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Number Variables Help - Fill in the Blank
Hi All,
I am developing a tax course where I have created a scenario that learners need to work through. I have used a tax form where learners need to fill in multiple blanks with the provided information or doing simple calculations. I used a Pick one which is working like it should, however, I now have a request from the SME to show any incorrect answer(s) the learned may have input. It doesn't matter if the incorrect answer is highlighted before the question is submitted or after. I just can't figure out either way how to do it.
Right now, I have the slide set when the submit button is clicked it shows the correct feedback if all of the answers are correct and moves on in the scenario. If anything is incorrect the incorrect feedback appears and then when the next button is clicked the correct answers show up. The SMEs want to show the learners what fill in the blanks were incorrect. I cannot figure it out. Any suggestions or help is appreciated. I am attaching the two slides from the scenario. The first is the pick one fill in the blank. The second is the correct answers slide that shows when anything is incorrect.
Following Judy's comment, look at the attached file. Adding checks and X's based on input for a visual of what is correct/incorrect and also a button to show them the correct answers all in one slide.
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A variable maintains its value until a trigger adjusts it. That means the variables associated with the answers that the user enters still contain those answers when the user moves to another slide.
What I suggest is that the second slide display the user's answers in the appropriate positions on the form by referencing the associated variable. Each could be in a text box like the ones on the first slide, or in a shape. Set those so they don't expand to fit the text.
Then display the correct answers next to the user's answers in whatever way looks good.
If you want to emphasize whether the user's answers match the correct answers, you could use different states. Display the appropriate states when the timeline starts based on whether the variable values = the correct-answer values.
Following Judy's comment, look at the attached file. Adding checks and X's based on input for a visual of what is correct/incorrect and also a button to show them the correct answers all in one slide.
Thank you both for your suggestions! Michael your updated file was extremely helpful. I am going to break it apart and figure out how you did it because I have 3 additional slides like this one and it helps me learn for the next time.
