Engage Intereactions do not play when I try and Publish to Web

Feb 28, 2013

Hi,

We are exploring mobile eLearning development and were trying  to publish some of our existing courses to Web through Presenter and viewing them using the mobile-player.swf.

However when I do this, any Engage interactions are just show as a black screen.

Does anyone know if there is way to publish them so that they can be played on an ipad for example?

Many thanks in advance!

1 Reply
Christine Hendrickson

Hi Hattie. Welcome to E-Learning Heroes,

First, for Web content output, there may be some restrictions that are keeping your interactions from loading. In order to view these properly, you'll want to upload them to a web server, LMS or even publish to CD to view it locally. 

If you view a published Presenter '09 presentation on your local hard drive or send it to someone else to view on their local hard drive, you'll encounter security restrictions from the computer, web browser, Flash Player, and network that'll cause various features of your content to fail.
To properly test your published content and share it with others, upload it to the environment for which it was published. Please review the following article for details:
For your question about viewing content on an iPad, I'm afraid this is currently not a supported feature for Studio '09 products.

Our newest product, Articulate Storyline, allows you to publish content to Flash, HTML5, and the Articulate Mobile Player app for iPad. To learn more about Storyline, click here:

http://www.articulate.com/products/storyline-overview.php

To learn more about publishing Storyline content for HTML5 and the iPad app, click here:

http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/products/publishing-a-project-for-ipad-or-html5.aspx

The next version of the Articulate Studio products will also publish to HTML5 and run on iOS devices. Although we can't confirm the release date of future products and upgrades, you can stay informed by subscribing to the Articulate Word of Mouth Blog here:

http://www.articulate.com/blog/


In the meantime, if you want to run your Articulate Studio '09 content on non-Flash supported devices, we're aware of several third-party solutions that may meet your needs. Please be advised, these are not developed or supported by Articulate, so we encourage you to test them out to ensure they meet your needs.   

HTML5 player:

http://frameentered.com/content/low-bandwidth-html-articulate-player-waudio-reports-lms-too

iSWiFTER browser app for iPad:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iswifter/id388857173

Rover browser app for iPad:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rover/id483262612

Screenr:

If your Articulate content does not include interactive elements (such as quizzes or user-initiated navigation), you can record your Articulate content as it plays, using a screencasting tool like Screenr (http://screenr.com), to capture a video of your Articulate content. Screenr is free, and screencasts can be viewed on iPads and iPhones directly from the screenr website. There are also options to publish your Screenr screencasts to YouTube and to download MP4 versions, both of which also play on non-Flash devices.

For more ideas on mobile learning, check out the following Rapid E-Learning Blog post:

http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/m-learning-101-ill-take-my-rapid-e-learning-to-go/

I know it's a lot of information, but hopefully this answers your questions

Please let me know if you have any additional questions, or if you're still unable to get your interactions to play properly.

Thanks!

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