SUMS Maths for Learning Platforms

SUMS Maths is the leading maths software on Learning Platforms in English schools. One reason for its huge popularity is that it is packaged as 'disaggregated SCORM 2004' packs - where each activity has a separate SCORM wrapper. This means that the user gets the functionality of SCORM, but the flexibility of clipart.

To see how this works, download these 8 sample packs (each one is a Zip file as required by SCORM 2004) and run them in your VLE - see the Guides to each LP below. Call 01454 853539 if you need assistance. Once you are happy that we work on your platform, you can send for a time limited PC version and check the breadth of our content. You will be impressed.

See also the information about our SUMS on LP Showcase schools, who are happy to tell you how they are using SUMS in their own schools.

You may also be interested in the events we run under the Independent Learning Platform User Conference banner (www.ilpuc.org.uk), which help schools establish contacts with other LP schools across LA boundaries - a great source of exciting LP projects.

Sample SUMS Maths 'disaggregated SCORM' packs (updated with versions 27-04-09)

IMPORTANT. Save each download as a Zip file (on Windows, right click then 'save target as'). Your VLE will be able to import the Zip file - no need to unzip it.
Bracket Basics	Division Factory	Fraction Monkeys	Fruit Picker
Solve problems using 1 or 2 brackets.	Divide by small numbers.	Hang fractions on a number line (equivalent fractions).	Solve a problem using degress or rotation.
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Hidden Craft	Place Value Darts	Rabbit Takeaway	Word Game
Find ships hidden on a grid with addresses like A2, D1 etc.	Use known numbers facts with place value.	Take small numbers away from each other.	Match numbers written as words and figures.
download zip file	download zip file	download zip file	download zip file

Using disaggregated SCORM 2004 packs
While some subjects need complete courses delivered as a single SCORM pack, others such as mathematics can be delivered in a more fluid way. With our packs, teachers can build courses containing their own content AND our animations. SUMS Maths is available as 90+ separate SCORM 2004 packs, each delivering a single animated game/activity.

SUMS "Landing Pages"
Some of our users like our disaggregated approach (that is, every activity as a separate SCORM pack) but they want one place where they can quickly get to every activity. To do this they set up a landing page, with the name and picture of every activity, and then link it within their Learning Platform to the pages containing the separate SCORM packs. If you want to try this then we can help by providing a download of the pictures and text in two formats. Here are the links to the pages, the download is a zip that each of the pages links to. Landing Page Format 1, and Landing Page Format 2.
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SUMS Maths and Becta Approved Learning Platforms (and Moodle)

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SUMS is widely used on Fronter. We have written a page here that provides a
Guide to adding SUMS Maths to Fronter .
Please let us know if you need any help.

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The Frog Learning Platform is very popular and SUMS is a Frog Partner. SUMS Maths packs load easily to the inbuilt Icodeon SCORM player.

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SUMS works well on Moodle. We have written a page here that provides a
Guide to adding SUMS Maths to Moodle .
Please let us know if you need any help.

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SUMS works well on existing Netmedia installations with SCORM server. It also works well on the Icodeon SCORM player used by It's Learning and others. We believe that since May 5th 2009 It's learning have owned Netmedia. Here is our outline
Guide to adding SUMS Maths to Netmedia . Sorry it is not better.

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Kaleidos

SUMS Maths is distributed by RM as a VLE product, though the disaggregated SCORM pack version is currently only available directly from SUMS. We have created a simple set of instructions for uploading the separate SUMS Maths SCORM 2004 packs.
Guide to adding SUMS Maths to RM Kaleidos .
Please tell us if we can help.

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The Serco Skillspace platform is not widely used across UK local authorities, so we do not have much practical experience of it beyond early evaluations. SUMS Maths content appears to work correctly in Skillspace.

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SUMS Maths works very well on Sharepoint. We have not yet written a guide to adding SUMS Maths to Sharepoint, but we are working on it.

Worth reading: Mike Herrity's popular "Sharepoint in Education" blog.

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SUMS Maths is "Works with StudyWiz" certified, and is being used on it in many schools. We have created a page that provides a simple
Guide to adding SUMS Maths to StudyWiz
Please let us know if you need any help though.

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SUMS works well on UniServity.
Guide to adding SUMS Maths to UniServity .
Please let us know if you need any help.

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Brief note on SUMS SCORM 2004 runtime scoring for use of LP providers.