New Rise Feature: Matching Questions

The matching type quiz question is perfect for what we are trying to do, but we're having an issue with score calculation. We want to include a matching exercise several courses. The problem is that the score calculation is based on the number of questions answered correctly, not the number of correct matches within the question. Since the entire quiz is technically 1 question, the learner has to match all items correctly or the quiz score calculates as 0%. Is there a way to either:

1. Score by the question, or,

2. Hide the score calculation, or, 

3. Create a matching question as a knowledge block instead of a quiz question?

Or any other idea you may have for accomplishing what we want to do...

Hi Andrea, 

Each question in a quiz is scored individually, without partial scoring. The total score is than based on the total number of questions, so if you had 5 questions each would be worth 20% of your score vs. 4 questions which would be 25% each. 

We are working on a matching question for the knowledge block, so we'll let you know as soon as that's ready! 

We have been having the same issue with the extremely light borders. They are invisible on some screens we tested on, and as of now there doesn't appear to be a way of changing the colour of the outline of the shapes. 

I would also, be curious to know why the interaction is opposite to what it is in storyline, where the items on the left are stationary and you drag the choices from the right side to match. Now with Rise, items on the right are stationary while you drag items from the left to match. Feels counter intuitive especially for those long time users of the matching questions. With so much of our content still in storyline, there will be user confusion between the two same types of question requiring different engagement.

Hi Graeme, 

With Rise being a newer product than Storyline (and often times one with a different audience despite certain overlap), we try to take a look at interactions inside of Rise with fresh eyes as we build them.

When creating something like a matching quiz question, we considered what we’ve built in Storyline to help inform the process, but when we see an opportunity to improve upon something and possibly make it more intuitive or easy to use, we explore it.

That was the case with this drag and drop matching interaction—in our testing, dragging left to right felt like it had a slightly more natural feel than right to left. 

Hope that provides the insight you're looking for, and let me know if you need anything else! 

Hi Graeme,

It's not something on our roadmap yet, but we're adding new things to Rise all the time! It would be great to know more about the different monitors were it wasn't displaying as you'd hope - all good info for our Product team as they evaluate new features. 

Your experience and time knowing both tools is incredibly valuable information, so I'll share it with my team. I appreciate that trying to use both a Rise Matching and a Storyline matching question in the same course could lead to some confused users, and one note to keep in mind is that in both scenarios you're dragging the choice to the match. 

Thanks Ashley. The monitor are all sorts of different ones from HP to Dell. Even on mine, it shows okay on my all in one PC monitor but when I move it to the secondary HP EliteDisplay E231, it starts to be very hard to see. Really the exact monitor shouldn't matter, because as soon as I know it doesn't display on one monitor I cannot use it as others could be impacted. The grey color choice is just too faint a grey.

My concern on the matching question is not using them in the same course but in different courses. Having approx. 400 courses in our LMS, many with matching questions, our users are used to the current UX, now we start to use Rise more and now we have say 300 courses matching one direction with 100 matching the other. Its confusing for the end users. Yes, it is still drag and drop to match either way but having the option to do it in either direction would allow for users to do them however they feel is most intuitive.

I love this, but I'm finding it challenging to use due to the lack of available spaces available.  I'm unable to provide my entire definition.  

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for that example, I forget how short 90 characters truly is! 

I love the idea of creating it in Storyline and embedding that into Rise, a great use of both tools for their strength. 

Also, just a note replying via email will include your signature. You can edit out your contact information from your post if you'd like!  

I would really like to be able to use images in the matching question type. i.e: match the image to the description

Is there a way I can do that?

Also, I would like to be able to use image more in quiz questions in general.

In addition, modern question technique suggests we should use 1 additional option for matching questions i.e: use 5 options with 4 descriptors. Can we do that in Rise matching questions?

Hi Dennis, 

Within Rise and the matching question, the layout will show each choice lined up with a potential match and the user is able to drag them from left to right. That design doesn't allow for an additional, non-match option. 

I'll share your ideas with our team, and in the meantime, the matching style you'd like to accomplish could be created in Storyline and brought into Rise using the Storyline block. There are a TON of examples and ideas for Storyline, take a look at a few of these to get started:

• 3 Ways to Create a Drag and Drop with Storyline 360
• 8 Fresh Drag and Drop Examples with Freebie Templates
• Drag and Drop Examples

Enjoy and can't wait to see what you create! 🌟