed — and work through their feedback: the kinds of feedback, approvals, change detection, replies and applying a suggested rewrite in one click.
Version history and comparing versions
How Scormbusters keeps earlier versions of lessons and Scenes courses, how to restore one, and how Compare versions shows what a learner would see differently — every change to a question called out first.
Course Settings
Theming and branding
Set a course's theme (presets, colors and fonts) and your organization's branding (name, logo, color, export footer), and where each one shows: the preview, the hosted player and exported packages.
Setting Completion Rules
Set a course's passing score, attempt limit, availability dates, lesson unlock schedule and completion certificate, and see which settings learners are held to today.
Enrolling Learners
Enrol existing org members in a course by email or through a group, set due dates, track progress and remove enrollments.
Integrations
LTI 1.3 Integration (Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard)
Connect Canvas, Moodle or Blackboard to Scormbusters with LTI 1.3 so learners launch courses from the LMS without a separate login.
Connecting an xAPI / LRS
Send xAPI statements to SCORM Cloud, Learning Locker, Watershed or any xAPI 1.0.3 LRS, and see exactly which statements Scormbusters sends.
Analytics & Reporting
Understanding Your Analytics Dashboard
What each Analytics card and chart measures (learners, completions, average score, completion rate, drop-off by lesson) and how to filter by course and period.
Advanced Reports
Learner transcripts, question-level quiz analysis and time on task per lesson, each exportable to CSV.
Team & Administration
Plans and limits
What Designer, Studio and Enterprise include — authors, monthly migrations, storage, library scans and features — how migrations and credits are counted, how the 14-day trial works, what happens at a limit, and why learners and reviewers are always free.
Team Roles and Permissions
What Owners, Admins, Members and Viewers (learners) can do, how one person works in several workspaces, how to hand over ownership or remove someone, and how to restrict a course to assigned authors.
Audit Log
See which admin and integration changes are recorded in the Scormbusters Audit Log, how to filter them, and how to export them.
API Keys & Webhooks
Create scoped organization API keys for the REST API, personal tokens for AI assistants, and verify signed webhooks for course, learner and organization events.
Keep your courses: exporting everything, and what happens if you cancel
Your courses are yours. Download any course or the whole library as an open project export, export LMS packages that work without Scormbusters, and keep doing both for at least 90 days after a subscription ends.
The project export format
What is inside a Scormbusters project export: project.json, the media folder and the JSON Schema — how courses, Scenes slides, triggers, question pools and translations are written, and how to import one back.
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