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LiesaRock's avatar
LiesaRock
Community Member
4 years ago

How to Link to a Resource in the Course Player - unrestricted

Hi,

I need to include a link to a video in my course but it is to remain optional.  Usually the whole course is locked down so all elements have to be completed before marking complete.

If I follow this advice (https://articulate.com/support/article/how-to-link-to-a-resource-in-the-course-player-sl2) will a user have to watch the video, or can they skip it if they know the content and still be able to mark complete?

I am using Articulate 360.

storyline 360
  • LaurenConnelly's avatar
    LaurenConnelly
    Staff
    4 years ago

    Hello Liesa!

    Great question! Anything included in the Resource tab isn't required. You can add a video in the Resource tab, and by default, the user can skip over the content. 

    Content in the Resource tab does not determine if a course is marked complete.

  • MariaCS's avatar
    MariaCS
    Staff
    4 years ago

    Hi, Liesa.

    How are you inserting the mp4 file? If it's through a link or if it's a web object, then Storyline won't show it in Preview mode, but you should be able to test it after publishing your project.

    What error are you receiving after publishing?

    • LucyReilly's avatar
      LucyReilly
      Community Member
      4 years ago

      Hi

      I am following upon the query that Liesa Rock raised (see attached email).

      I followed the instructions and added the URL link and changed the trigger to

      [cid:image003.jpg@01D7B3BC.E71F9830]

      When I publish this is the message I get when I click to view the video - the video does not play. However it did play when I tested it in the Player/resource section

      [cid:image004.jpg@01D7B3BC.E71F9830]

      Lucina Reilly
      R&D Learning Manager
      Written Standards and Compliance Learning
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      Pharma R&D

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      • BeccaLevan's avatar
        BeccaLevan
        Community Member
        4 years ago

        Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, Lucy! ⭐️

        I don't see that we received a follow-up from Liesa yet, so I don't have an update to share at this time.

        Also, it looks like your attachments didn't go through when you replied by email. Could you try attaching them here? Then we will reach out shortly after with the next step!

  • LeslieMcKerchie's avatar
    LeslieMcKerchie
    Staff
    4 years ago

    Hello Lucy and Liesa,

    Thanks for sharing the error you are receiving. You mention that you're publishing the content, but are you uploading and viewing it in the environment it was published for?

    If you view a Storyline 360 course on your local hard drive (or send it to others to view on their local hard drives), you'll encounter security restrictions from the computer, web browser, and network that can cause various features of the course to fail. To test your published content and share it with others, upload it to the environment it was published for.

    Storyline 360: Publishing and Sharing Content

    • LiesaRock's avatar
      LiesaRock
      Community Member
      4 years ago

      Hi,

      We were previewing in Storyline and also publishing and then opening the published version but we are not viewing in LMS, which will be where users access the eL module from.

      Is this the issue? It is probably OK but we won't know until it is tested in LMS?

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  • LeslieMcKerchie's avatar
    LeslieMcKerchie
    Staff
    4 years ago

    Hi Liesa,

    You got it! By not viewing the file in the LMS, you are viewing it locally. 

    If you need an environment to test prior to loading to the LMS, perhaps you can use a trial of SCORM Cloud.

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