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Invalid Answer - You must complete the question before submitting (Pick Many)
I created a simply "Pick Many" quiz question with 2 correct answers. The problem is... after I click Submit, the Invalid Answer - You must complete the question before submitting screen appears. I did right click on all of my images and "Button Set" is set to "None". I did ungroup all of my images.
Try Again, Incorrect, or Correct do not display.
Currently, I only have one trigger, which states:
- Action = Submit Interaction
- Interaction = Pick Many 1 (I'm not sure where the "1" came from or why it's there.
- When = User clicks
- Object = Submit Button
Any assistance you can provide in helping me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
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I encountered the same issue. I found out that the "submit" button has another state. It should only be set to "normal".
Hi Wency,
If you're experiencing any issues with submitting an interaction in your course, would you be willing to share a copy of your project file here or in private by opening a support case so we can take a closer look at what's happening? We'll delete it when we're done testing!
Had the same issue - make sure when you select the correct answer in form view, you select the object/shape the user will click/select rather than the text of the right answer.
I had a button set for the user to click on to select the correct answer, however when i selected the correct answer in the form view i chose the text of the answer rather than the actual object/shape - which kept giving me the error message - Invalid Answer - You must complete the question before submitting.
You can avoid Matt's problem, and a lot of others, if you will put the text directly on the shape, instead of taking the extra time to create a text box. When you create a shape, just start typing, and the text will show on the shape. Or, you can come back later, right click the shape and choose edit text. Having only one object simplifies more procedures than you can imagine. In fact, I hardly ever use buttons, and shapes only when I have to (like if I want rounded corners). Otherwise, you can color and format text boxes just like shapes. Ctrl-t and start typing. You can have it created in less time than it takes to find the shape you want.
After lots of frustration with the Invalid Answer pop-up, I realized SL wasn't recognizing when an item was clicked. It thought I was submitting the question without having selected anything.
Looks like the solution (or at least one solution) for a Freeform Pick Many question is to NOT create any custom triggers or multiple states. SL360 is smart enough now (compared to SL3) to recognize what should happen. I stripped my question down to bare essentials: just 2 states (Normal & Selected) on the clickable items and No custom Submit button. I didn't add any additional triggers. The only trigger I now have is the default "Submit Button" Player Trigger: "Submit interaction Pick Many When the user clicks submit."
Also, when I copied & pasted an item -- WITH ITS EXSTING TRIGGERS -- I seem to have issues. These were copied & pasted from different question types, so that MAY be another factor. Once I inserted all new clickable items, that seems to have solve the Invalid Answer issue.
It works fine now.
