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Reporting number variable to LMS
Hi everyone, I'm trying to track a number variable in the LMS using the Short Answer workaround. As it's a number, I've tried using the How Many option instead, but it doesn't seem to be workin...
Hello Joe - you really do need to use the Short Answer survey question type for this method to work.
The process is a little backward, but once you figure it out it makes sense. Let me know if you'd like to connect and work through the details.
Thanks for your reply, Brian - ah, that's frustrating. Would the How Many option not work the same way as the Short Answer?
How would I go about doing that, as it's a number variable?
What is your use case for what you're trying to accomplish? Note that your standard test/quiz questions that are attached to a results slide will automatically pass their values to your LMS.
A use case for this process might be something like a custom-built interaction, that will produce a result you want to record in your LMS, but because it's not a standard quiz question you need to use this work around.
In this scenario, you would store your value in a variable (whatever type of variable fits your data). Then you would use the process described at the link Judy shared in her comment above, create a hidden short answer survey question, create a trigger to populate the answer of that survey question with the variable from your custom-built interaction, and then add that survey question to the results slide for your course.
Hi Brian - I wonder if you can help. I'm trying to add a Number Variable to the Short Answer Survey, but the variable doesn't appear in the Trigger Wizard. I was able to add a Text Variable without any trouble. Not sure what I'm missing here.
"Set ActivistScoreEntry to variable ActivstSCORE (Number) When the timeline starts on this slide"Unfortunately I'm able to replicate the issue you're describing... it appears that it is currently impossible to use a number variable to set the value of a text variable, which is surprising to me.
I don't feel like it has always been this way, and that I have successfully done this in the past, but I very possibly could be wrong about that.
