I feel quite silly having to ask this seemingly simple question, but what is the easiest way to post a course online? I am developing courses for an LMS and Sharepoint and it works effortlessly, but when I've
attempted to share a course outside of these environments (such as
through Dropbox), it hasn't worked as anticipated. When I share the link rather than launching the course online, it offers a download button. What am I doing wrong? Here is a link as an example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahp8ic4rv886kbr/story.html?dl=0
When you upload to a non-LMS, it should be published for web, so if you wanted to use dropbox, you would need to have a published for web version, and for the LMS, a SCORM (or Tin Can API) version.
Douglas, Did you put the published files in a file folder under the "Public" folder? You will need to make files for "mobile" and "story_content" and the folders within and then copy the files into them. Right click the story.html file and copy the public link. That link should work, test it.
That was it! So I had a Dropbox "problem" not an Articulate problem. I thought that sharing my folder was enough, but moving that folder/subfolders to the Public folder solved it completely. Such an easy fix. Thanks a ton, I can't believe it was that simple!
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When you upload to a non-LMS, it should be published for web, so if you wanted to use dropbox, you would need to have a published for web version, and for the LMS, a SCORM (or Tin Can API) version.
Does that help?
I should have clarified. I did publish for web and I copied all of the files/folders into dropbox. It just won't launch when you click the link.
I expected to see the course launch, however, this is what I get when I follow my link:
Did you place your published output in the Public folder in your Dropbox account to share it with others?
Douglas, Did you put the published files in a file folder under the "Public" folder? You will need to make files for "mobile" and "story_content" and the folders within and then copy the files into them. Right click the story.html file and copy the public link. That link should work, test it.
That was it! So I had a Dropbox "problem" not an Articulate problem. I thought that sharing my folder was enough, but moving that folder/subfolders to the Public folder solved it completely. Such an easy fix. Thanks a ton, I can't believe it was that simple!
Have a great weekend!
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