Is it possible to make an essay question graded using variables/java? Or some other trick?

There is probably some FAR easier way to do this, but I put together a small example storyline file which has a quiz that marks the question as 100% as long as the learner entered SOMETHING into the field.

Basically the quiz doesn't evaluate the textbox the learner is typing in. There is a second text entry that is off screen, and the only correct answer for this quiz is automatically entered into that second hidden text entry when the learner types anything into the main text entry on screen.

Again there might be some better way to do this, but at least you don't need javascript to do it! :)

I've attached the file here, I hope this helps!

Jackson,

You are amazing! Thank you SO much! One little thing, though. I tried to open the file you attached and it said it couldn't open it because it may have been created in a newer version. My Storyline says it's version 8:1412.921. Is there any way to save it to something I could open? 

Thanks so much!

Miriam

Are you using storyline 1 or storyline 2?

I believe we're using Storyline 2 now. It doesn't say on the About panel under Help. Is there somewhere else I can find that info?

Also, I just realized that this may not work because my client also says they need all the text that the user entered in the essay question field to show up in the report on the admin side, or at least to be saved somewhere that the admin can access it later. So they want to give the user credit for it up front, but then be able to look at the response later to make sure that it was an actual attempt at answering the question and not just gobbledygook. Any thought on how to make that work? Because I'm assuming that the example you attached would just report the entry in the graded text field hidden off screen. Yes?

Thanks again!

You're correct, my example is just to give the answer a 100%, but a possible solution for the new requirement might be sending the data to a google spreadsheet to review. I need to refresh myself on how to set it up, but once I remember I can help you set that up if thats how you want to solve the problem.

You can tell which storyline you are using by looking at the top bar of your window. The Articulate Storyline 2 Icon is purple/pink instead of black/green.

If you can't open the file I'll write up what I did step-by-step

Hmm...I must have SL 1 because my menu looks different:

I'm liking this google spreadsheet idea. It could be a spreadsheet that only the instructor has access to, right? That's probably an obvious yes. If you remember how to do that, I'd love help setting it up. Thanks!

Ah, yeah that is SL1. Unfortunately I don't have SL1, so the best I can do is walk through how I set it up with screenshots.

So the first thing I did was create a freeform fill-in-the-blankquestion.

Then on that page I set up two text entries. One off screen one on screen.

Then I set up the answer to have only 1 correct answer

And then set the trigger to automatically pass this quiz if anything is entered into the on-screen text entry.

I attached some old notes I took on how to do the Google forms thing. You will need to use the F12 key to view the code on your Google form and get the correct numbers. I'll try to rebuild an interaction that does this and see if I can explain it better after working through it. 

Thank you so much! I will try out that fill-in-the-blank solution. It looks pretty easy (knock on wood). 

I'm afraid that Google Docs Form document looks all Greek to me, so if you do have a chance to send more instructions on that later, I would be forever grateful. :-)

Success! I got the fill-in-the-blank trick to work. Just have to figure out that google forms problem. Thanks!

Thanks for the update Miriam :) Glad you are getting it sorted.