Espresso Matchmaker: An Example of Storyline and Customized xAPI
Melissa Milloway
Designing Learning Experiences That Scale | Instructional Design, Learning Strategy & Innovation | Exploring What’s Next
I created several videos on how to add custom xAPI to Storyline that will be on an upcoming post on eLearning Industry. In the meantime, check out the project associated with the videos and see some live statements at the bottom of this post.
I created the Espresso Matchmaker in Storyline 2 and the output is HTML5. The project uses xAPI to track what users select (using Wax LRS), what their drink outcome is, and if they replay the project.
The actor or user in the project is randomized, using some JavaScript that randomized an email address and appends a number between 1 and 5000 to the email. The postive of this is you don't need SSO and users remain anonymous. The negative is that you won't get much user info and if a user returns to the project they will have a different random actor name.
There are many uses for xAPI in learning projects, especially when it comes to noticing data trends that you can further investigate. e.g. If you see a majority people are interacting with a software simulation in a way that was not intended you can investigate if it is a system issue or a training issue.
I'll talk more about executing xAPI with Storyline and uses in my article on eLearning Industry. Be on the lookout for the article!
Try out the Espresso Matchmaker and see your xAPI statements.
Check out your statements at the bottom of my blog post on my blog (Sorry, the embeds don't work here!)
-Mel
I help founders, teams, and organizations make training, learning, and ed tech products more useful.
7 年This is so neat! Thanks for sharing! -Iced cappuccino!
Workplace Transformation Catalyst | Employee Experience Enthusiast | Community Manager for Future Office's "WorkX" Executive Meeting Portfolio | New Jersey Native
7 年Jeremy, you touch upon a good point: everyone is in a different stage of evolution with their LMS, which can impact how and when you are able to utilize xAPI. but, as you can see, there can be different solutions that allow you to leverage analytics NOW. Finding the different routes to using xAPI is a strong reason why we put together Corporate Learning Analytics every year. Our executive summit helps learning leaders find their path to using an LRS/xAPI solution by hearing from those who have been in their exact position, and linking them to the best LRS/xAPI vendors out there. Message me for some more details!
Head of Sales Readiness and Enablement at Amazon Payments, Inc.
7 年Yet another way to use xAPI in the real word. Nice work Mel!
Product Leader | Technology Enablement | Evangelist | MBA Candidate
7 年Nice! It's good to see xAPI in action. xAPI support came up in a conference call with our LMS vendor yesterday.