Can anyone please advise how Storlyine performs when deployed via LMS and content viewed on iPads. Is this possible?
I've been advsied from an external source that this is not feasbile/stable. Articulate, do you have a published scorm folder that I could use to test this on?
If your LMS requires a login with password, you cannot use the ipad app. It will run (with some quirks) on an ipad using the latest Safari Browser to access the LMS.
When viewing content on an iPad, you can use either the Articulate mobile player app (recommended) or the mobile Safari browser. To compare how Storyline content behaves in these environments, please review this article.
To review frequently asked questions and answers regarding iPad / HTML5 content, click here.
I've had users complain that they can't enlarge the content on ipads, and others that when they click on a link to an external video have to start over when they return.
Maybe my answer wasn't clear. If you want to use the Articulate app, it runs on Articulate's server. The user logs ins into the LMS, clicks on the course content. Ipad goes to Articulate to run the app. When the app contacts the LMS for content, the LMS wants a password, and the Articulate app isn't able to pass that request to the user. The app can't authenticate, and the LMS won't give the app the content.
The problem does not exist if the ipad connects to the LMS using the Safari browser. You just have to be content with the content running as a web page, instead of an spp. The same problem exists with Android, too.
This is only a problem if the content is stored on the internet in a location that requires password access, which I assume yours does, if you want to track progress.
Also, be aware that the mobile app only tracks content using the TinCan API.
Thanks for the comments - I'm a little happier now as I've done some testing using HTML5 output and deploying via my LMS. It all seems to work fine - not used videos but will open up resources in new tabs and return to the content when I close the tab. Tracking via Saba LMS seems fine too (small sample tested).
Anyone else used HTML5, IPads and LMS in large numbers? Would be good to get some more real life examples of how this works!
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If your LMS requires a login with password, you cannot use the ipad app. It will run (with some quirks) on an ipad using the latest Safari Browser to access the LMS.
Thanks Stacia - that's not the answer I was hoping for! What kind of quirks will we experience?
I was hoping to move all authoring to Storyline; if we cant track using LMS on IPads I wont be able to do this :(
Hi Louise!
When viewing content on an iPad, you can use either the Articulate mobile player app (recommended) or the mobile Safari browser. To compare how Storyline content behaves in these environments, please review this article.
To review frequently asked questions and answers regarding iPad / HTML5 content, click here.
I've had users complain that they can't enlarge the content on ipads, and others that when they click on a link to an external video have to start over when they return.
Maybe my answer wasn't clear. If you want to use the Articulate app, it runs on Articulate's server. The user logs ins into the LMS, clicks on the course content. Ipad goes to Articulate to run the app. When the app contacts the LMS for content, the LMS wants a password, and the Articulate app isn't able to pass that request to the user. The app can't authenticate, and the LMS won't give the app the content.
The problem does not exist if the ipad connects to the LMS using the Safari browser. You just have to be content with the content running as a web page, instead of an spp. The same problem exists with Android, too.
This is only a problem if the content is stored on the internet in a location that requires password access, which I assume yours does, if you want to track progress.
Also, be aware that the mobile app only tracks content using the TinCan API.
Hope this clears up my answer.
Thanks Stacie for clearing up any confusion here!
Thanks for the comments - I'm a little happier now as I've done some testing using HTML5 output and deploying via my LMS. It all seems to work fine - not used videos but will open up resources in new tabs and return to the content when I close the tab. Tracking via Saba LMS seems fine too (small sample tested).
Anyone else used HTML5, IPads and LMS in large numbers? Would be good to get some more real life examples of how this works!
Thanks, Louise
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