Trouble with Freeform Question and Results

Sep 15, 2021

Hello,

I am creating a project that includes multiple text entry freeform questions and, at the end, there is a slide where the user can click a button to "flag" that they are struggling with the content and need some extra help. I would like clicking the button to add text (a pre-programmed message to the instructor) to a variable that is then added to the output of the other quiz questions in the SCORM package. My Storyline project is attached.

End goal: User can click a button on the Having Trouble? slide to indicate to an instructor via text within the SCORM test results that they need assistance. I want to make this easy for the user so I don't want them to have to type anything like in the sample question (Question 2a).

Current design: There is a Quiz made of both the Question 2a and Having Trouble? slides. Results are shown on Save Your Questions. Right now the Having Trouble? slide is a freeform Pick One slide and the button is the "correct" answer" to be picked. However, it doesn't seem to allow for the variable's text to be captured and sent with the quiz results to the LMS. I have also tried making this a freeform text entry slide (Scene 3) similar to the other quiz questions, but had similar issues. I can get most of the basic functionality to work, but the pre-programmed message I want doesn't show up in the SCORM results in the LMS.

Anyone have any ideas for how I can execute this? I really just want a button to be pushed that adds a pre-programmed message to the quiz results.

2 Replies
Bridget O'Dell

Hi Margo,

I'm not sure about how to export this information so that it displays within the SCORM test results, but you could use JavaScript to export the value of all variables in your course into an email message. All the user would need to do is click the button for assistance, and then click Send within their default email software. 

I've included the link to my article on how to do this below, Hope this helps! https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/export-variable-values-via-email-message-using-javascript