Compared
XtoSCORM vs mbz2scorm: which one fits the job
They do different jobs. XtoSCORM turns a single
file — a PDF, a PowerPoint or a video — into a SCORM
package. mbz2scorm turns a whole Moodle course, from its
.mbz backup, into one.
XtoSCORM has a Moodle block, which is why the two get compared. The block sends the file you choose to XtoSCORM’s service. It does not read a course or a course backup: its pages, quizzes and structure stay where they are.
Side by side
| XtoSCORM | mbz2scorm | |
|---|---|---|
| What goes in | One PDF, PowerPoint or video file | A Moodle course backup (.mbz), up to 2 GB |
| What comes out | SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004 | SCORM 1.2, validated against the specification |
| Moodle activities | Not read | Pages, books, files, folders, links and quizzes come across; everything else is listed with the reason (the full list) |
| Quizzes | Not converted from Moodle | Moodle’s own questions, pass mark and partial credit, with the score reported to your LMS |
| When it counts as complete | For a PowerPoint, after a number of slides you set; for a video, after a share of it you set | Your Moodle completion settings, as far as a package can answer them |
| Inside Moodle | A Moodle block (Moodle 4.1 or later) that sends the file to its service | No plugin: you upload the backup Moodle already makes |
| Size limit | In the Moodle block: 10 MB for a PDF or PowerPoint, 50 MB for a video | 2 GB for the whole backup, video included |
| Before you pay | A free daily allowance of conversions | Converting, the report and playing the whole course are free; you pay to download |
| Price | Credits, with a free allowance; see XtoSCORM’s own pricing page | $29 a course, or $49 customised; $19 a course in a batch |
When XtoSCORM is the better choice
- The content is a file, not a course. A slide deck or a training video that was never in Moodle, or is only one file in it, is exactly what XtoSCORM is for. We do not make a package from a single PDF or PowerPoint.
- Your LMS wants SCORM 2004. XtoSCORM offers it. We build SCORM 1.2 only, which nearly every LMS accepts, but not all of them prefer.
- You want to stay inside Moodle. Its block puts the conversion in Moodle’s own screens. Ours starts from a backup you download.
- Many small files, often. A per-file credit, with a free allowance, suits a steady stream of short conversions better than a price per course.
When mbz2scorm is the better choice
- The course is in Moodle, and has to leave it. Pages, books, files, folders, links and quizzes become one package, in the course’s own order, ready for another LMS.
- The quizzes matter. Moodle’s questions come across marked the way Moodle marks them, and the score reaches your LMS. For CPE, CLE or CME courses, the package asks as many questions as Moodle does, and the report shows it quiz by quiz (for CPE sponsors).
- You need to know what will not survive. Every activity is in the report, with what converted, what lost something and what could not come across, and why — before you pay.
- You want to see it first. The whole finished course plays free in a stand-in LMS before you download it.
Using both
They do not overlap much, so some teams will want both: mbz2scorm for the Moodle courses, XtoSCORM for the slide decks and videos that never lived in a course. A PDF or video already inside a Moodle course comes across with the course, bundled into its package, so it does not need converting separately.
XtoSCORM details checked on 3 October 2026, against the source of its Moodle block (release 1.1) and its own website. Products change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.