Hotspots, Quizzes, & A Bit Overwhelmed

Feb 03, 2013

1. Hotspots: I have 4 hotspots on a slide. A layer appears when any of them are hovered over (each HS reveals a different layer). Clicking anywhere on the layer takes the learner back to the original slide. My question: I want each HS to become inactive after it has been used. I don't know how to do that. Can someone help? I thought about adding states to HS, but evidently you can't do that.

2. Quizzes: I would like to have several questions appear on one slide. I was able to create several T/F questions on a single page using buttons that gave correct or incorrect feedback unique to each question. Is is possible to do the same with MC or Fill in the Blank?

3. A Bit Overwhelmed: The more I do, the more there is to learn. I really like this program and when I see what the gurus can do, I want to do that too. But, there is so much to learn. Not a complaint, just a fact.

9 Replies

Steve Flowers

11 years ago02/03/13 at 11:44 am (UTC)

Hi, Alan -

The first item is the easiest to solve. By using a transparent shape and adding a disabled state to the shape, you can "deactivate the click area" by adding a trigger that sets the shape to the disabled state. You don't have this level of control over hotspot states.

The second one requires hand-built structures with custom triggers. It can be done but you won't have the benefit of wizard built quiz questions or the built-in grading features. It's quite a bit of work to get more than one question on a slide.

Alan Landers
Author

11 years ago02/03/13 at 2:15 pm (UTC)

Thank you, Steve. I'll try the transparent shape. I should have thought of that, but never would have. Tks.

I have some programmer friends in Pakistan. Maybe they can create the interaction for me in Flash or something like that. I used to be able to do it in Authorware. I haven't tried doing it in Smartbuilder.

Meryem M

11 years ago02/03/13 at 3:06 pm (UTC)

Alan,

Have you seen this post by Rebecca?

http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/24857/136583.aspx#136583

She has an example of putting several multiple choice questions on one slide. That might give you some ideas.

Alan Landers
Author

11 years ago02/04/13 at 12:14 pm (UTC)

Steve, Thank you so much for the transparent shape idea. I worked perfectly.

Is there an "if ____ then ___" interaction? For example: If all of the "transparent boxes" are "disabled" then "show x". Maybe it's avariable. I haven't tried using them yet.

Anyway, thanks a ton for the help.

Alan

Mike Enders
Staff

11 years ago02/04/13 at 12:27 pm (UTC)

Alan,

Definitely capable of "if then"...it's just a change in language...

I've attached a file with an example. Basically it has 3 buttons that, when clicked, become disabled. Each has a trigger that says change the state of the button to disabled when clicked.

I also have an image that starts "hidden"

A simple trigger then says "Change the state of the hidden image to normal when the state of the 3 buttons are disabled.

In your case...you could use the same logic, but have instead of showing a hidden shape, it could show a layer.

Hope this helps!

Mike

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Alan Landers
Author

11 years ago02/04/13 at 1:47 pm (UTC)

Hi Mike,

I tried your suggestion.

This is a part of the slide with the transparent boxes that trigger different layers when scrolled over. The button in the lower right corne is what I want to appear (it is hidden) after all four boxes have been viewed (scrolled over by mouse).

Above is the error message I get when I preview the slide.

Below are the triggers

Help, please.

alan

Alan Landers
Author

11 years ago02/04/13 at 2:05 pm (UTC)

I think I figured it out... I had the state of the transparent boxes as "visited" and the state should have been "disabled".

To all, I'm sorry if I am asking too many questions or ask a question and then figure it out. I truly appreciate all of the help and suggestions you've sent me. I'm learning and experimenting with SL about 5 hours a day. I'm rusing to become as good as the pros who help others.

Please be patient.

Thank you,

alan