Storyline: Connecting Lines Matching Question - Downloads

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Have you ever wanted to create a classic connecting lines matching question in Storyline? Well you’re in luck! Now all you have to do is download this template, pop in your content, and update the branding to match your guidelines. Easy-peasy!

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Kaycie Roche

10 months ago01/21/21 at 9:25 pm (UTC)

Hi Allison! I have all of my content set up in this template but I can't seem to figure out how to make the terms say correct or incorrect on the appropriate definitions.

10 months ago01/22/21 at 10:40 am (UTC)

Hi Kaycie, You need to open up Form View and match the correct items on the left with the correct items on the right (see screenshot: https://sharing.articulate.team/nOuDAx8X). From there it should work automatically! Let me know if it's still not working for you after you've done that.

Carla Kelley-Gonzales

10 months ago01/27/21 at 4:22 pm (UTC)

Hi Kaycie, I love this as an alternative to the matching template in content library! I have altered it though to include 6 items instead of 3 but what I can't figure out is where the line is that is generated when you click and drag. I need to change the color of the 3 new ones to match like the others do.

10 months ago02/01/21 at 10:57 am (UTC)

Hi Carla! The lines are created using states. To access them, click on the rectangles on the left and open the states panel. From there, you can make any necessary edits (see screenshot: https://sharing.articulate.team/rRukPKdk )

Carla Kelley-Gonzales

10 months ago01/28/21 at 11:48 pm (UTC)

Allison, I just realized this is your creation! I found out the connector lines were a part of the state on the column! But now that I have this all configured, I'm wondering how I can submit this and provide feedback and include the item in the score?

10 months ago02/01/21 at 10:59 am (UTC)

Glad you got it all figured out :) If you want to provide feedback, simply add feedback to the correct and incorrect layers (they're currently blank). To submit, simply add the submit button back on to the slide via the slide properties.

Rick Kristensen

10 months ago01/29/21 at 5:00 pm (UTC)

Great idea, Allison. Thank you for sharing this.

10 months ago02/01/21 at 11:00 am (UTC)

You're welcome!

soraya humphries

10 months ago01/29/21 at 11:26 pm (UTC)

I'm unable to open this project, error message says: "this project won't open because it uses features that aren't available in this version of Storyline. The features in use are: expanded quiz tracking & track multiple completion criteria." Dumb question, what version should I be using? I will need to alert my IT department. Thanks.

10 months ago02/01/21 at 11:00 am (UTC)

Hi Soraya! It sounds to me like you're likely using Storyline 3. I created this using Storyline 360, so that's probably why you're seeing that error!

soraya humphries

10 months ago02/01/21 at 11:09 pm (UTC)

Thanks so much Allison for responding. When I look at my Articulate screen it says I am on 360 and Storyline360. I will share the error message with my IT team as I would love to see how you did this. So creative. Thanks.

10 months ago02/02/21 at 10:38 am (UTC)

Hmmm... that's weird! I would make sure you've updated and are running the latest version in that case.

Christopher Campbell

10 months ago02/05/21 at 8:55 pm (UTC)

Hi Allison, This is a great option! I'm very new to Storyline and trying to understand how to add more options. Could you provide a high-level overview? Thanks!

10 months ago02/08/21 at 1:37 pm (UTC)

Hi Christophe, Sure thing! You'd need to: - Duplicate the rectangles and circles - Update the states so that the lines go to the right places - Update the correct answers in Form View Here are some links you may find helpful: - https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-add-and-edit-states - https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-edit-questions-in-form-view I hope that's helpful!

Shumon Islam

10 months ago02/09/21 at 4:29 pm (UTC)

Alison, this is amazing. this is my first official storyline project and I really loved it. It worked the moment I downloaded and opened into my storyline 360. While it's built for matching, I also made it a question for step-by-step instructions. Ex: three steps of changing a flat tire (Step 1: lightly loosen the lug nuts, Step 2: Place a Jack under the car, (3) Step 3: completely loosen the lug nuts and remove the lug nuts. ) Learners can click and match each step with its corresponding definitions. Now. I will try to add more step. Alison, thank you for being so generous.

10 months ago02/09/21 at 5:38 pm (UTC)

Great idea! I love that you were able to tweak it and use it for another purpose. :) Thanks for sharing.

Cheryl Kirk

8 months ago03/29/21 at 2:24 am (UTC)

Allison, Love it. You do great work. Thank you so much for sharing it!

8 months ago03/29/21 at 8:26 am (UTC)

Aww thanks Cheryl! :) Glad you like it

Meredith Moon

6 months ago05/26/21 at 11:49 pm (UTC)

Hi Allison, This was a fabulous help, and a great learning exercise, thanks for sharing. I've got a very weird issue, number 1 works fine number 2 & 3 do not show the hand to move the numbers across, you need to do number 4 next and then the other numbers seem to fix themselves. Not sure if that's clear you can check out the issue here https://360.articulate.com/review/content/bd5b3837-39d2-407d-8f5e-ec5f94a9cb4c/review

6 months ago05/31/21 at 12:22 pm (UTC)

Hi Meredith, Hmm... that is strange indeed! Did you accidentally set the initial state of 2 and 3 to disabled? If not, could you have added some triggers that set them to disabled?

Training & Development

2 months ago10/06/21 at 12:19 pm (UTC)

Hi Allison, This activity has been so much help, thanks! Although, I am struggling to show the correct/incorrect slide layer. Any advice on how this can be done. - Shaina

Tyler Haw
Training & Development

2 months ago10/06/21 at 10:41 pm (UTC)

Hi Shaina, I can try to answer this while we wait for Allison. First, you'll need to enable the submit button by clicking on the gear in bottom right. Second, go to form view, and enter feedback in the correct and incorrect boxes at the bottom. Once I did this, and hit preview, it was showing me the slide layers. Hope this helps!

Tyler Haw

2 months ago10/06/21 at 10:32 pm (UTC)

Hi Allison, I hope you are still around... I really like this example! I'm trying to replicate it, and I have almost everything, except, I'm having trouble with having the state of the rectangle change back to normal when an object intersects. I have set a trigger to have the state return to normal when the drop oval intersects with any of the starting ovals.. but when I preview, the connecting line doesn't disappear. As an example, this happens when I try to move #2 to the circle that #1 has already been placed on. Do you have any idea what mistake I might be making? Thank you,

2 months ago10/07/21 at 8:28 am (UTC)

Hi Tyler, Did you try downloading my file to see how it's set up?

Tyler Haw
Allison LaMotte

2 months ago10/07/21 at 2:15 pm (UTC)

Hi Allison, thanks for replying. Yes, I downloaded your file to try and mimic it. Everything works as intended, except for when you want the line to disappear once a number returns to the original spot. On yours, you have, "Change state of columnbox to normal when drag 1 intersects with any of start 1,2,3. On mine, the line only disappears when I drag the circle over the starting circle. However, the line does not disappear when I drop 2 on 1 for example, and 1 auto returns to it's starting location. The line stays where it was, which is not what should happen. Any thoughts?

2 months ago10/07/21 at 3:45 pm (UTC)

Hi Tyler, Hmm... if you've set everything up like I did, then I'm not sure why it's not working! I would suggest reaching out to our support team and sending them both files to see if they can spot the issue: https://articulate.com/support/contact/case Have a great day!

Tyler Haw
Allison LaMotte

2 months ago10/12/21 at 2:04 pm (UTC)

Hello everyone, I reached out to articulate support as Allison suggested, and got a resolution. I did want to share though in case anyone else was wondering. So it turns out you need to have a drop correct and drop incorrect state in order for this to work. I didn't think this would be necessary, but maybe the intersect trigger only works if the shape is actually changing when it reverts from (in)correct state back to normal. One thing to keep in mind, if you use the exact same shape on the drop states, then it still won't work. You either need to have a completely different look on the states, or create a new shape, same size, and that will do the trick. Thanks again for the example Allison!

2 months ago10/12/21 at 2:22 pm (UTC)

Thanks for coming back and sharing the solution! :)