Change "content has ended" message

I think this message is coming from your LMS, Storyline normally closes the window

Hi Dina,

I've seen another thread where users mentioned a similar message, but as Phil said it seems to be coming from the LMS as there isn't anything similar in the "player text labels." Where are you hosting your content? Have you tried testing it at SCORM Cloud as well? It's an industry standard for testing SCORM content and would help you narrow down where the issue is occurring.

Hope that helps.

Hi!

I just found this in the scorm files - goodbye.html

not sure where in storyline I can change this before publishing or if we can? because I like to publish and zip at the same time, editing this would mean I have to publish, edit and manually zip

Hi Jackie,

I don't believe there is a way to access that from within the .story file prior to publishing, so you'd need to make any edits to the published output.

Hi When I was using SL2, to change this message I'd go to the Program files\Articulate Storyline\Content\lms and open the 'goodbye.html file with Notepad++, change the wording and save. This would remain the same then for any published SCORM unitl I reinstalled SL.

I'm now using SL360 and can't find the goodbye message to change. I tried placing it in the usual spot, as there is no message there now, but that didn't work. Can anyone tell me where it is in SL360 please?

Hi Jenny

I just published a test file and the goodbye.html file is in the LMS folder

Hi Wendy

Thanks for the reply! I understand that you can change this at the time of publishing (which I think is what you did?), but in SL2 I was able to go into the application files - Program files\Articulate Storyline\Content\lms and open the 'goodbye.html file with Notepad++, change the wording and save.

Doing it this way meant that I didn't have to make the change every time I published - it just remained the same unless I updated SL2. The same folder is available in the SL360 application files, but not the generic wording - I can't find where the 'goodbye' generic wording is now located in the application files to change.

Sorry Jenny you're right I misread your post and looked in the published files.  Can you copy the code from the published SL2 file into the goodbye.html file in SL360 and see if that works?

Brilliant Wendy! That thought worked a treat thank you!

I removed the {1} from the Goodbye folder and added my own wording (last time I tried it I left in the { } - I'm not too great with coding!) It now looks like this:

If anyone would like instructions, I've attached my steps below.

Thanks again Wendy for the nudge :)

Thanks Jenny for sharing that - I know a few folks have looked to accomplish this so I'm sure it'll help someone else who comes across it. 

Good job Jenny - you did all the heavy lifting - thanks for sharing the update :-)

Jenny

You can edit/change the message in the player.

In Articulate 360 go to the Player> Text Labels> Player Text Labels.

Scroll down to #37: LMS good-bye message = The content has ended. You may close this window.

Its actually #38 in the updated November 2018 editions of SL3

You need to manually open the Configuration file in Notepad (file in Articulate / [version] / Content / lms), look for the following code:

var EXIT_BEHAVIOR = "ALWAYS_CLOSE_TOP"; //used to control window closing behavior on call of ConcedeControl
//Possible Values: SCORM_RECOMMENDED, ALWAYS_CLOSE, ALWAYS_CLOSE_TOP, NOTHING, REDIR_CONTENT_FRAME, LMS_SPECIFIED_REDIRECT

And change the value to "ALWAYS_CLOSE_TOP", as the default value is "SCORM_RECOMMENDED", and it is reset when the software updates.

May I ask why this little detail cannot be adjusted in Storyline in the Publish window? You would think that if you select LMS and SCORM 1.2, an additrional menu would be available to select the exit behavior.