I would like to give points to users who use keyboard shortcuts in the software simulation I'm developing (Ctrl+N, etc). This works if I publish to CD, but how do I track scores that way? Email? If I publish to LMS, Ctrl+N opens a new browser window.
Anyone come up with a good workaround? I'd love your thoughts on this, thanks!
It's been a few days since I posted this, so I thought I'd try to bump it back up. I would really love to be able to reward the use of keyboard shortcuts in a course. Any ideas?
Yeah, as you've noted, the parent application (web browser) will always receive the keystroke, which is why CTRL + N opens a new window, CTRL + T opens a new tab, etc. That can't be changed at this time.
And unfortunately, there's no supported method for tracking results for a CD-published course, as email has proven to be too unreliable. Hopefully, other community members will be able to chime in with some creative workarounds for you.
I tried to do a java script workaround to block the web browser from seeing the F-keys in my simulations but couldn't get it to work. My old simulation software was Datango and it was able to handle shortcuts and f-keys. I tried digging into the produced Datango files to see if I could find the code that kept the browser from hijacking me but couldn't find it. I finally gave up on solving this so if anyone comes up with a solution, I'd love to hear it!
Okay, so this thread got me thinking about this problem again. I normally publish to the web and then link to my course on our server from the LMS. I decided to try creating a simple shortcut (F4) simulation and published for LMS delivery instead. I zipped it and uploaded it to my LMS, For my LMS "learning even type" I chose a Modal window instead of a browser pop-up window.
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It's been a few days since I posted this, so I thought I'd try to bump it back up. I would really love to be able to reward the use of keyboard shortcuts in a course. Any ideas?
Hi Dave,
Yeah, as you've noted, the parent application (web browser) will always receive the keystroke, which is why CTRL + N opens a new window, CTRL + T opens a new tab, etc. That can't be changed at this time.
And unfortunately, there's no supported method for tracking results for a CD-published course, as email has proven to be too unreliable. Hopefully, other community members will be able to chime in with some creative workarounds for you.
Best of luck!
I tried to do a java script workaround to block the web browser from seeing the F-keys in my simulations but couldn't get it to work. My old simulation software was Datango and it was able to handle shortcuts and f-keys. I tried digging into the produced Datango files to see if I could find the code that kept the browser from hijacking me but couldn't find it. I finally gave up on solving this so if anyone comes up with a solution, I'd love to hear it!
Okay, so this thread got me thinking about this problem again. I normally publish to the web and then link to my course on our server from the LMS. I decided to try creating a simple shortcut (F4) simulation and published for LMS delivery instead. I zipped it and uploaded it to my LMS, For my LMS "learning even type" I chose a Modal window instead of a browser pop-up window.
It worked!!!
Awesome, Pam!
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