Hi everyone. I've been told by an LMS provider that a Storyline 2 Scorm course will need to be downloaded in it's entirety before it can begin playing for the user. I'm pretty sure this is incorrect. Can someone confirm that the course will start to play before all the data is downloaded to the user's computer? Thanks.
Hi Goeffrey, at least for NetDimensions, that does not appear to be true. I launched one of our largest modules (using Chrome), with a Network Activity monitor open. The module began playing while the monitor showed SWFs and audio continuing to be loaded.
I have to wonder if the limitation your provider is telling you about, is something they have put in place for security reasons.
Thanks Julia. They are running a VERY narrow pipe for us. Our video segments are bogging down with multiple users and they are saying the entire course is slowing down the loading. I'm skeptical of this as the entire course was only 160mb. Hardly huge in terms of video.
Would it be possible to link the video in from another service? Maybe embed it as a web object that streams when it loads? 160 is very small. That is really surprising.
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Hi Goeffrey, at least for NetDimensions, that does not appear to be true. I launched one of our largest modules (using Chrome), with a Network Activity monitor open. The module began playing while the monitor showed SWFs and audio continuing to be loaded.
I have to wonder if the limitation your provider is telling you about, is something they have put in place for security reasons.
Thanks Julia. They are running a VERY narrow pipe for us. Our video segments are bogging down with multiple users and they are saying the entire course is slowing down the loading. I'm skeptical of this as the entire course was only 160mb. Hardly huge in terms of video.
Would it be possible to link the video in from another service? Maybe embed it as a web object that streams when it loads? 160 is very small. That is really surprising.
Not when you realize that the pipe was 20mb of download width. They say they have upped it to 1000mb but I'm skeptical...
Hi Geoffrey,
I'm with Julia on this one - as here is how Storyline is designed to preload your content. For videos, we'll also progressively stream them so you don't have to wait for the entire thing to download.
You could look at testing the course in another system such as Scorm Cloud, which is an industry standard for LMS testing to see how it behaves there. This article will walk you through how to test there.
Thanks Ashley.
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