Storyline: Connecting Lines Matching Question

Hi Allison,

This was a fabulous help, and a great learning exercise, thanks for sharing. I've got a very weird issue, number 1 works fine number 2 & 3 do not show the hand to move the numbers across, you need to do number 4 next and then the other numbers seem to fix themselves. Not sure if that's clear you can check out the issue here https://360.articulate.com/review/content/bd5b3837-39d2-407d-8f5e-ec5f94a9cb4c/review

Hi Allison,
This activity has been so much help, thanks! Although, I am struggling to show the correct/incorrect slide layer. Any advice on how this can be done.
- Shaina

Hi Allison,

I hope you are still around... I really like this example! I'm trying to replicate it, and I have almost everything, except, I'm having trouble with having the state of the rectangle change back to normal when an object intersects.

I have set a trigger to have the state return to normal when the drop oval intersects with any of the starting ovals.. but when I preview, the connecting line doesn't disappear. As an example, this happens when I try to move #2 to the circle that #1 has already been placed on. Do you have any idea what mistake I might be making?

Thank you,

Thanks so much for this template, Allison! I'm still fairly new to Storyline, so I'm a bit in awe at the ingenuity of this project and am using it to learn more about how to create these complex interactions with visual feedback.

One thing I'm wondering about is the options available for drop targets. I think most learners would understand that the "drag" objects should be moved over to the "drop" areas, but it is possible for a "drag" object to be moved to another starting point (Drag1 placed on top of Drag2, for example). I think I've figured out that you have the "intersect" object trigger change the state of drag objects if they're placed on a starting point rather than a dropping point to make the connecting line disappear if the learner previously moved a "drag" to a definition "drop," resulting in a line.

Is it possible to make a drag object snap back to its starting point if its placed on an inappropriate drop target? For example, if a learner moves "Drag1" on top of "Drag2" in the term column, "Drag1" will go back home to "Term 1."

I realize that Storyline doesn't have an option to differentiate drop targets as "destinations" or "homes," so it would likely need to be a separate set of triggers. Could the motion paths be used for this? Something like, "When Drag1 intersects with either Start2 or Start3, execute motion path to the starting point."

This might seem like a lot of extra triggers for this already complex interaction, but it could prevent some confusion about where users should be dragging and dropping answers.

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Thank you Allison for sharing the template with us it works very well. I have set ATTEMPTS TO 3, so that the user can retry up to 3 times, but when the user clicks TRY AGAIN I want To have it reset to the Normal state and I just cannot get it to do that.

I have added Slide Triggers Layer - Try Again
Show layer Incorrect When timeline starts on this layer
if Word_DragnDrop>=value2 (Word_DragnDrop is my numeric variable)

The I created Object Triggers
Add value 1 to Word_DragnDrop When user clicks Try Again

HIde Layer this layer When user clicks Try Again

Change state of Colum1Box1 - MS Word to Normal When user clicks Try Again
Change state of Drop1 - to Hidden When user clicks Try Again
Change state of Drag1 - to Normal When user clicks Try Again

I did that for each object and it still does not work when I am previewing this slide

Any tips for what I am dong wrong and what I should do right?

Hi Allison,
I figured it out! I forgot to create this trigger:

Jump to slide this slide
When the user clicks Try Again.

Thank you for your help.

Hello Allison,
Thanks for the idea and the provided file, that was of great use to me.

I'm currently buidling up my own connector, using yours as a model, I've figured everything out but to return the connecting lines to their normal state when you drop an item above another. The first item returns to its place, but the connecting line stays in place.

I found that you used the trigger "when the object crosses another", but when the dragged object is automatically put back, it seems that Storyline doesn't count this as "crossing" ?