Retrieve LMS User Name as Variable

Hey Sally! It looks like Matthew sent you a handy step-by-step guide in this thread. I wanted to share that link here for anyone else in the thread who wants to do the same thing!

Hello, I know this thread is old (5 years ago) but I'm hoping that someone can help me. I'm trying to print the name of users on a certificate of completion. The names should be their registered names for the course. I tried the codes but it's not working for me. Please help anyone..Thanks

Thanks so much for popping in to share that thread with Kayode here Knut. Much appreciated and should get them in the right direction.

Thanks Matthew.
Where should I place the test variables "first

Sooo, 4/5 years later I have the same question.

I'm hoping for progress in terms of a solution to this and working with HTML5 - can anybody give an update as to if this works in HTML5 yet?

Many thanks :)

Have been using the methods listed in the thread for years to get this to work with HTML5.

//this might not be required depending on how your LMS nests the API. Try with then comment out if it does not work in a test publish.

lmsAPI=parent;

//This splits the username sent by the LMS by the comma and creates a string Firstname Lastname.

var userName=lmsAPI.GetStudentName().split(',')[1]+" "+lmsAPI.GetStudentName().split(',')[0];

//get storyline's player

var player=GetPlayer();

//set a player variable in your storyline file to the string created above. Make sure the variable exists in Storyline.

player.SetVar("storylineNameVariable",userName);

Works every time for me in HTML5.

The above method should also work with Storyline 2 as well as Storyline 1 (no HTML5 in SL1).

Matthew's find-the-api-automatically method should work as well:

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/getting-student-name-from-the-lms-and-using-it-in-articulate#reply-453410

As with all, test it first. I tend to stick with my test and revise method. The approach illustrated at Matthew's link did fail for me once but I didn't take the time to figure out why.

Hello,

I try this script with the Ilias LMS System. But it doesn`t run.

Regards,

Jochen

Lots of potential solutions here from the community but does anybody have a script that is known to be able to pass a student's name from SAP's SuccessFactors LMS to a SCORM object produced in SL2?