I have an Trail Articulate Online Account to test out the ability for Users to download Storyline Interactives to their iPads or Andriod devices so they can watch them offline, once downloaded.
This does not work as the option for downloading to an iPad does not appear when the user clicks on the interaction.
Am I missing something or does this just not work?
Currently, we've disabled the ability to view courses offline when they're hosted in Articulate Online. Offline viewing is only supported with courses published for web-deployment (i.e., hosted on a web server). See this article for more information.
Thanks everyone. That makes for an easy decision then.
No point in having an account on Articulate Online for my users to download content to their iPads so they can view it offline.
I think it would be great if the documentation is made correct as it has taken a few hours of work to try and figure all this out. The stuff is all over the place and I really had to hunt for it to finally piece it together.
This article below, doesn't make sense either. Why would you want to track what people are doing in an offline application. Surely you would want to know how many people download it but, for us, the tracking is done through Moodle and the offline gives us another way of getting some learning to our dispersed staff who are in a WiFi no go zone.
Offline Viewing Isn't Available for Articulate Online Content Articulate Storyline gives you the option to let learners download content for offline viewing in the Articulate Mobile Player app. However, Articulate Online requires an Internet connection to view and track content. As a result, we've disabled the ability to view courses offline when they're hosted in Articulate Online.
Currently, offline viewing is only supported with courses published for web-deployment (i.e., hosted on a web server).
What does this last piece mean anyway?
Are you saying that I cannot create a Scorm package for Moodle and that I can get users to download and view offline?
Moodle will not support a scorm for offline viewing. Offline viewing within an LMS is only supported via tin can/xAPI. You cannot even use the Mobile Player with Moodle as it has no web based component and is unable to pass authentication information, to use the mobile player outside of a Tincan LMs you must ensure the site is not password protected.
Hi Ross! Sorry that this is confusing. The setting within Storyline that allows you to choose to download content for offline viewing is a subset of publishing to the Articulate Mobile Player. This article is simply stating that we can only support offline viewing in the Articulate Mobile Player when the content is posted to the web - which typically is material not being tracked, so tracking is a non issue.
This article may clear up some of the confusion about publishing your course to a mobile device.
After publishing, upload your course to a web server or LMS, then give learners a link to the story.html file (which is the file that launches the course)."
I upload courses to my LMS - Moodle, and this works fine.
Is "Articulate Online" is not a web server? where do I need to upload my content so a user can download it to their iPad or Android device and then view it offline.
Articulate Online is our version of an LMS, and you can view courses hosted there within the Articulate Mobile player, although you can't view those offline as Leslie mentioned.
As for where you need to upload and allow users to view offline, if Moodle worked for you - I'd stick with that. It's worth noting that Tin Can content isn't supported for offline viewing in the AMP, as it needs to have a connection to the LMS to be able to report results.
You could look into some other web servers, and if you don't have access to a web server, here are a few free options to consider:
Tempshare: This is a free service provided by Articulate for testing Storyline content. Note: Uploaded files will be deleted after 10 days.
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Hi Ross
have you published to AMP?
Hi Wendy, What is AMP? The company?
Hi Ross sorry it's the Articulate Mobile Player
See this tutorial it may help
https://community.articulate.com/series/4/articles/publishing-a-course-for-mobile-devices
Hi Wendy, I am trying to use the iPad Articulate App but the option to download the content to view it without being online is missing.
Seems to be something to do with the "Articulate Online" account being used.
Hi Ross
so you are not seeing this option in the Publish dialog box
or you are not seeing this option in the Mobile Player
AS far as I am aware offline viewing is not available when using articulate online
Hi Ross!
Phil is correct.
Currently, we've disabled the ability to view courses offline when they're hosted in Articulate Online. Offline viewing is only supported with courses published for web-deployment (i.e., hosted on a web server). See this article for more information.
Thanks everyone. That makes for an easy decision then.
No point in having an account on Articulate Online for my users to download content to their iPads so they can view it offline.
I think it would be great if the documentation is made correct as it has taken a few hours of work to try and figure all this out. The stuff is all over the place and I really had to hunt for it to finally piece it together.
This article below, doesn't make sense either. Why would you want to track what people are doing in an offline application. Surely you would want to know how many people download it but, for us, the tracking is done through Moodle and the offline gives us another way of getting some learning to our dispersed staff who are in a WiFi no go zone.
Offline Viewing Isn't Available for Articulate Online Content
Articulate Storyline gives you the option to let learners download content for offline viewing in the Articulate Mobile Player app. However, Articulate Online requires an Internet connection to view and track content. As a result, we've disabled the ability to view courses offline when they're hosted in Articulate Online.
Currently, offline viewing is only supported with courses published for web-deployment (i.e., hosted on a web server).
What does this last piece mean anyway?
Are you saying that I cannot create a Scorm package for Moodle and that I can get users to download and view offline?
Confused
Ross
Hi Wendy, I see the first one, but not the second one.
This is what I see:
Moodle will not support a scorm for offline viewing. Offline viewing within an LMS is only supported via tin can/xAPI. You cannot even use the Mobile Player with Moodle as it has no web based component and is unable to pass authentication information, to use the mobile player outside of a Tincan LMs you must ensure the site is not password protected.
Hi Ross! Sorry that this is confusing. The setting within Storyline that allows you to choose to download content for offline viewing is a subset of publishing to the Articulate Mobile Player. This article is simply stating that we can only support offline viewing in the Articulate Mobile Player when the content is posted to the web - which typically is material not being tracked, so tracking is a non issue.
This article may clear up some of the confusion about publishing your course to a mobile device.
So, from the article:
"How Do Learners View Courses on Mobile Devices?
After publishing, upload your course to a web server or LMS, then give learners a link to the story.html file (which is the file that launches the course)."
I upload courses to my LMS - Moodle, and this works fine.
Is "Articulate Online" is not a web server? where do I need to upload my content so a user can download it to their iPad or Android device and then view it offline.
Hi Ross,
Articulate Online is our version of an LMS, and you can view courses hosted there within the Articulate Mobile player, although you can't view those offline as Leslie mentioned.
As for where you need to upload and allow users to view offline, if Moodle worked for you - I'd stick with that. It's worth noting that Tin Can content isn't supported for offline viewing in the AMP, as it needs to have a connection to the LMS to be able to report results.
You could look into some other web servers, and if you don't have access to a web server, here are a few free options to consider:
Hi Ross,
If you need Offline Viewing for Moodle, you can try Moodle Mobile app. It support offline viewing/reporting with any SCORM.
Hi Emilio, Will give it a try. Thanks
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