Using Amazon S3 Service as a Course Platform

Nov 19, 2015

Help! Anyone...

I have read Tom K.'s blog post on using Amazon S3 (as well as Dropbox, Google, etc) and Ashley T.'s reply to a forum thread on the use of S3 with another Articulate product (not SL2). I downloaded Cloudberry and installed it, set up an Amazon S3 account, created a bucket, and uploaded a test course to S3 and tried to run it using the web link from Cloudberry-- nothing happened.

FYI, I published the course to Web and checked the "Include HTML5 Output", "Use AMP for Android/iOS" and "Allow downloading for off-line viewing" boxes.

I used Cloudberry to upload the entire Story Output file (mobile and story_content folders plus the 7 environment files). I selected the "story.html" file as the launch point and obtained the URL with Cloudberry.

I tried running the program with that URL and only get a blank screen on my browser (Firefox). (But I get the same behavior with Internet Explorer.)

Although Tom's instructions in his blog post were good, there were apparently a lot of missing steps as when I tried to replicate his instructions, I found options arising that were not mentioned in his blog.

I don't know whether my problem is with permissions (I set Amazon S3 Anyone for reading and for the story.html file set permissions to Everyone Open/Download).

Any ideas, team?

47 Replies

Dale Thorpe

over 7 years ago09/26/16 at 7:45 pm (UTC)

Hello Richard -

Thank you so much for your post. I could really identify with your experiences. After following instructions from several Articulate blogs and other YouTube videos, I will still getting a clock when I tried to launch my Storyline courses. Your blog helped me realize the problem (that I had not made my root bucket public)! Once I made it public, everything finally worked. Thank you, thank you!!

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 7 years ago09/26/16 at 7:53 pm (UTC)

Hi Dale and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! So glad that this was able to assist you as well :) Thanks for popping in to share.

over 7 years ago11/12/16 at 12:50 am (UTC)

Thank you SO much! You are a lifesaver!! You're step by step tutorial did the trick after many days of frustration. You are much appreciated, Elizabeth!

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 7 years ago11/12/16 at 4:57 pm (UTC)

Glad you were able to find a solution that works for you Heather. Thanks for popping in to share.

Yvonne Leklou

over 6 years ago10/18/17 at 7:32 pm (UTC)

Elizabeth, why do we "Rename the story.html file to story.index.html "? I'm just trying to understand the process as I update my portfolio.

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 6 years ago10/19/17 at 4:05 pm (UTC)

Hi Yvonne,

I'm not sure if Elizabeth is still subscribed here, as the post is a bit older - but you could always use the "contact me" button on a ELH users' profile to reach out to them directly!

Best of luck with your project!

Elizabeth Dennis

over 6 years ago10/19/17 at 4:26 pm (UTC)

Hi,

I'm still here. :)

Webhosting sites look for the file containing .index.html or .home.html. home.html is rarely used. Website urls actually contain the .index.html, but it's in the background so we don't have to type it in.

Hope that helps!

over 6 years ago10/19/17 at 4:30 pm (UTC)

I was wondering because it appears to work without renaming it. Also, would using the html5.html work better for the non-flash browsers?

over 6 years ago10/19/17 at 4:33 pm (UTC)

Only one way to find out! Try it

Condoleeza T.

over 6 years ago11/19/17 at 9:34 pm (UTC)

Beginner here! I followed Tom K.'s instructions on set up and got stuck. As you can see in my screenshots, Tom has his root pointing towards his courses. Unfortunately, once I click on Users I get the arrow and public. I cannot access my name, then documents, then Articulate programs. Can somewhat help?!

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Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 6 years ago11/19/17 at 11:34 pm (UTC)

Hi Alanna,

Are your files saved locally to your C drive? I don't know a ton about using Cloudberry (outside what that article shows) but I'd want to make sure your files were saved and mapped to the C drive in your user profile (vs. a network/shared drive).

I'd suggest starting there and if you need to get your content up and out the door quickly you can use Tempshare as a patch. It's easy to upload and it'll keep your content live for 10 days.

over 6 years ago11/19/17 at 11:42 pm (UTC)

Hi, Yes my files are under C. I've tried tempshare but unfortunately it gets to 99% and then stops loading. It's all driving me crazy! I am trying to find someone who can come on my computer remotely to assist me. Willing to pay! Sent from my Android BlackBerry - via the Rogers Network

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 6 years ago11/20/17 at 1:53 pm (UTC)

Hi Alanna,

Sorry I'm not much more help - but hopefully someone else in the community is familiar with the Cloudberry set up and able to weigh in! Keep us posted if you figure it out, as it may help someone else who comes across this discussion.

over 6 years ago11/20/17 at 6:02 pm (UTC)

You’ll need to upload all files to AWS. I’m on my phone right now but when I’m back to my desk I’d be happy to help you.

Sent from my iPhone

Condoleeza T.

over 6 years ago11/20/17 at 6:14 pm (UTC)

Hi Elizabeth, I just sent you an email.

Thanks!

Alanna

John Curran

over 6 years ago12/13/17 at 1:47 pm (UTC)

I got Amazon S3 working but it's not for the faint hearted! Just finding the S3 Console was a challenge. Amazon AWS is not meant for simple occasional use but for proper web dev projects.

Thanks Elizabeth for your instructions - I think the Console has changed a bit recently and you can now upload to it using simple drag and drop (no need to install an FTP app like Cloudberry).

Still, not nearly as simple as good old Tempshare!

Mustafa Yucelgen
Partner

over 6 years ago01/02/18 at 10:35 am (UTC)

Hi all!

We use AWS & S3 as our hosting platforms for our LMS and intranet cloud services.

We've reconfigured S3 as stated here by dear Tom http://bit.ly/2DMbZcY, and it just works fine.

Here is a new elearning content we've designed for our own library: http://bilgikurdu.s3.amazonaws.com/demo/Bes/story.html

I'll be glad to help you sort it out if anyone still needs help.

Best of wishes to you all!

PS: Pls. do watch this new animation we've created for a customer as our new year wishes: https://youtu.be/cZFpU5AdmHE

Indrani Sen

almost 6 years ago07/10/18 at 5:25 pm (UTC)

Tom's blog was very helpful. I set up my free cloudberry and Amazon S3 services, and was able to successfully upload all the files. It is great to see an Storyline project online. It all took me the first half of the day. Thanks-Tom :)

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

almost 6 years ago07/10/18 at 5:51 pm (UTC)

Glad that this was helpful Indrani :) Thanks for chiming in to share.

Indrani Sen

almost 6 years ago07/10/18 at 6:18 pm (UTC)

Thanks to you as well-Leslie :)

almost 6 years ago07/10/18 at 6:19 pm (UTC)

Thanks to you as well-Leslie :)

Prakash Menon

over 4 years ago07/21/19 at 11:21 am (UTC)

I need some help please. I have set up the AmazonS3 account and then tried to get the Cloudberry Explorer but only to realise that was for Windows and I am a Mac user for which Cloudberry doesnt have a version as yet.

Can anyone please help guide me what do I do now? Thanks for your help in advance.