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!

SCORM Cloud (scorm.com) is a great way to test out if your Articulate courses are working properly. I used this to confirm things that Cornerstone is telling me about whether issues are with my export settings or on their side. It could also be a way to host your files with better functionality and reporting capabilities by bypassing what Cornerstone uses by using their "dispatch" feature. Of course Articulate Online is probably the best way way to track, though I haven't tried their services yet.

SCORM versions with CORNERSTONE Hi all, our LMS administrator found a really helpful tool once CSOD upgraded allowing Storyline and SCORM 2004 compatibility. I believe the source is actually another LMS vendor but the results have been the same for us with CSOD. I've attached both the link and white paper pdf. In summary, they created some fantastic charts that shows the results of all SCORM publish variations. It helped us significantly when one of our training groups wanted to publish in SCORM 2004 in order to report on question level data versus the overall score and completion status we've been getting with SCORM 1.2. The settings we had been using didn't work with 2004 so this tool was invaluable to us. SCORM Publish Settings in Articulate Studio and Storyline Products

I am developing an SL360 course that our largest client needs to launch on Cornerstone. We are experiencing the common "black box" that many have described. Naturally, it's very time sensitive. I have to say that I was both relieved and horrified to find a 24 PAGE thread on Storyline and Cornerstone. YIKES! So, I have been reading through this thread and taking notes for the last 2 hours. I have compiled a list of all the things we need to do to make sure our SL360 course will work on CSOD. Please read through this and let me know if I have either missed something or gotten something wrong. Hopefully, this summary will come in handy for folks who are just beginning the SL3/CSOD journey. Here you go . . . Storyline/Cornerstone Compatibility Settings Storyline settings: · Browser size: Display at user's current browser · Player size: Scale player to fill browser · Do not check "Launch player in new window" · On restart: "When running in LMS, ignore Flash cookie" · Report status to LMS as: Completed/Incomplete · Publish as HTML5 w/ Flash Back-up (Remember, Flash is going away!) · Publish as SCORM 2004 (3rd. Ed) CSOD Settings · In the General tab of the catalog properties page make sure compatibility is turned off. (i.e., change CSOD Compatibility Mode setting to “none”) · Have CSOD turn off the table of contents for SCORM 2004 (i.e., Ask Cornerstone support to set Scorm2004TocMenuset to false.) · When updating a course, if changes are substantive at all, “Inactivate” any old courses and “Create/Publish” new course in CSOD Client's server environment: · Make sure csod.com is on client’s list of trusted sites Thanks in advance for your feedback!

Another helpful tip, at least for me - When publishing, I set my player settings using the Other Tab to Browser Size - Resize browser size to fill screen Player size - Scale Player to fill browser screen Check Launch player in new window Check Display Window with no browser controls Check Allow user to resize browser On my laptop screen, I ALWAYS have to resize the window, and/or fullscreen it as Cornerstone defaults the browser popup size to an odd size that's only about 1/2 the screen width. So at least this way, when I click the Launch button, the resulting browser window will fullscreen automatically.

Hi, I have several answers for you. We've been on Cornerstone for years and I've helped to implement it in various divisions of our org. Chris and Amy - you are correct that you can't delete, but that is good. We've had to find old courses and versions for audit purposes. If you delete the courses, you have nothing to show as to what occurred / was trained to - really important for Compliance courses. Rene - yes. I love it. I've worked with some others, each has their benefits and weak sides. It really depends on what your primary need is. I recommend getting a demo from each of your top runners. Carolyn - you have the option of using deep-linking - this is a new feature. Another option, which I use all the time is the "Curriculum". It allows you to group multiple learning objects together. You can even tell the system which one must be completed first, second etc.... Dawn - yes, When you proxy enroll, you have the option of selecting if the content should be pushed to users that already have it on their transcript. Bathre - if the changes that you have made are significant (ie, a new slide added) not just a minor update like a change of a picture or wording, you must inactivate the old published version and upload a new one. If you try to overwrite it, it will be all jumbled up. So, inactivate and then "create / publish" a new file and you're good to go. Everyone - no I don't work for CSOD, I've just been burdened with other LMS' in my career and love what this one can do in comparison.

JasonChan1

Community Member

12 years ago

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!

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LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
8 years ago
Perhaps I misunderstood Sighle - what you are describing should work just fine with the resume behavior set.
- SighleDenier
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Great - thank you. I'm testing now. Sighle
  - sasharubeis
    Community Member
    8 years ago
    Hi Sighle,
    
    Did you have any luck?
sasharubeis
Community Member
8 years ago
Hello everyone,

I know this conversation is a little dated but I'm hoping for some guidance. Background story: I've created a exam in Quizmaker, when sent to Cornerstone - user is still able to launch the exam after completion. I've tried every property available in Quizmaker to prevent this. What I've figured out is the fix is in the Scorm coding. I will need to adjust the coding to where the user is incapable of relaunching the exam after review and completion. Can any direct me in the right direction on as to how I can accomplish this? I'm running out of options here.
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
Hi Sasha,

I'll defer to the Cornerstone experts here, and you may want to use the "contact me" button on a ELH users' profile to reach out to them directly! But I did also provide some additional thoughts here. Best of luck with your project!
RaphaelKonforti
Community Member
8 years ago
Hi, I just want to confirm one quick thing. When launching a Storyline quiz in cornerstone is it possible to view individual answers? For example if there is a short response, can I view or create a report that shows what the answer they submitted?
- HelenaSmith-805
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  I am getting ready to upload a lesson in the LMS and will set up a test quiz. I will check to see if I can see any individual answers.
- MatthewSteffeck
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  There was an update by CSOD in the past 6 months or so that allowed for this. I seem to recall that to get the level of detail we needed required creation of a custom report rather than just running the standard report. Also have to publish SCORM 2004 (we use 3rd).
  - Will_Findlay
    Community Member
    8 years ago
    Yes, here is a prior comment on how to add SCORM 2004 data to a transcript report.
    
    See https://help.csod.com/help/csod_0/OnlineHelp.htm#Reporting/Analytics/Custom_Reports_Project/Transcript_Report.htm?Highlight="scorm 2004 quiz data"
    
    You can now add the following to a transcript report:
    
    SCO Name - SCO name as appears on the course manifest. Text
    SCO ID - SCO ID as appears on the course manifest. Text
    Quiz Attempt - How many times the learner attempted the quiz. Text
    Quiz Attempt Date -The date when the specific attempt occurred (this field is correlated with the "Attempt" field). Text
    Question ID - Unique label for the interaction. Text
    Question Description - A brief informative description of the interaction. Text
    Question Type - Which type of interaction is recorded. Text
    Question Weighting - Weight given to the interaction relative to other interactions. Text
    User Response - Data generated when a learner responds to an interaction. Text
    Response Status - Judgment of the correctness of the learner response. Text
    Response Time - The time the user responded to the interaction. Text
    Quiz Score - Number that reflects the performance of the learner for the objective. Text
    Quiz Success Status - Indicates whether the learner has mastered the SCO. Text
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
Hi Dave,

Just wanted to also give you a heads up that responding via email includes your signature here in ELH. You are welcome to visit the forum discussion and click on the "edit" below your post to remove that information. No worries on our part - just in case you don't want your information publicly!
RaphaelKonforti
Community Member
8 years ago
Thank you everyone! Hoping to get this custom report added soon.
VladislavKol409
Community Member
8 years ago
Hello! How to make this go away?

SCORM 2004
- Will_Findlay
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  This is a back end setting that CSOD has to turn off for you. See this previous post in this thread for more info: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/everything-we-know-about-cornerstone-on-demand-and-storyline#reply-92053
  
  Basically, this Table of Contents is there in case you want to use Multi-SCO SCORM objects, something almost nobody does (except I did see it done in Medicare training recently). It is a global setting, so if you either have to have it on for all SCORM 2004 courses or no SCORM 2004 courses. As you can accomplish the same thing as Multi-SCO by using a Cornerstone Curricula, I see no reason to keep it turned on unless you have training in a Multi-SCO format I guess.
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
8 years ago
Thanks for popping in to share Natalia :)
AmySchammert
Community Member
8 years ago
We launched in Cornerstone this spring and ran a group of users through our new member orientation with nearly 30 modules and tests and had no issues. We made no updates to our content/quizzes before the next group launched a few weeks ago (after the last Cornerstone software release) and we are starting to get reports from students of the multiple select questions from Quizmaker not being properly scored. They basically have the correct answers but they aren't being recognized. We can't determine yet if its' because Articulate isn't tracking it correctly (thought it was working previously so that doesn't entirely make sense). The problem seems to be occurring with Firefox and it has been suggested it might be a security issues in Firefox. Since we changes nothing in our Articulate / Quizmaker files, we're struggling to find the source of the issue. We had one report of the problem about 2 weeks ago and then another one last night which we have been able to replicate in multiple quizzes today.

Anyone encountering this issue? Any thoughts or suggestions for troubleshooting. Would appreciate any insights.
- SighleDenier
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Amy,
  It's likely a browser or Cornerstone issue. We use Storyline, not Articulate Desktop and haven't had an issue with multiple select questions. If it is not happening to everyone, there is NOTHING wrong with your course. Here's what I would do to troubleshoot it:
  
  1. Ask anyone reporting a problem whether they are working on a PC or Mac, what browser they are using and version of the browser.
  
  2. Test the course on SCORM Cloud -- https://scorm.com/scorm-solved/scorm-cloud-features/ (it's free for what you are doing) with all the browsers you are using (or know people are using) - IE, Chrome, Safari (if Mac), Firefox, etc. - because you can't test every single browser/version, try to find out first what those having an issue were using
  
  a. If they all work on SCORM cloud, you know it is a Cornerstone issue and you have some leverage with them on it being a problem with how the course is running within Cornerstone
  
  b. If you find the issue on SCORM cloud, you will know the browser(s) and versions where the issue is occurring
  
  Best of luck ... these random issues are tough ones to troubleshoot and get resolution on!
Will_Findlay
Community Member
8 years ago
I agree with Steve. Based on your screenshot, something is wrong with Quizmaker.