lmsAPI Functionality in HTML5 Output

Hello everybody,

I read every single message in this thread , also here :(https://community.articulate.com/discussions/retrieve-lms-user-name-as-variable) , and in some others (https://community.articulate.com/discussions/getting-the-student-name-from-the-lms).... (https://community.articulate.com/discussions/getting-student-name-from-the-lms-and-using-it-in-articulate)

But couldn't find what I am looking for :

My client LMS (Talentsoft) in SCORM 2004, can display cmi.learner_name as a variable.

I tried many many many syntaxes to grab this data, but I guess the only working one wasn't in my scope !

Can anymone help me ? what is the syntax to grab this value ?

thank you for the help

Philippe

Bravo Matthew !

it works !

Thank you very much.

I changed a few things, as I only need (at this time) the firstname.

Also, my LMS return no space after the comma in studentname().

Here is your code with small modificaitons :

function findLMSAPI(win) {
 if (win.hasOwnProperty("GetStudentID")) return win;
 else if (win.parent == win) return null;
 else return findLMSAPI(win.parent);
}
 var lmsAPI = findLMSAPI(this);
 var name = lmsAPI.SCORM2004_GetStudentName();
 var nameArray = name.split(',');
var firstName = nameArray[1];
// var lastName = nameArray[0];
// var fullName = firstName + ' ' + lastName;
 var player = GetPlayer();
 player.SetVar("Name",firstName);

Do you know why in specification it is said : "cmi.learner_name", and in getting the value : GetStudentName()  ?

I am not dying for the answer, just curiosity.

Anyway, you saved me, Talensoft support was unable to answer.

Have a nice day

Philippe

I know this is old but I’ve searched everywhere to try and find how to get the same variables already stored in player() (flash version) while I’m only using story_html5.html

I have random quiz questions and need to capture the wrong answers selected as well as the randomizes question asked?

the g_quizzes produced all this in flash player, now how can I gat the same in html5...

Hi Matthew,

I noticed you have helped a lot of people with this similar issue and I am hoping you can help me figure out what is wrong with my code:

......

var player = GetPlayer();

function findLMSAPI(win) {
// look in this window
if (win.hasOwnProperty("GetStudentID")) return win;

// all done if no parent
else if (win.parent == win) return null;

// climb up to parent window & look there
else return findLMSAPI(win.parent);
}

var lmsAPI = findLMSAPI(this);
var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var array = myName.split(',');
var newName = array[1] + ' ' + array[0];
player.SetVar("newName", newName);

....

This originally worked when publishing to SCORM 1.2, but now that we are publishing to SCORM 2004 4th edition, the name populates with "undefined" in front of the name once the course is uploaded on the LMS.

One thing to note is this is not happening when testing on SCORM cloud site.

I've seen posts saying to change ' var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName (); ' to '   var myname = lmsAPI.SCORM2004_GetStudentName(); ' but I don't know if i need to keep the ' var newName = array[1] + ' ' + array[0]; ' line. I am assuming the [0] or [1] is reporting the undefined, but the client wants the full name (first and last) of the learner to be generated on the certificate.

I really appreciate any help with this! Thank you

To clarify your question, when you use the lmsAPI.SCORM2004_GetStudentName(), you are getting something like "undefinedJohn Smith"?

What GetStudentName (and the 2004 version) both send back is a string of the student/learner's name but in this form: "Smith, John".  The part of the code that's splitting string, and the resulting array, is to swap the order into FirstName LastName order (John Smith). 

So, array[1] should be "John"... and array[0] should be "Smith".  One of these might be coming back as undefined.

All of this is to say that it's possible that it's just the user in question simply doesn't have a first name or last name in the LMS.  But other users in the system still might, so you will need to account for both cases, if possible.

Some code you could use to possibly fix it is:

var newName = "";
if(array[1] != "undefined"){ newName += array[1]; }
if(array[0] != "undefined"){ newName += " " + array[0]; }

I hope this helps!

Unfortunately, the above code is still returning "undefined" before the learner's first and last name.

Hi Alexa,

This sounds like it might be an issue with the LMS -- specifically, the way the user's first name and last name are being stored.  I would check those fields out in the LMS itself, and see if you see something obvious (like the first name being blank, and the last name being "John Smith"). 

If this isn't the case, I would check with your LMS provider to see if they are mapping the fields correctly. 

Typically, if something is working correctly in SCORM Cloud, but isn't working correctly in a specific LMS, it usually points to something being incorrect in the LMS itself. 

Hi everyone,

I am trying to pull the username from Canvas for a storyline 360 certificate but I'm having a bunch of trouble.

I am using javascript but cannot seem to get it right. Here is what I have in my script:

var name = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var nameArray = name.split(", ");
var firstName = nameArray[1];
var lastName = nameArray[0];
var player = GetPlayer();
player.SetVar('first_name',firstName);
player.SetVar('last_name',lastName);

then I print the name using 

%firstName”%
%lastName%

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

While the SCORM standard for cmi.core.student_name is last name, first name and middle initial  (last name and first name separated by a comma), I discovered the LMS I am working with (Absorb) is using FirstName LastName (with a space, no comma, between) to store the student's official name. So, trapping for the comma is throwing the function off. I adjusted my code accordingly, by trapping for the space and assigning index 0 to First Name (instead of Last Name):

var player = GetPlayer();

function findLMSAPI(win) {
     if (win.hasOwnProperty("GetStudentID")) return win;
     else if (win.parent == win) return null;
     else return findLMSAPI(win.parent);
}
var lmsAPI = findLMSAPI(this);

var lmsStudent_Name = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
     var nameArray = lmsStudent_Name.split(" ")

     player.SetVar("strFirstName",nameArray[0]);
     player.SetVar("strLastName",nameArray[1])

Hey! would it be possible to get the student ID (with lmsAPI.GetStudentID()) and then implement that ID inside a web object as url parameter?
also - would it be possible to get through lmsAPI the course id?