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Everything we know about Cornerstone on Demand and Storyline!
I thought I would start a thread about Cornerstone on Demand so there's a central place for people to read and add to. There seems to be a dearth of information about how CSOD and Storyline interact with each other as well as the unresolved issues surrounding it. I've spent many hours scouring the web and speaking with Cornerstone trying to find a solution. Hopefully this thread will serve as a resource for others going forward.
On a side note, I love Articulate Storyline. I started with Adobe Captivate with limited success. It was a very steep learning curve, but I was able to get some basic functionality out of it. I tested out Storyline with it's 30 day trial, and I will say that time-to-effectiveness was drastically reduced. It really IS like using powerpoint. Granted there is less complex functionality and interactions available than Captivate, but so far it's given me everything I've needed to use. The benefit is that the learning curve is much less steep too. Think of it as the difference between iMovie and Final Cut Pro. The latter can do some crazy effects, but the former gives you 90% of what you need and can get you comfortable in 1/4 of the time.
It's nice to have a properly-working content creation tool when you're in an LMS like Cornerstone. I have enough trouble in CSOD as it is.
So some of the nuggets of wisdom that I've found are :
- Cornerstone does not track SCORM 1.2 content properly. You cannot pull a lot of the reports if they are not in SCORM 2004 format. You don't have the option to select that course in the reports.
- If you export into SCORM 2004, there will be an extra section on the left with text links to the module. This takes up 30% of the screen, and on smaller laptop screens may crowd out the module window. Cornerstone says this is a Storyline exporting settings issue. I couldn't find any settings that shows/hides that section. The workaround is to resize the module to the screen, which doesn't get rid of the section, but at least fits the module.
- When reporting, you can get the completion status for a course based on quiz result or last slide viewed. You can also get a final grade for course. Storyline passes the results information for each question (including short answer) but you cannot pull a list of the answers for an individual. Therefore, it may not be advisable to administer any testing where you'll need to review individual answers
- You can get a list of aggregate answers for a module. e.g. I can see how 100 employees answered this multiple choice question. This is helpful to determine if learners are absorbing the course information correctly.
- Web objects (such as websites, or links to sharepoint documents) work in modules if your IT has added csod.com to the trusted sites
- Popup windows that open up the articulate module in CSOD will work if you add csod.com to the allowed list for popup blockers. Your IT dept can also add this to everyone's computer. Otherwise when learners click the "launch" button, the module does not show up.
I'll post more as I think or find them, but feel free to add to this list!
Hi Matthew,
Just an FYI, when you reply via email your signature is included here in the forums so you're welcome to edit the post and remove that if you'd like.
- KevinThompsonCommunity Member
Timely conversation, as we will be doing some testing of revised modules next week -- trying to better understand how CSOD handles SCORM 2004 v.3 packages from Presenter '13 upon completion of a cumulative quiz (Quizmaker).
Preliminary tests with SCORM Cloud seemed to show that the "Passed/Incomplete" reporting status (as Justin mentioned) would work best for us -- but we'll need to see how CSOD handles it.
Curious what LMS Reporting setting others have had the best success with in CSOD (particularly for indicating successful completion of a quiz).
Good luck, everyone!
Thanks Jeannette for sharing that here - glad that it's as easy as opening a ticket with CSOD to get this removed.
- JohnJoseph1Community Member
Hi Jason
How do you pull a report a list of aggregate answers for a module in CSOD? What report do you use?
- DaveHoffman-a48Community Member
Very similar to a question from a year ago.
I scored 30% correct on a test. I “failed” (because course it set up with a 90% pass mark). But Cornerstone marks it as “Completed” (Passed)
Published for SCORM 1.2
I have the tracking set to “track using quiz result”
It seems no matter which the four settings below that I used, when I fail the test, Cornerstone always marks it as “Completed” (Passed)
Passed/Incomplete
Passed/Failed
Complete/Incomplete
Complete/FailedAnyone have any idea to get Cornerstone to allow one to fail?
- JustinWilcoxCommunity Member
Hi Dave.
Can you confirm if the course was marked as Passed or Failed? A course could be considered Complete if you Failed. Often a Failed status will move the course to the transcript with a status of Failed. If you want to make it so that the course remains available to take even if they failed, I would suggest trying Passed/Incomplete or Complete/Incomplete. This will allow someone to take the course until they receive a passing score.
- DaveHoffman-a48Community Member
The course was published SCORM 1.2
LMS Reporting "Complete/Incomplete"Tracking set to Track using quiz result "Results slide"
I failed the program (Scored 20% correct) and Cornerstone move it to the the the Completed tab.
- JustinWilcoxCommunity Member
Hi Dave.
My first suggestion would be to test your content in SCORM Cloud here and see if you can reproduce the behavior. If you can, I would send us your project files so we can take a look. If you can't repro outside of Cornerstone, I would suggest contacting them to see if they can help.
- MeghanConanCommunity Member
Hello all!
I am facing an issue with Cornerstone. A company we send files too is encountering an error message when loading into their system that the course.des file wont load.
Has anyone else encountered this and have any suggestions?
Thank you,
Meghan
- DaveHoffman-a48Community Member
Meghan,
I too have experienced difficulties using Storyline with Cornerstone.
I am in contact with Cornerstone addressing this very issue. Will update when I hear back from them.[Daves
- JohnJoseph1Community Member
Hi
We have been using CSoD for the past 2 yes. I have not come across that
error message. Can you provide more information? Like scorm file
type..what are your publishing settingsJohn
- MeghanConanCommunity Member
Thanks for popping in with that Dave! Hope you are able to learn something soon and that it assists both you and Meghan :)