Exit button to close LMS course

[Guest]

Hello, I am working on a SCORM 1.2 course in Captivate 7 in which I want the course to close upon completion of the course.  Currently, I have 2 different button on the quiz results slide (which happens to be the last slide).  One button is a continue button and the other button is and exit button.  I published and uploaded the course to the LMS i'm using but neither button closes the course when clicked.  In publish setting I have tried this setting: Project => Start and End => Project End Options: => Action: = Close Project  This did not work.

I am still pretty new to Captivate and i'm sure this is pretty east to figure out but it's got me stumped.  Does anyone know how to make a SCROM course exit back to the main LMS tree once the user completes a course?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.      

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[TLCMediaDesign]

I haven't actually tested this, and some of how a course returns to the LMS menu depends on the LMS, but you could call this JavaScript attached to a button:

SCORM_Finish(‘EXIT_TYPE_ FINISH’, false);

[Guest]

I'm pretty sure you're on the right track on this one.  The script you provided does not work, but I have contacted the LMS provider and requested the correct exit script.  I will update once I am able to solve this issue with the LMS provider.

[RodWard]

Just a suggestion...it's ALWAYS best practice to have a slide AFTER the Quiz Results slide and to do any close actions from that slide rather than on the Quiz Results.

[TLCMediaDesign · Accepted solution]

This may be the one that works:

SCORM_CallLMSFinish();

[TLCMediaDesign]

Also, in our LMS, because it's running a SCORM 2004 player and the course is launched in a frameset, we need to parse the URL to get back to the course menu, otherwise the course exits the browser completely or returns to the course listing.

[Guest]

Thank you so much.  You have no idea how long I was working on a fix for this problem.  Your code worked perfectly!!!!

[TLCMediaDesign]

Glad it worked. Could you mark the answer as correct for the benefit of others.

[TLCMediaDesign]

I've tested SCORM_CallLMSFinish(); @ scorm.cloud.com and it works very well and does close the course window, which is launched in a popup window..

What Erik is alluding to is very true.

The first option I suggested (SCORM_Finish(‘EXIT_TYPE_ FINISH’, false);) does NOT include the call to actually terminate the course. It is more than likely called internally by Captivate to set how the course should exit, the second argument is a boolean for whether a completion status was set.

[bobelmore]

I believe this is dependent on the browser.

[Erik Lord]

Not so much dependent on the browser but moreso on the LMS.

See here:

ICS Learning Group: Captivate 7, Exit Bug and a Solution

And noted in this forum reply:

Captivate 7 - The Exit Bug and a Solution

I also agree with Rod that there should always be some sort of conclusion/good-bye slide after the Quiz Results slide to help ensure everything is scored properly.

HTH
Erik