Has anyone had any luck importing an Articulate course into Canvas LMS? I can import it fine and it plays but the Canvas screen player is sized too small for the Articulate window so you have to keep scrolling up and down the window to see the links, pause and play button etc..
The solution I chose to go with was to check the "Launch presentation in a new window" and then adding the launcher.html to the modules page. One thing to note: if the user has pop-up blockers enabled and they don't notice the message telling them a window is trying to open and they click the Launch button, the Storyline player will play twice. If you have audio or video set to play, it will cause a overlap of audio and the user will the media echoing.
This came from Travis, a Canvas Technician, and it works great.
1) I created a sub-directory in the files area of my course
2) I used the "upload zip" function in the files area to upload the .zip
3) Canvas automatically unzipped the file, create the sub-directories, etc.. and placed the files where they needed to go.
4) I then created a new announcement and linked out to the "launcher.html" file found in the package.
5) When I clicked on this file from the announcement, the SCORM package played without any issues (I navigated through the first 5 slides or so).
Alternatively, you could also link out to that launcher.html file from an assignment, quiz, discussion, wiki page or a module.
One thing I noticed is that the slides seem to imply there is a quiz. The user will be able to take the quiz and get a score, but the quiz score will need to be put into the gradebook manually. There is a security flaw in the SCORM architecture that prevents us from allowing the grade to be passed back from the Storyline content directly into Canvas' gradebook. If this is critical, there are some other alternatives such as using ScormCloud to host the Storyline content.
The player in articulate has an option to allow the screen to resize to auto fit, or not in a browser window, and to give sizing controls over to the user. The icon looks like a little wheel, and you need to click "Other", then you can set it. I don't know if it pertains to your problem, but it may.
I am still able to play my Storyline in Canvass. Yea! Just to repeat what I did:
I published my Story as "LMS" then,
in Canvass, I created a sub folder on my Assignment page. Then
I click on "Settings" on the top bar, and on the new page, on the left menu I clicked on "Files". (after clicking Settings at the top bar). After opening files,
I fully opened the subfolder I made, then
I click the icon to "Input a zipped file". Once the unzipped folder was uploaded, and all its contents were there,
I went back to my assignment page in the course.
I opened the subfolder I made and I could see all of the contents of my Storyline course.
I doubled clicked on the "launcher.html". It inserted this onto the Assignment page, and this became the link that pointed to the whole Storyline file for the student to open it.
(You still have to manually add quiz results into Canvas, or create the quizzed in Canvas to be done by the student.)
Thanks everyone - sorry this is a little late but I've been on vacation. Your suggestion, Nancy, worked although the window is a little oversized. I'm now going to go in and try the resize browser option too. Thanks!
This came from Travis, a Canvas Technician, and it works great.
1) I created a sub-directory in the files area of my course
2) I used the "upload zip" function in the files area to upload the .zip
3) Canvas automatically unzipped the file, create the sub-directories, etc.. and placed the files where they needed to go.
4) I then created a new announcement and linked out to the "launcher.html" file found in the package.
5) When I clicked on this file from the announcement, the SCORM package played without any issues (I navigated through the first 5 slides or so).
Alternatively, you could also link out to that launcher.html file from an assignment, quiz, discussion, wiki page or a module.
One thing I noticed is that the slides seem to imply there is a quiz. The user will be able to take the quiz and get a score, but the quiz score will need to be put into the gradebook manually. There is a security flaw in the SCORM architecture that prevents us from allowing the grade to be passed back from the Storyline content directly into Canvas' gradebook. If this is critical, there are some other alternatives such as using ScormCloud to host the Storyline content.
Happy Course Developing : )
Hi Nancy, I have a client who is concerned about security issues with using Storyline in Canvas; which I am researching. Can you explain the issue with the gradebook? I understand one could "hacK" into the gradebook should scores pass. Is this true and how?
Thanks for the guideline from you all above. I won't even worry about the grade book in this go-around as I can add quiz to the module. I need to get my course up and functioning for adult students in less than a week ( if was built in Moodle before) so I will experiment further with the next session that goes online.
I did get the lesson into the module However when using the "launch" file it takes you to a new page so I used the html file and that embeds it in the lesson page (Sweet!). I also used adding a file to a module instead of an attaching it to an announcement.
I will know more of the overall outcome after I get all 19 storyline lessons embeded in the course, but for now, thanks for the help
This thread is a little dated I know. However I am wondering what are people successful in importing into Canvas? We have '13, but should I purchase Storyline instead to work with Canvas?
Both Studio '13 and Storyline can be used with any LMS that supports SCORM, AICC, or Tin Can. You may want to investigate if there are any specific steps you need to go through with Canvas for uploading content.
I am following this thread, trying to upload an Articulate Storyline 2 zip file into Canvas so that it will load automatically, I can link it to an assignment page and the screen size will load so that the tool can be used.
I am having trouble, according to Nancy's directions above, adding a folder to "Assignments". As far as I can see, the Assignments area is made of webpages and when I add a subfolder to my course I cannot access this folder from the page for viewing and editing assignments. Perhaps things have changed for SL2?
For some reason when I publish my project a "player.html" file is not being placed in the zip file and so I can't figure out how to embed this. I tried launching from a new browser, but when I embed the launch file (which is saved to the zip file), it takes me to an error page within the launch window.
I'm not sure that folks are still subscribed to this thread, but you may want to try messaging them directly using the "contact me" link on their profile. Also, it looks like I answered your other thread over here, and wasn't sure if these two issues were connected.
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in the Articulate tab -> Other; Have you tried setting to "Resize browser to full screen" as shown below?
The solution I chose to go with was to check the "Launch presentation in a new window" and then adding the launcher.html to the modules page. One thing to note: if the user has pop-up blockers enabled and they don't notice the message telling them a window is trying to open and they click the Launch button, the Storyline player will play twice. If you have audio or video set to play, it will cause a overlap of audio and the user will the media echoing.
This came from Travis, a Canvas Technician, and it works great.
1) I created a sub-directory in the files area of my course
2) I used the "upload zip" function in the files area to upload the .zip
3) Canvas automatically unzipped the file, create the sub-directories, etc.. and placed the files where they needed to go.
4) I then created a new announcement and linked out to the "launcher.html" file found in the package.
5) When I clicked on this file from the announcement, the SCORM package played without any issues (I navigated through the first 5 slides or so).
Alternatively, you could also link out to that launcher.html file from an assignment, quiz, discussion, wiki page or a module.
One thing I noticed is that the slides seem to imply there is a quiz. The user will be able to take the quiz and get a score, but the quiz score will need to be put into the gradebook manually. There is a security flaw in the SCORM architecture that prevents us from allowing the grade to be passed back from the Storyline content directly into Canvas' gradebook. If this is critical, there are some other alternatives such as using ScormCloud to host the Storyline content.
Happy Course Developing : )
RE: Fitting Storyline to the Window in Canvas
The player in articulate has an option to allow the screen to resize to auto fit, or not in a browser window, and to give sizing controls over to the user. The icon looks like a little wheel, and you need to click "Other", then you can set it. I don't know if it pertains to your problem, but it may.
I am still able to play my Storyline in Canvass. Yea! Just to repeat what I did:
I published my Story as "LMS" then,
in Canvass, I created a sub folder on my Assignment page. Then
I click on "Settings" on the top bar, and on the new page, on the left menu I clicked on "Files". (after clicking Settings at the top bar). After opening files,
I fully opened the subfolder I made, then
I click the icon to "Input a zipped file". Once the unzipped folder was uploaded, and all its contents were there,
I went back to my assignment page in the course.
I opened the subfolder I made and I could see all of the contents of my Storyline course.
I doubled clicked on the "launcher.html". It inserted this onto the Assignment page, and this became the link that pointed to the whole Storyline file for the student to open it.
(You still have to manually add quiz results into Canvas, or create the quizzed in Canvas to be done by the student.)
Hope this helps...Nancy
Thanks everyone - sorry this is a little late but I've been on vacation. Your suggestion, Nancy, worked although the window is a little oversized. I'm now going to go in and try the resize browser option too. Thanks!
Nancy, where is the player and the little wheel? I can't find them anywhere.
Thanks!
Found it - everything works great!!! Thank you!!!
Hi Nancy, I have a client who is concerned about security issues with using Storyline in Canvas; which I am researching. Can you explain the issue with the gradebook? I understand one could "hacK" into the gradebook should scores pass. Is this true and how?
Hi Deneena and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! Keep in mind that Nancy may not be subscribed to this thread, so you may need to send her a PM
Thanks for the guideline from you all above. I won't even worry about the grade book in this go-around as I can add quiz to the module. I need to get my course up and functioning for adult students in less than a week ( if was built in Moodle before) so I will experiment further with the next session that goes online.
I did get the lesson into the module However when using the "launch" file it takes you to a new page so I used the html file and that embeds it in the lesson page (Sweet!). I also used adding a file to a module instead of an attaching it to an announcement.
I will know more of the overall outcome after I get all 19 storyline lessons embeded in the course, but for now, thanks for the help
This thread is a little dated I know. However I am wondering what are people successful in importing into Canvas? We have '13, but should I purchase Storyline instead to work with Canvas?
Thanks for your opinions in advance!
Hi Penny,
Both Studio '13 and Storyline can be used with any LMS that supports SCORM, AICC, or Tin Can. You may want to investigate if there are any specific steps you need to go through with Canvas for uploading content.
Nancy or anyone else who reads this:
I am following this thread, trying to upload an Articulate Storyline 2 zip file into Canvas so that it will load automatically, I can link it to an assignment page and the screen size will load so that the tool can be used.
I am having trouble, according to Nancy's directions above, adding a folder to "Assignments". As far as I can see, the Assignments area is made of webpages and when I add a subfolder to my course I cannot access this folder from the page for viewing and editing assignments. Perhaps things have changed for SL2?
For some reason when I publish my project a "player.html" file is not being placed in the zip file and so I can't figure out how to embed this. I tried launching from a new browser, but when I embed the launch file (which is saved to the zip file), it takes me to an error page within the launch window.
Joanna
Hi Joanna,
I'm not sure that folks are still subscribed to this thread, but you may want to try messaging them directly using the "contact me" link on their profile. Also, it looks like I answered your other thread over here, and wasn't sure if these two issues were connected.
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