Using A Pre-Test for a RISE course
Apr 09, 2021
Hi Everyone,
So I've had a busy day and in the hope that sharing this will save other people doing this in future I thought I'd post a solution I came up with today.
As a company we are moving to testing before people take e-learning and then offering the option to complete the full module if they pass and making them take the full module if they fail. This is simple enough in Storyline, but people I work with prefer RISE content.
I have to stress this may not work for everyone depending on your LMS but most will have similar functionality. So to enable us to do this I've blended RISE and Storyline by using 2 modules.
STEP 1 Create and upload the full rise module without the pretest but with your final test or completion trigger
STEP 2 - Create your pretest using Storyline 360
STEP 3 - On the failure layer of the results slide place a link to the RISE module within your LMS, We use SAP and I had to add it to a public catalogue and then generate a direct link.
STEP 4 - When the link is clicked this will open the RISE module
STEP 5 - Set completion to Pass / incomplete this means if the pre test is passed the module will mark as passed and complete, If not it remain outstanding on the learning plan and the second module will have been added
STEP 6 Upload your Storyline Module to your LMS
STEP 7 Add the RISE module as a substitute for the Storyline pretest, this means when someone passes the RISE module both will be marked as complete.
Obviously you can alter this to your LMS and I suspect other LMSs have this built in but if not some variation on this should work for you.
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Thank you!
Thank you much for this! Much appreciated and will definitely save time! Do you know if it's also possible to add a pre test to a course within RISE? Or would this be the best option?
It isn't possible to do it within RISE itself, hence the horribly complex option above.
You might be able to link 2 RISE modules together, but I don't think it would be as robust and there would be ways for people to manipulate the system so they could fail the pretest and then be able not complete the second module. Would work for a small organisation where you could manually audit.
Using the storyline 360 module as the first stops the ability to manipulate it, I can provide a template with the triggers set if that helps.
Thanks so much for your response Brian! Much appreciated ;-) It'd be great if you have a look at the template with the triggers. Very grateful!
Hi Marianel,
I've attached my storyboard stage with triggers, which would leave you all the content to add and the formatting of the slides to suit your organisation.
If you would like any help feel free to contact me by clicking my name icon and using the contact button. If I have the spare time I'm happy to help.
Do you still have the template? If so, I'd like it please.
Hi Mikel and welcome to the community! 🎉 It looks like Brian shared the template in the comment above. Just click on the Pretest_with_Rise.story button and it should download to your computer. Also, I hope you have a fantastic Friday!
This is fantastic thank you. Can I ask what you mean by 'Add the RISE module as a substitute for the Storyline pretest'? Is this a setting in the LMS, rise or storyline?
FYI: I developed a workaround for having a pretest in a Rise course:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/rise-360/tip-build-a-rise-course-with-a-pretest
The post links to a demo includes details about how it's done. It also lists some important caveats.
Hi quick question, would this solution be preferable to embedding the RISE course as a web object?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Nitin, Yes, generally, these solutions would be preferable for pre-testing purposes because when a Rise 360 course is embedded as a web object, the learner’s progress isn’t tracked. Please let us know if you have any questions about that or want to share your situation so we can offer suggestions.