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EBC
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June 8, 2018
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Cornerstone LMS bookmarking specific page every time?

  • June 8, 2018
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I have a course composed of 3 lessons, designed in Captivate 9 and administered through Cornerstone LMS. I would like the learner to start at a splash screen that lists the 3 lessons, and chooses which to complete next. When learner completes a lesson they are returned to splash screen and a check mark appears on the lesson list to indicate which lesson was completed. This is simple in Captivate if the learner does not leave the course.

But let's say the learner does leave the course after completing the first lesson. Upon returning, I would like the course to resume on the splash screen, and for the previous lesson completion information to be retained and displayed (check mark on lesson #1 for example).  Also, if the learner leaves in the middle of, say, lesson #2, and then returns, I would like them to again land at the splash screen. The splash screen now would show that lesson #1 has been completed, and that lesson#2 is partially completed. Learner could then resume lesson #2 or choose to skip to lesson 3 (or repeat lesson #1 I guess).

My limited experience with LMS bookmarking suggests that the learner will be plunked back into the middle of Lesson #2 if that is where they stopped last time. Not ideal. I would prefer that they always land on the splash screen, and then resume from there (and that all previous completion details be preserved and displayed on splash screen).

Much of the functionality is straightforward within Captivate, but I do not know if I can get the LMS (Cornerston) to resume at the splash screen everytime, and if the completion details (check marks, partial lesson completions) will be preserved.

So, can this be done? Thanks for your input!

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RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 8, 2018

What you ask would only really be practicable if you create all there 'lessons' in a single CPTX which then becomes just a single SCORM object to upload into your LMS.  There are some customisations that you would need to build in, but that's basically the way you would need to go because if you create each lesson in a separate CPTX then you would lose the ability to have this customised menu slide.

EBC
EBCAuthor
Known Participant
June 8, 2018

Hi Rod.

I feel like I’m talking to a rock star…a Captivate Rock Star! Anyway, thanks for the quick response. I agree that creating as a single Captivate, with the splash page tracking built within Captivate, is the best option. But I do not know if I can set the Cornerstone LMS to always return the splash page if the learner exits in the middle of one of the lessons. If the learner was required to leave the course FROM the splash page (that is, navigate back to the splash page before exiting), then perhaps that would work…LMS was see splash page in current state as exit and resume point. But learner behavior is not always predictable.

Do you know if there is a way to tell the LMS to always resume the course at a specific page (splash page in this case), regardless of exit point?

Lilybiri
Legend
June 8, 2018

If you turn off bookmarking, course will always start from the begiinning, but may not be what you want, unless the splas screen is on the first slide?