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Retrieve LMS User Name as Variable
I know you can have a user fill in a text box with their name and then later use that variable for personalization. What we would like to do is programmatically retrieve the user name from the LMS. Is there a way to set a variable with data from the LMS when the course is loaded instead of having the user enter their name?
Thx
Hey, Andrew -
Should be able to grab the value through a JavaScript function. This won't work in HTML5 at the moment but should be fine in the Flash based version. Try this in a JavaScript trigger:
var player=GetPlayer();
player.SetVar("sLearnerName", SCORM_GetStudentName());
This'll grab the Student Name using the built in function in SCORMFunctions.js and push it into a variable called sLearnerName. If you need to arrange it differently you may need to split to an array and arrange the First / Last as separate parts before pushing in.
Hello please I need help on executing this. What is the simplest way to create a flow with this. E.g. Where do I insert the code, what should the next slide show and how do I create a display that will welcome the person
Steve,
I doubt you pay any attention to this 7 years later - but I just had to say thanks! I have been racking my head against this keyboard for hours...all I needed was the SCORM_ component to work with the LMS we are using.
So excited!
That's because the student name is stored as first name last. Set the array[1] to get the first name.
Hi all,
I am trying to pull information from the LMS and save into Storyline variables. To start off, I'm trying to grab the user's name. I used the Javascript code shown in this thread but it doesn't work for me.
var player = GetPlayer();
var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
var array = myName.split(',');
var newName = array[1] + ' ' + array[0];
player.SetVar("newName", newName);
Do I have to change something based on the particular LMS I'm using? What could be the problem?
Hi Vince,
I placed your script on a button and showed the variable in a text field. It works OK in SCORM Cloud LMS. When you click the button, your student name shows up in the text field. I attach my example.
Sorry I only checked it with Moodle it may be that your LMS does not support this
Hi Phil,
I know this is old but other than the student's name, is there any other information that could be retrieved from Moodle such as number of attempts? Is there a list of api commands, i.e.: "getstudentname()", available somewhere?
Thanks
Hi Lucio,
The only one I know if is student name.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Hi,
I have been actually able to do that now in HTML5 too. I have used the same javascript code to fetch student name from LMS and current date.
The only difference is I have not used the code in the result slide where the certificate will appear. I have used the code at the very first slide of my course and stored them in Storyline variables. In the certificate popup in result slide, I have just used those 2 Storyline variables.
It worked in IOS 7 that I'm testing!
Hi Tanmay,
That's a pretty cool workaround, would you be willing to share a sample file of how you did that? Thanks a ton!
Hi Alex,
I have attached the Story file with that workaround.
Thanks, Tanmay
Thanks everyone for sharing your expertise. It is real helpful to newbies...
We are using Storyline 2 , our LMS is Saba 7.2. The code provided in this thread works great but for only the first time a course is published and uploaded to our LMS. If the file needs to be modified or changed and published a second time then the field (username and/or newName) returns a blank.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a known fix that you can share?
Not sure what other information you need to be able to assist. Please let me know and I will do my best to supply it.
Hi Stephanie,
I've added the missing variable and tested it in Scorm Cloud. It works now. See attached.
Hi Eduardo,
This forum discussion is a bit older and as such I'm not sure that folks are still subscribed. You may want to reach out to them directly using the "contact me" button on their profiles.
