[HowTo] Multiple correct answers in a Freeform Hotspot
May 27, 2014
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before but I happened to come across it today as I was freeforming* in Storyline.
You know how on a freeform hotspot slide you can have zero/one/many incorrect hotspots but only one correct? Turns out you can have as many correct as you like. What you need to do is this follow this procedure :
- Create a new hotspot freeform slide.
- Set your correct and incorrect answers - at this point you can only set one correct hotspot, but we will set the rest later, but do go ahead and set all the incorrect ones.
- Now remove the freeform from the interaction by going to Insert-->Remove Freeform
- Now copy and paste the correct hotspot (the only green one) to other areas of your screen.
- Once you've set them all up, then go ahead and revert back to freeform by going to Insert-->Convert to freeform-->Hotspot
With any luck you will end up with something similar to the following :
That's all there is to it.
Enjoy!
Alex
* That thing you do, when you don't know what to do, but go ahead and do it anyway, instead of getting as far away from the PC as humanly possible.
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Love that thing you do...
This is cool, and just to be sure I'm understanding, it doesn't allow the Learner to select more than one correct answer, but it allows the developer to place a potentially correct answer in more than one location on the slide.
That is, to explain it to myself, I created a freeform Quiz Question with a photo of flowers in a garden. Learner should click on the part of the flower where the seeds are located. In the photo there are two different flowers where Learners could click correctly. So, they can click on either one, but can only submit one answer.
Hi Becca,
That is exactly right.
Alex
Tx for the confirmation, Alex. Hope your w/e is going well.
Great find, Alex!
I wonder if anybody knows of a way to set it up so that the learner could select multiple hotspots?
Excellent! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Nadia!
Welcome to the community! Glad this thread is still assisting. If you need anything further, let us know!
I was just looking for how to do exactly this. It works perfectly. Thank you for sharing!
Glad this thread helped you out Monique!
Thanks this just helped me out tremendously with a module I'm developing on the female anatomy where a lot of body parts come in twos :)
Glad to hear that it was able to assist you as well Laura :)
This is exactly the answer I was looking for, thanks for offering the suggestion!!
These threads just keep on helping :) Thanks for popping in Kelly! Glad you were able to find what you were looking for.
Wow. Nice find!
Great! It works!
So glad I found this, very helpful! Thanks for sharing your wisdom!!
Glad this "hack" still works 2+ years (!) later.
Still works in 360. Nice trick!
I'd like to set up a slide where the learner has to select two hotspots for a correct answer. Is this possible?
Hi Debbie
Try using Transparent shapes instead of hotspots - so a shape with fill (100% transparent) and use that in the form view as the correct selection - you won't get the little spinning wheel - but it may work for you. Might need to add some sort of 'selected' state to the selected areas so the user knows they've been clicked.
Not ideal but it works - see attached rough sample
Hi Wendy: I used the Pick Many form and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the suggestion!
Glad to hear that worked for you Debbie - all the best with your project.
You're a genius, this is exactly what I needed. THANKS!
Thank you Alexandros. This is a Verrry helpful workaround.... and it still works after all these years. :)
Clearly, there's a need for this feature. May I suggest folks join me in submitting it as a feature request to Articulate? Here's the link: https://articulate.com/support/contact/feature-request
This is so useful and it helped me so much however, does anyone know a way round how you can have two correct answers or even one or the other.
I know it sounds weird but I'm trying to use a Quiz question to help in a case study for the treatment of wounds and there is not just one definitive correct answer it's either or, or both?
Hi Patricia,
I believe you can do it using with a little sleight of hand, like so:
That's the basic idea. You may need to add a few more triggers. For example, if A and/or C are correct, but B and D are wrong, then you'll want to ensure neither B nor D are selected.
Cheers,
Simon