changing the color of a question link after it's been selected

You can change the color of a clicked object by editing states. You could either change the color of the link or even the color of the button that they click.

If you use question slides, I'd think you'd be able to do some sort of points tally on the results slide. It would be better to actually see the score on the board as they progress though...for that you would need to use variables. It's not something I'm real versed in, but I would start here.

I can change the color of the link, but I want it to change after the user clicks on it, and answers the game question.  When the user goes back to the board game to answer more questions, he can see which have already been answered.  The links don't disappear, so he can also go back to questions.

I loaded the rough draft of the Storyline game file.  It's the first thing I've done in Storyline, and it's intended to be a beginning level reinforcement for part of an English course for internationals on food.

I must be doing something wrong because I can't seem to change the link colors after someone chooses them.  Also, I'd love to have a simple way for the points to be tallied.

Thank you!

Hi Nina, and thanks for attaching your file! What you're asking is pretty easy to do by creating a visited state for each of your choices. However, I did notice an issue with the triggers on your choice slide (slide 1.2). Here is a quick look at how to correct the triggers and also how to create the visited state on the text: https://jeanette.viewscreencasts.com/9392a526abda121b3dfd79aed1e54e05

Hi, Jeannette.  Thank you so much for the Screenr on changing the link colors.  It worked fine, except when I tried to delete the "text" trigger, it would inactivate the link each time.  In any event, for this purpose, it's okay to have them either click on the correct answer box or the correct link.

Next, I tried to set up points for just the "Start" question (to see how it works).  It should be worth 100 points. On the Screenr, it said to add a "Submit" button.  I want to avoid that, if possible.  Is it possible to have them click on "Bacon" (in this case) and get the 100 points? Is there a running tally?  Do they see it at the end on Slide 1.14? How can I set this up?

Thank you very much for your help! 

Hey Nina - in your case, you really don't need to add a Submit button unless you plan to connect your questions to a result slide that you then report to an LMS for tracking purposes. I'm guessing you don't need LMS reporting capabilities, so what I would do instead is the following. (And here's another screencast you can follow along with : 

https://jeanette.viewscreencasts.com/8ee534c9d44a4f7e734047e2c917956d )

1.  Create a number variable called PointTally to keep track of the score. Set its initial value to zero.


2. On each question slide, create a trigger that adds (x) points to the PointTally variable, but make the trigger conditional: you ONLY want the point tally to increase IF the user has not yet visited (clicked on) that choice. Also, make sure to move the trigger in the trigger panel so that happens BEFORE the "jump to" trigger. You'll then need to create a Visited state for the correct answer choice, to enable Storyline to monitor this. The conditional part of the trigger is important, because in this interaction, it would be easy for a learner to return to the menu slide and continually answer the same question correctly, which would cause points to rack up every time the learner repeatedly answers the question.  


3. On the slide properties of the question slide, set the "when revisiting" to "resume saved state." That way Storyline remembers whether the learner has been there and answered the slide previously.


4. Now go to the slide where you want to display the point tally to your learner. Create a textbox and within that textbox, you can insert a reference to your variable (on the Insert tab, choose Reference, and then select the variable called PointTally). Storyline adds a placeholder to your textbox where it will display the actual value when the learner interacts with your course.

Thank you so much, Jeanette.  The Screenrs were really great.

It's amazing how flexible this program is, but I would never have figured this out on my own.  You explained a very complicated set of steps extremely well.

Thanks, again!

Glad that worked for you Nina!