Hello, I am considering Rise to build a Leadership training course. One of the requirements is to have fill-in-the-blank questions that are open ended i.e. there is no correct or incorrect answers defined. I tried keeping the Acceptable Answers field blank, but that did not work. Does anyone know if this is possible at all in Rise? That is, can users submit their answers (no word limit) without being told whether their responses are correct/incorrect?

I'm disappointed to find this is still not an option. It is quite common to ask learners reflection questions right inside the module without wanting to capture their responses or offer feedback. Removing the text label on the accepted responses is a start, but then it leaves the strange colon there. Please just give us the option for open-ended questions without feedback (or with the option to just provide general feedback, not correct/incorrect). It's possible to embed a Storyline essay question, but then it can't be enforced in Rise. I want them to answer something even though I don't plan to grade or capture the response. Embedding a third party tool for this just isn't very streamlined.

Hi, LaRhonda! The fill-in-the-blank question type is great for questions that have a single-word or a short phrase answer. You can even provide a word bank to ensure learners don't misspell the answer. If you're looking for an open-ended, long-form question type, I suggest embedding a survey from a third-party tool (like Google Forms or Survey Monkey) using a Multimedia Embed block. Use this iFrame code format for easy embedding!<iframe src="URL HERE"></iframe>

Hi Deblina! Have you considered designing the fill-in-the-blank question on a Storyline slide, then embedding it in your lesson using a Storyline Block? That way, you can customize the question however you like! Pro Tip: hide the Storyline player so the question flows seamlessly in your Rise 360 lesson.

Looks like this has been a request for the last year. Any updates on this? It seems like it would be fairly simple to implement and open-ended questions can be powerful.

This has been a request for over 3 years. Why are Articulate so unresponsive to user requests? Every time I have an issue with RISE I find many others have the same issues and a request has been made to add the functionality, yet none of the easy wins ever seem to get implemented. I simply want the ability to ask a Short answer question and provide feedback WITHOUT the Correct or Incorrect image. This will be a very quick fix.. simply add this option to the Feedback selector and hide the image on the page. It will take minutes to code! Why can't these things get sorted. I am VERY frustrated with Articulate's inability to listen to its users. We are seriously looking at alternatives to RISE, due to so many very minor annoyances that could be fixed easily. What are the road-map team doing?I'm a very frustrated user!

Open ended questions in Rise | Articulate

PollyannaLin566
Community Member
3 years ago
Yes, I'd love this functionality too. We are increasingly using tools like Typeform to deliver courses because they easily allow these open ended questions.
AlMcQuade-371ef
Community Member
3 years ago
This is a serious limitation.
JameySadownick
Community Member
2 years ago
I'll add my voice here. This is my first time building a course and I really need an open-ended response option! Rise should be more powerful than Google Forms or Nearpod.
KarenTharrin732
Community Member
2 years ago
Would be nice if we could just use * as an answer option to mean any text written (like you do in other LMS platforms). This seems like a simple solution that Rise is completely ignoring.
KateMcInnis
Community Member
6 years ago
We embedded a storyline block into Rise but not sure how this information is captured in the learners' activity LMS report. Any advice on how we can download the responses that learners submit?
AlyssaGomez
Staff
6 years ago
Hi Kate!

Rise 360 won't send the learner's response from a Storyline Block to your LMS. We're looking at ways we can incorporate survey-style questions directly in Rise, and we'll let you know if we add that feature in the future!
- RhiannahTuck798
  Community Member
  2 years ago
  Hi Alyssa! I'm curious - has this feature been added yet? If not, are there any plans to add it in the future? Thank you!
JohnDoyle-f08a4
Community Member
5 years ago
Hi - Recently had a similar need to get ungraded, open-ended answers into the LMS along with graded quiz questions, without impacting the score of the graded quiz. Implemented a solution for SCORM 1.2 and 2004 that can be added to exports from Rise. Reach out anytime if helpful. jdoyle@syllametrics.com
- CameronSaunders
  Community Member
  5 years ago
  Thanks John - brilliant job - I've pm'd you now.
- GreggAlpert
  Community Member
  4 years ago
  Hi John. Thank you for sharing your success in making this happen. Could you share your process? I am interested in having learners answer open-ended questions as well.
- HeatherRaybold
  Community Member
  3 years ago
  Hi John. I just sent you an email. Thank you!
AlyssaGomez
Staff
5 years ago
Hi Cameron!

Storyline blocks on mobile devices should open on top of the Rise 360 lesson, so that the slide fills the width of your mobile screen. You can always rotate the device to landscape mode to increase the size of the slide.
LNoelJefferson
Community Member
5 years ago
I have a similar issue to the originally asked question. So there is not a way to create an open-ended question using the Rise fill-in-the-blank functionality? Open-ended meaning there is no right answer. If not, then how should the fill-in-the-blank functionality be used? Seems that if the user does not get all the characters exactly right, the answer will always be incorrect.
AlyssaGomez
Staff
5 years ago
Hi LaRhonda! We're still tracking the requests for this feature, and we take these requests into consideration when planning for the roadmap.