Try Again Score Variable: Feature request

Dec 01, 2022

I would like to be able to set the try again score value. 

The purpose for this is so that I can set the number of attempts to 2, 5, 10, unlimited, or whatever I want, and the points to whatever I want, but they get fewer points the more times they have to try again. This could be done simply if I could change the score variable on a try again layer to -1. Then if the question is worth 10 points, they'll still get 10 points when they get it right, but if they got it wrong 3 times, they will have also gotten -3 points leading to a total of 7/10.

I've made some simulations where I do essentially that, but I can't use the built-in scores for it which makes it difficult to report in the LMS.

3 Replies
Judy Nollet

That's an interesting suggestion, Drew. FYI The link below goes to the page for making an official feature request. Submitting a request there doesn't mean Articulate will act on it. But at least it gets put on their "think about this" list. 

https://articulate.com/support/contact/feature-request 

BTW, you could use built-in scoring for your custom try-again questions. You just have to hide the actual multiple-choice responses, which would be individually scored, with one selected via a trigger that checks the number of attempts. 

This post is about using that sort of disguised multiple-choice question to give partial credit on a multiple-response question. But it should get you started with how you could reduce points based on the number of attempts.

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/tip-give-partial-credit-on-multiple-response-questions