Retrieving user's name and inserting it into the slides

Sep 22, 2020

I want to personalise a module. Not sure if this will make sense but after a user logs on to the LMS (and launches the course), is it possible to retrieve that user's name and insert it into the slides?

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Judy Nollet

Hi, Charlie,

Storyline can't retrieve a name from an LMS. I don't have the expertise to say whether or not that'd be possible with JavaScript. 

However, with Storyline, you can have the person type their name in a text-entry field and then have the program insert their name later in the course, as desired. 

  • The text typed into a text-entry field is automatically put into an associated variable. 
  • Storyline will display the value of a variable wherever you type the variable's name surrounded by percentage marks (e.g.,: %myvariable%). 

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