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jojolina
Inspiring
February 12, 2007
Question

Branching in assessments

  • February 12, 2007
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Guys & Girls
I'm on my knees here - can someone please help. Pretty Please!!!! (Rick, Jesse, anybody)

Hi All out there

I have built assessments using branching, but in the past have always kept scores of 0 along the branches until it all comes together again. This is slightly irritating, because the "clever" users who use shortcuts (one branch) should get the same amount of points as those users using the long path. The reason that I would like to see this scoring is so that I can get a clearer picture of the users capabilities.
In a nutshell, I would like the assessment scoring to continue, irrespective of what branch the user chooses, with the final score being realistic re % achieved or x out of y.

Andrew
PS I am still using Captivate 1.
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Kayema
Participating Frequently
February 28, 2007
Andrew,

I made something like you discribed with an application training (with lots of branches and possibilities). The problem i'm having is that the end score isnt correct in the result screen, so i'm trying to find out the name of the variables and location to manipulate them with flash.

I'm also interested in you diagram. You must chop your movie in pieces. At the end of each part a user can get his points.. Only the end score is a problem (because the maximum is more than the user possible can score).

Greetings Pascal Timmermans
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jojolinaAuthor
Inspiring
March 6, 2007
Hi kathyn and Pascal

No diagram unfortunately, I map in my head space. Best description I can give is the following simple example:
How do you close a file without closing the package?
1. Click on the lower cross of the 2 in the top right corner of the screen.
2. Select File, then close from the drop down menu.
In the assessment, selection of the cross will jump a slide, but selection of the "File" click box will move to the next slide showing the drop down menu. Thus a branch.
The problem is that if the user selects option 1 and I weight it at 2 points, then the relevant weighting for each branch is 2, thus equal, but my total points at the end will be 2 short even if the user did everything correctly - as per what Pascal is saying. Currently, in a situation like this, I am allocating 0 scores to all interactions in the branches and continuing the scoring when the branches rejoin.
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kathyn
Participant
February 26, 2007
Andrew,

I would be interested to see a diagram of your test. It seems like this could be achieved using question weighting.
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