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LMS Lesson SCORM Information option
HI. In the Articulate 360 LMS publishing options, under the Reporting tab, there is a box called LMS Course information and lower down a box called LMS Lesson SCORM Information. Both boxes contain a field called Identifier. In the notes for this, it says: "The Identifier field is a unique string of characters assigned by Storyline. Your LMS uses it to identify your content. If you are republishing a course that is already in your LMS, do not change the value in this field."
So my questions are:
1) Which Identifier field are the notes referring to? I assume only the one in the LMS Course information box?
2) In the LMS Lesson SCORM Information box, there is a title field and an identifier field. The title field is automatically populated from the Title I entered for the new file. However the identifier field is still showing as the title from the original file. So, should I make the title and Identifier in the this LMS Lesson SCORM Information box the same?
Thanks
Tanudja, Melbourne Australia
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Hi joel!
Thanks so much for the update!
I see you're working with our colleague Lejan. You're in great hands! (I'll be sure to share your last post and schedule with her so she is in the loop.)
We'll continue the conversation over in your case.
Have a great weekend!
Hi,
I'm like Joel and are still vague on what these different settings are for.
I think I'm OK with the LMS Course Information "Identifier" - that it's a key value that the LMS uses to identify the course and that it shouldn't be changed if you are updating an existing course.
Further to this identifier, I'd also like to know what might happen if two courses on the LMS share the same identifier - what might happen??? I ask because I often duplicate my Storyline files (because it makes for easy updated additional modules) and I noticed a while back that the Identifier number hadn't changed. I'm not sure how many courses I had previously uploaded to the LMS with the same Identifier number (before I noticed the number hadn't changed). Since discovering it, whenever I "duplicate" a course, I temporarily create a separate, new Storyline file and copy the identifier from it (then close it as unsaved) and paste it into the updated course. BTW, can this identifier value be ANYTHING unique or is there a special formula that must be used (in other words, can I only use values that are created by the Storyline's PUBLISH interface)? Could I use my own unique formula, like some initials and then a reverse date?
Feature request thought: Could the Storyline interface have a [Regenerate] button next to the LMS Course Information Identifier field so we can create a new key number? As a safeguard, you could add a warning message that pops up when pressed, saying not to change it the designer/developer is updating an existing course.
Now, as for the LMS Lesson SCORM Information fields, reading the above it sounds like you're saying that you can change the Title field in BOTH the Player Properties window AND the Publish window but ONLY the Player Settings Title field is displayed in the Learner's window? I just did a quick test and it seems that the Player Settings window TITLE field and the Publish Window's root level Title field (ie. not inside the "Reporting and Tracking" area) are synchronised, but the LMS Lesson SCORM Information field's Title field acts independently. When I set the Player Settings field to "ABC", the root level Publish window's Title field also changed to "ABC" (and same happens in reverse) and the published course reflected these values in the player area and the browser window's tab. But the Lesson SCORM Information's Title field seems independent - it doesn't change when you change either of the other Title fields... so WHAT IS THIS FIELD FOR????
And what is the Lesson SCORM Information Identifier field for???
Can this information be clearly provided in the HELP window when you press the (i) Learn More... button at the bottom-left of the window? That would be so helpful :)
Sorry, that was long and painful, but all the answers above are skirting around what these values clearly are for.
Hi Brett,
Our apologies if you found some of the fields in the publishing options confusion, and thank you for your feature request suggestion.
I opened a support case on your behalf so we can have our support engineers clarify the expected behavior, functions, and definitions of the fields that you mentioned in the publishing settings. Majority of the fields in the publishing settings are automatically generated, but I understand that some authors would prefer to nominate their own values. You're in good hands, and someone from our team will be in touch shortly!
Many thanks, that's top-level support, Joe!
Yes, I like to know what all of the settings mean so I can rule them out when trying to troubleshoot issues.
Regards,
Brett
Hi Brett!
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Have a great afternoon and happy developing! ☀️
Thx Luciana - yes, that's an automated addition that happens AFTER the message is sent.
Chz, Brett
Hi!
I still don't understand what are the several Title and Identifier fields for and what are their effect.Can someone tell us what is each field for, how do they interact with LMS like CSOD?
Thanks a lot!
Hello ST-S,
Happy to help!
You can look at the title and identifier fields as references your LMS uses to make the courses you upload distinguishable from others in your LMS.
- The title is the name that you give to your course. You can think of the course title as its display name which will be what people see when they access it.
- The Course Identifier field is a unique string of characters assigned by Storyline 360. Your LMS uses it to identify your content. This helps make your course unique within the LMS, making it easy for the LMS to reference your course when needed. One important thing to note is if you're republishing a course that's already in your LMS, don't change the value in this field.
Typically, your course would still work if you uploaded it to your Cornerstone OnDemand LMS while keeping the course title and identifier's default values so you don't have to worry about how your LMS interacts with these values for the most part.
