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Trying to create a course where users can save progress and return
The course I'm working on is pretty lengthy, so I'd like users to be able to save their progress (i.e., by clicking a save button) and then return to the course later by logging in with a unique username. Ideally, once the user logs in, they'll be taken to the slide where they left off. I'm pretty new at this--this is only my second Storyline creation--so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Go to Home Tab
Click Player in the ribbon
Click Other in the ribbon of the player window.
Select an option under Resume
- On restart: Prompt to resume
- On restart: Always resume
As long as the user is logging in from the same computer one of these options should work.
Wow, thanks for the speedy response, Brett! That answer is way simpler than I would have guessed.
Sarah, there is a good tutorial here: http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/products/changing-the-player-s-resume-behavior.aspx about options to customize the Resume behaviour of a Storyline project.
Hi Sarah,
It looks like Michael and Brett are helping you out here, and I also wanted to point you to a cool example about how to have the user click a "save" button (this is specific to states on a slide) and depending on your user's you may want to incorporate something similar so that they feel like they're saving instead of just exiting the course (which the resume prompt is enabled, will bring them back to where they left off).
I have a similar but at bit more complicated issue.
My course will be uploaded to an LMS-system where the learners will have to log in to access the course.
I want their progress to be saved so that they may leave the course and return at a later time without having to start from the beginning. The solution mentioned above wont solve my problem however, as they may very well use another computer. I need their progress to be linked to their unique account in the LMS-system.
Is this doable with Scorm or Tin Can Api or some other solution?
Eric, Hi.
Have a look at the tutorial Michael Hinze has linked to.
It covers what settings to use when using an LMS. The location of the course can be recorded by the LMS so the user can resume from the same place using any computer (this is pretty much industry standard). Hope you get on alright.
Thanks Steve! =)
Hi Eric,
It looks like Steve helped you out here, and the LMS should be able to handle the resume regardless of where the user logs in, as long as they use the same log in information.
If you need anything else feel free to let us know!
The solution to Eric's problem no longer works in 2022 since Flash is gone. What is the current solution for resuming a course [that is hosted on an LMS (SCORM 1.2)] from any computer?
did you test it on scorm cloud
https://articulate.com/support/article/storyline-test-aicc-content-in-scorm-cloud
so you could test if the problem is with storyline or with your LMS
if it's storyline open a ticket (with the link to scorm-cloud)
https://articulate.com/support/contact/360-teams
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