Storyline web object doen't play in LMS or Scorm Cloud

Apr 19, 2014

Followed the directions for inserting a Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/embed/MvenWiQxJPQ?autoplay=1&rel=0 which play independently and in the insert window test link. Once Published it doesn't play when I select View Presentation nor when I zip and upload to LMS or Scorm Cloud.  All I get when launching course is the Player template with navigation and title and blank screen.  Any ideas.  Popup blocker is off and the link is good as it plays in the test link.

36 Replies
Dennis Hall

Hi Maureen:

When you click the View Presentation at the end of a Publish, you are viewing you published story from your local computer. Computers (for the past 5 years or so) have disallowed remote web content to be launched from local web content for security reasons. This is why your YouTube WebObject does not work when you run your story from a drive letter (local or network).

To make this work, you will need to upload your story to a web server.

Brining me to the next item...

You LMS is "most likely" blocking YouTube connections due to CrossDomain restrictions. I do not know about ScormCloud. For your LMS, have your programmer "allow" the media type and URL(s) on your LMS server. If your LMS server is hosted, contact that vendor to set this information to "allow".

In short, the web based server security is blocking the link.

Best Regards,

Dennis Hall

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi Maureen,

You'll also want to check that the YouTube content isn't restricted as then it may not play in your published output as described here, and you could see the message indicating as such or just a blank screen. 

If you're sure it's not restricted and it's still not playing at SCORM Cloud we'd be happy to take a look at the file if you're able to share it here, or even just a link to the YouTube video and we can test it in a new Storyline file. 

James Dubendorf

Hello,

I'm trying to display a vimeo video in slide as a web object (seehttp://community.articulate.com/forums/p/45350/309825.aspx#309825). This works fine when published to CD and played on my computer. However, so far no luck when trying to make it work within our LMS. (the only option working in the LMS so far is opening the vimeo video in a new window).

In chrome, I get a gray shield in the left side of the address window saying thepage includes script from unauthenticated sources. It gives me the option of going here:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1342714
If I agree to 'load unsafe script,' nothing happens, and the module closes out.
I found this forum post which suggests that my LMS might be able to 'allow' the media type and url.

Dennis Hall said:

To make this work, you will need to upload your story to a web server.

Brining me to the next item...

You LMS is "most likely" blocking YouTube connections due to CrossDomain restrictions. I do not know about ScormCloud. For your LMS, have your programmer "allow" the media type and URL(s) on your LMS server. If your LMS server is hosted, contact that vendor to set this information to "allow".

In short, the web based server security is blocking the link.


Does anyone have experience successfully streaming vimeo video in slide as a web object from within an LMS? Could Dennis' solution apply to my situation?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

James

James Dubendorf

Ashley,

Thank you for your replies. From my testing, it appears that the 'display in slide' option is not workingin either my LMS or in SCORM Cloud. However, the display in new window option does work.

I'd really appreciate suggestions for possible solutions! The 'in slide' option really would be ideal for my purposes.

Many thanks,

James

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi James,

Thanks - I see the same behavior in SCORM Cloud too even with using the embed code as "Insert video - from website". It seems to only be vimeo videos though and within the LMS, as the other version I shared in the other thread worked when publish to web? 

I didn't get an error message as you mentioned though - just a blank page. Can you share a copy of the project here or a link to the course in SCORM Cloud? 

Amaia Quesada

Hello!

I'm getting some issues with my scorm file on our LMS, therefore I'm trying to test it on scorm cloud.

When I click on "launch" after uploading the file on scorm cloud, my understanding is that it should run on its own until completion if no bugs are found, however in my case, a pop up window with my scorm is launched but then nothing happens, and it looks like I have to go through the course manually myself.

Can you help me with this?

Thanks in advance

Amaia

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