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About the Vimeo integration with an LMS (SCORM and xAPI)

This feature requires an Enterprise plan with Vimeo Central or Streaming.

This article discusses how to integrate Vimeo content with a Learning Management System (LMS) using SCORM and xAPI packages. 

Enterprise account Owners and Admins can integrate Vimeo with their LMS by downloading ZIP files for import into SCORM-compliant LMS. 

For Enterprise Users with Workspaces: These settings are managed by a Workspace Administrator. For additional information, visit 'How to edit my Workspace's settings'. 

In this article:

How to configure default LMS settings

Follow these steps to configure default e-learning settings for your account. 

  1.  Navigate to your team settings page and scroll down to find E-learning. 
  2. Now, you can view and configure default settings using these options:
    • Learner management: View the learner IDs that have been passed to Vimeo from your LMS
      • Learner IDs are the IDs that your LMS uses to track your users, and they are shared with Vimeo from your SCORM packages. However, if you choose to gate your videos behind SSO, Vimeo will associate the learner IDs with the corresponding Vimeo users.
    • Technical standard: Choose which e-learning standard you would like to use as your default. Vimeo can support:
      • SCORM 1.2
      • SCORM 2004 v3
      • xAPI (Tin Can)
      • AICC
      • cmi5
    • Scoring method: Choose a default method to calculate the score. Vimeo can support:
      • Percentage watched - Score is equal to the percentage of the video watched.
      • Pass/fail - Score is 100% if the user watches beyond the completion threshold, or score is 0% if the user watches less than the completion threshold
      • Quiz score - Scoring method setting that packages your interactive video as a SCORM file, enabling the LMS to receive and track the learner's specific results and scores from the in-video questions.
    • Completion percentage threshold (%): Choose a default percentage of a video to consider the video completely watched. 

How to integrate videos with your LMS using SCORM

After configuring LMS settings, you can export ZIP files for individual videos, which can then be imported into your LMS.

  1. Navigate to the video settings page by selecting a video from your library.
  2. Select the Share dropdown.
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  3. Click on Publish and select Export to LMS.
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  4. Configure your settings as prompted and then select Download to save the ZIP file to your device. 
  5. Now you can upload the ZIP file from Vimeo into your LMS course.
  6. Publish your course. The Vimeo content within the ZIP file will be accessible within the course.
  7. As learners interact with your course, results will be stored and analyzed in the LMS course.

How can learners access Vimeo content within my LMS?

Here is how learners can interact with Vimeo content inside the LMS:

  1. First, they will log in to the LMS.
  2. Once they access an assignment containing a Vimeo video, they can watch the video and interact with any other features inside the video player.
    💡Tip: If your video includes audio tracks in other languages and the learner's browser is set to one of those languages, the video player will automatically choose that audio track.
  3. At this point, viewing activity is logged and a numeric grade is calculated based on the implemented algorithm and sent to the LMS gradebook.
    ⚠️Note: Assignment resubmission is controlled by the LMS. An LMS can allow multiple attempts per lesson, but Vimeo will only allow one score per attempt.
  4. The learner can review their score in the LMS gradebook.
  5. If learners are accessing the video externally without Single Sign-On (SSO), you must set the video privacy to 'Hide from Vimeo', 'Public', or 'Unlisted' for them to view it.

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