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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!
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Thanks, Joe. Slipped my mind that my email includes that.
For the most part, we have always been able to show In Progress scores. We did have an issue a few years ago, but we just had to tweak our results pages. I've attached screenshots of the training details page of what we typically see.
Hi Maura. We have not had an update in Cornerstone, yet, only a couple of patches.
Hi. I have a game that is built in storyline 360, at the end of which I want to transfer 2 numerical data to Cornerstone LMS. These two numbers are from two variables; I prepared for each a Numeric entry slide based on the "how many" question, followed by a slide of the results of these two questions. How do I best publish this project to Cornerstone so I can find this data in the reports? I understood that xAPI is not a good option. Which of the scrom versions will be the best? How do I find this data in Reporting 2.0? Thanks!
Thanks Eric- can you answer my question above the one to Barry? How do I best publish my project to Cornerstone so I can find my data in the reports? I understood that xAPI is not a good option. Which of the scrom versions will be the best? How do I find this data in Reporting 2.0? Thanks.
SCORM 2004 r3 is likely your best bet to access the data passed into the LMS from your modules. Search for SCORM to return the fields associated with 2004 quiz data. Look under SCO Data for some of the fields common to all SCORM versions, such as bookmark, name, and suspend data. The rest of what you're looking for associated with the completion status for the module will be under transcript.
I concur with Steve. Here is an example of a SCORM report that I created in CSOD that shows user answers in SL.
The thing is my variables are not a regular quiz, but questions that present a variable that is a number, following by a result slide. Will they show in this kind of report?
As Steve said, they have to be built-in quiz questions. Meaning you can't even use free-form. :(
Not directly. Only SCORM data elements listed will return. You could populate a question item in Storyline, hide the question behind something and submit with a trigger after filling with your variables. That way the data would be reportable.
Can you explain how I do that ("populate a question item in Storyline, hide the question behind something and submit with a trigger after filling with your variables")? It's 2 numbers that I'm trying to move to the LMS.
Barry, you helped me a lot! Thanks!
I have another question:
Is it possible to track the score of 2 attempts of an entire quiz (attempt 1= score X, attempt 2- score y)? I found that per question, I can see the attempts listed in the 2.0 Cornerstone report, but I'm trying to find a way to track the final score per attempt.
Thanks.
