Accessing .story files in Sharepoint
Jan 06, 2022
The most recent discussions on this topic are many years old so I'm starting a new thread.
Our team shares and manages files through sharepoint.
I’m having a lot of trouble opening .story files; they appear in my synched desktop folder but cannot be opened; double-clicking either opens up the Storyline home screen (no file open) or tells me the file is already in use. I also can't open the file from within Storyline nor can I import SL files, slides, etc.
I cannot save new .story files to those synched folders either (I click save and nothing happens; I have to cancel out). .story files elsewhere on my computer work fine and I can download .story files directly from sharepoint (not through synching) so there's no problem with the files themselves. Are there still known problems with Sharepoint?
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Hi Margaret,
Thank you for reaching out and sharing your workflow in SharePoint.
We recommend working directly on your local C: drive.
Storyline: Create, Edit, and Publish Courses on Your Local Hard Drive
Can you save the .story file directly to a local, non-synced folder and open it in Storyline? You'll want to open the newly saved file directly, not via the recent project list within Storyline.
Hi!
I wanted to re-open this discussion as I am having similar problems. I wondered if Articulate have done anything to resolve or have plans to in future?
I use Teams to collaborate on Storyline files with my colleague - I'm UK based and he is in LA. We often need to asynchronously modify the same file.
We have used Teams to upload our files (for which SharePoint is the backend). A feature of the platform is to be able to sync the SharePoint folders to your own hard drive so the project files are on the device itself for opening and editing, then whenever the user saves the file, it syncs to SharePoint.
When I store Storyline files in Teams and sync them to my desktop/C drive, I cannot open them as Margaret is experiencing above. The files are locally stored but just in a folder that is automatically synced to SharePoint.
Is there any news / guidance about compatibility of using this feature with Storyline. Otherwise we must save and upload our project files at the end of each day which is of course prone to human error and forgetfulness!
Thanks!