shuffling in drag and drop

Hi Jane!

Have you tried setting the slide to Reset to initial state? You can use this option if you always want the layer to reset to its initial state if learners return to it. This means any time the learner views the layer subsequent times, it'll restart at the beginning of the layer's timeline, and any interactive objects will return to their initial states.

Hi Peter

Thanks for the suggestion, but this is quite a simple drag and drop without layers - I have selected one statement at a time to show and then be dragged to the correct object. The problem is that it keeps sorting the statements  so that all target 1 statements come together, then all target 2 rather than appearing randomly. Not sure if I am explaining that very well. Here's a screenshot- I have chosen 'reveal drag items one at a time' which I found a useful way to do it as there are over 20 statements.

Hey Jane

Hmm, I'm afraid I'm still not understanding exactly what you're describing. Sorry for being dense :) Any chance you could do a quick screencast and post it here?

Hi Peter, just returned to this project. I've now achieved the effect I wanted by making sure the 'drag item' list were in the order I wanted. I thought the 'shuffle' function would shuffle the order that drag items appear, but apparently not. Not sure then what the shuffle does - but thanks for your help. It's working now the way I want it.

Like Jane, I'm looking for an explanation of the "Shuffle Answers" feature on a Freeform Drag and Drop slide. The  drag objects are not shuffling.  I have also turned Reveal one at a time on.  I am unfortunately not using Storyline 2. 

Hello E,

Do you have a file to share? Are your items to Shuffle stacked on top of one another by chance?

Hi E! I'm not sure that I have an explanation, but it is something that our QA Team is aware of. The shuffle does not work for drag and drop as users are expecting.

Thanks, Leslie,  I won't spend any more time trying to figure it out then.  Is there a know issues list I may refer to?

Emily,  Yes I have stacked the items on top of one another.

Hello E,

The shuffle works by moving the items around on the slide for their starting positions, however the order in which they are in the timeline will determine which item is on the top. 

See example attached. The drag items do move, but the item on top in the timeline will always appear on the top of the pile.

Hi E! We do not have any list that is user facing.