Advanced drag and drop exercises

Thanks to all. It's much clearer now. The situation I was envisioning actually had two drop targets and several drag objects, I guess similar to what Annie had submitted. So the setup would need to be different.

But, since this did involve customizing the feedback layers, I actually have a question about the feedback master and the "sub-masters" (not sure what the correct term is).

When I reposition the elements that are on the "main master" (the one on the top) by selecting all on the timeline, they DO all reposition on this main master. But the text box elements on the submasters (e.g., correct, incorrect, try again) do NOT reposition on the subs. Why is that? At least up to now, that's what I've been wanting, for the sake of consistency. So what I've needed to do is note the position of each and position accordingly on the subs.

I'm thinking there's a reason for this and I just don't get it yet. Can y'all advise? And even if there is a reason, is there a way around this?

Tx as always for all the good feedback

I'm trying to recreate the drag and drop functionality from the demo David Anderson posted in this thread.  While the first var resets correctly once I copied it out and updated the triggers the remaining seven are not working.  I've doubled checked everything but am at a loss as to why I can't get the copied triggers to behave.  If anyone could take a look at this I'd greatly appreciate it. 

Thanks so much, I'm at a loss here.

Ben

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Hi all,

Here's one I did some time back; no Submit button, but it does have a dynamic counter of correct drops, and uses layers to block learners from changing correct answers.

Hope it helps!

Carlos

Ben,

Not sure what's not working for you. I did notice one of the drop targets didn't line up with the correct drag item. That might have been the problem. I renamed all your drag items and drop targets to help keep track of how they connect. It's working fine for me *I think*. Hope this helps.

Clever use of layers and the counter. Nicely done Carlos!

Hi Carlos - thank you for this drag-and-drop example! Using layers and triggers this way is really clever, and solves a challenge I had with a drag-and-drop I was working on today. Thanks!

Louisa

Hi David

Your demo has been very helpful!  Unfortunately it's now lost a functionality - the attempt count bit.  How do I allow only three attempts on this type of interaction?  In other words each time the correct objects remain in place, the incorrect objects are reset AND with each submit attempt the counter moves on 1 up to 3 tries?

Thanx

Hi Pauline,

Have you seen the method shared by Rebecca here to reset a drag and drop using a variable on the try again layer to keep track of attempts. That version is about a year old and for SL1, but it's been shared a number of times and should work for SL2 as well. 

Hi David

the behaviour in this demo is exactly what I am after for a client, however my incorrect items don't return to initial position like yours do.  Also we are using a custom 'submit' button, would that have anything to do with it?

Sorry I should qualify - I know you are using smoke and mirrors of states and that the objects don't really return to initial position.

Any hints? Project is in SL1

Hi David,

Could you perhaps provide the source file to this again - the link seems to be broken.

Thanks so much

Lisa

Hi Lisa - I updated the links in the original thread to include the demo and source file:

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/advanced-drag-and-drop-exercises#reply-42544

Two more options for resetting drag-and-drops:

Reset Drag-and-Drop Incorrect Choices w/ Motion Paths

Reset Your Drag-and-Drop Items in Articulate Storyline 360

I always use the motion paths now.

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