lmsAPI Functionality in HTML5 Output

Just wanted to report in - this is the working code for Cornerstone LMS using HTML5 and SCORM 2004 publishing in Storyline 360 if you just want the first name (variable in SL would be 'newName'):

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();

// remove last name from array
var array = myName.split(' ');
var newName = array[0];

player.SetVar("newName", newName);

Following on from this thread, is there a way to call the student's line manager information from the LMS?  I want to set up an auto generated email to the line manager for users that fail an assessment 3 times. 

I'll be using the first set of coding to get the student information from the LMS.  Wondering if there's an obvious way of generating their line manager too?

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No.  This information isn't part of what SCORM sends so there is no standard way to do this.  IF you LMS provided an API (or a 3rd party tool that works with your LMS data) that you could query you could send the student ID (which you can get) - query the API and then pull that info back in. 

FYI this is something that you can't (and can do as described) with pretty much every authoring tool that supports Javascript.  It isn't a restriction (or otherwise) of Storyline.

Hi Adam Trosper,

I am trying to call LMSCommit from storyline 360 but nothing is happening? Actually we are trying to achieve a functionality where the learner will get a popup if the internet connection is lost. Currently even if the internet connection is lost, the learner is able to move to teh next slides and when they close the course they don't see the completed status on LMS. 

Please help me with this.

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.

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. 

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 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,

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.

No worries Chris.  Thanks for sharing.  My AO query was a bit of a deviation from the thread :-)