Multiple 'pick one' and 'pick many' on one slide

Aug 01, 2019

Hi there,

I am attempting to create a quiz that has eight questions. Each question has the same 6 options. Some questions have 1 correct answer (pick one) and some questions have several correct answers (pick many). I would like the quiz to look like the layout of a table (or likert scale slide) with each line/row having the option to pick one of many options for the answer. I have attached an image of what I have in mind that I created in excel for a visual. I have also attached what I've started in Storyline 360 as a mock-up. I have started with a table only to help me align everything so the table is not essential. I'm now stuck on how to create the interaction to include multiple questions, rather than one question the slide template includes. I want to ensure it can be done before I finish designing the slide. I'm hoping someone can give this newbie some insight. :) I have looked through the discussions but can't find one that speaks to my conundrum. Thanks in advance!

Mandy

2 Replies
Jerry Beaucaire

To put all of this on one slide as a SINGLE graded question would mean you are creating your own question type.  To "fake" a new question like this you have to take complete control of all the elements and build this on top of a simple TRUE/FALSE question.   If a user has all the correct elements selected and all the incorrect elements UNselected when they click a submit button, then you use a trigger to set the real answer to TRUE and submit the interaction.  If any of the elements are wrong, your triggers would set it to FALSE.

It doesn't initially tell you WHAT they got wrong, since it is just a true/false question.   But yes, this could be done.

  1. Create a TRUE/FALSE question.
  2. Add a layer with an opaque background so nothing on the base layer can be seen and build your table on this layer.
  3. I'd suggest simple checkboxes in the place of your "x" so the user can check/uncheck to their hearts content.
  4. On your SUBMIT button, you'll build an analysis trigger that says basically:

    Set Radio Button 1 (TRUE on the Base layer) to SELECTED if ALL of these good objects are SELECTED
  5. Add a second trigger to do the opposite:

    Set Radio Button 2 (FALSE on the Base layer) to SELECTED if ANY of these good objects are NOT SELECTED
  6. Add a third trigger that then checks if any incorrect items are also selected in which case it would update the answer to false:

    Set Radio Button 2 (FALSE on the Base layer) to SELECTED if ANY of these bad objects are SELECTED
  7. Then the last trigger submits the interaction for grading.   So your SUBMIT button would have 4 triggers in this specific order:
    1. Set to correct if all good items are selected
    2. Set to incorrect if any good items are NOT selected
    3. Update to incorrect if any bad items are selected
    4. Submit interaction

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