What is the Experience API (xAPI)?

If you've spent any amount of time in the Learning and Development industry, you've probably heard of the Experience API. It's also referred to as xAPI and Tin Can API (or Project Tin Can).

In this video, you'll learn more about what xAPI is, what some of its main benefits are, and how you can use it to improve your learning offerings.

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0:00 Intro
0:29 What is xAPI?
0:46 xAPI Benefits
3:33 xAPI Statements
4:35 What can you do with xAPI?
6:10 Next Steps

[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

[lenahilltop]

Thanks for explaining this in a quick and straightforward delivery.

[amardeeppatil]

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

[michaelw]

Your nickname should be The Can Opener!

[mmkee]

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?

[beekay]

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

[travishughes]

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?

[tal]

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

[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.

[lsp]

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.

[astaaam]

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

[Paolaac]

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

[arkarsb]

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...

[gustawbobowski]

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

[MathewMK]

How can xAPI in detecting distraction during learning?

[lukissmith]

Are there any course on how to better learn about Xapi