A colleauge has shared her output files with me while she is on leave. I am looking for guidance on how to import these back into story line in order to make changes to the course.
I appreciate you sharing what you would like to accomplish.
Unfortunately, you will need the .story project files to edit the course in Storyline. Hopefully, your colleague will be back and share those files with you soon.
Why then are those files created when you only need to .zip file to upload to an LMS? Is that the only reason, because you can use it to create the .Zip file? if so, is there a way to make them more useful files, like in this case when the user does not have the .story file? Is there a way to alter this file so that it can be both Either a .zip or a copy of the .story course too?
Those files are the files that are zipped, to make internet uploading quicker and easier. Those are the files that the project needs to allow a user to access it. The LMS takes the zipped content, and unzips it, getting those files. If the project is being made available over, say, a local network, those are the only files you need. Just place them in unzipped form where the intended audience can access them. Start with story.html (the start file for a browser).
I don't know how useful they are, but I do know that they are the minimum required files. without all of them, there is nothing.
As to editing them, publishing in SL is like baking a cake. It's the only way the cake is usable, but when it is baked, it is too late to change the ingredients. The only to change it is if you kept the recipe (the .story file) so you can make and bake (publish) a new one.
Good question; I'm happy to help with some insight! Yes, you are correct; even if you just need to edit one word of text in your project, you need to do it in the source Storyline file. The published LMS or Web output cannot be edited or reverse-engineered.
But here's some great news for Review 360! When you publish a Storyline 360 project to Review 360, you can include the source file so it's downloadable from Review 360. Here's how:
So, if the project is published in Review 360 and you have the link for it, you can download the source file from Review if you need to make edits to the original project.
If you require any further information, please let me know!
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Christina,
If the shared output files look like this, you won't be able to edit. Instead, you will need the filename.story project file.
Richard
Hi Christina,
I appreciate you sharing what you would like to accomplish.
Unfortunately, you will need the .story project files to edit the course in Storyline. Hopefully, your colleague will be back and share those files with you soon.
Thanks Richard!
That is what Ifeared. I do not have access to the .story file only the output files.
Yep. Kinda like having the car but no keys! :)
Richard
Why then are those files created when you only need to .zip file to upload to an LMS? Is that the only reason, because you can use it to create the .Zip file? if so, is there a way to make them more useful files, like in this case when the user does not have the .story file? Is there a way to alter this file so that it can be both Either a .zip or a copy of the .story course too?
Diana,
Those files are the files that are zipped, to make internet uploading quicker and easier. Those are the files that the project needs to allow a user to access it. The LMS takes the zipped content, and unzips it, getting those files. If the project is being made available over, say, a local network, those are the only files you need. Just place them in unzipped form where the intended audience can access them. Start with story.html (the start file for a browser).
I don't know how useful they are, but I do know that they are the minimum required files. without all of them, there is nothing.
As to editing them, publishing in SL is like baking a cake. It's the only way the cake is usable, but when it is baked, it is too late to change the ingredients. The only to change it is if you kept the recipe (the .story file) so you can make and bake (publish) a new one.
Is this true even if you have to edit one word of text in a storyline output file? Is there no way to find the text embedded in one of the files?
Hello Laura,
Good question; I'm happy to help with some insight! Yes, you are correct; even if you just need to edit one word of text in your project, you need to do it in the source Storyline file. The published LMS or Web output cannot be edited or reverse-engineered.
But here's some great news for Review 360! When you publish a Storyline 360 project to Review 360, you can include the source file so it's downloadable from Review 360. Here's how:
So, if the project is published in Review 360 and you have the link for it, you can download the source file from Review if you need to make edits to the original project.
If you require any further information, please let me know!