A question on questions
Apr 04, 2016
I want to create a series of Knowledge checkers that are to be used after a course.
The questions themselves are not a problem
What I want to do, seems to cause a few issues.
So, I ask a question. The learner has 3 chances to get it correct. If they get it wrong once, they just try again, if wrong a 2nd time then a tip appears. 3rd time they fail the question.
I am guessing this is not standard and will point heavily at variables?
Also, on that one question they could have gotten 10 points if they got it correct first time. If they got it wrong once, then they lose 2 points. If they get it wrong twice then they lose a further 3 points. Third time they lose 5 points.
I have been trying to get that sort of functionality without overcomplicating it due to lots of question types potentially being used.
My thinking (dangerous I know!), branch the questions somehow, so if they don't answer correctly, they are scored as a negative and they go to the next question (same question but the incorrect one is now -3 and correct is 8) etc... But that would be 3 questions for the one question actually asked.
Hope some of that makes sense?
3 Replies
Hi Glenn,
The scoring is definitely where this is going to get tricky - as Storyline only allows for one results slide, which you'd have to set to track all those questions raising the total percentage of questions it would be scoring against. Granted, you could look at adjusting the passing score to reflect the lowest possible passing score.
As for the additional hints and information, you could control showing that on the try again layer using variables, or showing custom layers based on a variable. If you use the feedback by choice (available for some question types here) they'll only have one attempt at the question and then continue to the next slide.
Thanks Ashley, I had a play and it is unfortunate that it will not allow you to use logic with branched questions.
I will look at it in the background and see if I can build a manual work around but not going to waste too much time for this project.
In essence it is just a decreasing score for each try you have at getting the answer.
I know some users in the forums have come up with involved and complicated set ups to pass scores to an LMS, but those aren't something that we could offer support for - so you may want to post more of your specifics here and see if others are able to weigh in on the set up that you're looking to accomplish.
This discussion is closed. You can start a new discussion or contact Articulate Support.