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Retrieve LMS User Name as Variable
I know you can have a user fill in a text box with their name and then later use that variable for personalization. What we would like to do is programmatically retrieve the user name from the LMS....
Hi Steve,
I got an out-of-character unhelpful response from support simply saying the API is not supported and pointing me to two discussion forums that were not really appropriate to the issue. I'd love to know how you picked up the email as potential users would log into AO with email and randomly generated password.
For this particular project, the client, (on a tight budget as this is for a major one-off event supported by volunteers), likes the option of AO as it is good value and delivers content efficiently. All output data is going to an external database so interaction reporting is not required, but if we can't pull out learner identifiers (email would be perfect) we'll need to opt for a more expensive SCORM compliant solution.
