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lmsAPI Functionality in HTML5 Output
Hey all,
I've been searching through the forums and haven't been able to find anything solid. I'm using Storyline 360, outputting to both HTML5 and Flash to cover my bases, since the audience doesn't have dedicated machines that they are taking this from.
I'm relying heavily on external Javascript that I wrote, which I have tested thoroughly in the Flash version, and it works fine. But when it comes to the HTML5 version, it stops working. I've proven that I'm able to get into the Javascript functions, like I would expect, but it appears that lmsAPI is no longer available to the course.
Are there any similar functions to those of the lmsAPI functions in the HTML5 output?
Specifically, I'm looking for a way to do the following in HTML5:
- Get the StudentID from the LMS.
- Get the StudentName from the LMS.
- Manually call SetStatus("completed"); to pass a completion to the LMS on the last page of the course.
Hi Sameeksha
Do you mean something like this:
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/1da3e7d0-4fbd-4add-bbdd-6e989c8a54d5/review
Here you get a warning when connection is down and you can not go any furter until it is up again.
Hi Chris,
Bullseye! Yeah this is exactly what I am looking for. Can you tell me how you did it and I am using Successfactor as LMS so let me know if this will work on LMS as well.
If I will be able to make it work on LMS, that will be a great help.
Thanks again
Sameeksha
Also Chris I am using Storyline 360. Not sure whether you are using the same or not. And will this work in flash output.
Sameeksha
It should work in LMS environment as HTML5 as well as in Flash.
I can provide you the. story file (SL360) on Thursday as I am out of office until then. The example is pretty strait forward.
I am also interested in this for Storyline 3...if possible....
Thank you so much I will be waiting for you to return back.
Thanks a lot Chris. Have a great weekend!
Sameeksha
Has anyone got any of this working in Articulate Online?
I'm particularly interested in getting the student first name: lmsAPI.GetStudentName.Apparently Articulate "...don't provide technical support for the Articulate Online API..."
Hi Bruce
For me that works ("studentname" is the variable set in SL360):
var player = GetPlayer();var str = GetStudentName();var partsOfStr = str.split(',');player.SetVar("studentname",partsOfStr[0]);
Hi Sameeksha, Hi Leslie
Attached is my SL360 example of the "Connection Check".
It is a derivate of one of my work, so I guess there is much JavaScript inside you probably do not need, but it works without code-cleanup on your side.
All the "magic" is done within the Master Slide.
@Leslie: I do not know if you can open it in SL3, but give it a try and let me know. Otherwise we need to find another solution for you, as I do not have SL3.
If you have questions, just let me know.
Hi Chris,
Thank you so much for your help. There is one more point where I would like you to advise me:
Is there a way we can capture the LMS timeout just the way we are capturing network disconnection?Currently our learners are facing a problem where they accidently close the LMS window however continue the training. However once they complete the training and exit it, the completion status is not updated because either they have closed the LMS main window or the LMS has timed out.
Let me now if you have done something similar to this.
Sameeksha
Hi Chris,
Many thanks for this, sadly, this does not open in my slightly not as great SL3 :-)
However, in this instance, as I want to capture user entered variables and not just show the name in the lesson, I have hit upon the "Guestbook" feature in AO. Any lesson can be preceded with a form/questionnaire prior to launching. As we plan to create learner logins in AO using a list of email addresses and system generated passwords, the Guest book Automatically captures the email address as the unique identifier. It is possible to add multiple custom questions. Any field has options as to whether the question is mandatory or optional. This will give us all the variables we need and then we can subsequently deliver the training package.
Just a couple of points to note:
1. if you test the Guestbook as Admin and then log in as a second user to test, do this on a different PC else the Guestbook considers you have already completed it. (Clearing cookies does not resolve this).
2. If you delete the lesson and recreate the lesson with the same name, the Guestbook is not deleted and old data fields are included in any new report.Sorry Bruce.
I did not read it carefully enough.
I use code for the name with a different LMS and not AO.
No worries Chris. Thanks for sharing. My AO query was a bit of a deviation from the thread :-)
@Bruce: I would suggest opening a new thread for this, since it does deviate pretty far from the original thread. I don't have any experience with Guestbook or Articulate Online, so the only help I can offer is to dig through the code like I did originally. I used Google Chrome's Dev Tools while I had an instance of the module running in the environment that was giving me issues, and I basically used the whole "code hints / suggestions" feature in the Console to explore the code until I found the solution I needed.
Hi Bernardo,
Storyline 3 Update 4 would include all the fixes you see in Storyline 360 up to Update 3.15.15581.0. Are you on that update of Storyline 3?
We haven't made changes to how the player was rewritten yet to account for these Javascript customizations, but we'll let folks know if we do or build in those specific items folks were using.
Wonderfulll. Thanks for this issue. A lot of time trying to solve this problem and this script is the only one that has been working publishing exclusively in html5..
Thank's very much.
Thank's very much for this apport. A lot of time spending to solve this issue till I find your code. It's fantastic. It works perfectly.
Thank's again.
