Question Bank sends cmi.suspend_data through the roof!
I've had a simple SCORM 1.2 course fail testing due to the suspend_Data limit being exceeded. I was shocked as this is not a complex course, and not that big (62 slides and 3 custom T/F variables).
Using ScormCloud and testing each section, I have found the culprit - a question bank with 10 questions. This has added 2500 characters to the suspend_Data limit just in itself?! Why on earth is this happening?
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So, in my first 6 sections, we have about 8 multiple choice questions scattered throughout, and one drag-and-drop. In total, by the end of the 6th section, the suspend_Data is 1,735 characters - about what we would expect.
My final section - section 7 - is an assessment made up of 10 questions (8 "pick one", and 2 "drag-and-drop"). The questions are in a Question Bank so that their draw can be randomised.
Let me be clear. There are only these 10 questions in the Bank, and every question is always asked to the Learner, just in a different order each time.
By the end of these 10 questions, my suspend_Data had sky rocketed to 4,368?!?!
Do 8 pick one, and 2 drag-and-drop questions need almost 2500 characters just to hold their suspend_Data?