hope, you can help me with this - I guess - easy question: How do I create fields, where a correct answer is to be given?
Precisely: I am building an math training for my child. So I show the calculation task and the result is to be written into an empty field. Now, how do I have to set triggers or variables to give response Right or Wrong? In Germany we say "I stand on the pipe", like "my mind is blocked...
You indicate the correct answer to a Freeform question in Form View.
You can indicate multiple correct answers (for example: 2, 2.0). This allows for spelling variations or other minor differences that might be acceptable.
The acceptable answers all apply to the same text-entry field.
In other words, a Freeform Text Entry question (as well as a standard fill-in-the-blank question) can only score onetext-entry field on the slide.
Thus, this is not going to help with the slides you set up. If you want to use the built-in scoring, you'll need to put only one equation on each slide.
If you want to keep 10 questions on each slide, you will need to use triggers that check the value of each variable to determine if it is correct or not. For example:
Add a layer for showing feedback.
Next to each answer, add a "score" shape that has custom states to indicate Correct (e.g., a checkmark) or Incorrect (e.g., an X). Give those objects an initial state of Hidden.
For each answer, add a trigger that changes the state of the corresponding "score" shape to Correct with the condition that the value in that answer field equals the correct number. Add an "Else" to those triggers that changes the state to Incorrect.
The triggers will end up looking something like this:
Note: All of this will be much easier if you take the name to give all objects and variables meaningful names.
thank you so much, Judy, for your support! After spending hours and hours with finding out how to set the right variables and triggers, I finally did it! Woohoo! Thank you!!! I changed the entry fields to numeric and added a few other details.
Now I am faced with the next riddle:
I added a "Repeat" Button. Now how do I clear the text entry fields when the restart of the slide is triggered? I did not find an appropriate option... I guess this time it is really just a little trick. Example Multiple Text Entrys | Review 360 (articulate.com)
For your slide, a Repeat button would need triggers to adjust the value of every "answer" variable.
There is an issue when you use numeric fields/variables: You can't adjust them to a blank value, with nothing showing in the field. You must adjust them to a number. That number would replace the previous answer. For example, you could set them all back to 0.
To go back to blank answer fields, you'd have to use text-entry fields.
Thus, you have to decide which is more important: having blank fields after resetting or allowing only numeric input.
Many thanks for your support! Wouldn't have managed without you!
P.S.: Interesting, by the way, that the entry boxes are in place when I'm working on the stage, but put themselfes into horizontal alignment, when previewed or published... :-(
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The easy answer is to use a Fill-in-the-Blank graded question.
Another simple option is to create a Freeform fill-in-the-blank question. That would allow you to use a numeric entry field, which only accepts numbers. Here's info about how to do that: Text-Entry Questions in Storyline 360 - E-Learning Heroes (articulate.com).
Thank you so much for that hint, Judy! That helped a lot to clear my puzzled brain! :-)
Hey Judy and everyone,
I now created 10 Slides with 10 calculations each. I used the text entry fields for the demanded answers. I changed to freeform afterwards.
Now I don't find the solution for defining the 10 different correct answers... What's wrong with me?
Can you please help?
This is an example: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/28632d68-bee1-4085-a283-d565090d31b4/review
Thank you!
You indicate the correct answer to a Freeform question in Form View.
Thus, this is not going to help with the slides you set up. If you want to use the built-in scoring, you'll need to put only one equation on each slide.
If you want to keep 10 questions on each slide, you will need to use triggers that check the value of each variable to determine if it is correct or not. For example:
The triggers will end up looking something like this:
Note: All of this will be much easier if you take the name to give all objects and variables meaningful names.
Here is more info about conditions and variables:
Hey Judy and everyone,
thank you so much, Judy, for your support! After spending hours and hours with finding out how to set the right variables and triggers, I finally did it! Woohoo! Thank you!!!
I changed the entry fields to numeric and added a few other details.
Now I am faced with the next riddle:
I added a "Repeat" Button. Now how do I clear the text entry fields when the restart of the slide is triggered? I did not find an appropriate option... I guess this time it is really just a little trick.
Example Multiple Text Entrys | Review 360 (articulate.com)
Happy to hear from you!
Katrin
For your slide, a Repeat button would need triggers to adjust the value of every "answer" variable.
There is an issue when you use numeric fields/variables: You can't adjust them to a blank value, with nothing showing in the field. You must adjust them to a number. That number would replace the previous answer. For example, you could set them all back to 0.
To go back to blank answer fields, you'd have to use text-entry fields.
Thus, you have to decide which is more important: having blank fields after resetting or allowing only numeric input.
Hey Judy,
thank you so much again! This was the crucial clue to use textboxes instead of numeric text entry!
Now everysthing works fine and there are 9 more slides to work on :-)
Example Multiple Text Entrys | Review 360 (articulate.com)
Many thanks for your support! Wouldn't have managed without you!
P.S.: Interesting, by the way, that the entry boxes are in place when I'm working on the stage, but put themselfes into horizontal alignment, when previewed or published... :-(