My permissions are set to private so student must sign in to AO account using email and password.
Student selects a course and views it. New window opens and flash content executes and presents the course.
I want the powerpoint presentation to report, onthe first slide of the presentation, the User first name and user last name as entered in the AO User's profile.
Oops, sorry for the misunderstanding, Bill. I see what you're asking now, but unfortunately that's not currently possible. Feel free to suggest that as a feature in future builds, if you'd like to see it:
Not being familiar with using AO, but if it is AICC/SCORM compatible, you should be able to embed a Flash piece with a call to retrieve the users logon name, usually "AICC_StudentName".
Nicely played, Dwayne and Phil! Thanks for the cool workaround. Please keep in mind though, Bill, as with all third-party workarounds, that one is not officially supported by Articulate.
I just mean that because it's not an official Articulate workaround, if you were to submit a case with anything related to the hack, we wouldn't be able to help. We actually encourage workarounds like this, but if you were to have questions about it, that's what Phil, Dwayne and the rest of the community are here for. You could also go to the developer of the workaround for help. Hope that clears things up. Good luck!
Bill, never used articulate online, if you publish to scorm you need to change the lms.js file as set out in the link I sent, not sure what gets sent to AO but something similar should be possible
This definitelly works on moodle we have over 80 modules using it at the moment, it may be that AO does not allow you to call the name this way, the flash is definitely working because it is displaying the name guest
If you're seeing the student's name displaying as "Guest," then my guess would be that your content might not be set to private (here's how to do that).
Also, did you buy the widget and follow all steps as outlined by the developer?
Most importantly, we can't guarantee that this will work in Articulate Online, so you might want to confirm that directly with the Elearning Enhanced folks.
All my AO content is private by default, whether published directly to AO or published locally then uploaded to AO. I verified and AO does defne the conent as private.
I did buy the widget and, of course, followed all directions and, as usual, figure it is something I am doing wrong so I am reviewing and exhausting all possibilites.
Thanks for confirming, Bill. Yeah, I"d say contact Elearning Enhanced directly to see what they can do to help. Do let us know, as I'm sure others may find the info useful, too. Thanks!
Not quite, but it sent me in the right direction. I hate VISTA but that's what I'm stuck with! The trick is that by default VISTA hides file extensions so all I had to do is learn one more thing about VISTA (ugh!) and cause file extensions to be displayed, then can change the file type just like in the like.
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Hey Bill,
I think the "What content did a user view?" report might be what you're looking for, assuming your permissions are set to private.
Have a look and see if that's what you're looking for. Also, check out 3 Quick Steps to Tracking Users in Articulate Online:
http://www.articulate.com/blog/3-quick-steps-to-tracking-users-in-articulate-online/
Nope, I guess I am not makng myself clear.
My permissions are set to private so student must sign in to AO account using email and password.
Student selects a course and views it. New window opens and flash content executes and presents the course.
I want the powerpoint presentation to report, onthe first slide of the presentation, the User first name and user last name as entered in the AO User's profile.
Oops, sorry for the misunderstanding, Bill. I see what you're asking now, but unfortunately that's not currently possible. Feel free to suggest that as a feature in future builds, if you'd like to see it:
http://www.articulate.com/support/contact/feature/
Thanks for the input!
Not being familiar with using AO, but if it is AICC/SCORM compatible, you should be able to embed a Flash piece with a call to retrieve the users logon name, usually "AICC_StudentName".
Let me know if I'm mistaken.
you can do it via flash this works http://frameentered.com/content/pulling-user-name-articulate, I have attached a flash file that does this,
Nicely played, Dwayne and Phil! Thanks for the cool workaround. Please keep in mind though, Bill, as with all third-party workarounds, that one is not officially supported by Articulate.
Thanks again guys! And good luck, Bill!
Not "officially" supported ?
Is there any way it is supported ?
Am I violating, in any way, licensing terms if I try /use one of these ?
Hey Bill,
I just mean that because it's not an official Articulate workaround, if you were to submit a case with anything related to the hack, we wouldn't be able to help. We actually encourage workarounds like this, but if you were to have questions about it, that's what Phil, Dwayne and the rest of the community are here for. You could also go to the developer of the workaround for help. Hope that clears things up. Good luck!
Dwayne & Phil: neither works here
Peter: Understood and agreed.
I must be missing something fundamental.
Will revisit over the weekend.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Bill, never used articulate online, if you publish to scorm you need to change the lms.js file as set out in the link I sent, not sure what gets sent to AO but something similar should be possible
Phil,
I published to Articulate Online locally, made the mod to lms.js, then manually uploaded to AO and
VOILA, nothing happens ("Guest" is displayed)
The lms.js calls lmsAPI.GetStudentName()
Oh well, I'll keep trying - seems to me it should be buried in there somewhere!!
Meantime Happy Thankgiving.
This definitelly works on moodle we have over 80 modules using it at the moment, it may be that AO does not allow you to call the name this way, the flash is definitely working because it is displaying the name guest
I agree and I'll be studying this further to figure out what's wrong; hopefully, it's me doing something wrong.
Thanks for your patient assist.
Hi Bill-
If you're seeing the student's name displaying as "Guest," then my guess would be that your content might not be set to private (here's how to do that).
Also, did you buy the widget and follow all steps as outlined by the developer?
Most importantly, we can't guarantee that this will work in Articulate Online, so you might want to confirm that directly with the Elearning Enhanced folks.
Gabe,
All my AO content is private by default, whether published directly to AO or published locally then uploaded to AO. I verified and AO does defne the conent as private.
I did buy the widget and, of course, followed all directions and, as usual, figure it is something I am doing wrong so I am reviewing and exhausting all possibilites.
I'll keep you posted.
Thanks for confirming, Bill. Yeah, I"d say contact Elearning Enhanced directly to see what they can do to help. Do let us know, as I'm sure others may find the info useful, too. Thanks!
Anyone know how to change a .art6 file to .zip under VISTA (ugh!!)
Is this what you're looking for, about halfway through the article?:
http://daveperso.com/2008/04/05/how-to-upload-presentations-with-manually-modified-content-to-an-lms-or-articulate-online/
Please note that we do not support this method.
Not quite, but it sent me in the right direction. I hate VISTA but that's what I'm stuck with! The trick is that by default VISTA hides file extensions so all I had to do is learn one more thing about VISTA (ugh!) and cause file extensions to be displayed, then can change the file type just like in the like.
Thanks for the assist ... Bill
Right on, Bill. Keep showing VISTA who's boss!
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