Check the "Matching Drop-down" or "Sequence Drop-down" templates under "Built in Graded Questions" tab. Fill in blanks in these templates are more like placeholders that you manually enter as a part of the question, they are not text entry fields you may find in the "Fill in the Blank" template that comes in without Drop-down option. Attached is a video presentation of both customized templates. With a little of extra work and effort you can even show correct answers in place of fill-in blanks right after the interaction is submitted. Keep in mind that these templates can't be customized like other SL templates.
Thanks, Nedim! That wasn't the look I was going for in this case - I wanted the text drop downs right in line with the fill-ins in the paragraph.
I did find a solution Mike Ender posted on youtube about 10 years ago which still works - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSHHgbzIJ1w. You have to build the interaction yourself which takes some time, but it works!
However, I know I will be using your solution at sometime in the future - I have a project in mind - so thanks again!
Thank you for sharing, Robin. I like your slide. I also took a time to generate a similar customized interaction based on your suggestion. I am sharing my story file. Just to add that this type of interaction would be much easier to customize if Articulate allowed the dropdown boxes in Matching or Sequence Drop-down templates to be resized and colored.
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Check the "Matching Drop-down" or "Sequence Drop-down" templates under "Built in Graded Questions" tab. Fill in blanks in these templates are more like placeholders that you manually enter as a part of the question, they are not text entry fields you may find in the "Fill in the Blank" template that comes in without Drop-down option. Attached is a video presentation of both customized templates. With a little of extra work and effort you can even show correct answers in place of fill-in blanks right after the interaction is submitted. Keep in mind that these templates can't be customized like other SL templates.
Thanks, Nedim! That wasn't the look I was going for in this case - I wanted the text drop downs right in line with the fill-ins in the paragraph.
I did find a solution Mike Ender posted on youtube about 10 years ago which still works - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSHHgbzIJ1w. You have to build the interaction yourself which takes some time, but it works!
However, I know I will be using your solution at sometime in the future - I have a project in mind - so thanks again!
Best,
Robin
Here is my slide if anyone else wants that look. Again, Mike's video above was excellent and went through every step.
Thank you for sharing, Robin. I like your slide. I also took a time to generate a similar customized interaction based on your suggestion. I am sharing my story file. Just to add that this type of interaction would be much easier to customize if Articulate allowed the dropdown boxes in Matching or Sequence Drop-down templates to be resized and colored.