Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about xAPI Profiles

Understand and Implement xAPI Profiles… with Shelly Blake-Plock, Yet Analytics

If xAPI is the way to describe and track learning activities, xAPI Profiles is the way to describe and track learning experiences.

The xAPI Cohort is a recurring series of excellent project-based workshops and webinars hosted by the Learning Guild. In this episode, Yet’s own Shelly Blake-Plock guides you through everything you ever wanted to know about xAPI Profiles.

Though often misunderstood, xAPI Profiles are far more than glorified verb registries. In fact, a well-designed xAPI Profile can contain any number of patterns, sequences, and concepts that may be needed to model a learning experience as data.

Interested in authoring your own xAPI Profiles? Join the beta of Yet’s new xAPI Profile authoring platform — Centriph. Register for an account to create public xAPI Profiles for free. Data authoring features easy to use templates, visual tool tips, and automated live validation and error handling. You can work either through the visual interface or directly in the code — it’s your choice.

Want to learn more about how to make xAPI Profiles work for you? Reach out, and let’s chat.