How to Import a SCORM 1.2 Package Into Moodle

You'll need Teacher or Manager permissions in the course, and the SCORM package as a single .zip file — don't unzip it first; Moodle needs the archive itself.

• A Moodle course already created and ready to receive the activity
• Teacher, non-editing teacher (with SCORM add rights), or Manager access to that course
• The SCORM package as one unmodified .zip file

Open the course and click Turn editing on, near the top right of the page (in some Moodle themes this is a toggle in the course settings menu instead of a button).

In the section where you want the course to appear, click Add an activity or resource. In the activity chooser, select SCORM package under the Activities tab.

Give the activity a Name (this is what students will see in the course) and, optionally, a Description. Then drag your .zip file into the Package file area, or click it to browse for the file.

Moodle validates the archive automatically once it's uploaded — if it isn't recognized as a valid SCORM package, see Troubleshooting below.

SCORM activities have a long settings page, but most courses only need to check a handful of these:

• Grading method — Highest attempt is the standard default; switch to Average or Last attempt only if your course policy specifically calls for it.
• Attempts allowed — Unlimited is common for practice material; set a fixed number if the package is a graded assessment.
• Display package — New window gives the most reliable playback across browsers; Current window can clip navigation on some SCORM packages.
• Completion tracking — if your course uses Activity Completion, set it to track completion based on the SCORM's own completion/score data.

Click Save and display. Moodle shows a preview page — click Enter to launch the package exactly as a student would see it. Click through a lesson and a quiz question if the package has one, and confirm the score or completion status updates correctly before sharing the course with students.

• "Package file not recognized" — confirm you uploaded the original .zip, not a folder, and that it wasn't re-zipped after downloading (re-zipping can move imsmanifest.xml out of the archive root, which Moodle requires at the top level).
• Blank or frozen screen after launching — usually a pop-up or frame blocker in the browser; switch Display to New window and try again.
• Grades aren't showing in the gradebook — check that Grading method and Maximum grade in the SCORM settings match what your gradebook expects, and that the activity is visible (not hidden) in the course.
• Package plays but progress doesn't save — confirm students are staying logged into Moodle for the whole attempt; SCORM progress is saved via the browser session, so a timeout mid-attempt can lose it.

Moodle supports both SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004. SCORM 1.2 is the older but far more broadly compatible version — it's what MoodleBuilder produces by default, precisely because it works reliably across virtually every Moodle installation and third-party LMS without any version selection needed on your end. Just upload the .zip as-is.