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?

WaltHamilton
Super Hero
4 years ago
You can't change just the drop states, and expect Drag and Drop interactions to work. Most of the suggestions here depend on having a Pick One interaction that looks like a Drag and Drop.

See slide 1 of the the attached Sample
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- DanaeMarkland-2
  Community Member
  4 years ago
  Hi Walt,
  
  I tried to duplicate what you did in your example but I still can't seem to get it to work. Sorry if I'm missing something obvious...
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DanaeMarkland-2
Community Member
4 years ago
Been trying to do all of these tips but still struggling. Any help would be appreciated.
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WaltHamilton
Super Hero
4 years ago
The problem is these triggers:

Instead of checking the state of the Drag Item, some of them check the state of the Drop Target.
- DanaeMarkland-2
  Community Member
  4 years ago
  AMAZING! Thank you, Walt! So, unfortunately, I have another issue now that that is resolved.
  
  If I attempt to drag any of the icons to the wrong place, it won't allow me to do so. It sends them back to their initial spot. Can this be fixed?
MariaCS
Staff
4 years ago
Hi, Danae.

I'm so happy Walt was able to help you with your drag-and-drop interaction!

If you select all the items, right-click, and choose Drag and drop, you can unselect Drag return. This should allow users to move the items to the incorrect targets.

Let me know if this works!
CormacCullen-32
Community Member
4 years ago
Just when I thought Articulate couldn't get any more restrictive...
WaltHamilton
Super Hero
4 years ago
Cormac,

Is there a question that prompts this post that I can help you with?
- CormacCullen-32
  Community Member
  4 years ago
  No thanks Walt, it's just a general observation.
BrettConlon
Community Member
3 years ago
Thanks Rebecca for an elegant workaround. I also had the same issue as Danae, where the dropped items would only stay in their position if they were dropped on the correct position. Thanks Maria for the simple fix to that.

Oh, I also initially couldn't get the C button to be selected with my SUBMIT trigger. I checked, double-checked and triple-checked the programming and it was all correct. In the end I got it to work after I rebuilt it (I had 8 conditions). Maybe this might help someone else who finds themselves in a similar situation.

My only objection with all of this is that it is a lot of extra work for something that could be so easily achieved in the Storyline interface. It would be SUPER helpful if we were provided with tickboxes next to the objects that show when you are selecting the Drop Target items in the Form View. This would easily allow us to be able to select more than one drop target, saving all of the extra workaround steps!
BrettConlon
Community Member
3 years ago
I've also submitted a feature request.
RachelHendrich
Community Member
3 years ago
HI all! I know this thread is very dated, so I may attach elsewhere, but I can't find anything more recent. The flower tutorial was very helpful for me trying to create a multi-answer drag and drop scenario. Basically, what I have are 6 targets and 6 answers; however, two of the 6 answers could be dropped on either two of the drop targets.

I created a 'Pick One' and added the appropriate triggers, but am running into two issues:

1) I don't have the 'correct' and 'incorrect' buttons like the flower video, so my layers display but also this 'invalid answer' feedback. What can I do?

2) I can drag either of the 2 correct buttons to either of the 2 correct drop spaces, but if I try to drag ANY of the responses to any of the targets that ARE NOT correct, it snaps back. I know in drag and drop I can change this? But can I change this here. I'd like people to be able to drag and response to any target as they are trying. This would obviously display the incorrect layer once they hit submit.
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WaltHamilton
Super Hero
3 years ago
Rachel,

You get the "Invalid Answer" because there is no Correct answer. Create a Correct answer and an Incorrect answer. See Rectangle 1 and 2, and their related triggers. Then go to Form View and identify them.

Answers don't stay on Incorrect drop spaces because this is not a Drag and Drop interaction. Answers stay on Correct drop spaces because there is a trigger that initiates when they are dropped on those spaces. Solution - create triggers that initiate when an Answer is dropped on any correct spaces. (Even changing to Normal state is enough to keep them where dropped.) They will stay on any object on the slide, if there is a trigger that is initiated when they are dropped.
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