Using Interactive Tables in E-Learning #287: Challenge | Recap
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I love to cook/bake and will occasionally need to convert between units of measure so I created some interactive tables that do this for you. The trial and error process to avoid conflicting variables in the calculations was a rewarding experience.
Link to demo: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/5d170419-ffc4-46a6-afdb-86f2ddd33c9d/review
I noticed that Storyline will round up the decimal points so you might see some minor inconsistencies (e.g. 1 cup is equal to 8 oz, but when you try to do it the other way around, it will say that 8 oz is equal to 1.04 cups). For this reason, I disabled the ability to convert grams to cups since the results would be wildly inaccurate!
Link to demo: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/5d170419-ffc4-46a6-afdb-86f2ddd33c9d/review
I noticed that Storyline will round up the decimal points so you might see some minor inconsistencies (e.g. 1 cup is equal to 8 oz, but when you try to do it the other way around, it will say that 8 oz is equal to 1.04 cups). For this reason, I disabled the ability to convert grams to cups since the results would be wildly inaccurate!
- Ha nice idea! I agree with Sunet, nothing worse than a reipe with units you don't use :P
- This is AWESOME! I cook a lot myself as well, so I feel your pain!! I love how creative this project is. It made me want to enter different numbers just to see how it changes. That's a sign of a great project when you've made the learner want to interact with what's on the screen! Did you read/watch anything to create this project?
- I love your color choices and the simple interaction. Well done.
- Beautifully presented, Kimberly!
- Thank you for your comments, everyone!
Hami, I am always referring to the Storyline 360 User Guide for the ELHCs! The section on variables (https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-work-with-variables) was incredibly helpful in creating this demo. - This is a great idea Kimberley, there is nothing worse than finding a great recipe and then discovering that the the units are different to what you normally use. I could definitely use this!
One thing I noticed is that there is no light green box below Grams, the interaction still works if you put in an amount under cups, just looks like the shape was cut by accident.- Thank you for your feedback, Sunet! I realized that my reasoning behind this decision wasn't clear so here is the longer explanation since it does warrant some backstory (and perhaps someone could think of a solution to my dilemma!).
The demo works by having the user type in a value for one of the measurements and then it will show a layer with a number variable that is multiplied by the number entry. So for example, the learner can type "1" under "Tablespoons" (the number entry), and this is multiplied by number variables I added in Storyline (variable named "TbspToTsp" = 3; variable named "TbspToCups" = 0.06), which would appear in a layer once the user stopped interacting with the number entry box.
I found that while most of the calculations were accurate, Storyline would round the numbers in a way (up to the hundredths place) so that there were some large inaccuracies in the calculations, particularly when I was converting from grams to cups. Since there are 201 grams to a cup, this means that there are 0.00498 cups to one gram, and Storyline rounded this number to 0. I couldn't make the number variable that multiplied to the number entry a zero because it would then say that X grams equaled zero cups, hence why I only made that conversion go only one way.
I provided the Storyline file to my demo in the Review link (see the comment sidebar) if anyone wants to play around with it and perhaps find a way around the decimal rounding. I saw a few threads that talked about using Javascript but I'm afraid that I know next to nothing about that.
I know that these numbers are also dependent on the ingredient and they just came from simple Google searches, so please take these conversions with a grain of salt (pun intended)!- I am all for keeping things simple, especially when it comes to baking. Your solution makes sense.
