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Storyline scales score by half when reporting to the LMS
Hi Nilli,
I'm happy to share some insights into this as well! I'd like to understand the issue better to make more accurate recommendations.
- If the learner made some bets, the total score would also change because of the larger weight of the question slides with bets. So if the learner got a perfect score without any bet, the computation should be 100/100, which is 100%. If they got a perfect score while using all the bets, their score would be 170/170, which is also 100%. So what you're seeing is accurate and is the correct calculation. I'd like to know what you expect to see in the LMS to reflect the difference between using the bets or not.
- I ran some tests on Joe's link above (with the "only score viewed questions" option enabled). I used up all the bets except the last one, worth 50 points. So the total score is 130. I deliberately chose the wrong answer on one of the slides worth 10 points, so my total score is 120. So 120/130 is 92.30%. Here's a screenshot of the results in SCORM Cloud. Following this pattern, do you also get 92.30% in your LMS? Also, can you share how you earned 100 points over seven questions? What slides did you answer, and what slides did you bet on? I'll replicate them on my end and see if I get the same results. Here's a screenshot of my test:
I'm looking forward to your response; thanks!
Hi Eric,
Thank you! I think I have a better understanding of how score is calculated now - I wasn't sure about the math behind it.
1. What I'd like to see in the LMS is the score in numbers rather than the percentage. I replicated your test and here's a screenshot of how results show in our LMS:
The number on the right is the max possible score, which I need to define manually. This is for the benefit of the users, so they know how many points they can earn. Here I set it to 170, since it's the perfect score while using all the bets.
The number on the left is the score as it's sent from the SCORM. It shows the score percentage. Here it shows 92 as 120/130 = ~92%, but I would like it to show 120.
Following the same logic, if user A got 100/100 and user B got 170/170, both would get 100 in the LMS, but I would like user B to get 170 since they took risks and succeeded in their bets. I am wondering if it's at all possible...
2. To replicate my 77% test, I used all bets except the last one and got 3 wrong answers that cost me 30 points, so the score is 100/130.
Hopefully I managed to explain myself better.
Thanks again for your detailed reply!
Nilli
Hi Nilli,
Thanks for the additional information.
Unfortunately, there isn't a way to change how Storyline 360 reports scores to an LMS. You'll need to reach out to your LMS administrator to make any customizations to your LMS, including how scoring is graded. Here's a reference article which explains all of the data that is sent to an LMS by default:
As for the 77%, correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't this be correct since the learner scored a score of 100/130 which calculates to 76.9%? Seeing a score of 77 in your LMS would be the expected value in this case.
