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Drag and Drop - Try Again Layer looping
Have the motion paths on the Incorrect layer run based on the Timeline (not on clicking Continue).
First, run the 0-pt motion paths, perhaps when the timeline starts or shortly thereafter.
Then I suggest you allow a little time before you run the motion paths that move the appropriate items into the correct spots. Those would be "when timeline reaches ___" triggers. I suggest you experiment to see how fast those paths should move and when they should start.
LeslieWilbourne : I'm glad you removed the trigger to show the Try Again layer. That's not needed. Whenever Attempts >1, the program automatically shows that layer when the user answers incorrectly, until they reach the maximum attempts. Then the incorrect layer shows if they answer incorrectly again.
Of course, the problem is that your drag-and-drop isn't showing the Incorrect layer. Based on the limited description, here's what I think is happening:
- You want the draggable items to return to their initial positions when the user closes the Try Again layer.
- To do this, you added a trigger that jumps to the same slide when the user clicks the Try Again button, and you set the Slide Properties to "Reset to initial state."
- The problem with that approach: every time you "jump to slide this slide," the programs restarts its counting of Attempts.
- Thus, it never reaches the maximum allowed attempts. It just keeps looping to the Try Again layer.
If that is what's happening, here's the solution:
- Delete the "jump to slide this slide when the user clicks Try Again" trigger.
- I also suggest you reset the Slide Properties to "Automatically Decide." In my experience, that works best with graded questions, because it allows the program to use its built-in functionality for reviewing and retrying.
- To reset your drag items to their initial positions for an additional attempt, give those items 0-pt motion paths, and trigger the motions when the user clicks the Try Again button. See the "How to reset the learner’s answer for freeform Drag-and-Drop questions" section of this post for details: PRIMER: Graded Questions the Allow Multiple Attempts | Articulate - Community
On the Incorrect layer, you could trigger the same motion paths to reset the items, and then trigger other motion paths that move the correct items into the correct positions.