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RayCole's avatar
RayCole
Community Member
10 years ago

Drop States When Drop Target Is "None" Not Working?

Hi, I've got a drag and drop exercise in which learners are asked to "flesh out" an acronym by dragging possible expansions of each letter to the acronym itself, and to drag the definition of each p...
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WaltHamilton
Super Hero
9 years ago

Unfortunately, if you don't drag a decoy item, it should not show up as incorrect, but if it has an offstage correct drop target, it will show as Incorrect, even if not dropped anywhere.

Reference this thread. 

  • JacquesLeCavali's avatar
    JacquesLeCavali
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    Given that drag and drops allow an unequal number of drop objects and drop
    targets, perhaps it would be more logical to only change drop object states
    if they have been dropped.

    I think most learners, me included, only expect to see correct and
    incorrect answers associated with dropped objects, and not those that have
    been left alone. Having an undropped object shown as incorrect is not that
    useful anyway, if there is more than one incorrect drop.

    Anyhow, I understand better now that there's more to this than meets the
    eye initially.

    Thanks for being responsive!
    Jacques

  • AshleyT-Pollard's avatar
    AshleyT-Pollard
    Staff
    9 years ago

    Correct - when you go to submit it, if you didn't drag it it'll still show the incorrect state. That would happen even for a non-decoy item if you hadn't dragged it anywhere it's state would still change once submitted. 

    Hopefully this better understanding of the set up will assist you Jacques and let us know if you need anything else!