Best Practices for Playing Storyline Content on Moodle LMS or Other LMSs

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for advice on how to best play Storyline content on Moodle LMS (or other LMSs). I’ve noticed in portfolios showcasing Storyline work that the content often opens via a seamless link—likely hosted on Amazon S3—and it plays beautifully. However, when I try to upload and play my Storyline content on Moodle, I’m encountering several challenges:

1. Embedding Content: When embedding Storyline lessons within Moodle, the player appears small and hard to navigate within the wider webpage.
2. New Moodle Window: If I configure the content to open in a new Moodle window, the responsiveness, especially on mobile, is poor.
3. Pop-Up Windows: Setting the Storyline player to launch in a new window works somewhat better, but it leaves behind a grey launch page in Moodle. This confuses students and users, as they often keep clicking the launch button, not realizing the lesson has already opened. This also leads to error messages.

I figure this is a fairly common UX issue for anyone trying to play Storyline content in an LMS, and I’m hoping there’s a smooth solution. I’ve considered hosting all my lessons via Amazon S3 links, but that doesn’t seem ideal, as it takes users away from the LMS on a public link and could disrupt tracking and reporting.

When we’ve asked our Moodle partners for help with these issues, they’ve offered to investigate, but unfortunately, this often leads to no resolution—and comes with a significant support bill that we can’t afford as a small business. They also suggested using the Moodle app for playing Storyline and SCORM files, but this isn’t a good option for us because our users access the LMS through a single sign-on system from our website to Moodle via a web browser. As a result, the Moodle app isn’t practical for our setup.

So, I’m reaching out here to see if there’s any general advice or workarounds that others have found. If anyone has solutions or best practices they could share, it would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks so much in advance for your help!