Hi all, Just wondering if it is at all possible to have multiple correct drop targets for a drag item. What I am trying to do it to get students to label questions (there are 5) with the correct strategy for solving them (there are 3 strategies). So... I have 5 drop targets and multiples of each of my 3 labels and I can't seem to make it work. Has anyone done something similar? All help, suggestions and advice welcome Thanks, Jacquelyn

Hi Jacquelyn, As Ashley said, default Drag and Drops are relatively restrictive. Perhaps a Pick One simulating a drag and drop will meet your needs. I created an instructional video a while back: Drag Drop - Multiple Drags with Multiple Targets. Here's the description: Articulate Storyline users sometimes feel constrained by the default Freeform Drag & Drop quiz, which limits us to 1 drop target per drag item. In this tutorial, I describe how to overcome this drawback using a Freeform Pick One Quiz.

Danilo, Check this sample. If any two of the yes answers are dropped on any of the small circles, it is correct.

There is at least a slight possibility you might be able to make this work if you are absolutely certain the learner will solve it using a certain order of steps. At the beginning, make visible only the "10" that will be used first and after it is dropped, make the next one visible. All in all, that sounds pretty iffy to me, but you might make it work. If it doesn't, here is a sample that allows multiple objects to be dropped on multiple targets. It is set to allow only one object per target.

Hi Jacquelyn, Have you seen this tutorials on working with drag and drops? Specifically: Here are some things to bear in mind as you select drag items and drop targets: Each drag item can be matched to only one drop target. However, each drop target can be assigned to more than one drag item (i.e., you can drop multiple items into the same target). There may be some community workarounds that you could implement, so I hope someone in the community is able to share here with you!

Two things: I couldn't get it to drop right because the items only drop on correct drop spots. Maybe you want it that way, but if you don't you need to make the incorrect targets potential targets. If you create a regular drag and drop, you can identify which objects are potential drop targets. The only way you can do that using another kind of slide is to identify potential drop targets in a trigger. So I copied the triggers and changed them "Change state to Drop Incorrect" if person is dropped on wrong target. That way the person can be dropped on any target. The other thing is that you were dropping them on groups. I used a group in SL once, and it worked the way I wanted. I think it was in 19... No, wait. I'm thinking of another program, Maybe ... Well, it doesn't matter; the point is that groups don't work in SL. Pretty much you can use groups, or you can have triggers and states that work, but not both. In the attached sample, I changed two of the groups to rectangles with words on them, and two of them to text boxes with a color fill. I would suggest that you can't tell by looking at them which is which, and you can't tell by looking which slide has the groups, and which has the rectangles and text boxes. You can tell them apart when you preview them; the one without the groups is the one that works.

Can I have multiple correct drag object/drop target combinations?

DanielBali
Community Member
10 years ago
Update: you may have to resize the objects or targets to make it work!
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
10 years ago
Thanks again!
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
9 years ago
Glad to see that this older thread is assisting you as well Joanna :) Thanks for popping in to share.
WendyFarmer
Super Hero
8 years ago
Hi are

do you have a slide started you can share. Just use the 'add attachment' button at the bottom of the post to upload.

Here is a rough sample of what I think you are asking.

FYI there is also a Freeform DnD slide you could use
DnD-PickOne-SL2-WF.story66 KB
DaniloIIBocalig
Community Member
8 years ago
Hi All,

I need your help Heroes...drag and drop quiz.
I have 6 suits. All the same suits in color and design.
I need to drag only 4 of them into one target.
4 suits are correct. More or less than 4 is wrong.

It should be random suits to be dropped.
How do i do this? Thanks in advance...
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
Hi Danilo,

Do you have a copy of your .story file that you're able to share here? That's often a good way to have the community assist with a particular project or issue that you're running into. You’ll want to upload the .story file here (which is the file prior to publishing) using the “ADD ATTACHMENT” button at the bottom of the forums reply window.
- DaniloIIBocalig
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Hi,
  I don't have the story file here. It's at my work. But basically thats the
  instruction.
  8 suits all same color and design one drop target.
  Dropping 4 suits makes the answer correct.
  Drop more or less than 4 is wrong.
  I still cant figure out how to do it.
  
  Thanks,
  Ashley
  - DaniloIIBocalig
    Community Member
    8 years ago
    I mean thanks Ashley...
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
If you're looking to drop any four out of the eight correct, that's not something that the built in drag and drop questions are equipped for, but it may be something that folks in the community can weigh in on here! I hope they're able to share an example with you, and if you're able to share what you've got so far in the coming days that may help spark their design imaginations!
- DaniloIIBocalig
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Thanks Ashley. I'm working on some variables. Hoping it could solve my
  problem. But so far still no joy.
DaniloIIBocalig
Community Member
8 years ago
Hi Guys,

I just want to share my progress from the help that i got from Ashley Terwilliger and specially Walt Hamilton.
From the files Walt sent me i created a request to answer a quiz that should equal to the correct value.

Thank you so much again for the big help!!!

Dan...
dragcoins.story2.6 MB
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
Glad you got the help you need Danilo - Walt has always been tremendously helpful here in ELH, so happy you could benefit from this continued generosity.
- DaniloIIBocalig
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Yes it did helped me a lot. Tnx to Walt and you Ashley and all of you
  heroes...
CatherineBeg727
Community Member
8 years ago
I am trying to use the example the Becky has above. I have everything set up exactly as she has it, but I am an issue, somehow one of the wrong answers, I have managed to get to drag, but the other 7 options will not become draggable. What could I be doing wrong? in a freeform, what make an object draggable? the state of drop correct? I have attached the slide to this post. The letter should be PASS. It is a super easy knowledge check. :) but I am not using the easier drag and drop set up because I want the two S's to be placed on either drop and for it to be considered correct. Hope this makes sense.
PASS_interaction.story156 KB
- WendyFarmer
  Super Hero
  8 years ago
  Hi Catherine
  
  it really helps if you name your objects with recognisable names so you can tell if the triggers are working. In the first image from your file you are using rectangle 3 and rectangle 14 in the same trigger where the On object item should be the same as the Object item.
  
  See attached I duplicated your slide - removed all the triggers and only triggered the letters PASS to work. If you want the others to become draggable (to show the incorrect layer) you'd need to add triggers for those.
  
  PASS_interaction-SL360-WF.story225 KB