Storyline 360: Built-In Variables

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Find descriptions for the built-in variables available in Storyline 360 below.

Accessibility
Quiz Results
Slide Numbers
xAPI (Tin Can API) Identifiers
Elapsed Time
Background Audio Volume Variable

Accessibility

These variables let authors control accessibility features in published courses.

Name	Type	Default Value	Description
`Player.AccessibleText`	True/False	False	Turn accessible text on/off. It's off by default.
`Player.DisplayCaptions`	True/False	False	Display or hide closed captions on the player. They're hidden by default.
`Player.ZoomToFit`	True/False	False	Turn modern player zoom (zoom-to-fit) on/off. It's off by default.

Quiz Results

Inserting a question slide or a result slide automatically adds the corresponding variables outlined below, which are calculated when the learner takes the quiz. Starting with the August 2022 update, Storyline 360 prefixes your quiz name to each related built-in result slide variable and generates a different set of variables for combined result slides that require learners to pass each quiz.

Question Result

Name	Type	Description
`Question.Correct`	True/False	As of the May 2022 update, this tracks the result of a learner's response to the current question. When the value is true, they answered correctly. When it's false, they answered incorrectly. This variable will always be false for survey questions. Learn more.

Result Slide

Name	Type	Description
`[QuizName].PassPercent`	Number	The passing score in percentage
`[QuizName].PassPoints`	Number	The passing score in points
`[QuizName].ScorePercent`	Number	The learner's score in percentage
`[QuizName].ScorePoints`	Number	The learner's score in points

Combined Result Slide - Learners must pass each quiz

Name	Type	Description
`[QuizName].CombinedFailed`	Number	The number of required quizzes in a combined result slide that the learner failed.
`[QuizName].CombinedPassed`	Number	The number of required quizzes in a combined result slide that the learner passed.
`[QuizName].CombinedTotal`	Number	The total number of quizzes required for learners to pass the course.
`[QuizName].Passed`	Number	This designates whether the learner passed or failed each quiz in a combined result slide. (Storyline 360 automatically adds this variable for combined result slides that require learners to pass each quiz. Learn more.)

Slide Numbers

Slide numbers were introduced in Storyline 360 build 3.27.18751.0 to help learners track their progress as they go through the content. We have two categories for these variables (menu order and project order), and they're all set automatically. The value of each variable for the current slide is shown in parentheses in the Storyline 360 editor, as shown below. Some values, such as Progress through the menu, get calculated in real-time as learners take the course.

Menu Order

These variables are based on the information on the player menu and reflect the author's customizations, such as renaming the slide title, rearranging the menu items, or deleting/hiding a slide.

Slide

Name	Type	Description
`Menu.SlideNumber`	Number	The current slide's number in the player menu
`Menu.SlideTitle`	Text	The slide's name/title in the player menu
`Menu.SlideReference`	Number	The slide's reference number in the player menu

Menu

Name	Type	Description
`Menu.SlidesViewed`	Number	The number of slides the learner has viewed in the player menu
`Menu.TotalSlides`	Number	The total number of slides in the player menu
`Menu.Progress`	Number	The percentage of slides in the menu the learner has viewed
`Menu.SectionNumber`	Number	The player menu section of the current slide
`Menu.SectionsViewed`	Number	The number of menu sections the learner has visited
`Menu.TotalSections`	Number	The total number of sections in the player menu

Current Menu Section

Name	Type	Description
`MenuSection.SlideNumber`	Number	The slide's number in the current menu section
`MenuSection.SlidesViewed`	Number	The number of slides the learner has viewed in the current menu section
`MenuSection.TotalSlides`	Number	The total number of slides in the current menu section
`MenuSection.Progress`	Number	The percentage of slides the learner has viewed in the current menu section

Project Order

These variables follow the names and order of slides as they appear in your project file (see Story View).

Slide

Name	Type	Description
`Project.SlideNumber`	Number	The current slide's number in the project
`Project.SlideTitle`	Text	The slide's name in the project
`Project.SlideReference`	Number	The slide's reference number in the project

Project

Name	Type	Description
`Project.SlidesViewed`	Number	The number of slides in the project the learner has viewed
`Project.TotalSlides`	Number	The total number of slides in the project
`Project.Progress`	Number	The percentage of slides in the project the learner has viewed
`Project.SceneNumber`	Number	The scene number of the current slide
`Project.ScenesViewed`	Number	The number of scenes the learner has visited
`Project.TotalScenes`	Number	The total number of scenes in the project

Current Scene

Name	Type	Description
`Scene.SlideNumber`	Number	The slide's number in the current scene
`Scene.SlidesViewed`	Number	The number of slides the learner has viewed in the current scene
`Scene.TotalSlides`	Number	The total number of slides in the current scene
`Scene.Progress`	Number	The percentage of slides the learner has viewed in the current scene

xAPI (Tin Can API) Identifiers

The November 2021 update introduces these variables to support custom xAPI statements.

Name	Type	Description
`Project.ActivityId`	Text	The internationalized resource identifier (IRI) your LRS and LMS use to identify activities in a course. The unique string of characters in the IRI is synonymous with the value for the course's Identifier, as shown below. (Click the image to enlarge it.)
`Slide.Id`	Text	A unique string of characters assigned by Storyline 360 to identify a slide. It's used along with the value for `Project.ActivityId` to create a valid IRI for your LRS and LMS. Note that you can't change the value of the `Slide.Id` variable. You can, however, use the xAPI statement editor to replace the variable with another one supported by xAPI. Learn more about the xAPI specification.

Name

Type

Description

Project.ActivityId

Text

The internationalized resource identifier (IRI) your LRS and LMS use to identify activities in a course. The unique string of characters in the IRI is synonymous with the value for the course's Identifier, as shown below. (Click the image to enlarge it.)

Slide.Id

Text

A unique string of characters assigned by Storyline 360 to identify a slide. It's used along with the value for Project.ActivityId to create a valid IRI for your LRS and LMS.

Note that you can't change the value of the Slide.Id variable. You can, however, use the xAPI statement editor to replace the variable with another one supported by xAPI. Learn more about the xAPI specification.

Elapsed Time

The November 2021 update features these variables to track the total time a learner spends in a course, scene, or slide. They report time in milliseconds. Learn more.

Name	Type	Description
`Project.ElapsedTime`	Number	The cumulative elapsed time spent on an entire course
`Scene.ElapsedTime`	Number	The cumulative elapsed time spent on a scene
`Slide.ElapsedTime`	Number	The cumulative elapsed time spent on a slide

Background Audio Volume Variable

The November 2023 update introduces a percentage-based variable to fine-tune the background playlist volume.

Name	Type	Description
`Player.BackgroundAudioVolume`	Number	The volume of the background playlist in percentage

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