Drag and Drop RESET option

Here is another way to return dragged objects to the original starting point for multiple retry attempts without having to use a variable:

1. place an add motion animation onto each drag object.

2. set the start and end points to the same point (when the drag object is in its original spot)

3. set duration to 00.10

4. on the Try Again layer - and  on the Try Again button set a new trigger for each of the drag objects. (Move 'object' on LineMotionPath1 when the user clicks Try Again button

and that's all you need to do! :)

cheers Gerry

Hi Kimberly,

I would change your trigger on the Try Again layer from "hide this layer" to "jump to slide X" and just have it jump back to your base layer. Make sure sure you base layer settings is When Revisiting: Reset to initial state.

Hope this helps!

Hi Kimberly,

That makes sense! So I played around and here's what I'd do:

1. Create Variable: TryAgain (Type: Number/ Value:0)

2. On your TryAgain layer, create the following trigger: Add 1 to TryAgain when user clicks TryAgain variable

3. On your Base layer, add the following trigger: Show layer Incorrect when user clicks the Submit button IF TryAgain is greater than or equal to 2.

NOTE: You can change the number 2 to however many attempts you'd like to give the learner.

There might be a simpler way to accomplish this, but I went ahead and attached an example. Good luck!

I am having a similar issue, and have come up with a workaround for free form drag and drop (within a question bank), but have not been able to reset to original state using a question bank.  Is there a way to single out (jump to) a particular quiz question slide within a question bank to essentially get the question to reset to its original state?  I will post the scenario momentarily in case some may find the first work around useful. 

Hi Kimberly!

Ashley is out of the office today, so I'm trying to catch up on your conversation here.

I took a look at your file and I'm assuming you've now got it to look something like the attached.

The left was your original file and the right is the updated one attached.

Your story was choosing to go to the Incorrect Layer when Try Again had already been reached. This is why you could not get to the Correct layer if correct. You were overriding the built-in settings.

By moving it to the Try Again Layer, this would eliminate this override. You change it to when the timeline starts because you do not have a Submit button on this layer.

I hope that makes a bit more sense?! It can be confusing. I talk out loud when needed to help it make sense.

This worked GREAT!  Thanks for the tips!

Hi Kimberly!

Looks like you are getting some great assistance here. If you need further assistance, it may be best to share your .story file so that we can better assist.

Awesome! Thanks for the update. 

Thanks Alexia for all your assistance here :)

Hi Kimberly,

Do you have an updated copy of your file here to share? The variable element should allow the user to answer correctly and see the "correct" layer so I suspect something is off in terms of trigger order or placement which can be hard to diagnose without seeing it. 

Hi Kimberly,

You'll want to look at putting that trigger on your try again layer based on when the timeline starts vs. when the user clicks the "submit" button. That'll allow it to show the "incorrect" layer from the try again on their second attempt and and then they'll be able to see the correct layer if they answer correctly. Right now your trigger tracking the variable is overriding the built in functionality of the correct or incorrect layers.