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?

SarahBerry-61ad
Community Member
7 years ago
Is there a simple way to make a freeform drag-and-drop object be correct on more than one target? It seems so crazy to have to build this from scratch. Why can't I just select the object more than once on the left and assign it to several options on the right?

If this hasn't been a feature request then it sure should be :)
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
7 years ago
Hey Sarah,

Feel free to share the .story file you're working on and I'm sure someone can help you out if needed.

We welcome your ideas along with a use-case and you can share those right here with our team.
RakeshKumar5
Community Member
6 years ago
Hi,

If we show correct layer according to variables in drag and drop then interaction data will not set correctly in LMS, it shows wrong for that particular drag and drop. So if there any solution of that.
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
6 years ago
Hello Rakesh,

Thanks for reaching out and letting us know what you would like to create with your project.

Were you able to take a look at the solution Rebecca shared above where she used a Pick One Freeform to send the data to the LMS?
Blue_Kearsley
Community Member
6 years ago
Hi guys...

I've got a similar issue with my drag/drop freeform. It seems to work ok if all the 'correct' answers are selected right off the bat, but if not, and a re-attempt is needed, it doesn't work as expected. Users' have to remove all drag items, when retrying the activity again, and then re-drag them to form the correct answer on retry. I've attached the question. Help!?!?!

I've had to use multiple states. I don't want to show the drop correct/incorrect until the user has selected the submit button, and then show which are correct/incorrect. That works lovely. Out of the 6 drag options, 4 are correct. On the try again layer, I reset those incorrect items to normal once they select the try again button. I want them to be able to see which options were correct, and which weren't. If I then reset the correct items to normal, then it loses this view.

I've added a number of triggers that work when I've used text based freeform, but seem to be problematic here.

Selecting the submit buttons changes the state of correct/try again/incorrect button based on what the selection is. The submit interaction is at the bottom of that chain. Then, each drag item is changed to drop correct (for the correct 4) or drop incorrect (for the incorrect 2) -- not sure if the last 2 is needed?!?

On correct layer, all 4 drag items turn 'correct' in state (colour).

On try again layer, the state of each drag item changes, dependent on whether it's an incorrect or correct response. the variable 'try again' is then set to true at the button of that chain. By selecting the try again button, the 2 incorrect drag items are set back to normal (though only change in colour, not spring back to their originated place). I did have triggers to reset the try again/incorrect button to normal, but that didn't make any difference.

Incorrect layer, changes the states as appropriate.

The base slide has been set to reset to initial state on revisit, this however, does not put the drag items back to their originating point. Not sure if I need this, or not, but useful to know how I do that, if that's possible.
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- BethCase-c92276
  Community Member
  6 years ago
  I don't have a solution, but would like to add that I want to do something similar. Basically, I want a drag and drop where after they click submit, the correct answers stay where they are and incorrect answers reset to the original position.
EvaPhanvanova
Community Member
4 years ago
Hi there,

I've been trying to follow the example of Rebecca's workaround above (thanks a lot for sharing), with slight tweaks in place, but I don't seem to be able to get my 'Pick One' interaction working. I tried different variations and even followed the video example exactly as presented, however I keep getting an error when submitting the interaction - the incorrect layers appear regardless of whether the interaction has been submitted correctly or not.

Anyone that can help with this?

Thanks!
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WaltHamilton
Super Hero
4 years ago
I'm pretty sure if you set the initial state of the Incorrect button to selected, you won't need this trigger, as long as you have made the Correct and Incorrect buttons a button set

Try changing this trigger to check the Drop Correct state of the drag items, instead of the targets
EvaPhanvanova
Community Member
4 years ago
Thanks Walt! Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work so I decided to re-work this into a traditional drag&drop. Thanks a lot anyway!
GlobalFinanceGl
Community Member
4 years ago
The only thing missing were the triggers if the learner put the flowers in the wrong pot. I had to add those to my project and it worked. Thank you for the great instructions!
DanaeMarkland-2
Community Member
4 years ago
Hi,

I have tried to follow a couple of the suggestions in this feed and nothing is working for me. Can you please take a look and let me know what I'm doing wrong?
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