I have a number of pick-many quesitons with one correct answer. Is there an wasy way I can convert these pick-many questions to pick-one questions without having to rebuild them?
Yeah, I wasn't thinking about that part of it. I guess it would make sense to apply a button set. Although if you select two answers rather than one, you'd be incorrect.
I'd probably still do a single choice. if I needed to create a button set that seems quicker than getting rid of the convert to freeform and then applying a new one. Also, sometimes when you get rid of the freeform and apply a new one there are issues.
Thank you so much for your suggestion. I have tried both methods the the button set is certainly a quicker workaround. The quiz worked perfectly the first round. However when I resit the quiz/revisit the questions, I could not select any buttons. I have tried both "reset to initial state" and "resume saved state", none of them allowed me to select any buttons. Am I missing anything?
Hi, I often have the same problem than Yang. During correction phase (for instance), the quiz is rewritted by the author and a "pick one" activity must be converted to a "pick many" or the reverse.
Wouldn't it be more simple to have only one kind of "pick" activity in Storyline, with an option " allow only one answer to be selected", as it exists in drag and drop activities?
Yes sure, i can use Pick many question, according to what is the most relevant for the question, but sometimes i face the need to convert a question.
To convert a Pick many to a Pick one, i simply add tiggers on each proposition buttons that change states of other buttons to normal. So only one proposition can be selected at the time.
But to convert a Pick one to a pick many if i need to, i have to remove the freeform activity and insert another one, losing my feedback layers in the process.
My former comment was just a suggestion to make the process easier. If it would be possible to convert a question type with just one click, it would allow to save time. It's not really a problem that would need to be fixed, but it could be an improvement.
ps : Sorry for my approximate English, i hope my point is still understandable. ;)
Ah, yes. Thank you for the clarification, Anthony.
The ability to easily change the question type is a feature request that we are currently tracking.
Thanks for sharing your feedback and how this feature would be beneficial for you. I've added this conversation to the report so that we can share any updates we may have with you here.
I agree with Anthony that it would be great to be able to change question types (Pick Many and Pick One) easily. The current process is not that simple especially when we need to work on a large number of questions. Tom's suggestion of using a button set wored great for me but it's more like a workaround in this instance. As Anthony suggested, this is a missing feature that could potentially make the authoring process a lot easier :)
I need to con vert my "pick Many" to "pick one" but I don't understand the process you described - how do you add trigger to each check box and change state to normal? Not seeing how to do this (but I'm still looking!) Thanks for your help!
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Hi Yang Yang
you should be able to
1. Make a copy of the file (as backup)
2. On the Pick Many slide click Insert Tab > Remove Freeform
3. On the slide click Insert Tab > Convert to Freeform then select Pick One.
Another option is to deselect the multiple correct answers and only allow one. Even though it's a pick many, you can still have only one answer.
Tom, If you do this wouldn't you need to select all answers and make them a button set so that only one answer can be selected?
Yeah, I wasn't thinking about that part of it. I guess it would make sense to apply a button set. Although if you select two answers rather than one, you'd be incorrect.
I'd probably still do a single choice. if I needed to create a button set that seems quicker than getting rid of the convert to freeform and then applying a new one. Also, sometimes when you get rid of the freeform and apply a new one there are issues.
Hi Wendy and Tom
Thank you so much for your suggestion. I have tried both methods the the button set is certainly a quicker workaround. The quiz worked perfectly the first round. However when I resit the quiz/revisit the questions, I could not select any buttons. I have tried both "reset to initial state" and "resume saved state", none of them allowed me to select any buttons. Am I missing anything?
Set to automatically decide and make sure the triggers on your retry button have the 'reset results' trigger before the jump to slide trigger.
Sorry my bad, I redirected the result slide before resetting the result. Both methods work perfectly, thank you so much Wendy and Tom!!
Glad you got it working Yang Yang - all the best with your project.
Hi, I often have the same problem than Yang. During correction phase (for instance), the quiz is rewritted by the author and a "pick one" activity must be converted to a "pick many" or the reverse.
Wouldn't it be more simple to have only one kind of "pick" activity in Storyline, with an option " allow only one answer to be selected", as it exists in drag and drop activities?
Hi Anthony!
You can use a Pick Many question and only select one right answer. Would that work for what you're trying to achieve?
Yes sure, i can use Pick many question, according to what is the most relevant for the question, but sometimes i face the need to convert a question.
To convert a Pick many to a Pick one, i simply add tiggers on each proposition buttons that change states of other buttons to normal. So only one proposition can be selected at the time.
But to convert a Pick one to a pick many if i need to, i have to remove the freeform activity and insert another one, losing my feedback layers in the process.
My former comment was just a suggestion to make the process easier. If it would be possible to convert a question type with just one click, it would allow to save time. It's not really a problem that would need to be fixed, but it could be an improvement.
ps : Sorry for my approximate English, i hope my point is still understandable. ;)
Ah, yes. Thank you for the clarification, Anthony.
The ability to easily change the question type is a feature request that we are currently tracking.
Thanks for sharing your feedback and how this feature would be beneficial for you. I've added this conversation to the report so that we can share any updates we may have with you here.
Hi Alyssa and Leslie
I agree with Anthony that it would be great to be able to change question types (Pick Many and Pick One) easily. The current process is not that simple especially when we need to work on a large number of questions. Tom's suggestion of using a button set wored great for me but it's more like a workaround in this instance. As Anthony suggested, this is a missing feature that could potentially make the authoring process a lot easier :)
Hi Anthony,
I need to con vert my "pick Many" to "pick one" but I don't understand the process you described - how do you add trigger to each check box and change state to normal? Not seeing how to do this (but I'm still looking!) Thanks for your help!
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