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Common Cartridge Benefits

Factors for Success

CC Package Interchange Format

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The Common Cartridge defines a new package interchange format for learning content, able to run on any compliant LMS platform. Version 1.0 supports the following features:

Future versions will introduce:

Creating the Common Cartridge

Common Cartridge v1.0 is already available, along with a test tool for testing cartridges for conformance with the specification. The project group, made up of major publishers, LMS vendors, the open source community, and other interested parties, is now working on CCv1.1 which will add some exciting new features, such as seemless integration with web applications and eBooks using LTI. The CC Alliance provides a number of resources to help software vendors implementing the specification, content providers creating cartridges and user institutions and practitioners in harnessing the power of Common Cartridge.

The Common Cartridge builds upon the widely implemented IMS Content Packaging specification, adding support for the following standards:

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