What is the Experience API (xAPI)?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You can view my in-depth article about xAPI and LRSs here: www.devlinpeck.com/xapi-lrs

[@danielamroc]

Devlin, you are my favorite person on Earth right now! I've been trying to narrow down my master's thesis theme and I wanted to work with learning analytics. This video is so so so helpful

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Ha Daniela, I am so glad to hear that! Learning analytics / xAPI is an interesting space to do a thesis about 😃

[@amardeeppatil5444]

Thank you for explaining xAPI, it is really beneficial for beginner

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You're very welcome!

[@lenahilltop227]

Thanks for explaining this in a quick and straightforward delivery.

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Of course! Thanks for watching :)

[@IIIlIIIllIl]

Your nickname should be The Can Opener!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

LOL!

[@beekay926]

Thank you. You break everything down so beautifully.😩🤓

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You're welcome, and thanks for the positive feedback :D

[@mmkee90]

Thanks Devlin for a simple starignforword explanation. A followup question: can xAPI enable linking Data from Articulate "Rise 360" Courses to a dashboard in a custom built elerning website? I want to build a custom website, link users to courses I've built and still be able to give them/me tools to monitor their performance and issue completion certificates; Is this achievable?

[@ygxcutexcupcake]

Very informative video, thank youuu!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You're welcome!

[@travishughes4480]

Great informative video. It went straight over my head. I’m trying to figure out what an api engineer would do all day. What is it? What is the day in the life look like?

[@EliasCPFC]

Thanks for this video. I'm beginning a new job where I'll be managing an LMS - keen to understand how xAPI can track learning from an offline environment i.e face-to-face learning if you could elaborate please? Cheers.

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Good question! I think you'll need some kind of digital interface to record attendance, question responses, etc. You could use a simple app created with a tool like Glide Apps, or probably even a spreadsheet that you could rig up to an LRS.

[@astaaam]

Is it possible to use XAIP with a quiz link from a different website to an Lms?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Hi! You can send xAPI data to any LRS. It doesn't need to be on the same domain as the content :D

[@tal32123]

Why do I need an LRS? Why not just store everything in MongoDB or something similar?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

The LRS has to follow specific rules to ensure that the xAPI data coming in is “clean.” LRSs also have out-of-the-box features that make it easier to report on xAPI data. And many are built on MongoDB 😃. An LRS is essentially a database with more rules (and in most cases visualization features).

[@lsp8901]

I'm wondering if it's possible to use the xAPI for entries made to a Google Sheet? It's for a training exercise where handwritten notes have to be analyzed according to a coding scheme and entered into a Google Sheet. The order of the entries is irrelevant, only whether each row is correct.

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Hi, yes, this would definitely be possible. I have a closer of articles about how to do this with Zapier, but there are other ways if you have a server and some coding chops: www.devlinpeck.com/tutorials/xapi-zapier-any-lrs

[@gustawbobowski1333]

Is it ok to define xAPI as a standard for logging in educational systems?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Good question...I’m not sure! I don’t think it’s meant to handle login requests, so probably not.

[@gustawbobowski1333]

@@DevlinPeckYT Sorry, I meant, LOGing, as in, writing down in a log what happens.

[@DevlinPeckYT]

@@gustawbobowski1333 ah, I see! I’m not familiar with that, but if the log follows the actor, verb, object format, then I don’t see why not 😃

[@Paola7ac]

Hi...is it possible to use xAPI for validating a Serious Game for Language Learning? If so, how?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

You can use xAPI to collect learning data by sending the data to an LRS 😊

[@Paola7ac]

@@DevlinPeckYT How can I get a LRS? Is there a free one?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

@@Paola7ac Check out this video :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5XWoWuhmsaClbc

[@lukissmith5408]

Are there any course on how to better learn about Xapi

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Hi Lukis! I do not have any specific course recommendations, but I do have a KZbin series here that will help you send custom xAPI statements from Storyline courses. What are you hoping to learn specifically?

[@lukissmith5408]

@@DevlinPeckYT I'm not to sure to be honest. What can I learn that will be beneficial for me as an ID?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

@@lukissmith5408 I think it really depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If you want to have precise control over which data you're collecting from users in an eLearning experience, then my tutorial series should help. That will also help you get an understanding of the technical underpinnings of xAPI, which could definitely help you in a job search where the company is interested in implementing xAPI.

[@MathewMK]

How can xAPI in detecting distraction during learning?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Interesting question :D. First thoughts are checking if people switch tabs, see how long they're spending on specific slides, etc. For example, if someone spends 10 minutes on a slide with a couple of sentences on it, then they're probably doing something else :D (Or there's a technical issue with the slide)

[@arkarsb8447]

Thanks for your video. I'm working on a project with open edX on AWS. Is that possible to create an xAPI course on open edX? If it can, could you please tell me what are things to be done and what I need to learn. Thanks...

[@DevlinPeckYT]

I'm not familiar with edX, sorry about that! If you can execute JavaScript from the edX offerings, though, then you can send xAPI statements.

[@flagshipbuilds]

Hey where have you been?

[@DevlinPeckYT]

Haha, thanks for asking! Getting a new batch of shorts ready and new longer-form vid tomorrow about choosing a portfolio project idea. It has been a lot getting the latest bootcamp launch off the ground (and re-recording all of the bootcamp content). Also trying to grow my team at the moment so that it will be easier for us to stay on top of everything. Stay tuned!

[@flagshipbuilds]

@@DevlinPeckYT Nice. Good to hear from you!

[@DevlinPeckYT]

@@flagshipbuilds Thanks! Talk soon :)

[@fellzer]

xAPI is so based a hype pilled