I am using quiz banks for the assessment I am building. There are four sessions and in each sessions a specified number of questions ( 20 in the first 3 sections and 3 in the last) should be drawn randomly from the selected bank. Now my issue is that as the user is answering questions they do not see how many questions they have answered until they have answered.
Is there a way of putting a counter so that the user knows they are on the first, second, third question and so on?
you can create a number variable and add a trigger to slide master layout the quiz questions are using that will +1 each time a question using that layout is drawn. Then on each Q slide you would have e.g.
here is a quick Peek video that might explain what I mean. You'll see how I find out which layout the quiz slide is using then attach the trigger to that...if you are using multiple layouts you'll need that trigger on each one and then on each slide put the text box as I did on the sample slide.
If you are allowing the user to retry or review the quiz you will need a trigger that resets that qNum variable back to zero so the numbering works...make sure the trigger is before any 'jump to' triggers.
I am stuck again. I have created the counter I wanted for Section A & B. Unfortunately I duplicated Section C slides from A and I think therefore that the 2 sessions A and C are using the same Slide Master.
How can I create a another Slide Master for section C so that I create a counter for that section as well?
NB: On my next project I will create something small and try it before doing something this big. I think I have learned my lesson.
if you go into the View Slide Master and duplicate the Question layout that Session A is using than apply that layout to the Section C quiz slides that should work for you.
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Hi Naison
you can create a number variable and add a trigger to slide master layout the quiz questions are using that will +1 each time a question using that layout is drawn. Then on each Q slide you would have e.g.
Question %qNum% of 10
Hi Wendy
I am a bit confused. Which one is my slide master? I have attached the file if that can help explain.
Hi Naison
here is a quick Peek video that might explain what I mean. You'll see how I find out which layout the quiz slide is using then attach the trigger to that...if you are using multiple layouts you'll need that trigger on each one and then on each slide put the text box as I did on the sample slide.
If you are allowing the user to retry or review the quiz you will need a trigger that resets that qNum variable back to zero so the numbering works...make sure the trigger is before any 'jump to' triggers.
Hope that helps
Hi Wendy
Thank you for your prompt reply. I have managed to do this for the first
section and it has worked beautifully. Now working on the rest of the file.
Regards
Naison
Great job Naison - glad that worked for you. Shout out if you need a hand and all the best with your project.
Hi Wendy
I am stuck again. I have created the counter I wanted for Section A & B. Unfortunately I duplicated Section C slides from A and I think therefore that the 2 sessions A and C are using the same Slide Master.
How can I create a another Slide Master for section C so that I create a counter for that section as well?
NB: On my next project I will create something small and try it before doing something this big. I think I have learned my lesson.
Hi Naison
if you go into the View Slide Master and duplicate the Question layout that Session A is using than apply that layout to the Section C quiz slides that should work for you.
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