{"id":6842,"date":"2025-05-12T20:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/?page_id=6842"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:21:32","slug":"difference-between-a-live-scorm-and-heavy-weight-scorm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/difference-between-a-live-scorm-and-heavy-weight-scorm\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between a Live SCORM and Heavy-weight SCORM?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-live-scorm\">What is Live SCORM?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Live SCORM is the recommended option for maintaining your content in JollyDeck. With Live SCORM, you upload a small-sized package (less than 10kb) to your Learning Management System (LMS), but the actual content is hosted on JollyDeck&#8217;s servers<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/can-i-export-content-from-jollydeck-in-a-scorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>. The key advantage of this approach is that <strong>any updates<\/strong> you make in the content editor <strong>are instantly visible<\/strong> to learners without requiring you to regenerate and re-upload the package<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/can-i-export-content-from-jollydeck-in-a-scorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-heavy-weight-scorm\">What is Heavy-weight SCORM?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy-weight SCORM is a standalone package that <strong>includes all the content within the file itself<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/can-i-export-content-from-jollydeck-in-a-scorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>. While this provides a self-contained solution, it comes with a significant limitation: any updates made in the content editor will require you to regenerate the entire package and re-upload it to your LMS<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/can-i-export-content-from-jollydeck-in-a-scorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"when-should-i-choose-live-scorm\">When should I choose Live SCORM?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Live SCORM is ideal when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You anticipate making <strong>updates <\/strong>to your content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You want to <strong>support audio narration<\/strong> of your courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You want learners to always see the <strong>most current version<\/strong> of your content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You prefer <strong>no-maintenance <\/strong>process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You want a <strong>smaller file size<\/strong> for easier uploading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"when-might-heavy-weight-scorm-be-necessary\">When might Heavy-weight SCORM be necessary?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy-weight SCORM may be preferred when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your LMS requires all content to be <strong>self-contained<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have <strong>specific security requirements that necessitate hosting<\/strong> all content within your own systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You need content to function in environments with limited internet connectivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Export-as-SCORM-settings_final-1-1024x495.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Export-as-SCORM-settings_final-1-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Export-as-SCORM-settings_final-1-580x280.png 580w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Export-as-SCORM-settings_final-1-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-Export-as-SCORM-settings_final-1.png 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/how-do-i-export-multiple-content-pieces-as-a-scorm\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/how-do-i-export-multiple-content-pieces-as-a-scorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How do I export multiple content pieces as a SCORM?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/publishing-learning-content-in-jollydeck-create\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Publishing learning content in JollyDeck Create<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Live SCORM? Live SCORM is the recommended option for maintaining your content in JollyDeck. With Live SCORM, you upload a small-sized package (less than 10kb) to your Learning Management System (LMS), but the actual content is hosted on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/publishing\/difference-between-a-live-scorm-and-heavy-weight-scorm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":5966,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"loop-academy-entry.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6842","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7289,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6842\/revisions\/7289"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}