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?

AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago

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!
RebeccaFleischC
Community Member
11 years ago

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.
- JoannaKurpiewsk
  Community Member
  9 years ago
  Very smart workaround Rebecca. I may use this soon. Thanks for sharing!
- LindseyHillman1
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Thank you for this Rebecca - it really helped me figure out a solution to a similar style question in a quiz I'm working on.
  
  The only thing I had to add was to add a 'drop incorrect' state and appropriate triggers to allow the answers to be dragged to any drop target and not snap back to the original place (in your example, to allow the yellow flower to be placed on the purple pot and this to be wrong).
- TaylorMymko
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  This method works great in SL2, but doesn't seem to work in SL3. Does anyone have any further instructions to accomplish this in SL3?
  - WendyFarmer
    Super Hero
    8 years ago
    Hi Taylor
    
    what issue are you facing with this method in SL3 - can you share your story file or the slide so we can see the setup.
JacquelynWhitla
Community Member
11 years ago

Thanks, Ashley. I had read that but I really was hoping it wasn't strictly true & there would be a way around it as it seems so very restrictive.

Hopefully Rebecca's solution will work for me though.

Thanks, Rebecca!!!
RebeccaFleischC
Community Member
11 years ago
Please shout out with any questions, Jacquelyn. If I don't seem them, someone will be sure to jump in.
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago

Hi Jacquelyn,

I hope that Rebecca's solution will help you out - she's definitely one of our super heroes who comes up with increasing creative and helpful workaround to set something up in Storyline outside the built in behavior. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to let us know!
RebeccaFleischC
Community Member
11 years ago
Tx for the kudos, Ashley and I wish I could take credit for the workarounds. But it's all really based on so many good ideas everyone contributes here...great place to get the creative juices flowing!
MirandaVerswijv
Community Member
11 years ago
Such a cool solution, Rebecca, thank you!
Just what I needed today, trying to make a drag and drop where you need to dress a person - wanted to make sure that when putting on gloves it did not really matter which one matches left or right hand, they just need to wear two ;)

Love this community and all the creative people around!
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
11 years ago
Thanks for popping in to say so Miranda and glad that Becky was able to assist you as well.
DanielBali
Community Member
10 years ago
Hi Rebecca,

I've set up a simmilar solution by using booleans for conditions.

The only problem is, if I drop an object to the correct spot, then move it somewhere else, then it remains correct.

So it's possible to get a Correct Feedback without having any of the drop targets filled.

Any solution?
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
10 years ago
Hi Daniel! Unfortunately Rebecca does not make it back to the forums. If you'd like someone in the community to take a look, feel free to share your .story file :)