Retrieve LMS User Name as Variable

I'm trying to generate a certificate that contains the name of the student. I created a button that opens an html file with the certificate design, and the code I'm using is:

var player=window.opener.GetPlayer();
var learnerName=player.GetVar("newName");

document.write("

Yet, I'm getting undefined as a result. What am I doing wrong?

Hi Israel, and welcome to Heroes! 

Although we don't support the creation of certificates, I wanted to point you to this KB article with a few methods described. Additionally, this thread with an example from Steve Flowers is a popular one, and a great place to discuss customizing the certificate further. 

Hi Ashley, thanks for your answer.

I actually did base my certificate on Steve Flowers' example and following some of the posts on that thread.

However, I'm still getting "undefined". Moreover, using firebug to debug js I found out that lmsAPI.js functions are not working as if the .js file was not being loaded.

I'm not a Javascript expert ( or even a novice) so I'll defer to someone in the community to help you out! You may also want to post in that other thread if you didn't already - Steve Flowers is generally pretty good at getting back to people there.

Does anyone have the Javascript that changes the first letter of username (pulled from lms) to a capital? 

I have seen it on the forums somewhere, but cannot seem to find it.

Hi Chris! Hope you get some assistance from the community with this

Hello Folks!

Just wanted to re-post my question about this.  Has anyone figured out how to get this to work with the HTML 5 output so the experience will be the same on a tablet?

Hello Chris

If the name is in a variable called stName, you can use this:

stName = stName.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + stName.slice(1);

I already have a storyline certificate which publishes the StudentName from the LMS and Date from the users computer, however I was hoping to add the Student ID. I don't know much javascript so apologies for the poor chopped code!

Here is what I have so far, I'm assuming Student ID from the LMS is just GetStudentID?? And employeeID is the variable I'm using in Storyline

var player = GetPlayer();

var employeeID  = lmsAPI.GetStudentID();

player.SetVar("employeeID", employeeID);

thanks.  this thread is really an eye opener.  i like the fact that you can pull LMS data and use it in your Storyline course.