Creating a Custom App with Articulate Content

Hi Suelman! Happy to try and help you here! Can you help me better understand what you're looking to do?

• Do you want to create a mobile app for learners to download onto their mobile devices (similar to other apps you may have on your phone or tablet)? Creating an app is quite an undertaking, but I'm sure the community could point you in the right direction.
  
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• Do you simply want to provide a link to published Storyline content that learners can access using a desktop computer or a mobile device without the need for the Articulate Mobile Player? Providing a link to content is as simple as publishing a course and hosting it online. I can help with this!

Hi Alyssa,

Sorry for the delay in responding.

Yes, what I was asking about was the first option. I.e. Having an app created where users can view and download content directly from the app without the need for the Articulate player.

I assume I could publish the content as HTML5 and then embed it into an app and it should work?

Kind regards,

Suleman

Hi Suleman - Thanks for popping in with an update. 

We cannot support a 3rd party app, but I do know users have mentioned doing so. Hopefully someone will be able to chime in to assist.

Adobe has a product called PhoneGap that converts HTML, CSS, and Javascript files to Android and iOS apps. Although I haven't tested a converted project yet, I have used their Android app to preview Storyline web output on my Android phone.

I have tested the conversion of Storyline and Rise content into apps using PhoneGap. Here is some info on a test I did with a sample Rise course. The same process applies to Storyline HTML5 content.

Thanks guys, sounds promising. I'll hopefully try to look into it soon.

I would like more information on the second option on how to access using a desktop computer. Is there a way to embed the content into a webpage? Do you have samples of this being done well not using an LMS?

Hi Beth,

There are steps here on how to embed content into a Web page (this is for Storyline 360 - but the steps will be similar for other versions of Storyline). Does that help? 

You can also upload the published output directly to a web server, for example, a lot of our staff uses the Amazon S3 servers and we also do some testing on  Tempshare. 

Would you be able to track quiz answers once you have wrapped the app by Phonegap?

Hello Andreas and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :) 

You typically need an LMS to track the results of your users and this is what we recommend.

Hopefully others in the community will be able to chime in and offer some ideas or best practices for you.