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What Is xAPI / Tin Can API?
xAPI (formerly Tin Can API) is a modern e-learning standard that tracks learning activities across any context — not just within an LMS.
Last Updated: March 2026
xAPI (Experience API), originally named Tin Can API, is an e-learning specification that allows tracking of learning activities in a consistent format across multiple systems and contexts. Unlike SCORM (which only tracks within an LMS), xAPI can track learning from mobile apps, simulations, virtual reality, on-the-job activities, and any other learning context. xAPI statements follow a simple 'Actor-Verb-Object' format (e.g., 'John completed Module 3') and are stored in a Learning Record Store (LRS). This enables a comprehensive picture of all learning, not just formal LMS courses.
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What is xAPI?
xAPI (Experience API) is a modern e-learning standard that tracks learning activities across any context. Unlike SCORM, it works beyond the LMS — tracking mobile, VR, and on-the-job learning. Arythmatic supports xAPI.
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