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New in Labs: Skip-ahead Quizzes
Skip-ahead quizzes is still in development and will receive updates as part of Labs. Functionality will change over time. Some options will be modified and others may be removed based on feedback and feature stability.
Skip-ahead quizzes allow creators to deploy competency-based assessments for learners. Learners who pass these quizzes can jump to the section designated by the training author. It's a great way to speed up training and keep your learners engaged. Here's how they work.
How to Use/Access Skip-ahead Quizzes
After enabling Skip-ahead quizzes from the Labs page in account settings, open a course.
- Create a quiz lesson that's followed by at least one additional lesson or quiz.
- Open Quiz Settings.
- Toggle on Skip Ahead If Passed.
- Use the If Passed, Skip to drop-down menu to select the lesson or quiz learners advance to after successfully passing the quiz.
Note: Any skipped content is marked complete. Enabling Skip Ahead If Passed automatically enables Restrict Navigation.
Known Issues
- This feature will appear disabled in Quiz Settings if there's no other content after the quiz.
- If the Labs experiment is disabled after a skip-ahead quiz is created, the skip behavior may no longer work.
- Rise Course LMS publish settings only allow tracking based on a single quiz. See the FAQ for a recommended approach to pre- and post-quiz design solutions.
Skip-ahead Quizzes FAQ
How can I use this for a pre/post quiz course design?
Rise LMS Exports currently support tracking results from a single quiz. When a skip-ahead quiz is enabled, any skipped content is automatically marked as complete. To create a pre- and post-quiz design, configure the pre-quiz so that learners who pass it skip the post-quiz. Then set tracking to Track using quiz result and specify the post-quiz or Track using course completion.
What do my learners see?
If a learner passes the quiz and skips ahead, the button on the results page displays the name of the lesson they'll skip to. We're actively exploring alternative learner-facing messaging, so please share your ideas via the feedback survey.
Why am I not seeing this in my Quiz Settings?
Ensure the experiment is enabled in Labs and that there is at least one lesson or quiz after the intended skip-ahead quiz. If you still don’t see this feature, please comment below and our team will reach out.
Is this feature accessible?
This feature is currently undergoing testing to ensure it meets WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility requirements.
Share Your Feedback
Not to jump ahead of ourselves, but we think your learners will be skipping with joy over this feature. We want to make sure it meets the needs and expectations of all Articulate users and are looking for your feedback. Your input directly affects development, so consider sharing your thoughts on the following topics:
- Uses. How are you using skip-ahead quizzes? Does it meet your needs?
- Bugs. Is anything not working as expected?
- Improvements. How could this feature be better?
- Insights. How does this feature benefit you and your learners?
You can enable and disable this feature from the Labs page in account settings. Share your thoughts by clicking the Share feedback button next to the Labs icon or by accessing the feedback form directly.
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I have been testing this new feature out as well. We would like to use the stacked block at the first lesson so users can select whether or not they want to start with a pre-test/test-out or jump to the first lesson. The order, in this example, would be as such...Stacked Block (option to jump to pre-test or lesson 1), Pre-Test, Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, Post-test, Course Completion. For users who opt to take the course, they would immediately get stuck since the course order was not followed. It's almost like we need the pre-test to not be included in the course order logic to have my course order work. It would also be nice to automatically jump to the final block/lesson after passing the pre-test or post-test instead of having the user click another button. I normally end a course with a lesson or block that says, "You completed the lesson. You may move on..." Is there another workaround with this tool to get a user through the course in a scenario where they opt into the course?
Hello Mike_Shimkus! Thanks for sharing your voice with us! Please share your insight via the feedback survey as well if you haven't done so already.
I don't have any updates to share right now, but appreciate you sharing. We'll be sure to share any future workarounds or updates to this feature in this thread, so all are in the loop!
I don't see the skip ahead toggle when I create my quiz. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Hello ErinSchol!
No worries, I'm happy to help! To enable Skip-Ahead Quizzes, you'll first need to head on over to your account settings and toggle on this Labs Feature. Here's a quick visual.
Please let us know if you have any questions or need additional help!
Can I accomplish the following successfully (I have not so far outside of SL360 and am running out of ideas)
I want to create a branched interaction where the learners chooses a path using the button controls in rise and each button goes to a different assessment within the same course. They only need to pass one assessment to get to the end lesson with a Storyline block serving as the attestation which when clicked-triggers completion to the LMS.
Right now I am getting stuck as i cant figure out how to let them pick any quiz and then if passed jump to the end. I have skip ahead enabled but is it limited to only allowing one skip to pass?For now i am just using buttons in a lesson after each quiz to allow them to get to the attestation block so its extra work to accomplish the task but might be easy to solve with this lab!
Hey jennbrockman ! Great question. Details like this are so helpful at informing how we iterate. The Skip-Ahead experiment is not necessarily optimized to support branching, but it can be used on multiple quizzes within a course. Let me know if the following solution is what you are looking for.
I would recommend using a button stack (or consider using the Hyperlink Enhancements Labs experiment for more flexible options) to provide learners a choice of which quiz they would like to take. Then use the Skip-Ahead quiz setting on all three quizzes to skip to the lesson containing the Storyline Block at the end of the course.
When you export, select the Storyline Block option for tracking progress. Does this get at what you are looking for?That was actually what I ultimately ended up doing but for some reason, with skip ahead enabled on all six quizzes and the page to land on being the lesson with my storyline attestation block if they passed, there is a hiccup and it always take them to the next lesson in line which is another quiz instead of the attestation block regardless if they pass or fail. I wanted them to hit a passing score for whichever quiz they were on before seeing the attestation but I cant seem to get it to work no matter how much testing i am doing on my end. Thoughts? Should i disable and re-enable the lab? I read that can mess it up so didn't want to make things harder either :)
This is ROI. Love it! Looking forward to testing this one out! So, now that we can skip ahead, is remediation on our radar?
Hi TammyKnoll-Ande,
Appreciate you sharing your voice with us! We'll be keeping folks in the loop on new feature opportunities in our Labs group. Please share your insight via the feedback survey as well if you haven't done so already.
So excited to use this! We have required annual trainings that remain constant and this feature will save time for those employees who do not need the full course refresher.
Hello MelindaPennell!
We're so glad! Thanks for sharing your excitement with us. It sounds like this feature will be helpful to your employees as they take annual trainings. Curious to hear how it works for your workflow. Feel free to share your feedback via our survey once you've experimented!
Hello!
This will be for Storyline 360, correct?
Any idea on when it will be released as a feature instead of just a lab? My boss is itching for this to be officially released as we don't want to build for our customers using a beta.Thanks!
Hello lorraineS! I want to confirm that this feature is for Rise 360. We'll be sure to share any updates on the status of this feature within this thread, so all are aware.
Feel free to share your feedback via our survey once you've experimented!
Hi everyone! Our Labs experiment keeps evolving. We've gotten lots of requests to let learners choose how to proceed after successfully passing a quiz. So now, learners are presented with a button to skip ahead or they can navigate to the next lesson as usual. What do you think of this new option? We’d love to get your feedback via the survey.
