I've read through the article here regarding hosting on Amazon: http://www.articulate.com/blog/how-to-use-amazon-s3-to-host-presenter-courses/ The article is pretty old though, and I was wondering if all that info is still current. Anyone hosting content on Amazon? Any pointers or caveats to watch out for? Do visitors need to login to Amazon to access your content or is there a way to accomplish single sign-on from an LMS? Thanks!
I realize that this is an old question. I hope that I can build on the previous discussion instead of launching a new one. I've followed all of the instructions and still cannot view my course content when uploaded to Amazon S3.
Published Storyline content to web in Storyline. Check. Used Cloudberry to copy all course files to S3. Check. Changed story.html file to index.html. Check. Set permissions to public in S3. Check.
When I click on the course URL, either the screen is completely blank, with my course title on the tab, or I get a screen with the words "Next" and "Previous" in the corner. In either case, it first appears as if the course is loading. Then . . nothing. Any help?
Hi Leslie. Yes there is an access key requirement on the S3 side. The S3 keys are also correct on the Cloudberry side. All works according to the article: files move over fine, the URLs appear on both sides, and the links are marked as Public. Still no course playback.
I followed the directions on Tom's latest blog, as well. I suspect a simple fix, but am at a total loss at this point. Thank you - and anyone else who can lend a hand towards resolution!!
I can't speak to Cloudberry specifically, but you'll want to ensure you're saving the entire contents of the published output folder. So either zipping that folder to upload or being able to upload the folder as is, keeping the individual files and folder structure intact.
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Hi Mike!
You should still be able to utilize Amazon as mentioned above.
I am curious as to what you wish to accomplish here since you mentioned an LMS and Amazon. If you have an LMS, I would recommend utilizing that.
Our LMS does not host the files, we need a 3rd party for that. I'm testing now.
I realize that this is an old question. I hope that I can build on the previous discussion instead of launching a new one. I've followed all of the instructions and still cannot view my course content when uploaded to Amazon S3.
Published Storyline content to web in Storyline. Check.
Used Cloudberry to copy all course files to S3. Check.
Changed story.html file to index.html. Check.
Set permissions to public in S3. Check.
When I click on the course URL, either the screen is completely blank, with my course title on the tab, or I get a screen with the words "Next" and "Previous" in the corner. In either case, it first appears as if the course is loading. Then . . nothing. Any help?
Hi David! I do not utilize this service personally, but I do know there is an access key requirement, right?
Perhaps this newer reference in Tom's blog post will assist.
Hi Leslie. Yes there is an access key requirement on the S3 side. The S3 keys are also correct on the Cloudberry side. All works according to the article: files move over fine, the URLs appear on both sides, and the links are marked as Public. Still no course playback.
I followed the directions on Tom's latest blog, as well. I suspect a simple fix, but am at a total loss at this point. Thank you - and anyone else who can lend a hand towards resolution!!
Just wanted to link to this thread as well for anyone following along :)
@David - did you change the story.html file's name to index.html? That's what did it for me, after hours of frustration! Hope this helps...
Thanks for popping in to share Danielle :)
I realize tis is a very old thread... I have watched Christine and Tom's video multiple times.... I am a week in on this project :(
I feel as if I am not publishing it correctly for cloudberry. I hope if I get that down, I'll be able to figure the rest out.
When you save it, you're saving the whole folder? Or it as a file?
Hi Jo,
I can't speak to Cloudberry specifically, but you'll want to ensure you're saving the entire contents of the published output folder. So either zipping that folder to upload or being able to upload the folder as is, keeping the individual files and folder structure intact.
Hi David! I am currently experiencing the exact same issue you have. Did you find a resolution for this?
Hi Heather and welcome to E-Learning Heroes!
The response by David here is a bit dated and I'm not sure that he would still be subscribed.
It does look like you were able to find a solution that worked for you here :)
Its very easy to publish samples to Moodle.
Package as SCORM.
Zip your files and then drag and drop- super easy!