Retrieving Learner Name from Articulate Online via JavaScript?

Apr 11, 2014

I'm currently completing a course for a client (Flash-only) where I'm retrieving both the learner"s name and first name from the client's Saba LMS. It works very well.

With thanks to both Steve Flowers and Phil Mayor, here's the JavaScript code that I'm using:

For learner full name (where varLearnerName is my variable for full name in the SL course and where Saba stores the learner name as Last Name, First Name):

var player = GetPlayer();
var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var array = myName.split(',');
var newName = array[1] + ' ' + array[0];
player.SetVar("varLearnerName", newName);

For learner first name (I had to adapt the original code to delete a trailing space when the name was retrieved from the LMS, and where LearnerFN is my Storyline variable for first name):

var player = GetPlayer();
var rawName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var nameArray = rawName.split(",");
var firstName = nameArray[1].replace(/^[ ]+|[ ]+$/g,'');
player.SetVar("LearnerFN", firstName);

However, this doesn't work when using the Guest Book and requiring learner's sign in first with a course in Articulate Online.

Anyone know how to do the same in AO with JavaScript?

5 Replies

Gerry Wasiluk
Author

10 years ago04/11/14 at 12:19 pm (UTC)

Ahh, someone asked the same recently: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/47450/255360.aspx

But no answer there or in the earlier post referenced in the thread. Looks like no solution for now . . .

Dave Strobl

over 7 years ago09/22/16 at 2:35 pm (UTC)

Has this eve been changed so that Storyline could grab a Learner name from Articulate Online?

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 7 years ago09/22/16 at 2:37 pm (UTC)

Hi Dave - Looks like I responded to a similar thread here.

rathna kumaran

over 5 years ago08/20/18 at 1:33 pm (UTC)

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rathna kumaran

over 5 years ago08/20/18 at 5:01 pm (UTC)

Hi All,

Background information:

Have designed a Completion Certificate slide within Storyline 2
I am having trouble with retrieving a user's name from the LMS and inserting it into a Storyline 2 course. I am using ABSORB LMS and building courses in SCORM 1.2
Below is the JS I've tried, any ideas?
var player = GetPlayer();

var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();

var array = myName.split(',');

var newName = array[1] + ' ' + array[0];

player.SetVar("varLearnerName", newName);

Problem:

When retrieving the learner's name from the LMS in Storyline from ABSORB LMS with SCORM 1.2, I get the following: undefined firstname lastname

Any clue why/how "undefined" is showing up in the results?