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Variables across sessions in Storyline 360
Hello Learning Community:
I am struggling to find the exact question that I'm trying to answer, so I thought I would ask it here at the risk of being redundant or repetitive.
Our client wants to...
Does it also depend on the SCORM version that the course is using, and in certain cases, the LMS too?
I dont think SCORM 1.2 stores user created variables across sessions.
SCORM 2004 4th Ed and xAPI certainly do.
And I think Ive heard of mixed success with SCORM 2004 2nd and 3rd - it depends on the LMS in these cases perhaps?
Scorm 1.2 also stores data, but the amount it can store is far smaller then Scorm 2004. Indeed the most important factor is your LMS. Some support 2004, some donot. Lets hope your does.
Hi Math! So SCORM 2004 would be the best way to go. Do you have a place where I could look this up (or see more about this difference between SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004).
It's been soooooo long since I had to publish for SCORM 1.2. So I really can't say how it does storing custom variables. However, I can say SCORM 1.2 only stores a very limited amount of data, and using lots of custom variables and special states might exceed the limit.
In my experience with SCORM 2004-3rd edition, there were never any problems storing variable values.
And I think "it depends" is the standard answer when asking anything about LMSs. After all, the "same" LMS used by different companies could have different configurations that impact how courses are launched, stored, and completed.
