Need help building a better quiz.

Hi Terry,

Are you able to share the published version of what you've built so far? It would make it easier for members of the community to see what exactly you're trying to do and provide you with possible solutions.

the overall subject is based on data confidentiality. the scene i have built right now is just for Problem #2.

i havent received my characters yet for problem #1 so i havent really built anything for it yet, just mining for options when it comes time.

Hey Terry -  I like where you're going with this.

Can you clarify how the drag-drop should work?

Do you want feedback for each shape dropped on each square drop target? Can you say more about how you would like the feedback to work?

What I would like is to have the characters movements incremented by one motion everytime the learner answers correctly. That way if the learner gets all the questions right, the hero wins the race to the target, other wise the bod guy wins and they have to start over. In Davids picture example I would want a feedback every time the learner moves a piece, right or wrong. then tying that to a trigger for the race against the bad guy.  

I am trying to ge tthe published version on here but I dont know which file to attach to let you see what I am doing.  

To share the published version, simply upload the content of the publish folder as a zip file to tempshare and then share the link.

Lets see if I followed the instructions properly...

Was anyone able to open the previous file?

Problem #1 is tricky... so both characters are constantly moving towards the finish line and speeds up depending if you got the answer right or wrong? what if the you took your time answering the question? will the characters end up at the finish line without you doing anything? so you put a timer per question but unless quick thinking is a requirement for your topic, i don't think that's a good idea.

I think that maybe I could find a way to use the Right/Wrong count from the quiz to increment both runners. That way I would not have to worry about the speed as much as the triggers. Now i am wondering how to inject the right/wrong counts into the triggers and make sure the at least one of them gets to the target...

Hi Terry,

Quick thought.

If I'm understanding correctly, you want to have two runners, one being the bad, the other the good.  You want some form of movement and motion to simulate the race.

How about this....

1. Use Two Sliders.  Each slider's thumbnail is replaced with an image of the runner.

2. Each slider could be set to have X number of stops.

3. You add X number of cue points to the timeline and use triggers to increment the bad runner at each cue point.  This way, the bad runner has a set pace to reach the finish line (or in this case, the end of the slider).

4. You can increment the good runner along it's slider based upon the responses by the learner.  So if they drag an item to a correct location, the runner increments forward.

Mike

Thats kind of my goal in this.  i would also want the bad guy to increment as well, so that if the learner doesnt get the minimum number of correct answers, the bad guy will get to the target first.

the trouble comes with making the triggers for this process and how i can intuitively inject the right/ wrong count from the quiz slide into the slide with the characters, making it respond the the learners input.

How about going with states? depends on how many correct answers a runner need to reach the finish line, that's the number of states each runner object is. 

Then create a trigger for each state for each runner tied to the number of correct or wrong answer. runner one is tied to correct variable, runner two is tied to wrong variable which you increment based on the result.

here's a rough concept on how to set up the triggers using one object with 5 states. the submit button assumes you are getting the correct answer every time you hit it.

I didnt think of creating a variable. thank you for that. let me play with that idea and i will update this thread with what i come up with 

so the issue that i am still having is getting the quiz slide to grade the objects in the slide as more than one question.

Will I have to Create a slide for each object in order for me to increment the variable?

Terry,

You'll only be able to get one "grade" out of that particular slide.  However, if you do use, say a slider, and variables, you could pass that variable value on to the next slide and adjust the slider accordingly.  I attached a quick example here.  Note, this isn't set up as a quiz slide, but the concept would hold.  You could easily create a series of question slides and get the sliders to look like they are a permanent fixture.

In the example I attached, I have the bad guy running based upon the clock (adjusting via cue points) and the good guy moving based upon correct drops.  If you drop, say, just two correct and then click the next button, you'll notice that position remains the same.   This is because I'm passing the variables from the slider on the first slide to the sliders on the 2nd slide.

I've got to log off for a bit, but will try to mock up something later.  

Mike

Looking at what you mocked up in the previous comment, could you increment the bottom runner for wrong answers and the top runner for right answers?

Could you inject an If/Then/Else type condition that would allow victory or failure, similar to scripting... i.e. 

if bottom guy increments more than "x" times

    Then learner retakes lesson

    Else learner moves to next lesson

Also, could I insert my own character as a thumb in the slider?

Terry,

You totally could.  You'd simply adjust the slider variables based upon correct and incorrect responses.  And yes, you can definitely add your own images for the thumbs.

Mike

Terry,

I created a simple example here with 2 racers.  Top racer increments if the answer is correct, bottom racer if answer is incorrect.

Items of note:  

1. Drag items have a drop correct state.

2. Variable increments based upon the state of the objects.

3. Variables are passed along and set the slider start points on the subsequent slides.

Mike

So how do I insert the Character in as the thumb slider? and how would i mak eth eslider invisible?

thank you for doing all this for me and getting me up to speed on all this.

Terry,

Right click the thumbnail and format shape. Choose picture fill and go grab your image. Or, from the slider format tab select Thumb Fill. Same goes for the track styles.  Go to the format tab and alter the track fill and track border.

Mike