Retrieve LMS User Name as Variable

There is a slide in this that does just that

Ah. The very first one posted was Flash only. However, HTML5 output supports the second one posted no problem. Has for awhile:)

Only works in Flash:

player.SetVar("sLearnerName", SCORM_GetStudentName());

Works in all:

var player = GetPlayer();
//might need to use lmsAPI=parent; on some LMS
var myName  = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var array  = myName.split(',');
var newName = array[1] + '  ' + array[0];
player.SetVar("newName", newName);

Give this a shot:

var player = GetPlayer();

lmsAPI=parent;

var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();

var array = myName.split(',');

var newName = array[1];

player.SetVar("newName", newName);

Haha, that's what I get for multi-tasking. Phil's example demonstrates it the rearrangement. lmsAPI.GetStudentName() and SCORM_GetStudentName() should return identical values.

var player = GetPlayer();

var myName  = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();

var array  = myName.split(',');

var newName = array[1] + '  ' + array[0];

player.SetVar("newName", newName);

Hello again,

Matthew Bibby gave me the answer. It works perfectly in Talensoft LMS.

Be aware that  I only needed the firstname.

Here is his code to close my question.

function findLMSAPI(win) {
 if (win.hasOwnProperty("GetStudentID")) return win;
 else if (win.parent == win) return null;
 else return findLMSAPI(win.parent);
}
 var lmsAPI = findLMSAPI(this);
 var name = lmsAPI.SCORM2004_GetStudentName();
 var nameArray = name.split(',');
var firstName = nameArray[1];
// var lastName = nameArray[0];
// var fullName = firstName + ' ' + lastName;
 var player = GetPlayer();
 player.SetVar("Name",firstName);
 

Philippe

I never saw a solution to the middle inital issue: Here's what I did:

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
function getName(){
 var sName = lmsAPI.LMSGetValue("cmi.core.student_name");
 sName = sName.replace(',','');
 var aSplit = sName.split(" "); 
 player.SetVar("v_LastName", aSplit[0]);
 player.SetVar("v_FirstName", aSplit[1]);
 player.SetVar("v_MiddleInitial", aSplit[2]);
 }
</script>

Ah! Found a problem. You need to create the variable in the variable manager. Otherwise the SetVar call won't work and the %newName% macro will just pull from nothing. I'm guessing it'll just continue to display %newName%, correct?

Have been using the methods listed in the thread for years to get this to work with HTML5.

//this might not be required depending on how your LMS nests the API. Try with then comment out if it does not work in a test publish.

lmsAPI=parent;

//This splits the username sent by the LMS by the comma and creates a string Firstname Lastname.

var userName=lmsAPI.GetStudentName().split(',')[1]+" "+lmsAPI.GetStudentName().split(',')[0];

//get storyline's player

var player=GetPlayer();

//set a player variable in your storyline file to the string created above. Make sure the variable exists in Storyline.

player.SetVar("storylineNameVariable",userName);

Works every time for me in HTML5.

Matthew's find-the-api-automatically method should work as well:

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/getting-student-name-from-the-lms-and-using-it-in-articulate#reply-453410

As with all, test it first. I tend to stick with my test and revise method. The approach illustrated at Matthew's link did fail for me once but I didn't take the time to figure out why.

Hi Bruce - 

Sort of... AO doesn't use SCORM, so the same method can't be used. What I was successful with was picking up the email address / username from the launching window. This only works when the user logs into AO first. If logging in using a guest link, it will fail. This also only picks up the account email and won't be able to access the first / last name since there isn't a way to get to that as far as I've found using any kind of API. 

Doesn't mean that it doesn't exist:) You might try hitting up the team with a support request. I'd imagine this could be a popular ask.