I did google the question a bit, but just in case will post it here also.
Our Articulate 3 courses are published in format: Flash with HTML5 fallback and AMP. From 1.01.2020 Flash will be discontinued. But our courses are in HTML5 fallback. What will happen to them? Will our students have problems seeing them? Or will the HTML5 fallback protect them?
I am currently moving all courses to full HTML5 format, but 2020 is here soon, so still checking with you.
So basically, the files will not disappear? Students can still see the videos? None of my co-workers can help me with the question, so i am a bit confused.
Yes everything will still work, it may try to run flash in older browsers (IE9 mainly) but anyone else, which will be the vast majority will get the html5
We have been developing our courses as well with Flash and HTML5 fallback. But I notice that browsers that do not support flash do not default to the HTML5. The browser asks if I want to play flash. This makes me nervous with the impending deprecation of flash.
Can you speak to how this will be handled by the various browsers?
Your published courses will continue to work if they include HTML5 output. Web browsers will simply ignore the Flash content and display the HTML5 version instead. However, HTML5 output from our legacy apps only works in Google Chrome and Safari. It won’t work reliably in other browsers.
Which browser are you using? On my end, I've noticed Internet Explorer will not always fallback on HTML.
Thank you for sharing which browsers you will be running! As Lauren mentioned, published HTML5 outputs from Legacy Apps will only continue to work in Chrome and Safari. I wanted to share this resource that provides additional details on how the end of flash will affect courses as well:
I create most of my modules in Rise and where I need something a little bit more interactive, I create a component in Storyline 360 and then publish it into Review 360. I noticed the format is html5 with Flash Fallback. I assume from previous comments this will continue to work in 2021?
That is correct! For Storyline 360 courses, the published course will continue to work as long as they include the HTML5 output. Web browsers will simply ignore the Flash content and display the HTML5 version instead.
What about the LMS? Does it restrict the upload of xAPI-files containing the "story.swf" file? I assume that some of the LMSs are going to block the upload in the near future.
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Flash fallback will work, AMP should still work with the flash files but moving to HTML5 only will not work in AMP
Thank You for the answer!
So basically, the files will not disappear? Students can still see the videos? None of my co-workers can help me with the question, so i am a bit confused.
Yes everything will still work, it may try to run flash in older browsers (IE9 mainly) but anyone else, which will be the vast majority will get the html5
Super! Thank you so very much!
We have been developing our courses as well with Flash and HTML5 fallback. But I notice that browsers that do not support flash do not default to the HTML5. The browser asks if I want to play flash. This makes me nervous with the impending deprecation of flash.
Can you speak to how this will be handled by the various browsers?
Hi John!
Your published courses will continue to work if they include HTML5 output. Web browsers will simply ignore the Flash content and display the HTML5 version instead. However, HTML5 output from our legacy apps only works in Google Chrome and Safari. It won’t work reliably in other browsers.
Which browser are you using? On my end, I've noticed Internet Explorer will not always fallback on HTML.
Thank you for your detailed reply.
In December I think our organization will be running Edge, Chrome, and Safari. On both Windows 10 and OSX machines.
Hi John,
Thank you for sharing which browsers you will be running! As Lauren mentioned, published HTML5 outputs from Legacy Apps will only continue to work in Chrome and Safari. I wanted to share this resource that provides additional details on how the end of flash will affect courses as well:
Please let us know if you have any questions!
I have seen this conversation from months ago.
I create most of my modules in Rise and where I need something a little bit more interactive, I create a component in Storyline 360 and then publish it into Review 360.
I noticed the format is html5 with Flash Fallback. I assume from previous comments this will continue to work in 2021?
Thanks for your guidance.
Hi There,
Happy to help clarify!
That is correct! For Storyline 360 courses, the published course will continue to work as long as they include the HTML5 output. Web browsers will simply ignore the Flash content and display the HTML5 version instead.
Please let us know if you have any questions!
What if we have content with published settings of flash with HTML 5 fallback created with Storyline 2?
Storyline 2 HTML5 is only supported in some browsers. I would recommend updating this courses to SL360 or SL3
What about the LMS? Does it restrict the upload of xAPI-files containing the "story.swf" file? I assume that some of the LMSs are going to block the upload in the near future.
You could always open the source files and re-publish to just HTML5. That way you don’t have to worry about it.