Although the text entry question type is designed to evaluate just one text field, here's a workaround for evaluating multiple blanks on one slide:
This is a great tutorial, thank you! However I'm struggling with how to have more than one attempt during the interaction. For example, say the user taking this quiz got all but one of the fill in the blanks correct. It would be great to give them another chance to correct their mistake and have them submit the interaction again. Is there a way to do this?
Step 6: Choose the number of attempts (graded questions only)
By default, Storyline gives learners one attempt at your question. But if they answer incorrectly, you can give them the opportunity to retry. Use the Attempts selector to choose the number of attempts, or set it to Unlimited if you want learners to keep trying the question till they get it right. (The Attempts selector doesn’t appear on unscored questions, since those don’t have a right or wrong answer.)
Thanks, Leslie. This was close to what I was looking for! I ended up using a variable to control the number of allowed attempts since I used Convert to Freeform for the many questions on my quiz. I set the default value of the variable to 4 and then if the answer was not correct, I deducted 1 from the variable each time the user clicked continue on the try again feedback layer. When the variable ran down to 0, I triggered the incorrect layer to appear and then the user is forced to move on to the next question.
After posting this reply, I kept digging within E-Learning and found this as a viable solution.
With regads to Jeanette's post, how is it possible to accept 2 possible entries for each of the text field? Using AND, OR throws the invalid answer error message. Is this tutorial limited to a single answer per text entry field?
Towards the end of Jeanette's tutorial she shows how to determine which layer to show (correct or incorrect) based on changing the state of an off screen button with the conditions for the fill in the blanks using the AND set up, and since it's not a traditional fill in the blank (which would allow for up to 10 possible answers) this one is limited to a single answer per text field.
You'll need to ensure that the buttons on the off slide are what is being checked for the pick one question based on the triggers you've set up. The "selected" button will then trigger the appropriate layer. The "invalid answer" message happens when a quiz answer has not been selected, so you may also want to check the trigger order, as it'll fire from top to bottom.
Wendy, I'll reiterate Ashley's welcome to the community.
Just wanted to add some further detail regarding Ashley's suggestion that you check trigger order: Ensure that the Submit interaction trigger is at the bottom of the trigger list. If it's not, this will also "trigger" that Invalid Answer message. (How would I know that? ummm...made that mistake).
If that's not the problem, can you attach the slide so someone from the community can try to sort it out?