Changing states in a quiz
Dec 11, 2022
By
Shay Abergil
Hey everyone :)
I need some help with a quiz I'm building.
I want to enable the option to review the quiz after seeing the questions. Due to the fact one can't change their choice after submitting, I added a warning when hovering over the submit button.
Now I want to disable the button after the submission, but only when the user chooses an answer (without disabling the button if clicked by accident).
I tried several options to use 'ifs' in the change state trigger, but I got one of 2 results. Either the button is disabled even though the user didn't choose an answer, or nothing happens (when the user returns to the slide, it seems he can submit again).
Im adding a screenshot with my last try.
Thanks in advance for your help :)
6 Replies
Two possibilities come to mind.
One is that when you submit, the buttons may be changed to a correct or incorrect state, meaning the conditions won’t work.
More likely, when you return this slide is set to “Return to initial state” or “Automatically choose”. Select “Return to saved state” and see if that helps.
By the way, as the triggers are set up, the Submit button jumps to the next slide without giving an option to go to the review layer. Of course, you may have it set up to review before submitting, and those other triggers don’t show in the screenshot.
Thank you so much Walt!
I don't get your last sentence. Can I direct my user to review the exam before submitting it (all the exam)?
I don't want them to review only after answering all the questions.
I'll try to use the "Return to saved state" and see if it works.
Can I control the correct or incorrect states if it won't work?
I don't get your last sentence.
I was referring to the review layer in the screen shot.
Can I direct my user to review the exam before submitting it (all the exam)?
Yes, it can be done. The consideration is whether you want them to review, then be able to change the answer before submitting, and submitting all the questions at the end. If they can't come back and change an answer before submitting, then it seems to me that the review serves no purpose.
If what you really want is for the Submit button to be disabled after the first submission, that's easy enough. See the attached sample. Quiz 1 shows a custom method, which you can invoke by clicking Review all questions on either of the feedback layers after Quiz 2.
Clicking Continue on those layers will show how the built-in Review works.
At any rate, the system does not allow inadvertent clicking of Submit - you must answer the question before you can submit. You cannot submit the entire quiz at once, each quiz slide must be submitted individually.
If none of this answers your question, just ask.
Hey Walt, thanks for the detailed answer. I highly appreciate it.
The quiz you sent doesn't quite answer my needs.
I want my trainees to be able to skip questions they don't know and return to them later. Or choose an answer but wait to submit it until they are 100% sure.
In addition, I want them to get feedback only at the end of the exam, so I don't use the review options.
My hope is to create an exam with the option to self-review the answer before final submitting it. Any advice?
This article describes how to adjust the settings so the questions are all submitted at the same time:
https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-submit-quiz-answers-all-at-once
Thanks Judy! This option is really helpful for me :)