Survey with Multiple Interractions

Nice Richard and thanks for sharing! I don't think it looks cluttered at all, and I like how the text box pops up to allow me more room to type my comments. 

Thanks Ashley. I do not think it is cluttered on the front (learner) end, but on the design end, it took a lot of extra features to make it work. That is why I would love to hear if others have tried to approach this scenario.

Hi Richard,

That looks really good. Will you be sharing the .story file (hint hint )

Regarding looks

Ashley's right, It doesn't look cluttered, but I'd maybe tweak it a bit and make the next button smaller so the questions could be spread out a little. Or, use the default next button, which still could have things spread out. And my personal preference would be to dim out the graphic a lot more. I imagine graphic designers would disagree with me, but I think those who study cognition, distraction, visual scanning..., might agree.

Since I've not worked with an LMS, I'm interested to know how the typed in content gets passed over.

Regarding surveys and types of questions

I guess it's always a tough call. Multiple choice/drop-down, etc. don't really give a lot of insight the way "novel constructs" do, but most of us don't want to take the time to thoughtfully do that...so there's question to the value of those responses as well.

Thanks for sharing the web output, Richard.

Ahh Richard, you wanted to make sure the back end wasn't cluttered.  Since there isn't a built in way for multiple questions on one slide, I suspect all those "extras" you had to include are needed, but we'll be happy to take a look if you're able to share the .story file as that would be easier to see that set up, as it's hard to tell what else you have on the slides or triggers that may be causing you to feel cluttered when designing.

HI Ashley,

I have attached the .story file in case anyone has ideas. The reason I set it up the way I did was to have each of the questions reported in an easy to parse report from our LMS (hence the reason I did not use a real Likert Scale). Thanks for any suggestions.

Hi Rebecca,

I just noticed your post and appreciate the graphic suggestions. That is not my area of strength, so I rely on other's opinions a lot in that realm.

I also agree that the dropdowns and Likert scales do not provide as much insight, but I think the approach which works is to gather the data and then, if a negative trend is presented or develops, further inquiry can be done as a dedicated purpose. I have found people are more willing to provide specific feedback if they know that is the sole purpose, and not something they have to do after taking an assigned module.

Hopefully the .story file answers your questions about the reporting features, but let me know if it doesn't.

Hi Richard,

I'm definitely NOT a graphic designer so certainly take that into account! My graduate degree is in education.

I worked for several years in an augmentative/alternative communication clinic at Boston Children's Hospital, so I did a LOT of reading of peer-reviewed papers and studies around the area of visual scanning, executive function (which includes managing attention, switching focus), that sort of thing. I even audited a graduate course on autism, which of course is not where most of us are working, but it gave fascinating insights nevertheless into the brain and receptive and expressive communication.

And I've read a LOT of the evidence-based work of Richard Mayer and Ruth Clark (and own a couple books) on multimedia learning, in which they discuss best practices for how our brains handle verbal and visual input.

So, that's where I'm coming from...that and my own subjective reactions, of course.

Thanks for attaching the file. I'll be taking a look when I have some time. I really appreciate your sharing.