First, you'll want to extract all the files from the zip. The next thing you'll need to know is how the person published the course that was sent to you (for web, LMS, CD...). If you're going to be launching the course locally, they will need to publish the course for CD and you can use the Launch_Presentation file to view the course.
If the course wasn't published for CD, you'll need to upload the course to its proper environment to be able to view it. There's more info on that here.
As for your second question: no, it's not possible to edit published content. You would need the source files to do that.
Do you know where the ultimate destination of the course is? Will it be hosted on a website? An LMS? Is it for Articulate Online? A lot of the files will look the same, but won't function properly until they're put into the right environment.
Can you give me a screen shot of your extracted files and I may be able to tell...
Thanks, Jan. And sorry for the trouble here. We'll get this
It looks like the file may not have been extracted correctly. Try right-clicking the original zipped folder, and choosing "Extract All". Can you tell me what you see in the resulting folder then?
Glad that's working for you, Jan. That index.html file is the one that will eventually be used in the LMS. Typically Flash security and web browser security might not allow you to view the course locally (without being uploaded first), but I'm glad to hear you can see it.
Once you're ready to have it uploaded to the LMS, you'll want to zip the contents again and follow these instructions.
Best of luck, Jan, and don't hesitate to ask if you have more questions!
Unfortunately, person left the company and I have ZERO idea where the source files might be... But now htat I know that's what I need to do, I'll start asking around. THANK AGAIN Peter!.
Peter, I published my presentation to LMS and created the zip files. I moved the zip files to our server to be able to upload them quicker to Moodle. After my training was available in Moodle, my computer crashed and I lost all of my source files. Any way to revery back to the source files with the zip files?
I got hit by lightning and it fried my computer and external backup. That was before I went to the cloud. I have a relatively recent version prior to the last where most of the slides are right, it will just be a matter of going throught the entire thing and checking for differences. Once I identify differences, I can make changes. I see in the zip files there is a folder for each of the engage activities (although strangly numbered) and the audio is still there, and I have all the notes/narrative. I can import the audio and copy and paste the narrative/text. Any other advice?
I have published my course content and sent the zipped folder to the department that will then upload it on the server. But they are not able to open the zipped folder.
I tried extracting all files from the zipped folder myself, in the process few files do not get extracted. Can you help me in trouble shooting this issue.
What happens when they try to open the zipped folder? They should be able to take that and upload it to your web server or LMS and then run the file by using the presentation.html or index.html file respectively. Are you able to share the published output zip here with us?
I selected LMS for Articulate Storyline before publishing the file. I was told that ims manifest.xml folder has to be at the root of the folder, which according to me is there, but the person on the other end cannot see it. Here is the screenshot of the two folders. Folder image1 is the published zipped file and Folder image 2 is the extracted file folder.
Thanks for sharing those images - from those it looks like your missing the LMS and the story_content file from the second image. I can't imagine that they'd just be removed when you go to extract...but you'd want to look at ensuring that you're publishing to a local drive and following the file naming and path information here.
If you're able to share the Storyline published zip file i can test uploading it as well in a site such as SCORM Cloud which is an industry standard for testing LMS content.
How do I convert an articulate Web output from Presenter 09 to an LMS output. FYI, I now have Presenter 13. The web output is available on my intranet. We are disabling that portion of the intranet and I would like to have the output on our LMS.
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Hi Jan
First, you'll want to extract all the files from the zip. The next thing you'll need to know is how the person published the course that was sent to you (for web, LMS, CD...). If you're going to be launching the course locally, they will need to publish the course for CD and you can use the Launch_Presentation file to view the course.
If the course wasn't published for CD, you'll need to upload the course to its proper environment to be able to view it. There's more info on that here.
As for your second question: no, it's not possible to edit published content. You would need the source files to do that.
So, do you know how the course was published?
Hi Peter,
thanks for the fast response. I do not know how the course was published. Tips for being able to tell?
Thanks
Happy to help, Jan.
Do you know where the ultimate destination of the course is? Will it be hosted on a website? An LMS? Is it for Articulate Online? A lot of the files will look the same, but won't function properly until they're put into the right environment.
Can you give me a screen shot of your extracted files and I may be able to tell...
Thanks, Jan!
I would THINK the project was published to be EITHER uploaded to an LMS, or maybe to be viewed on Adobe Connect.
Here are some pictures of the extracted files. I didn't take any screen shots of the tons of swf files.
Thanks, Jan. And sorry for the trouble here. We'll get this
It looks like the file may not have been extracted correctly. Try right-clicking the original zipped folder, and choosing "Extract All". Can you tell me what you see in the resulting folder then?
Thanks!
no huge hurry. Thank you so much, Peter
will do.
EXTRACT ALL is not a choice I have...
Hi Jan,
See if this helps for the WinZip file. You'll need to select WinZip then choose Extract to: somewhere on your local machine.
in process. Will send screen shots shortly. Thx agn
What sub folders would you like to see?
GOT it open by clicking on index.html !! YEAHHHH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP, Peter!
Hurray!
Glad that's working for you, Jan. That index.html file is the one that will eventually be used in the LMS. Typically Flash security and web browser security might not allow you to view the course locally (without being uploaded first), but I'm glad to hear you can see it.
Once you're ready to have it uploaded to the LMS, you'll want to zip the contents again and follow these instructions.
Best of luck, Jan, and don't hesitate to ask if you have more questions!
Before I cash it in on this thread, do you know if there is a way to upload this file to Articulate LMS? Doubt it but might as well ask...
Sorry, Jan. The owner of the source files would need to publish specifically for Articulate Online to make that happen.
Out of curiosity, do you have communication with the course author, to ask if they can re-publish if need be?
Unfortunately, person left the company and I have ZERO idea where the source files might be... But now htat I know that's what I need to do, I'll start asking around. THANK AGAIN Peter!.
Good luck
Peter, I published my presentation to LMS and created the zip files. I moved the zip files to our server to be able to upload them quicker to Moodle. After my training was available in Moodle, my computer crashed and I lost all of my source files. Any way to revery back to the source files with the zip files?
The published files cannot be reverse engineered unfortunately you have lost your source files unless of course you have a backup.
I got hit by lightning and it fried my computer and external backup. That was before I went to the cloud. I have a relatively recent version prior to the last where most of the slides are right, it will just be a matter of going throught the entire thing and checking for differences. Once I identify differences, I can make changes. I see in the zip files there is a folder for each of the engage activities (although strangly numbered) and the audio is still there, and I have all the notes/narrative. I can import the audio and copy and paste the narrative/text. Any other advice?
Hi,
I have published my course content and sent the zipped folder to the department that will then upload it on the server. But they are not able to open the zipped folder.
I tried extracting all files from the zipped folder myself, in the process few files do not get extracted. Can you help me in trouble shooting this issue.
Hi Manu,
What happens when they try to open the zipped folder? They should be able to take that and upload it to your web server or LMS and then run the file by using the presentation.html or index.html file respectively. Are you able to share the published output zip here with us?
Hi Ashley,
I selected LMS for Articulate Storyline before publishing the file. I was told that ims manifest.xml folder has to be at the root of the folder, which according to me is there, but the person on the other end cannot see it. Here is the screenshot of the two folders. Folder image1 is the published zipped file and Folder image 2 is the extracted file folder.
Thanks for sharing those images - from those it looks like your missing the LMS and the story_content file from the second image. I can't imagine that they'd just be removed when you go to extract...but you'd want to look at ensuring that you're publishing to a local drive and following the file naming and path information here.
If you're able to share the Storyline published zip file i can test uploading it as well in a site such as SCORM Cloud which is an industry standard for testing LMS content.
Hi Ashley,
How do I convert an articulate Web output from Presenter 09 to an LMS output. FYI, I now have Presenter 13. The web output is available on my intranet. We are disabling that portion of the intranet and I would like to have the output on our LMS.
Thanks
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