Can anyone tell me why a course might shuffle answers so that nearly every correct answer is option "A?" Is there any way that I can adjust this? It just seems odd that on this particular course, both course testers reported the same issue.
And, just an FYI, I know the course is shuffling answers because when they logged in a second time, the answers shuffled to a different order. My concern is that since everyone will hopefully only need to take the course once, they may all experience this.
I can't say I've seen that happen before - and I'd be curious if you could share a copy of this project with us so that we could take a look at the behavior?
Also, this is the pattern I'm seeing as I test the course. It works great to question 27, then all the answers become "A" except for the last one.
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. A & C 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. A 20. B 21. C 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. A 30. A 31 A 32. A 33. A 34. A 35. A 36. A 37. A 38. A 39. A 40. A 41. A 42. A 43. A 44. A 45. A 46. A 47. A 48. A 49. A 50. A 51. A 52. A 53. A 54. A 55. A 56. C
Strange! I've looked to make sure every question is set as shuffle/answers.
Thanks for sharing here. I went through the entire quiz to see if when hitting the 27th question if everything would shift to all being A or the first choice (since they're not labelled A, B, C, etc.) The only scenes where A was the answer for both questions were those titled: Five little monkeys, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Clap Hands, and Take me out to the ballgame.
When going back to look at those individual scenes, and previewing them alone (cause it's a long course) they are reshuffled each time, and the answer isn't always A.
Are you seeing this just while previewing or within the published output? I'd also want to confirm that you're working locally on these project files and then testing the published output within the intended environment as described here.
You won't believe this, but now it's doing it at the start of the course. :( I'm guessing the last 6 or 7 songs were all A answers. I think I'm just going to go in and manually adjust the answers and turn of the shuffling. Thanks for trying.
I just tested this one again that I published, and my first 6 choices were not all A - with only three possible choices (some slides with two) it wouldn't be unheard of to have multiple slides in a row show the answer choice in the same position based on a random shuffle - but when you were seeing it as more than half as before after question 27 that seemed more unusual.
If you're able to manually adjust that may be the best option to confirm that users won't see the correct answer in the same position with multiple questions in a row.
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And, just an FYI, I know the course is shuffling answers because when they logged in a second time, the answers shuffled to a different order. My concern is that since everyone will hopefully only need to take the course once, they may all experience this.
Hi Rachel,
I can't say I've seen that happen before - and I'd be curious if you could share a copy of this project with us so that we could take a look at the behavior?
Hi Ashley-
I've been trying to upload to articulate but seem to be having connectivity issues after an ice storm. So, here's a dropbox link since I can send that quickly: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yqnhg12dt76uazk/AACsiDaS2n7QO-FR21ozmvJ5a?dl=0
Also, this is the pattern I'm seeing as I test the course. It works great to question 27, then all the answers become "A" except for the last one.
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. A & C
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. B
21. C
22. B
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. C
27. B
28. A
29. A
30. A
31 A
32. A
33. A
34. A
35. A
36. A
37. A
38. A
39. A
40. A
41. A
42. A
43. A
44. A
45. A
46. A
47. A
48. A
49. A
50. A
51. A
52. A
53. A
54. A
55. A
56. C
Strange! I've looked to make sure every question is set as shuffle/answers.
Hi Rachel,
Thanks for sharing here. I went through the entire quiz to see if when hitting the 27th question if everything would shift to all being A or the first choice (since they're not labelled A, B, C, etc.) The only scenes where A was the answer for both questions were those titled: Five little monkeys, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Clap Hands, and Take me out to the ballgame.
When going back to look at those individual scenes, and previewing them alone (cause it's a long course) they are reshuffled each time, and the answer isn't always A.
Are you seeing this just while previewing or within the published output? I'd also want to confirm that you're working locally on these project files and then testing the published output within the intended environment as described here.
We're seeing this in the published course - on Articulate Online.
I'm working locally and yes- intended environment - articulate online.
Thanks for looking at this!
Hi Rachel,
Thanks - I published to Articulate Online, can you test my version here and let me know how it behaves for you?
You won't believe this, but now it's doing it at the start of the course. :( I'm guessing the last 6 or 7 songs were all A answers. I think I'm just going to go in and manually adjust the answers and turn of the shuffling. Thanks for trying.
Hi Rachel,
I just tested this one again that I published, and my first 6 choices were not all A - with only three possible choices (some slides with two) it wouldn't be unheard of to have multiple slides in a row show the answer choice in the same position based on a random shuffle - but when you were seeing it as more than half as before after question 27 that seemed more unusual.
If you're able to manually adjust that may be the best option to confirm that users won't see the correct answer in the same position with multiple questions in a row.
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