Return to last visited location closes SCORM window.
March 2, 2015 12:00 AM
Hello,
I seem to be facing a problem, that I am able to replicate but am unsure on how to fix.
1. You build a small course (5-6 pages) and publish to SCORM with "Prompt the user to return to last visited page"
2. upload this to an LMS (error occurs in multiple LMS ) and run half way through as a student. (so get to page 3 and then hit the red cross/browser close window button).
3. make a change to the Lectora file. e.g. make a text amend and then republish.
4. over write the old instance with the new published version (in hope to retain bookmarking for already started users)
5. Once launched if you click yes to return to last visited page, it closes the SCORM pop-up window.
Any Ideas on how to stop this happening?
Cheers
Discussion (3)
I tried to reproduce this. I created a title with 3 pages, uploaded to Scorm Cloud, went to 2nd page, exited, re-opened, Lectora offered me to go to 2nd page again to continue where I left off. I tried this a few times, worked consistently ok.
Then I edited the title (added a few textboxes, renamed a few pages) and re-uploaded to Cloud overwriting the old files. When I re-opened the title, it started at page 1, no prompt. I guess Scorm Cloud resets the bookmarking data when a course is re-uploaded.
In other words, I couldn't reproduce the issue. Lectora 12.0.2 by the way.
In most situations, this is a design choice for an LMS. On one hand, if the course is updated too much, keeping the obsolete suspend data can be a big problem. On the other hand, if the course is updated just a little bit (a typo is fixed), resetting all suspend data is not a big problem, rather a slight inconvenience for returning learners (and only in cases where courses are large, have bad navigation controls and require learners to view everything etc). So - big potential problem vs small guaranteed inconvenience. So most LMS choose to reset the data - that's how developers think.
Of course, the smart way to do so would be to add a checkbox in the upload files dialogue: "Recommended: also reset suspend data when upload is complete" (ON by default).
I have noticed that this just doesn´t work after the Scorm package is overwritten. LMS doesn´t remember it anymore. Maybe you can use your own Return to last page visited window and use some variables and conditions.
Thanks for the replies,
Im using v11 as the course was previously built in V11 and We have faced multiple problems when editing V11 in V12.
I ended up building my own prompt within the first page.
I have an action that shows my prompt if the AICC_Lesson_Status variable doesn't equal the first page of the title.
then if / when they click yes I am running : trivExitPage(AICC_Lesson_Location.getValue(),true);
This successfully takes you back to the correct page without forcing the window to close.
I have only partially tested this but its looking promising.
If you do this don't forget to untick "Prompt user to return to last visited location" in the publish settings.
Regards
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