I was wondering if it was possible to update content in an existing course which has been published to HTML5 and is in use by numerous users WITHOUT the users having to start from the beginning. I have done some testing and when I update the content and republish (same name, same location) the course starts again without the option to resume.
Is there a way for me to update content without a user having to start from scratch?
If you do any updates that add slides or layers it is likely that the users will lose progress as the resume data will become meaningless to the updated course and be ignored.
As Phil said. Only simple changes to existing slides and layers.
Also, if the course is in LMS, you might have to physically update the content by not loading the content directly through the LMS but going to the server the content is on and overwriting it directly there--and then hope no learner is accessing the content as you do that.
I did this for a couple of courses with Presenter and SL1 and it worked--BUT I've not tested it with SL2 or SL3/SL360 so I can't ensure that it still does work.
Also, depending on the business rules for the LMS, this may not be permitted. For example, if the LMS is validated, things like FDA regs may prohibit people working around the system doing that and bypassing versioning.
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If you do any updates that add slides or layers it is likely that the users will lose progress as the resume data will become meaningless to the updated course and be ignored.
As Phil said. Only simple changes to existing slides and layers.
Also, if the course is in LMS, you might have to physically update the content by not loading the content directly through the LMS but going to the server the content is on and overwriting it directly there--and then hope no learner is accessing the content as you do that.
I did this for a couple of courses with Presenter and SL1 and it worked--BUT I've not tested it with SL2 or SL3/SL360 so I can't ensure that it still does work.
Also, depending on the business rules for the LMS, this may not be permitted. For example, if the LMS is validated, things like FDA regs may prohibit people working around the system doing that and bypassing versioning.
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