Articulate Course in Captivate (as wrapper)?

What specific system and custom variables are you trying to access? Storyline does allow for Javascripts, similar to Captivate, so at the very least you could use JavaScript to READ info from your LMS/database into Storyline and should be able to WRITE Storyline's score variables (admittedly they are not as extensive as Captivate's) and any custom variables to your LMS/database. Here is some general info on using JS with Storyline: http://www.articulate.com/support/storyline/javascript-best-practices-and-examples. And here is som info on generating a certificate in Storyline: http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/12471.aspx

Technically, you could use the webpage widget for Captivate 6 (it's a third-party widget available here: http://captivatedev.com/2012/08/07/adobe-captivate-6-x-widget-web-page-widget/) to DISPLAY Storyline content inside Captivate, but passing variables back and forth between Storyline, Captivate and a database seems a very complex proposition.

I would download a Storyline trial version, set a test course and try to 'hook' it into your database with Javascripts, similar to the ones you set up for Captivate.

Thanks for your quick reply.

The variables we pull from Captivate are:

System Generated 

• Date of Completion (date (mm/dd/yyyy) – cpInfoCurrentDateString)
• Current Time - (time (hh:mm:ss) – cpCurrentTime)
• Course Identifier - (boolean – cpInfoProjectName)
• Status (Pass/Fail) - (Boolean (1 = pass, 0 = fail) – cpQuizInfoPassFail)
• Mark (Grade) - (number – cpQuizInfoPointsscored)
• Mark (Percentage) - (number –cpInfoPercentage)
• Course ID (number – cpInfoCourseID)
• Course Name (text – cpInfoCourseName)  

User Generated (Manually created variables) - 

• First (text - UserNameF)
• Middle (text - UserNameM)
• Last (text - UserNameL)
• Birthdate (number [mm/dd/yyyy] - UserDOB)
• P# (number, 3 digit limit - PNumber)
• Previous Name (text - PrevName)
• MVID (number  [1234-56789] – MVID)
• Email (text - UserEmail)

Our users can't continue in the course until they've entered the User Gen content and it's been validated.

From what I understand, I wouldn't be able to pull Storyline's equivalent system variables from the course, since that information is not made available. Or am I misunderstanding something?

I'd previously reviewed the certificate link posted and it appears that a PDF can't be generated and that the certificate would allow anyone to return and change the name. I don't think it would meet our needs.

In the meantime, I think I'll see what we can do about trying to pull the data from a course generated in the trail version.

Edited: Corrected line spacing 

The user generated info can be created with Storyline's custom variables. As for your system-generated variables:

Mark (Grade) - (number – cpQuizInfoPointsscored): Storyline equivalent is Results.ScorePoints

Mark (Percentage) - (number –cpInfoPercentage): Storyline equivalent is Results.ScorePercent

The other system variables in your list can be done with Storyline custom variables and simple Javascripts (e.g. Date of Completion, Current Time), prepopulated text variables (e.g.Course Name) or True/False variables (e.g. Status ). 

Perfect!

A few more questions if you don't mind.

1. If I want the custom variables to be pulled from Storyline, do I need to put them on a quiz slide or results slide at the end of the course, or is it sufficient for them to be entered?
2. Can I limit the content entered into custom varible fields in Storyline (e.g. date in XX format, numbers extered (max limit of 3), email address formatting, etc.)?

Regarding1: custom variables do not require a results slide. You can populate them in Storyline and then pass the variable to a JavaScript.

Regarding2: There is no built-in option to validate the length or formatting of a text entry or data (number) entry. Again, you can use JavaScript to validate the content of a text entry variable and then provide feedback in Storyline.

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. This certainly helps me feel much more confident about using Storyline in future; and perhaps even replacing Captivate with it in time.

Hi Sheelagh,

I just wanted to welcome you to Heroes as it looks like Michael has you covered here. If you need anything else please let us know!