This subject seems to have been discussed for several years (which suggests a SL improvement is needed ...) but I would appreciate some guidance. I will have 10 custom quiz questions which can't be handled by standard SL quiz types (individual answer scoring and ticks/crosses within each question screen). I accumulate the score from these 10 in a variable called 'My_Score'. I will also have another 30 questions which will use SL question templates and which accumulate their overall score in 'Results.ScorePoints'. So when I reach the Results slide I have my custom variable plus the SL 'Results.ScorePoints' variable. I can add them together with a Trigger to make 'My_Score' equal to the total score for all 40 questions but what is the simplest way to get this variable back into 'Results.ScorePoints' so that it appears in the Results and goes back to the SCORM LMS? Could I force a 'dummy' quiz question with a data entry field to be set to the 'My_Score' value, so that the 'Results.ScorePoints' takes on this value? JavaScript I don't believe can modify the 'Results.ScorePoints' variable? Many thanks, Tim

Well, sure, That statement only sends the score to the lms. To do this, I create 3 variables in the storyline player. CurrentScore, CurrentScorePercent, and PassScorePercent. Then I add a javascript trigger to each question slide on the correct answer layer to add 10 points to my variable CurrentScore. You need to keep track of this in your own variable, as Storyline does not make the internal score variable available to javascript. Then I add this script in a javascript trigger that runs after the submit action on the results slide var p = GetPlayer(); var cs = p.GetVar("CurrentScore"); var currentScorePercent = p.GetVar("CurrentScorePercent"); var passScorePercent = p.GetVar("PassScorePercent"); var ns = 10; // Number of Question Slides var currentScorePercent = Math.round(cs / ns * 10); p.SetVar("CurrentScorePercent", currentScorePercent ); console.log("Current Score Percent " + currentScorePercent); lmsAPI.SCORM_SetScore(currentScorePercent, passScorePercent, 0); console.log("Score Saved"); You will notice that I've added a couple of "console.log" statements. These are very useful when debugging your code. When you've added the scripts, publish your course for web or lms. Start your course in the browser. When it first starts, press F12 on your keyboard. This will open the debugging tools. (You may need to download these for firefox. Chrome's security settings may refuse to play the flash content with the new security settings if your are running from a local file.) With the debugger window open, select the console tab. The results of the console.log statement may be viewed in the console window. Since I'm sending a score percentage, I need to calculate the percent from the actual score. Set the var ns to the number of slide that you have. I like to debug in Chrome, but with the new security settings, you need to run the module from an actual URL (HTTP//) not a file (file//) designation. I get around this by running it in localhost on my PC. This saves me from having to upload it to the LMS for each test. If you want to set up the localhost server, you will need to add a mime type for .mp4 media content, but once you do it works great for testing. (I did this from memory, so you may need to check it for typos.) I hope that this information helps.

Dave and Ed, The SCORM functions are available in different scopes in Flash and html5. In a Flash course the SCORM api is in the parent of the javascript scope and in html5 it's in the same scope. You can accommodate it like this: var isFlash = typeof SCORM_APIFound === "undefined";var api = isFlash? parent : this; Then you can access the SCORM or Storyline functions like this: api.SCORM_SetScore(currentScorePercent, 100, 0) or api.SetScore(currentScorePercent, 100, 0) //Storyline function that does the same thing You can also set the status with the SCORM api or Storyline's versions of it like this: api.ResetStatus() //sets it to "incomplete"api.SetPassed() //sets it to "passed"api.SetReachedEnd()//sets it to "completed"api.SetFailed()//sets it to "failed"

Thanks Phil. When I get to the Results slide I will have two variables holding quiz question scores ('Results.ScorePoints' that is accumulated from the standard SL questions and 'My_Score' accumulated from my custom question slides with their individual marking, e.g.: score 0-10 on each screen). I need to combine these two into a single points value and then mark this as a Pass or Fail to the LMS.

Storyline sends the score from the default score variables for the results slide that you have set up as the slide to report to the LMS. You can override that value with javascript, but to prevent Storyline from overwriting it, you have to be careful to send it after Storyline. I do this by placing it after the submit results trigger on the results slide. This statement: lmsAPI.SCORM_SetScore(My-Score,100,0); will send the value of the javascript variable My-Score, a max value of 100 and a min value to the LMS. I hope that this helps.

Hey Ed, I can see that you’re still struggling with tracking completion with Javascript since you reached out here and in this other discussion. I’d love to help. Can you take a look at the questions I asked in the other discussion? We can keep the conversation going over there!

Setting 'Results.ScorePoints' to equal my custom score variable

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TimNeill
Community Member
10 years ago
That's brilliant, thanks Dave for taking the time and trouble to explain this process. I'll give it a go ...
EdCrane-1026e64
Community Member
9 years ago
This works well! Thanks!
EdCrane-1026e64
Community Member
9 years ago
I've found that with 2 out of the 3 LMSs that I've uploaded my course to that uses Dave's Javascipt that the course does send the correct score, but it is apparently not enough for the LMS to consider the course to be completed. For example, I uploaded to SCORM Cloud, and achieved a score of 80%, which is the minimum to pass. SCORM Cloud showed that I got 80%, but also showed the completion as "incomplete" and the success as "unknown."

With our LMS for our internal users, it's showing as complete.

In the reporting options, I have "Report status to LMS as:" set to Completed/Incomplete. Any ideas?
AlyssaGomez
Staff
9 years ago
Hey Ed,

I can see that you’re still struggling with tracking completion with Javascript since you reached out here and in this other discussion. I’d love to help. Can you take a look at the questions I asked in the other discussion? We can keep the conversation going over there!
EdCrane-1026e64
Community Member
9 years ago
OK, though I did copy and paste Dave's JavaScipt from the discussion above, so I thought it would be relevant to this thread as well.
AlyssaGomez
Staff
9 years ago
Ah, I see! Dave posted that code prior to the release of Storyline 360. We're seeing an issue where the Javascript code to send completion status to the LMS no longer works in Storyline 360 when you're using HTML5.

I'll let you know as soon as we get an update on this!
- yusufafandi
  Community Member
  9 years ago
  is this a bug? or articulate just didn't support for sending completion via javascript anymore?
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
9 years ago
Hello Yusuf!

We do not support JavaScript typically. As Alyssa mentioned, we realize previously used code is no longer working and we do have our team taking a look as this impacted many.

By replying, you should be subscribed to this thread so that you can get an update when applicable.
DylanPost
Community Member
8 years ago
If anyone is having trouble with this still, I have used custom questions in the past and have handed the scores by creating null standard questions to respond to variable states. For example:

If I have a custom question, I have the interaction set it's custom variable (say Interaction_1) to whatever I need. (If it is a simple binary choice, it can be a true false variable, otherwise, a specific numeric value will do just fine.) Rinse and repeat for all custom questions. Then, just before going to the results slide, I create a series of multiple choice/true false questions that have point values that correspond with what I wanted my custom interactions to be. Using timeline start triggers and if/than statements, I have the slides "auto" answer based on the variable states. When the question is answered, I use another trigger to automatically advance to the next.

It's not the most elegant solution, but it plays within the boundaries of Storyline. You can even cover up the slides with a loading progression so the learner never sees the back end.

I will create a mock example and upload it later today. (Because I'm sure my description is confusing as all get-out.)
DylanPost
Community Member
8 years ago
Correction, I haven't done this without binary choices and as SL doesn't support partial credit, you would need to have a "true" and "false" statement.
Custom_Q_pass_to_Results.story115 KB
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
Thanks Dylan for sharing here - always great to have these examples mocked up for other users as well!

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