Sharable Content Object Reference Model - SCORM Timeline

SCORM Timeline

• January 1999 — Executive Order 13111 signed tasking the DoD to develop common specifications and standards for e-learning across both federal and private sectors
• January 2000 — SCORM Version 1.0
• January 2001 — SCORM Version 1.1
• October 2001 — SCORM Version 1.2
• January 2004 — SCORM 2004 (1st Edition)
• July 2004 — SCORM 2004 (2nd Edition)
• June 2006 — Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1322.26 Requiring DoD Use of SCORM
• October 2006 — SCORM 2004 (3rd Edition)
• March 2009 — SCORM 2004 (4th Edition)
• 2009 — The first three specification books were adopted as technical reports by ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36, standard number ISO/IEC TR 29163.
• October 2010 — ADL awards a Broad Agency Announcement to Rustici Software to conduct research and community interviews in an effort to begin the creation of the next generation of SCORM. This is called Project Tin Can.
• September 2011 — The initial draft of the next generation of SCORM (named the Tin Can API) is released.
• June 2012 — .8 version of the Tin Can API is released.
• August 2012 — .9 version of the Tin Can API is released.