Is there a way to give partial credit for multiple option, drag and drap and other types of multiple answer questions? In order to do this, you would need to assign a value to each response, but I wasn't able to figure out how to do that if it is indeed possible. Let me know. Thanks.
Hi there Miriam! Welcome to the community Currently Storyline doesn’t support partial credit for individual answers, but by all means, please feel free to Submit a Feature Request. Thanks! =)
I think the attached achieves what you are trying to do. Although this example uses a multiple response question, the mechanics should be same when applied to other question types.
Basically, I have built my own feedback layers (correct, partially correct and incorrect) and have used trggers to display the relevant layer based on the value of a number variable that assigns a score (10 points if 2 AND 4 = 'selected' when the user clicks on submit or 5 points if 2 OR 4 equal 'selected' when the user clicks on submit). The key is to have the triggers that assign the score above the trigger to submit the interaction - SL processes triggers from top to bottom so you want the score to be assigned before the the relevant feedback layer is displayed.
Thanks Anothony! This was really helpful. Any idea if this is possible to do for a drag and drop question and how you would tally results for multiple questions built this way on a results slide?
I can see no reason why the principle wouldn't work for a D&D - though you will need to use the 'drop correct' and 'drop incorrect' states to control how many points are assigned. For example:
If item A and item B are correct, you will need to add a trigger to adjust the number variable to 10 if the states of item A AND item B are equal to 'drop correct' and a further trigger that adjusts it to 5 if the states of item A OR item B are equal to 'drop correct'.
To tally the results, you will need to have a seperate number variable for each question (i.e. Q1, Q2 etc.) as well as a further number variable called 'Total' (or something similar). On the results slide, you will need to add triggers that add the question variables to the 'Total' variable and then on screen, add a reference to display the value of the 'Total' variable i.e. %Total%.
I hope that makes sense, but post back if you need any further clarification.
Tx for answering this question, as it's a popular one. I've not yet seen a solution that would work with an LMS...not say it's not out there, but I'm still looking, which is why, even though I should be working , I downloaded your file. I played with it quite a while before posting here, since I kept thinking I was doing something wrong
I have some questions:
First, I THINK shuffle answers needs to be off for this to work? Can you confirm?
Second, I THINK the set score equal to 10 variable needs an addition condition AND Button 3's state (or whichever is the button for the number 5) is not equal to selected. (at least I got a 10 when I had all 3 selected)
Third, no matter what I do, when I add another slide to this story, I'm immediately brought to the new slide after selecting one of the answers. And this is even though I've removed the "jump to the next slide" trigger from the continue button on the partially and incorrect layers. I also tried adding a trigger to jump back to the base slide. That has me really stumped
Fourth: would this work with an LMS? When I add the results slide I get 0% and an indication that I passed..
Thanks for the post and for raising some interesting questions, which I will (try to) answer:
I'm not convinced that shuffle answers needs to be off - the scoring is awarded based on which answer options have a selected state when the user clicks on 'submit', so not shuffling the options shouldn't make a difference?
I agree that the trigger to score 10 needs adjusting to include the condition that button 3's state is equal to 'normal' as well so you don't get 10 points for selecting all 3 options
I too have noticed that if you add a further slide you don't see the feedback layers on question 1 - I'm not sure why, but would love to hear from anyone else who may be able to answer this
I'm not sure how you would get this to work on an LMS. I have had a quick look and none of the default result variables used to pass the score to an LMS are being populated and I can't see a way to adjust them either :-(
Re shuffling, I thought it wasn't working when it was turned on, but it was perhaps that other things that were happening were muddying things up.
Re it not working with the existing feedback layer, I wonder if a built-in Try Again layer might work better
BUT
I haven't spent time testing because my own completely anecdotal observation is that most people who want this kind of fine-tuned scoring need it for real-world testing that would work in an LMS. That's why I was so intrigued when I saw this thread.
I just used it and found my partially correct layer wouldn't display when it should, SL would show the incorrect layer when the score equaled 5. I adjusted the order of the triggers and now it works as it should.
Storyline doesn't support partial scoring using the built in score elements of questions and the results slide variables are not accessible and therefore you won't be able to adjust them using triggers as shown here. Likely it may be something you could do with Javascript but that's not something we can offer support for so hopefully someone in the community can weigh in.
I appreciate you sharing that there is still a need for a partial scoring feature in Storyline!
Since we don't already have this feature in Storyline 360, we are continuing to track customer impact and update our report! I've added your comments so that we updated information. I'll report back to this discussion when I have an update.
I can't believed this was raised 8 years ago and has still not been implemented. If a course uses lots of multiple response question types and the learners select most of the correct answers every time, it will be very demoralising to always be told they got it wrong when actually they got a large percentage right.
I was hoping someone could guide me about giving partial credits for multiple option questions in storyline, but it seems that after 8 years, we don't have a partial scoring built-in feature in storyline yet. Any idea why not?
First time using Articulate and was trying Quizmaker but unfortunately have stopped before I could get started due to this seemingly long-standing issue of no partial credits for multiple options. Perplexing to say the least as it seems pretty basic.
I don't have the time to sit down and work out if any of these 'workarounds' and fudges may/may not work, so oh well, it's off to find another 3rd party option!
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Hi there Miriam! Welcome to the community
Currently Storyline doesn’t support partial credit for individual answers, but by all means, please feel free to Submit a Feature Request. Thanks! =)
Hi Miriam,
I think the attached achieves what you are trying to do. Although this example uses a multiple response question, the mechanics should be same when applied to other question types.
Basically, I have built my own feedback layers (correct, partially correct and incorrect) and have used trggers to display the relevant layer based on the value of a number variable that assigns a score (10 points if 2 AND 4 = 'selected' when the user clicks on submit or 5 points if 2 OR 4 equal 'selected' when the user clicks on submit). The key is to have the triggers that assign the score above the trigger to submit the interaction - SL processes triggers from top to bottom so you want the score to be assigned before the the relevant feedback layer is displayed.
Antony
Thanks Anothony! This was really helpful. Any idea if this is possible to do for a drag and drop question and how you would tally results for multiple questions built this way on a results slide?
Hi Miraim,
I can see no reason why the principle wouldn't work for a D&D - though you will need to use the 'drop correct' and 'drop incorrect' states to control how many points are assigned. For example:
If item A and item B are correct, you will need to add a trigger to adjust the number variable to 10 if the states of item A AND item B are equal to 'drop correct' and a further trigger that adjusts it to 5 if the states of item A OR item B are equal to 'drop correct'.
To tally the results, you will need to have a seperate number variable for each question (i.e. Q1, Q2 etc.) as well as a further number variable called 'Total' (or something similar). On the results slide, you will need to add triggers that add the question variables to the 'Total' variable and then on screen, add a reference to display the value of the 'Total' variable i.e. %Total%.
I hope that makes sense, but post back if you need any further clarification.
Antony
Hi Antony,
Tx for answering this question, as it's a popular one. I've not yet seen a solution that would work with an LMS...not say it's not out there, but I'm still looking, which is why, even though I should be working
, I downloaded your file. I played with it quite a while before posting here, since I kept thinking I was doing something wrong
I have some questions:
TIA!
Hi Rebecca,
Thanks for the post and for raising some interesting questions, which I will (try to) answer:
Antony
Hi Anthony,
Re shuffling, I thought it wasn't working when it was turned on, but it was perhaps that other things that were happening were muddying things up.
Re it not working with the existing feedback layer, I wonder if a built-in Try Again layer might work better
BUT
I haven't spent time testing because my own completely anecdotal observation is that most people who want this kind of fine-tuned scoring need it for real-world testing that would work in an LMS. That's why I was so intrigued when I saw this thread.
Ah, well, I guess back to the drawing board!
This came up again in another thread and I think we might have a good solution. And thanks to Becky for improving on the original idea. You can check it out over at http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/21997/196551.aspx
Tx for getting it started, Mike
Hi,
This is a great suggestion, thanks for sharing.
I just used it and found my partially correct layer wouldn't display when it should, SL would show the incorrect layer when the score equaled 5. I adjusted the order of the triggers and now it works as it should.
It looks like SL is submitting zero, even though the partial score is five, to the results slide.
Any advice?
Thanks.
Hi Elizabeth,
Storyline doesn't support partial scoring using the built in score elements of questions and the results slide variables are not accessible and therefore you won't be able to adjust them using triggers as shown here. Likely it may be something you could do with Javascript but that's not something we can offer support for so hopefully someone in the community can weigh in.
Now, in more recent versions we have system variables available, is this possible?
Hi Adam!
I appreciate you sharing that there is still a need for a partial scoring feature in Storyline!
Since we don't already have this feature in Storyline 360, we are continuing to track customer impact and update our report! I've added your comments so that we updated information. I'll report back to this discussion when I have an update.
I'd love to see partial credit on quizzes as well. It would be a game changer :)
I can't believed this was raised 8 years ago and has still not been implemented. If a course uses lots of multiple response question types and the learners select most of the correct answers every time, it will be very demoralising to always be told they got it wrong when actually they got a large percentage right.
Hi, just wondering if there is any update on this? Would love to be able to give partial credit.
Partial scoring would be an extremely helpful built-in feature. Definitely need it as a feature after 8 years without.
Hello everyone,
I was hoping someone could guide me about giving partial credits for multiple option questions in storyline, but it seems that after 8 years, we don't have a partial scoring built-in feature in storyline yet. Any idea why not?
Hello Lauren,
Any idea when can we expect a partial scoring built-in feature in storyline? It'd be a greatly useful feature to have.
Regards,
Oscar
Hi there,
First time using Articulate and was trying Quizmaker but unfortunately have stopped before I could get started due to this seemingly long-standing issue of no partial credits for multiple options. Perplexing to say the least as it seems pretty basic.
I don't have the time to sit down and work out if any of these 'workarounds' and fudges may/may not work, so oh well, it's off to find another 3rd party option!