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GrahamMcIntyre
Community Member
24 days ago

Dynamic Hyperlink

Hi maybe someone can help:

I have a Articulate 360 course, where I pull the lmsStudent_ID from the LMS as a variable.

I need to create a dynamic hyperlink for the learner to click on, which must contain the lmsStudent_ID at the end the URL, and this will then take the learner to a custom survey tool , but I need help on how to create this dynamic hyperlink ?

 

I am looking for something like the below:

 

https://mysurvey_"the LMSStudent"ID .com 

 

The start of the link will be static and does not change, but I need to append the Student_ID at the end of the URL ?

 

Has anyone done this before?

Thanks 

Graham

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  • Jonathan_Hill's avatar
    Jonathan_Hill
    Super Hero
    24 days ago

    Hi Graham. Yes, that's definitely possible. I used Javascript to create a personalised link to Google maps in this demo:

    https://bit.ly/elhc459 

    The code and set up are relatively simple, and I'd be happy to help. Assuming lmsStudent_ID is the name of the variable, I can whip up a quick demo for you and share it here.

    Will return shortly.

    • Jonathan_Hill's avatar
      Jonathan_Hill
      Super Hero
      24 days ago

      How's this GrahamMcIntyre​ ?

      The Javascript should be easy to tweak, but let me know if you have any problems.

      var player = GetPlayer();

// Retrieve the LMS Student ID from Storyline variable
var lmsStudentID = player.GetVar("lmsStudent_ID");

// Create the URL using the student ID
var surveyURL = "https://mysurvey_" + lmsStudentID + ".com";

// Open a new browser window with the survey URL
window.open(surveyURL, "_blank");