Resetting quiz without using Try Again feature.

Jul 21, 2022

Walter Stinnett
By Walter Stinnett

Hello,  The eLearning course I am creating has nine sections with content and then a short quiz at the end of each section. Once the user takes the  quiz we have a custom button that they click that takes them back to a table of content slide where they can click a link to go to another section.  Depending on whether they passed the quiz the respective link on the table of contents slide will either turn green with a checkmark signifying that they passed the quiz or the link will turn red with an X signifying that they failed.  We have it set up this way so they can, for the failed quizzes, go back through its content and then take the quiz again.  In this situation how do you reset the quiz so they can take it a second time? Reset Slide to Initial State didn't work. We don't want to use the Try Again feature because we want them to review the material again before they retake the quiz.  I have seen quite a few posts on resetting the quiz but haven't found one specific to my situation. I am using Storyline 3 and unfortunately due to security restrictions I can't attach a copy of my file. Thank you.

4 Replies
Judy Nollet
almost 2 years ago07/22/22 at 1:22 pm (UTC)

One option:  steer them back to the Results slide for the failed quiz, so they use the Retry Quiz button. 

  • To do this, you need a T/F variable to track whether they already took the quiz. The variable's default value should be False. Set the variable to True when the timeline starts on the Results slide. 
  • On the slide before the first quiz question, use 2 triggers for the NEXT button: 
    1.  Go to the next slide (1st quiz question) with the condition that the variable = False.
    2. Go to the Results slide with the condition that the variable = True.

Another option: For the NEXT button on the slide before the quiz, have a trigger with the "Reset results [#.#] Results Slide" action.

  • Add a condition that checks whether the user passed or failed, so that the quiz will only reset if they failed.
  • Be sure that trigger comes before the trigger to jump to the next slide. 
Judy Nollet
almost 2 years ago07/22/22 at 4:45 pm (UTC)

I hope it works for you, Walter. 

BTW: I've used that first option in the past. When I do, I put a knowledge-check-intro slide before the 1st question. That provides a transition between content and the quiz.

That intro would be the only quiz-related slide I'd include if the course used the built-in Menu. (I don't like the Menu to include question slides. And Results slides don't show in the Menu ever; I think it's programmed that way because it could really screw things up if someone could jump to results from anywhere.) 

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