S1. LMS integration
How to upload scores from Articulate Storyline to an LMS
Articulate Storyline is designed as an e-learning development tool that can be used with an LMS. User data
can be tracked in any LMS that uses SCORM, AICC, or Tin Can API. Unfortunately, tracking results in a text
file or a non-LMS database is not currently supported.
This brief guide will explain how we uploaded student Play-on-Words scores to Moodle. Normally Storyline will
only pass variables that are part of the built in graded quiz slides. The Play-on-Words game uses internal
variables instead of the default quiz slides and thus the Play-on-Words scores must first be passed to a
standard numeric quiz slide in order for that data to be passed onto Moodle. We added a new graded numeric
slide for each of the four mini-games and a fifth slide to hold the player’s total score. All of these slides were
colored black and yellow-text was added that let the user know that their scores were being uploaded during
this time. The actual numeric entry box remains hidden and the slide advances too fast for a student to enter
anything in it. We then set the answer variable of each numeric quiz slide to equal the score a player received
on a particular mini-game or their total score for all four mini-games. These graded numeric quiz slides were
then connected to a results slide. This results slide will pass all of the numeric values to Moodle. The
completed game containing all of these slides was uploaded to Moodle as a SCORM package. For more
details about these slides please download the Play-on-Words Game Articulate Storyline file.
Example of one of the modified Numeric Quiz slides used for uploading scores:
‘Scoreboardoo’ is a variable that holds the player’s final score for the Organization Optimizer mini-game.
The Final Results slide which actually submits the scores to the LMS:
Viewing Student Scores:
Strangely, the scores do not show up in the gradebook as one might expect. To see the scores you must click
on the SCORM package on the Moodle site then click Reports and Interaction Reports. The scores are shown
in the same order that the slides are placed in the game and are labeled as responses. For example, the total
score for Sentence Sensei, Organization Optimizer, Science Officer Training, and Reference Referee minigames are listed as Response 1, Response 2, Response 3, and Response 4. The total overall score is listed as
Response 5. These responses can then be exported as an excel spreadsheet so that scores can be
subsequently uploaded to the gradebook.
Known Issues:
While this method uploaded the scores for the vast majority of students, some scores who completed the game
did not have their score uploaded. The problem did not seem to be correlated with any particular type of
computer (i.e. PC or MAC) or any particular browser. It may be that these students temporarily lost their
internet connection while playing the game which could have interfered with the upload process. See the last
link listed below for more information about how to warn students if their score isn’t being passed to Moodle. As
a failsafe we recommend that all students take a screenshot of their final score slide as proof that they have
played the game just in case their score doesn’t upload properly.
For more information please see:
http://www.articulate.com/support/storyline/how-to-send-the-value-of-a-variable-to-an-lms
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/how-do-i-pass-multiple-numeric-values-fromarticulate-storyline-to-moodle
http://www.articulate.com/support/storyline/how-to-let-users-know-if-their-course-attempt-cant-be-saved-in-anlms-in-the-event-of-an-error