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Post Learner Essay Responses
Hello,
It's been awhile since I have created a discussion! I am working on a new Storyline module where I want to create a survey essay question. Learners type in their responses to an open-ended ...
Hi, Barbara,
When you create a Short Answer or Essay survey question (or just insert a text-entry field), Storyline automatically creates a variable to store whatever the user types in the field.
In the example above, the variable is called "TextEntry." If I added another text-entry field, its variable would be called "TextEntry1" and so on.
The text typed into a text-entry field is automatically stored as the variable's value. You can show the value at any time by inserting a variable reference. Use the INSERT > Reference function. Or just type the variable name between percent signs wherever you want it to appear. For example:
%TextEntry%
By the way, if a course uses multiple text-entry variables, it'll definitely help to give them more meaningful names. You can rename the variables as desired by going into the Variables windows:
