You could set up a trigger on the try again layer which would jump you back to the quiz slide (instead of just hiding the layer) and set the quiz slide properties to "reset to initial state" which will treat it as if you're visiting it for the first time.
I wasnt clear in that I am using a question bank and I cant seem to find a way to target a specific slide in the bank.
Your method works if the question slides were named (outside of a bank), but then we lose the randomization of questions and answers.
I did read a method of manually clearing the answer boxes individually from the the try again button by assiging trigers for each, again no re-randomizing.
And another method of jumping to a try again slide then back to previous slide (with "reset to initial state"), that only sets it differently once by setting it to how the answers appear in the editor.
It would be a very nice feature I will suggest it.
It looks like you tried out a lot of options! Sorry I couldn't find a solution that worked for you within the question bank set up. If you'd like to share that as a feature request please feel free to send one here.
Can we do this to a question in the question bank. I tried to add the trigger jump to slide, but could not find the current slide as this slide is from the question bank. Thank you!
Ahh, thanks for letting me know you're using a question bank. The trigger won't work in that situation. Hopefully the community can share other workarounds with you!
If you're simply looking to give the learner more than one attempt on the quiz question, you can adjust that setting in Form View under the Attempts field.
Hi, im having a similar issue, i have a question with 3 possible answers, like fill the gap, i have unlimited attempts and the trigger to jump to slide (same slide) when click the try agian button. the quiz slide is set up as reset to initial state. So the answers are back, the slide is loaded again, but the drop area keeps displaying the last attempted answer, how can i clear that? its really confusing for the user to have the target area with an answer.
Has anyone figured out an answer to this question? I have the same concern. I'm using Storyline 360, and my client has asked that "Try Again" trigger a reset of the answers, but they don't want to reset to initial state when revisiting later on. My understanding is that both of these aren't possible at the same time, correct? I tried adding a trigger on Try Again layer to Jump to slide (same slide) when clicking Try Again button, as advised above, however if I accompany this with a slide setting of reset to initial state on revisit, we're lost the only 2 attempts requirement. This is confusing, as Captivate automatically resets answers on Try Again.
Any wisdom, tips and tricks on this issue would be immensely helpful! Thank you so much.
I think I found the answer! I added triggers in the Try Again layer to "Change state of" Radio Button 1 to Normal when User Clicks Try Again button. I had to add a trigger for each element in the quiz (in some cases radio buttons, in other cases check boxes). It's tedious, especially if you have loads of quiz slides like I do, but it allows you to reset on try again, but also keep the slide at saved state when revisiting.
It worked perfectly! Hope this helps someone else out there!
I'm using a drag and drop quiz slide. I only want the users to have 3 attempts. I've tried adding a trigger to change state to normal when they click the Try Again button. It returns the color and text to "normal" but it will not return the shape to it's home position. So, on the second attempt the mouse will not line up with the shape. It's very confusing to have the shape hover about 2 inches above the cursor. When I tried adding a trigger to reset the slide to the initial state, it lets the user have unlimited attempts and I can only give them 3. Has anyone found another way to reset quiz slides when you click Try Again?
Sorry to hear you're running into a few issues with your drag-and-drop interaction. When clicking "Try Again," the drag-and-drop slide will not reset but allow the learner to proceed from where they left off.
Here is how I handle multiple tries/attempts that reset the slide on each attempt. I use one "TryAgain" number variable and some triggers that add value or resets the value and it works for everything. I included directions below and a sample Storyline file (directions are in the file too). The sample has a drag and drop and two select many activities. I created the sample as learning activities, not as a final assessment but you can use it for that too.
I hope it helps. Let me know if you have questions.
Try Again Directions If you want to create questions or activities that have multiple attempts and will reset the interaction when you try again, meaning it doesn’t remember your previous selections, then you will do the following:
Create a Number Variable and name it “TryAgain” and set the value to 1.
On the question/activity slide:
Set the slide properties to advance by user, when revisiting: “Reset to initial state”
Uncheck submit button – create your own submit button on the slide with a button trigger that submits the interaction when the user clicks
“Try Again” layer –
Create a layer trigger to show “Incorrect” layer if “TryAgain” variable is equal to “2.00”. Note: If you want more than 2 tries just put the number of tries you want here.
Create a button trigger for your “Try Again” button that adds “1.00” to the “TryAgain” variable when the learner clicks on the button.
Create a button trigger to Hide this layer when learner clicks it.
Create a button trigger to Jump to same question slide when learner clicks it.
“Incorrect” layer –
Create a layer trigger to set “TryAgain” variable equal to 1 when the user clicks the “Continue” button (if you are not sending them to a “Correct Answers” layer).
“Correct” Layer
Create a layer trigger to set “TryAgain” variable equal to 1 when the user clicks the “Continue” button.
“Correct Answers” Layer
Create a layer trigger to set “TryAgain” variable equal to 1 when the user clicks the “Continue” button.
We came to SL from Captivate a few years ago and love the SL community for answers but the quiz capabilities keep falling way behind in comparison to other development programs. A question should reset to its original configuration when multiple attempts are requested. We should not have to add multiple triggers to each possible response on every question slide. Participants should not have to unclick a former response, select a new response and then click submit.
The problem is, you cannot jump to same slide and reset visit to initial state using question banks. .. Its a simple request that must be very difficult to implement given the 7 year history of this discussion.
Is this something SL is just not going to fix/do/worry about? It seems pretty crazy to show previous answers to a question that may be T/F or have limited multichoice options.
Also to add triggers to individual slide assetts to make this work is just annoying and time wasteful, especially given the time SL takes to create stuff :)
I'm having an issue resetting my freeform drag and drop on Try Again, and I'm wondering if there's a different trick. I have used the "change the state of" trigger successfully to reset non-freeform slides, but it's not working for the freeform slide. I have 2 items grouped as a Drag Item (png icon and text) x 5 groups. My first thought is that since they're not check boxes or radio buttons with built in multiple states, so the same type of "change state of" trigger won't work. I tried to then search for slide layer level settings to change, but didn't find anything helpful. Is there a way to reset a freeform slide using normal single-state objects as Drag Items? Thank you so much in advance!
Thanks so much for this effective workaround! It worked well. I am noticing, however, that even though my freeform drag and drop is set to 2 attempts, occasionally when I'm previewing the entire course (within Storyline) the Incorrect slide layer shows on first incorrect attempt. It's weird. When I preview the slide (again within Storyline) by itself I can't replicate it. Always takes 2 tries before the Incorrect slide layer appears. Have you experienced this or is there some small detail I'm missing? I know sometimes previewing within the app isn't necessarily a direct representation of a web-hosted course in a browser, but this isn't one of those differences I'd expect to find. Could you please take a peek at my screenshot and see if anything stands out? Thank you so much! Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Hi, I am having a similar problem. I have a freeform drag & drop item that has 6 movable text objects that are to be placed in certain locations on the form. Attempt is set to 2. If the user is unsuccessful the first time I show them a Try Again screen with a Try Again button on it. When they click Try Again I want the movable objects to return to their original locations. I have assigned the "Change state to Normal" for each movable object to the Try Again button and have moved the "Hide layer this layer" to the bottom of the trigger tree. I have also tried setting the default slide setting to "Reset to Initial State" and "Automatically Decide" but it makes no difference. The text items do not reset when the Try Again button is clicked. What have I missed?
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Hi Michael,
You could set up a trigger on the try again layer which would jump you back to the quiz slide (instead of just hiding the layer) and set the quiz slide properties to "reset to initial state" which will treat it as if you're visiting it for the first time.
Hi Ashley,
I wasnt clear in that I am using a question bank and I cant seem to find a way to target a specific slide in the bank.
Your method works if the question slides were named (outside of a bank), but then we lose the randomization of questions and answers.
I did read a method of manually clearing the answer boxes individually from the the try again button by assiging trigers for each, again no re-randomizing.
And another method of jumping to a try again slide then back to previous slide (with "reset to initial state"), that only sets it differently once by setting it to how the answers appear in the editor.
It would be a very nice feature I will suggest it.
Thanks,
Mike
Hi Mike,
It looks like you tried out a lot of options! Sorry I couldn't find a solution that worked for you within the question bank set up. If you'd like to share that as a feature request please feel free to send one here.
Hello,
I hope there is a solution to this problem now. Is there a work around for this? I would like to know. Thanks
Hi Karuna,
Do you want to limit the number of attempts the learner has on a quiz slide?
If not, you can reset a quiz slide by following these steps:
Give it a try, and let me know how you make out!
Hi Alyssa,
Can we do this to a question in the question bank. I tried to add the trigger jump to slide, but could not find the current slide as this slide is from the question bank. Thank you!
Ahh, thanks for letting me know you're using a question bank. The trigger won't work in that situation. Hopefully the community can share other workarounds with you!
Hello, Did anyone get an answer to this?
Also working with a question bank and need the user to try the question again??
Hi Zoe!
If you're simply looking to give the learner more than one attempt on the quiz question, you can adjust that setting in Form View under the Attempts field.
Let me know if that's what you had in mind!
Hi Zoe and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
I'm not sure if one of the users on this thread found a workaround for that specific need.
Hopefully they'll be able to chime in and share if so.
You can certainly allow multiple attempts, but clearing the previous answer is not a standard functionality on retrying a question slide.
Hi, im having a similar issue, i have a question with 3 possible answers, like fill the gap, i have unlimited attempts and the trigger to jump to slide (same slide) when click the try agian button. the quiz slide is set up as reset to initial state. So the answers are back, the slide is loaded again, but the drop area keeps displaying the last attempted answer, how can i clear that? its really confusing for the user to have the target area with an answer.
Hi there Rick!
I'm happy to lend a hand, but first I'd like to learn a little more about your project.
Has anyone figured out an answer to this question? I have the same concern. I'm using Storyline 360, and my client has asked that "Try Again" trigger a reset of the answers, but they don't want to reset to initial state when revisiting later on. My understanding is that both of these aren't possible at the same time, correct? I tried adding a trigger on Try Again layer to Jump to slide (same slide) when clicking Try Again button, as advised above, however if I accompany this with a slide setting of reset to initial state on revisit, we're lost the only 2 attempts requirement.
This is confusing, as Captivate automatically resets answers on Try Again.
Any wisdom, tips and tricks on this issue would be immensely helpful! Thank you so much.
I think I found the answer! I added triggers in the Try Again layer to "Change state of" Radio Button 1 to Normal when User Clicks Try Again button. I had to add a trigger for each element in the quiz (in some cases radio buttons, in other cases check boxes). It's tedious, especially if you have loads of quiz slides like I do, but it allows you to reset on try again, but also keep the slide at saved state when revisiting.
It worked perfectly! Hope this helps someone else out there!
You can add triggers to change the state of each to normal when user clicks the try again button
Thanks! I think I must've figured this out right as you were posting this. I really appreciate it!
I'm using a drag and drop quiz slide. I only want the users to have 3 attempts. I've tried adding a trigger to change state to normal when they click the Try Again button. It returns the color and text to "normal" but it will not return the shape to it's home position. So, on the second attempt the mouse will not line up with the shape. It's very confusing to have the shape hover about 2 inches above the cursor. When I tried adding a trigger to reset the slide to the initial state, it lets the user have unlimited attempts and I can only give them 3. Has anyone found another way to reset quiz slides when you click Try Again?
Hi Tina,
Sorry to hear you're running into a few issues with your drag-and-drop interaction. When clicking "Try Again," the drag-and-drop slide will not reset but allow the learner to proceed from where they left off.
As far as the mouse issue, are you comfortable with sharing your .story file for testing? You can share it publicly here, or privately with our support engineers. We'll delete it when we nail down what's going on!
Hi Everyone,
Here is how I handle multiple tries/attempts that reset the slide on each attempt. I use one "TryAgain" number variable and some triggers that add value or resets the value and it works for everything. I included directions below and a sample Storyline file (directions are in the file too). The sample has a drag and drop and two select many activities. I created the sample as learning activities, not as a final assessment but you can use it for that too.
I hope it helps. Let me know if you have questions.
Try Again Directions
If you want to create questions or activities that have multiple attempts and will reset the interaction when you try again, meaning it doesn’t remember your previous selections, then you will do the following:
Hi Don Westover,
I was struggling to find the solution to solve the second attempt to show the correct answer layer. Your sample file helped me to solve it quickly.
Thanks a lot.
We came to SL from Captivate a few years ago and love the SL community for answers but the quiz capabilities keep falling way behind in comparison to other development programs.
A question should reset to its original configuration when multiple attempts are requested. We should not have to add multiple triggers to each possible response on every question slide. Participants should not have to unclick a former response, select a new response and then click submit.
Hi is there a simple fix to this issue yet?
The problem is, you cannot jump to same slide and reset visit to initial state using question banks. .. Its a simple request that must be very difficult to implement given the 7 year history of this discussion.
Is this something SL is just not going to fix/do/worry about? It seems pretty crazy to show previous answers to a question that may be T/F or have limited multichoice options.
Also to add triggers to individual slide assetts to make this work is just annoying and time wasteful, especially given the time SL takes to create stuff :)
Thanks
I'm having an issue resetting my freeform drag and drop on Try Again, and I'm wondering if there's a different trick. I have used the "change the state of" trigger successfully to reset non-freeform slides, but it's not working for the freeform slide. I have 2 items grouped as a Drag Item (png icon and text) x 5 groups. My first thought is that since they're not check boxes or radio buttons with built in multiple states, so the same type of "change state of" trigger won't work. I tried to then search for slide layer level settings to change, but didn't find anything helpful. Is there a way to reset a freeform slide using normal single-state objects as Drag Items? Thank you so much in advance!
Thanks so much for this effective workaround! It worked well. I am noticing, however, that even though my freeform drag and drop is set to 2 attempts, occasionally when I'm previewing the entire course (within Storyline) the Incorrect slide layer shows on first incorrect attempt. It's weird. When I preview the slide (again within Storyline) by itself I can't replicate it. Always takes 2 tries before the Incorrect slide layer appears. Have you experienced this or is there some small detail I'm missing? I know sometimes previewing within the app isn't necessarily a direct representation of a web-hosted course in a browser, but this isn't one of those differences I'd expect to find. Could you please take a peek at my screenshot and see if anything stands out? Thank you so much! Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Hi, I am having a similar problem. I have a freeform drag & drop item that has 6 movable text objects that are to be placed in certain locations on the form. Attempt is set to 2. If the user is unsuccessful the first time I show them a Try Again screen with a Try Again button on it. When they click Try Again I want the movable objects to return to their original locations. I have assigned the "Change state to Normal" for each movable object to the Try Again button and have moved the "Hide layer this layer" to the bottom of the trigger tree. I have also tried setting the default slide setting to "Reset to Initial State" and "Automatically Decide" but it makes no difference. The text items do not reset when the Try Again button is clicked. What have I missed?