Retaining variable values between sessions - different computers
July 18, 2013 12:00 AM
Hi,
I am new to Lectora and I am not clear on a few things regarding where variables are kept.
I am creating a course in which I would like to direct students to different home pages depending on certain criteria.
I know I can assign a value to a variable(ex. home_state) that is retained between sessions and check for the value of that variable when the student cliks the home button, thus sending them to the appropriate home page.
I am setting up my course as a SCROM title so I know that when the student exits and returns, the student will be able to return to the last page they visited.
In Lectora, it defines the option to retain variables between sessions and states that it retains the value "when the user returns to the same computer." I am concerned that my students may be using different computers to access this course as they may be in the office at a desktop one day and at another site later on a laptop another.
Questions:
So, are the variables that I create stored locally on the computer that the student is first accessing the course from?
Are any of the variables that I create passed to the LMS?
Is there a SCORM or AICC variable that I can use for this purpose? I am assuming that these variables are remembered by the LMS
Thanks
Discussion (2)
When you run your SCORM-published course in SCORM-compatible LMS, all and any retained variables will be retained inside the LMS and will be accessible on any PC. Same goes for AICC.
When you run your HTML-published course from a web server, all retained variables are retained using cookies on user local machine.
Short version: if you use SCORM, you're golden.
I am using Lectora to create software training for users. I want to provide them with "real world" practice by placing them in task based scenarios. The thing is, I want to build it in a way that I can use the same Lectora file to practice multiple scenarios. Thus, I want to inject the contents of variables at runtime based upon the training scenario the user has clicked on. I would assume that I could store the values in separate XML documents and then have the variables inside the project ready to receive what is stored in the XML.
So, is this type of thing possible?
What file are custom variables stored in when you publish to SCORM based courses?
Any help is appreciated.
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