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Storyline notify learners when they have lost internet connection
Does this new feature also check to see when the connection to the LMS is dropped but the internet is still up and running?
Hello Maura!
Do you mind clarifying? I can't think of another reason for the LMS connection to be dropped outside of the internet not working.
- AndrewTaylor-082 years agoCommunity Member
Hi Lauren. For us, we suspect this problem occurs when browser security features (which have become much tighter in recent years, especially for mobile device browsers) block the transfer of information from the SCORM package to the LMS. I've completed SCORM-based eAssessments seemingly with no loss of Internet connection only to find data missing when reporting from the LMS database. I kept a record of the order the randomised questions came out and worked out that it was always a chunk of questions in the middle of the assessment that had no data.
The other possibility was that it could have been a loss of Internet connection, with Storyline having buffered several slides ahead and the SCORM data attempting to be sent with no connection. So perhaps a good question to ask for this scenario is: will the new loss of connection feature prevent the user pressing submit when there's no connection even if the next slides have already been buffered?
However, I find it unlikely that loss of Internet connection was the problem when I was completing multiple eAssessments on a pretty reliable wireless connection and not experiencing any other Internet dropouts on it.
Thanks for your help!
- MauraSullivan-92 years agoCommunity Member
Our LMS is setup to disconnect from eLearning when about 45 minutes have passed. We have tests where the learner must review 80+ page medical documents in order to answer the questions. This is how we discovered that although they still had an internet connection no data was being reported. They sent us screenshots of the Results page, but this data was not captured by the LMS. This is why knowing whether they have been disconnected from the LMS is also needed. Currently we teach them to exit the test after about 45 minutes and then open it up again (Always Resume is selected).
Luckily most of our courses are much shorter so this doesn't come into play.