In Slide Web Objects Not Working

Hi Steven!

I tried creating a simple Storyline presentation that had a single slide with an embedded web object. I embedded CNN's web page because I know it will work when I test the link. However, when I uploaded the lesson to SCORMCloud, I couldn't get the embedded web object to work.

I think the embedded web objects used to work just fine until some point in the recent past. When we launch the web version of the lesson from the same server as the web object, we can still get the web object to play just fine. So, the issue is definitely launching the content from a separate server. If the issue is on our web server, then maybe I can talk to our web folks to adjust the settings to get them to work. It's a long shot, but at least there's a chance. I don't think I have that same option with our LMS provider.

I have advised my co-workers to either build the content from the web object directly in their Storyline project or to launch the web object in an external window. The downside to using an external window involves narration. For some of the web objects, the instructor had narration on the slide that discussed what was in the web object. If the web object gets launched in an external window, having the narration in the slide just doesn't work well (if at all).