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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!
- AndreaBeck-ae09Community Member
Hi everybody,
I have the same problem in a very long tutorial. The lesson has 7 sections. Each section concludes with a quiz and a results slide. If I successfully complete the first section, close the learning unit and resume it, it´s working. The tutorial saved the success and starts at the same point, but no longer after the second section. When resuming, I end up back at the beginning of the second section, the successful completion was not saved. Is there a trick? or an additional setting? It's my first long learning unit, so far this was not relevant for the short learning units.
I'm happy about every tip.
Hello Andrea,
If you're encountering issues with the resume behavior of your course, there's a possibility that it is exceeding the suspend_data limit imposed by your LMS. Here's a helpful article which explains what the suspend_data is and how it affects the resume behavior:
To test if your course is exceeding the suspend_data limit of your learning standard, enable the LMS debug mode of your course and go through it while monitoring the logs. If your course is exceeding the suspend_data limit, at some point in the logs, you'll see an error message stating that "the suspend_data limit has been exceeded" followed by a value showing how much you exceeded the limit by. If your course is not exceeding the limit, reach out to our support team by opening a case so we can take a closer look at your course.
- AndreaBeck-ae09Community Member
Thanks a lot for your answer. I´m sure this could be my answer!
Andrea Beck
Pflegepädagogin B.A.
M.A. Educational Media - Bildung und Medien
- ColinBuckCommunity Member
I have been trialing Rise 360 for my online students for sometime and while I find Rise 360 awesome for creation and viewing, the feedback from students identified the shortcoming of being (purely) web based where students are unable to save progress, is likely to prevent continued use. I am aware of the "resume" ability however not all are able to keep a page open for extended times (Many are working and study during breaks).
If anyone has a solution I would be very grateful.
Hi Colin,
You'll need to upload your published courses to an LMS if you want the progress of your learners to be saved. Webservers can only host HTML content, but an LMS has the added ability of being able to save your learner's progress, as well as generate helpful reports regarding how well they did. You can read more about the benefits of using an LMS here.