Getting student name from the LMS and using it in Articulate

The lmsAPI.GetStudentName(); method no longer works for me when I publish to HTML5 only. Here's the code that I use for HTML5:

//This trigger is set to execute when the timeline starts. In order for it to work, this slide requires a variable "newName".
//Get User Name embedded into file from LMS
var myName = SCORM_GetStudentName();

//SCORM has last name, first and we are switching it around to first last.
var array = myName.split(',');
var newName = array[1] + ' ' + array[0];

//Set the variable
var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar("newName", newName);

FYI, we’ve found that although the lms.js file is still included in the published HTML5 zip package, it’s not actually used and all its functions and variables aren’t used in our LMS. I’m not sure if that has something to do with our LMS (Saba Cloud) or something else. Regardless, that’s why the lmsAPI variable is undefined in our LMS. Instead I used the SCORM_GetStudentName(); function from SCORMFunctions.js.

Create a javascript trigger and use some code like this:

var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar("NameOfYourStorylineVariable", variableValue);

Let us know if you need more help than this. There is more sample code here: https://articulate.com/support/article/javascript-best-practices-and-examples

This attached script worked for me. 

It might seem fairly obvious (retrospectively), but to note the methods here will not work when publishing a storyline to LMS / LRS with Report to an LMS = xAPI. Presumably the same is true with CMI5.
When you publish to xAPI the result is "undefined", similar to results others have reported using older LMS systems. 
They do work fine when Report to an LMS = SCORM 1.2 or 2004 accordingly. 

When publishing to xAPI we still get scormdriver.js in the output ../lib/.
There are snippets of code that look like they are to do with xAPI or CMI5. Is this still work in progress?
So now I must look for xAPI "equivalent" methods... maybe more javascript...post and get...

for xAPI it is not possible with scormdriver.js (there is no connection from course to LMS)

have a look in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGYTxy-ru4E&t=422s

the user name (if there is one) is encoded in the start url of the course

the details dependes on the LMS you use - probably for security reasons there is no name transmitted at all, but only a anonymous ID

Excellent Matthew. I should have refreshed the page before replying. I've use parts of your demos in my work. Keep up the great work!

Thanks Matthew.  I appreciate the help.

Matthew, I don't know if you have any other suggestions.  I have been trying to get the JavaScript trigger to work using the script you provided, but with no luck.  When I run it live in the LMS I am not getting an error, just nothing is being returned.   Not sure what I am missing.  Would it matter if I am using a demo version of 360?  Are some features disabled?

Hi Matthew,

Thanks for the quick response. The script you gave me did not do the job, but the link to the discussion did. I am publishing to SCORM 1.2 and using HTML5 with Flash. This is what worked for me. Thanks everyone.

var player = GetPlayer();

function findLMSAPI(win) {
// look in this window
if (win.hasOwnProperty("GetStudentID")) return win;

// all done if no parent
else if (win.parent == win) return null;

// climb up to parent window & look there
else return findLMSAPI(win.parent);
}
var lmsAPI = findLMSAPI(this);
var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var array = myName.split(',');
var newName = array[1] + ' ' + array[0];
player.SetVar("newName", newName);

Thanks,
Marcia
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This JS is already giving me a headache. This might be a very simple fix for someone. All I need is to pull a student's name from Blackboard and insert it in a completion certificate slide that I have created. Please see the attached certificate with the script I'm using (created by Matthew Bibby). I am using Storyline 3. Any help will be greatly appreciated.