web publishing and bookmarking

We have a homegrown LMS and are beginning to use Xyleme to host our content. We are running into issues with bookmarking in this setup. Here is an example of what we are doing. We have five Storyline files that make up one course. Each of these Storyline files have Javascript on the last page for the purpose of letting Xyleme know when each module has been completed. We are publishing each of the five Storyline files for web use and then upload the published web files into Xyleme Create. From there, we use Xyleme Create to combine the five Storyline files into one web course and publish that web course out as SCORM 1.2 to Xyleme Syndicate. From there, the web course is shared to external client LMSs and also used within our homegrown LMS. 

The issues that we are seeing is all around the bookmarking. If the course either gets reset or reassigned, the whole course will start at the beginning. However, once the learner starts the Storyline module, they get the resume/restart. If the learner resumes and the last visited page was the final page on the Storyline course, they get marked complete without ever having to re-take the content.

We are also seeing issues with shared computers and browsers. If learner A completes three Storyline modules out of the five within the web course and then learner B starts their assigned web course on the same computer and browser, learner B gets prompted to resume/restart on the three Storyline modules that were completed by learner A and can skip those modules without viewing the content.

From the research I've done, the Storyline bookmarking is being stored as a value within the browser cache. This bookmarking does not carry over into another browser or computer. The bookmarking also does not distinguish between users. I've been in contact with Xyleme, who has advised that this is a Storyline issue, and I've opened a ticket with Articulate who has advised that I ask here.

So here are my questions

• Is there anyone else who is using Storyline and the Xyleme Create LCMS to create and distribute web courses?
• Is there a way to setup the Storyline files to append a user ID or unique ID to the value within the browser cache to make it unique for each user?
• Is there a way to setup the bookmarking that after 90 days the bookmarking in no longer valid?

 The issue that we have is that our content is often used for compliance purposes and we recommend that it be assigned yearly. Our content also is taken by learners who are likely to be using just one computer for training. These factors cause us concern that the bookmarking may become a larger issue as more of our learners consume content through Xyleme.