Stop Users from Taking Tests Without Viewing Content

You can use variables to track that people have viewed slides or sections, etc. Then enable moving the to the quiz on the condition that the variables are at a specific value.

Most people would use a T/F variable. Assume you had 5 slide and the 6th was a quiz. The sixth slide isn't available at slide 5. The button to get there is not available.

• Create a T/F variable for each slide (or perhaps after a section). Example: var_Slide1visited=F
• When they get to slide 1, create a trigger to change the value of var_Slide1visited=T when timeline of slide starts
• At the place where they need to access the quiz, create a trigger to change state of nav button to normal on the condition that all of those variables are true

That's the gist of it. There are a few ways to do it, but essentially you can use variables to track the movement through the course and then enable the navigation on specific conditions.

Ah...I missed the Rise part :) I clicked into the link from my email and it doesn't show which group.

Unfortunately Rise doesn't allow for that. There may be something you can do with JavaScript but I don't know JS. Perhaps someone can jump in. 

Going with just out of the box, you could perhaps do something where the course is open to navigate, however, they can't get to the final quiz without a password. And they learn the password through the course. They could cheat, I guess, and go to where the password is and collect just that, but there's some workarounds to make it less obvious.

Here's an idea. It's not perfect, but it uses just SL blocks and Rise. 

• Create a SL block that grants a token. I used the SL block to get them to reflect. I'd tell them they need to do the activity to get the token. But you could just place a token anywhere in the course, like an easter egg.
• I used a knowledge check instead of a quiz so I could put an unlocking SL block that prevented them from advancing without the tokens.
  
  https://rise.articulate.com/share/1fVEsUjUxelcO5iVhWVjQ2iBJT4gPifk
• Here's an overview of what I did.

If using Tom's token solution and then use another SL quiz for the test. Select track using Storyline block. Will that work? I haven't used track using Storyline block personally, but if we set report as Pass/Fail in SL. Will it show Pass/Fail in LMS?

Could you split the assessment from the course and use 100% completion of the course as criteria to unlock the assessment in the LMS?

Thanks Tom

Is this a solution for Rise? I've looked into it and it seems like something for Storyline.
I use simple Storyline blocks for interactivity but was hoping to not go further than this, and find something in or around Rise.

Best regards
Steve

Thanks Tom, this is very helpful.

The problem here (isn't there always a problem with these things?) is that I need to export using Passed/Incomplete and Rise will only recognise a Pass/Fail result from a quiz, not a knowledge check.

The rigid nature of the standalone quizzes in Rise seems to leave every course open to this weakness unless you force people to complete the whole course in full. It therefore means, I think, that some kind of JS solution would be needed to restrict navigation, but although I've done some minor things with JS and CSS, this is way above my head.

Thank you again for your help - I will look at this as a way to add more to my courses, using your excellent work as a guide ('ve bookmarked it) - but as you say, maybe someone can jump in with another solution.

Best regards
Steve

You can restrict navigation in Rise in the settings (maybe in themes now) but that would also restrict they order they view the content in.

Thanks Phil

Yes, it's in Themes, but as you say, it restricts navigation to a level that prevents content being viewed "as needed" at a later date, which is a main feature/requirement of the courses.

Best regards
Steve

Hi Joanne

That's a useful question and I think it will work, but maybe someone else can confirm...

Best Regards
Steve

Thanks Phil

Very interesting idea!
I don't think my own LMS would do this, and I have a couple of resellers with LMSs I can't control.
If things happen within Rise, it will be OK but outside of that, relying on an LMS to activate a quiz is likely to land me in problems.

But my own research has shown this inflexibility to be a big problem for some Rise users, so your suggestion will probably be of great help to others with more control over the LMSs they use.