I am already here looking for some help!! I am trying to make an exercise that allows the user to choose between some alternatives on a drop down menu. O.K. This seems to be simple, you may think. But I want to use it to fill blanks on a sentence, and every blank space will have different options.
eg.: Mommy, I need some _____(money/monkeys/tickets) to go to the ______(cinema/zoo/park) with my______(girlfriend/friends/puppets).
You would think it should be easy. here is a post I did yesterday with a youtube video that will show you how to do it. It really is not that hard if you follow the video.
Let me know if you have any questions. I'm the one who did the video, so I thought I'd drop in the source file her for you to be able to breakdown and copy.
Thank you for share the .story with me, your video helped me a LOT. I am now able to make any interactive exercise with dropdown menu (well, not all them of course.. lol). But since you are offering me more help (noticing that you already did ), I want to know how you putted those little arrowheads as part of those shapes? It is impossible to do!!!
My last post asking for some help of Kevin was about a trouble I am having changing states of itens on a drag and drop freeform question.
I did take a look at your drag and drop question, but I'm not fully understanding what it is you're trying to accomplish. There's so much going on in the slide that I couldn't decipher your desired outcome. If you could explain in a step by step what you'd like to have happen, that may help us problem solve.
I will try to explain what I wanted to do step by step. Kevin helped me already with a very good alternative, but we are still missing something. With that said, let's get to the explaining.
First of all you need to know that the question is about biology, it is a image of a tRNA's structure and the user must have to drag all nucleotides named A, C, G or H to fill the right gap pointed by the arrowheads.
It is not a simple drag and drop question because one nucleotide (A, C, G or H) can be placed rigthly on differents targets, so I enable the drag itens and the drop targets but did not linked to a unique rigth answer.
So, I set triggers to say the program that when the user put the nucleotide on a wrong gap, the letter change its state to Drop incorrect (red), and when the user put it on a rigth gap the letter change the state to Drop correct (green).
But as I allow only one item at each drop target, when the user overplace a letter, the letter that was already on the gap return to the original start point with the state drop correct or drop incorrect and I need them to stay green or red just when they are inside a drop target. When they are on the start point, they have to be with the normal state.
Kevin helped me by matching drag itens with drop target, but keeping my triggers for change states, but when he did that, it fixed the return to start point (and inicial state), but when the user drag off an item manually from a target and release anyplace, the item return to start point with the drop incorrect state everytime.
I tryied to create another state to leave drop incorrect the same way that normal state, but when I set a trigger to change to that state when the item dropped on a wrong target, the same item return with the wrong state again.
Well, this is the best explanation I can give to you. Sorry!
I attached my .story and the one from Kevin (I hope he didn't mind! ).
Sara, sorry didn't realize it was doing that when you drag it back so here is the fix for that. I think I tested pretty good but if you find anything I may have missed let me know. This has been a fun one. I keep learning more everyday.
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You would think it should be easy. here is a post I did yesterday with a youtube video that will show you how to do it. It really is not that hard if you follow the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSHHgbzIJ1w
I just found this video by accident and it is just what you are looking for and I am blown away. Found out I don't know as much as I thought I did.
WOW Kevin.
You just save my life with this link!!
Thank you so much for your help. It seems to be a little hard for me to do, but I will learn fast!
Kevin,
If you have a moment free, please take a look at my other post. I am getting trouble with a drag and drop interaction.
http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/52227.aspx
I saw your answer at this post and I would like to know if you think it works to my issue.
http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/52972/283976.aspx#283976
Thanks in advance,
@Sara,
Let me know if you have any questions. I'm the one who did the video, so I thought I'd drop in the source file her for you to be able to breakdown and copy.
Mike
Hey, Mike.
Thank you for share the .story with me, your video helped me a LOT. I am now able to make any interactive exercise with dropdown menu (well, not all them of course.. lol). But since you are offering me more help (noticing that you already did
), I want to know how you putted those little arrowheads as part of those shapes? It is impossible to do!!!
My last post asking for some help of Kevin was about a trouble I am having changing states of itens on a drag and drop freeform question.
You are so wellcome to help there too..
;D
Many thanks,
Sara,
Copy the arrow, and go to your edit states area.
Select Edit States.
Paste the arrow on the normal state.
There you have it!
Sara,
I did take a look at your drag and drop question, but I'm not fully understanding what it is you're trying to accomplish. There's so much going on in the slide that I couldn't decipher your desired outcome. If you could explain in a step by step what you'd like to have happen, that may help us problem solve.
thanks!
Mike
Sara I posted to your other post. It appears to work if you get the wrong one you just pick it up and move it till it turns green.
Hi Mike,
I will try to explain what I wanted to do step by step. Kevin helped me already with a very good alternative, but we are still missing something. With that said, let's get to the explaining.
First of all you need to know that the question is about biology, it is a image of a tRNA's structure and the user must have to drag all nucleotides named A, C, G or H to fill the right gap pointed by the arrowheads.
It is not a simple drag and drop question because one nucleotide (A, C, G or H) can be placed rigthly on differents targets, so I enable the drag itens and the drop targets but did not linked to a unique rigth answer.
So, I set triggers to say the program that when the user put the nucleotide on a wrong gap, the letter change its state to Drop incorrect (red), and when the user put it on a rigth gap the letter change the state to Drop correct (green).
But as I allow only one item at each drop target, when the user overplace a letter, the letter that was already on the gap return to the original start point with the state drop correct or drop incorrect and I need them to stay green or red just when they are inside a drop target. When they are on the start point, they have to be with the normal state.
Kevin helped me by matching drag itens with drop target, but keeping my triggers for change states, but when he did that, it fixed the return to start point (and inicial state), but when the user drag off an item manually from a target and release anyplace, the item return to start point with the drop incorrect state everytime.
I tryied to create another state to leave drop incorrect the same way that normal state, but when I set a trigger to change to that state when the item dropped on a wrong target, the same item return with the wrong state again.
Well, this is the best explanation I can give to you. Sorry!
I attached my .story and the one from Kevin (I hope he didn't mind!
).
This is my story!!!
Please, help me !!!
Sara, sorry didn't realize it was doing that when you drag it back so here is the fix for that. I think I tested pretty good but if you find anything I may have missed let me know. This has been a fun one. I keep learning more everyday.
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