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Using Pre-Test Activities to Tailor Content in E-Learning #206

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7 years ago

Pre-Test Assessments in E-Learning #206: Challenge | Recap

Pre-tests are a common learning strategy designed to access learners’ prior knowledge and skills. Pre-tests taken at the beginning of the course and can be used to tailor content by allowing learners to skip over material they already know.

Based on the pre-test results, learners can:

  • Skip over an entire lesson
  • Jump to a specific point within a lesson
  • Take a custom learning path with only content they didn’t pass in the pre-test

We don’t see pre-tests used a lot in corporate e-learning either because they're unnecessary or more work than they're worth. Regardless of why they're not used, pre-tests are something course designers should know how to develop. And that’s what this week’s challenge is all about!

Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to share an example of pre-tests and how they can be used to customize or personalize content for the learner.

This week’s challenge is more advanced that normal. You’ll need to work with variables to evaluate the pre-test results. Don’t hesitate to ask for help if you get stuck or want someone to review your files.

Extra credit: Please share your source files if possible. This is a tougher topic but it’s one that also generates a lot of interest. Sharing source files is never required to participate in the challenges. And most times we get more than enough examples. I’m only mentioning it this week because of the topic.

Last Week’s Challenge:

Before you test your advanced Storyline skills in this week’s challenge, take a look at the slide-tastic examples your fellow community members shared in last week’s slider challenge:

Using Sliders in E-Learning #205: Challenge | Recap

Wishing you a great week, E-Learning Heroes!

New to the E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

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  • Super excellent, Andrea and impeccable timing as we are in flu season! I loved the course.
    • Samuel's avatar
      Samuel
      Community Member
      Hey Helena! You can publish through a site like https://aws.amazon.com/s3/ or publish through Storyline. Depending on which version you are using. Storyline 360's team review feature let's you publish online.
  • JodiSansone's avatar
    JodiSansone
    Community Member
    To everyone who entered #206 this week, thank you! I learned a lot and saw all kinds of things I wish I had thought of doing!
  • SandraLowe's avatar
    SandraLowe
    Community Member
    These are great examples. I have created a similar type of course we call "teach me what I don't know". We offer up the questions and if they get it right, they proceed to the next question. If they get it wrong, they are provided content. It helps when you have a broad audience ranging from beginner to expert.

    I have a challenge here though. I have a client that would love to use a pre-test option but there would also need to be a post-test for users that can't pass the pre-test. Two tests in a single course. The SME wants to know if the user passed by taking the pre-test or the post test and what their score was. Since I can only have one results slide communicate with the LMS, what's the solution?
      • SandraLowe's avatar
        SandraLowe
        Community Member
        Thanks David. I have put it out there. I recently presented my multi-test example at the St. Louis Storyline SIG and then had this deeper level issue come up at work. It's an ambitious possibility that my management likes because of the potential metrics you could gather from it. I'm looking forward to what folks may say.
  • AmanVohra's avatar
    AmanVohra
    Community Member
    Hello everyone,

    In this sample, I have used Adaptive e-Learning approach and tried to explain Original Blooms Taxonomy and Revised Blooms Taxonomy in two lessons.
    In the beginning of lesson one, the user has to answer three knowledge check questions that are relevant to the lesson.
    Lastly there is final exam that contains 2 topics and 6 individual questions, that uses custom variables to send the final score/completion status to the LMS using JS.

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/adaptive-e-learning-sample-sl360-aman-vohra/
  • Hi all - This is a variation of a vocabulary review lesson I worked on a while back. There were about 50 words with 6-8 possible definitions for each one. If you clicked that you knew it, you were tested to be sure you did. If you got it wrong, it became part of the lesson. Needless to say it was a bit long for this purpose so I swapped lots of words for a few pictures. Have fun!

    https://360.articulate.com/review/content/ebea34cd-4933-4ad5-a1dd-ddba1f218cdf/review