Hook into events, Completion, Score; Is Flash/Flex editor useful ?
Nov 07, 2011
I'm new to the Articulate products, but am using the Trial Download with MS ppt.
I've read some forum posts, but keep running into a dead-end as far as developing a solution.
I'm generally creating a .ppt with a quiz, and publishing to Web. Then I'd like to
- call external javascript, to indicate Completion, if a quiz was completed
- email scores or relay them somehow with javascript.
- possibly Save progress, and return to Slide# (save point) if user gets partially through the quiz.
Many of the forum posts, have references to things I don't see ( and I assume they are embedded in the Flash). I think the format of some of the products / configuration / xml / javascript has been changed, or again, I'll need a flash editor. ( I can go with Adobe or some open-source editor, if available ) Assume this is required for new skins, too.
When I publish to Web (locally), I have a player.html, and also the folders data\ player\ and plenty of .swf
What can I hook into as far as working with the SDK and/or events, in order to get the information ???
I do see the div - divQuiz and other things that have been mentioned in the Email/Send Results topics.
I don't see anything like getCurrentSlideTime, or GetSlideInfo(nSlideNum) or \qti\quizmaker.html
This Post mentions an update; a different way to hook in:
http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/4479/24470.aspx#24470
Your suggestions, recommendations, would be most helpful. Thanks in Advance !
1 Reply
Welcome to Heroes, Rich!
For the best results and most accurate reporting, we recommend Articulate Online:
http://www.articulate.com/products/articulate-online.php
You can sign up for a free 30-day trial of Articulate Online here:
http://www.articulate.com/downloads/freetrial-step1.aspx
Your own SCORM- or AICC-compliant Learning Management System (LMS) will also provide accurate tracking capabilities. Here are some open-source options for tracking quiz results:
Although email is not intended as a robust tracking mechanism, Quizmaker does provide an option for emailing results. Upon completion of a quiz, the user can choose to email the results to a designated email address. The results are sent in raw text format in the body of an email (raw text is the most flexible and universal data format). The recipient can then copy and paste the comma-separated output from the email into a text file and open it via Excel. After importing into Excel, you can select a "Table" format to organize the data into columns for better analysis.
Due to web browser, Flash Player, and email security issues, this method may not always work as expected. We suggest that you thoroughly test this method in your environment to see if it meets your needs. For more information, please review the following article:
http://www.articulate.com/support/quizmaker09/kb/?p=181
Tracking results via a text file or a database is not supported. You may want to consult our Community Forums if you are looking to track quizzes outside of the supported methods:
http://www.articulate.com/forums/
Some of our customers are successfully sending Quizmaker results via PHP or by using a database, but these methods are not supported by Articulate. You can learn more about these methods here:
http://www.articulate.com/forums/articulate-quizmaker/8169-articulate-09-email-results-tutorial-php.html
http://www.articulate.com/forums/articulate-quizmaker/4317-quiz-database-instructions-code.html
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