Forum Discussion
Learning Journal In Rise
UPDATE JUNE 2020:
Firstly, Articulate recently implemented a small update to Rise. As a result, all new exports from Rise will need to include the most recent version of LearningJournal.js which is found at the usual link.
Secondly, at any time Articulate could update their code and bring a breaking change to the Learning Journal. Over a year ago, I shared this functionality freely with the community and the code comes with no warranty or support either implied or expressed. If at any time you want or need to remove the Learning Journal from your modules, simple remove any STATEMENT-NOTE entries that refer to the Learning Journal.
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I built a cool Learning Journal feature for Rise that has been very well-received. I thought I'd share it in case anyone wanted to a. use it or b. improve on it.
The Learning Journal allows the learner to enter text responses to journal prompts throughout a Rise course. At the end of the course, the learner can print their learning journal of all their responses. The responses are saved to the browser so that they persist on future visits to the Rise course.
EDIT May 2019: At the request of a member of the forum, I created a HOW-TO video below that shows each step of the HOW-TO document in action.
Example Rise Course
http://amelangrise.s3.amazonaws.com/learningjournal/index.html
HOW-TO Document
https://github.com/mikeamelang/learning-journal/raw/master/Learning%20Journal%20HOW-TO.docx
HOW-TO Video
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/33873893-2ea1-46d9-9415-3efca951d74c/review
Learningjournal.js file (right-click and save)
http://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikeamelang/learning-journal/master/Learningjournal.js
Learningjournal.css file (right-click and save)
http://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikeamelang/learning-journal/master/Learningjournal.css
Project github site
https://github.com/mikeamelang/learning-journal
I would love any feedback and help to improve the functionality and code.
Mike Amelang
Thank you, Mike. This is super helpful. Like some others, I would love to get the journal entries communicated to the LMS. And since I believe Storyline blocks can pass info to the LMS, and since storyline can also trigger Javascript, I was wondering if a Storyline block might be able to read the variables stored by the javascript entries and report them to the LMS, and maybe also handle the print function?
David,
This functionality would totally rock. I am fairly certain that the Storyline block has access to the browser's localStorage, which is where the journal data is stored. The Learning Journal code is shared on github for anyone to fork and add functionality. I'm afraid I won't be able to, but go for it! :)
Mike
Ok, thanks for the concept approval.
I guess this solution only works on browser and not on mobile app.
Thanks and regards,
Chirag Honrao
Content Developer-MyLearning
Can this be exported as xAPI ( Tin Can )
Hi Mike.
Amazing.. just what I am looking for. I wonder if you can share the Rise course that already has the question and box formatted to just duplicate this statement/note section?
Kirsten,
I would just use the HOW-TO document linked at the top of the post. The document as pretty much the same prompts.
Mike
This is fantastic. Any updates or the links above are still all good to go?
Mike, thank you, this is just what I was looking for and was able to use it to significantly improve a Rise course I just deployed. Did run into one issue in that unless I enabled the email button option, the print journal button would not appear. But come to think of it, I had already removed the js lines for the Print Actions button because I didn't want that, so maybe I messed something up in doing that. Anyway, many thanks!
Hi Mike,
I have created the journal, so thank you its brilliant, and for the most part it appears to work until i press print or email journal.
Not all of the answers written down display in the journal. I have exported multiple times using the same version of the module and each time I export, different answers seem to appear on the journal. In addition, sometimes the email generates and sometimes it doesn't?
I am exporting to Web and viewing via chrome. I read a previous comment that it may only work in an LMS only, is this correct as we are not sure if we are going to put it on the LMS or just have a web version.
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
I tested in Scorm Cloud and sure enough it doesn't work. See attached to see how it displays.
Pauline,
You can DM me a link to the scorm cloud and I can troubleshoot.
Mike
Thanks, Mike, for all of your support! With your help, this now works great for my project and the client loves it!
I was just testing it out in Preview mode and then in Review 360. My client does have a sandbox site for their LMS and I am getting someone to QA the course in sandbox this coming week, so I'll come back to this post once I confirm whether it works or not.
This would be helpful for one of my projects but I can't seem to get it to work. I have watched the videos, read the quick reference guide, double checked the code, and I still get nothing. What am I doing wrong? I copied over the css and js files from your site and placed them in the same location as the index.html file. Then I copied the three lines of code (also from your site) and pasted them in the index.html. See screenshots.
This is so great! Thanks for sharing. Is it possible to NOT have the Take Action button?
