CMI 5 Working Group Meeting Minutes January 9th, 2015

CMI 5 Working Group Meeting Minutes - January 9th, 2015

Attendees

• James Taite - DLA
• Bernard Bouyt - Airbus
• William A. McDonald – Boeing Flight Services
• Brandt Dargue _ Boeing Research & Technology
• Andy Johnson – ADL
• Henry Ryng – INXSOL
• Ben Clark – Rustici Software
• Nick Washburn - Rip Tide
• Vijay Budhram - Rip Tide

If I missed anyone, please let me know…

Notes

CMI-5 Conformance Testing Procedures The group began discussing CMI-5 Conformance testing procedures. This effort will result a document separate from the CMI-5 specifications. It expected that drafting test procedures will also help to validate CMI-5 Runtime and Course Structure specifications.

As per last meeting’s discussion the group agreed to start with the CMI-5 Course Structure Specification as it is much simpler.

It assumed that the testing procedure will utilize a Test Suite program.
The Test Suite program will have a static definition (or will generate) test CMI-5 course packages for the LMS to import/export. It is also assumed that the import test data will also support the runtime tests as well. Type of “content technology” used in a Test Suite Program will need to be selected carefully as it will limit which systems can be tested for compliance.

The following test procedure overview was discussed

Import Test

1. Import a Reference Course Structure
2. Launching (Reference) Content
   • The content will check to see if the launch parameters sent. (By computer)
   • Content will check launch window (as user launches content)
   • Verify Hierarchy (Blocks) in UI (possibly by human)
   • verify other required "behaviors" (possibly by human)

Export Test

1. Import a Reference Course Structure
2. Use any course editing features that the LMS has
3. Export the course Structure
4. Validate Exported Course Structure
   • XSD Schema – validation (by computer)
   • Additional data Inspection (possibly by human)

CMI-5 Course Structure Specification Changes

The discussion over the import test raised an issue of a “Minimum ceiling” on the number of AU’s an LMS must support in a course and the specification should have that.

After much discussion the minimum number of AU’s an LMS should be required to support was agreed to about 1000 – this number will be revisited as other check on examples of large course sizes in their respective industries. (Note that a valid course structure can be small as one AU – but LMS’s have to support more than one)