User notes that they can print and email

Dec 10, 2013

Hi all. I built a course earlier this year that contains a "notes" function to allow users to take a moment to reflect and type their thoughts on certain questions. This is used in place of a typical multiple response/choice type question. Thought I'd share it here with you!

Here are the files:

Screenr Part 1: Demonstration - https://player.vimeo.com/video/204928444

Screenr Part 2: How It Was Built - https://player.vimeo.com/video/204928450

Storyline Source: https://bit.ly/3Kd96as

Published Output: https://bit.ly/3Z0hj5X

Cheers!

Stephanie

238 Replies
Judy Aguiar

This looks like exactly what I need to collect user input and provide them with a report of their responses.  I have a few questions:

1.  Is the user response stored at least temporarily so that a user can come back later and complete?  

2.  How and where are responses stored (the user's system or the LMS system) and when is it deleted (especially if stored in LMS e.g., Articulate's LMS)? 

3.  Regarding storage in a system other than the user's system, if the user enters information that could potentially be PII or confidential, would the information be deleted after a set period or after sending the email or printing the report?

4.  Could answers to non-text input (i.e., radio button selections) also be included in the report?

Leslie Heimer

This resource is perfect for what I'm looking for! I went to Stephanie's website, and downloaded the source material, and did some customizing, but every time I try to look at the code or see what the pdf would look like by publishing the storyline file to Review, it doesn't work.

I am inserting a web object of the entire folder, including the html file and the pdfmake folder/files. I also changed the button to have the same javascript that Stephanie used on her pdf button.

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong as I have only a shallow understanding of both javascript and html. I've attached my files here if anyone would mind taking a look and seeing if they know what I need to change. Thanks!

Leslie Heimer

Hi Matthew , here is the link to the web published storyline file. I just included the two slides that I think are relevant. Thank you for taking a look!

https://storage.googleapis.com/lesliesportfolio/TIAPDFPrintHelp%20-%20Storyline%20output/index.html

Excuse the under-developed design, I got stuck on trying to get the pdf lined up and haven't worked on design too much yet!

Leslie Heimer

Hi Matthew, wow, thank you so much for your help and for finding all my typos! As I said, I'm quite a novice at both html and javascript.

I made those corrections and tried uploading to the server again, but I still can't get the print button to work. I'm not sure if the issue is in the pdf side of things or in the javascript I put in the trigger for the button.

I have been including the whole notes file in the web object and updating that every time I make a change to the html code. I'm beginning to think this may be on the javascript side, which is a bit beyond me!

Research Impact Canada

Thank you so much, Stephanie! This is truly phenomenal. I really love what you've shared! Thanks so much!

I am a novice at Javascript. I was able to customize parts of it. However, when I entered the code in for the email and print function, I wasn't able to get the windows to even open. I think I may have customized it wrong?

I also thought maybe I should try opening it in different browsers. After publishing the project, I tried to use the email and print icon functions in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer but I was unsuccessful.

Please see attached for more information.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance! :)

Stacie White

Hi. I have been reading this whole thread and adjusting the javascript to print notes to a pdf. This is what I have based on everything I have read:

var player=GetPlayer();
var useremail=player.GetVar("email");
var subject="Living Appfire Values";
var exercisenotes1=player.GetVar("Values1Notes");
var exercisenotes2=player.GetVar("Value2Notes");
var exercisenotes3=player.GetVar("Value3Notes");
var exercisenotes4=player.GetVar("Values4Notes");
var exercisenotes5=player.GetVar("Value5Notes");
var exercisenotes6=player.GetVar("Value6Notes");
var exercisenotes7=player.GetVar("Value7Notes");
var mailto_link='mailto:'+useremail+'?subject='+subject+'&body=
'+"Notes - What Be Human looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes1+"%0d%0A%0d%0A
Notes - What Make it, and Make it Matter looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes2+"%0d%0A%0d%0A
Notes - What Light the Way looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes3+"%0d%0A%0d%0AGeneral Notes:%0d%0A"
Notes - What Getting it Right looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes4+"%0d%0A%0d%0A
Notes - What Thrive on Change, and Grow as a Family looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes5+"%0d%0A%0d%0AGeneral Notes:%0d%0A"
Notes - What Add to the Awesome looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes6+"%0d%0A%0d%0A
Notes - What Build the Flame looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes7+"%0d%0A%0d%0AGeneral Notes:%0d%0A";
win=window.open(mailto_link,'emailWin');

HOWEVER, when I publish it to Review 360 to test it, nothing happens. What in the world am I doing wrong?

Oliver  Jacob
Stacie White

Hi. I have been reading this whole thread and adjusting the javascript to print notes to a pdf. This is what I have based on everything I have read:

var player=GetPlayer();
var useremail=player.GetVar("email");
var subject="Living Appfire Values";
var exercisenotes1=player.GetVar("Values1Notes");
var exercisenotes2=player.GetVar("Value2Notes");
var exercisenotes3=player.GetVar("Value3Notes");
var exercisenotes4=player.GetVar("Values4Notes");
var exercisenotes5=player.GetVar("Value5Notes");
var exercisenotes6=player.GetVar("Value6Notes");
var exercisenotes7=player.GetVar("Value7Notes");
var mailto_link='mailto:'+useremail+'?subject='+subject+'&body=
'+"Notes - What Be Human looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes1+"%0d%0A%0d%0A
Notes - What Make it, and Make it Matter looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes2+"%0d%0A%0d%0A
Notes - What Light the Way looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes3+"%0d%0A%0d%0AGeneral Notes:%0d%0A"
Notes - What Getting it Right looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes4+"%0d%0A%0d%0A
Notes - What Thrive on Change, and Grow as a Family looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes5+"%0d%0A%0d%0AGeneral Notes:%0d%0A"
Notes - What Add to the Awesome looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes6+"%0d%0A%0d%0A
Notes - What Build the Flame looks like to me:%0d%0A“
+exercisenotes7+"%0d%0A%0d%0AGeneral Notes:%0d%0A";
win=window.open(mailto_link,'emailWin');

HOWEVER, when I publish it to Review 360 to test it, nothing happens. What in the world am I doing wrong?

I’m not sure, I didn’t look at your code in detail and am away from my desk for the rest of the day. I’ll have a look tomorrow.However, when I entered the code in for the email and print function, I wasn't able to get the windows to even open.