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katvsv
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December 31, 2021
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Branching Scenario quiz with interactive conversation/dialogue. Is this possible?

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Here is a branching scenario that I have been tasked with building out in Captivate. I haven't been able to find any instruction on how to create a quiz in this flowchart style, where the user chooses a response and that choice dictates where they go next in the dialogue/quiz. Is something like this even possible?

 

I found these examples that I believe were created using Storyline. So it seems that the concept has been done before. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to achieve this in Captivate?

 

Thanks in advance!

Kat V

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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January 1, 2022

Any eLearning authoring tool can do this, if you know the tool. Sorry, but the screenshot of the flowchart is too small to read to give proper instructions.

Something very important is missing in your question: do you need to transfer the results to the gradebook of a LMS or not? This looks more like scenario-based learning, not like a real quiz where you need to transfer the score to a LMS.  

There are many ways to set this up. I would create custom master slides to start with, either based on the default quiz slide (MCQ) or as a start for custom question slides. The last type gives you more control but take more work.

For the branching you can use:

  • In case of quiz master slide based question, the Success or Last Attempt event. 
  • For custom question slides: use shapes as text container and convert them to interactive objects. You can use its Success event to trigger the actions.

You can assign advanced or shared actions. In this use case I would personally prefer shared actions, because they allow reusing with different parameters.

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katvsvAuthor
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January 1, 2022

The flowchart is the google doc link at the beginning of my post. Sorry for any confusion! You'll have to zoom in to see the details. If you have any problems accessing that link, I have attached a PDF version here (see Branch Mockup.pdf attached).

 

Yes, I will be reporting to an LMS!

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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January 1, 2022

I tried to zoom in, but that was not possible using the first link. This is possible with the pdf-link.

That explains the workflow, but normally a score is built, and this workflow shows negative points for the wrong answers instead of giving positive score for a correct answer. A protocol like SCORM 1.2 wouldn't even support this, but it should be possible to reverse the situation to a building of positive scores. Captivate has the possibility to give penalty scores, which are negative but you need to be sure that the SCORM protocol supports what you want.  I see 8 answers which are considered 'wrong', but didn't explore deep enough to check if the learner has the possibility to have all of them wrong in his individual path. 

 

Since you have multiple paths throughout the project, the learner will not visit all slides. To get the correct score you will need to turn on the Branch aware feature in Quiz Preferences.  That will result in having dynamic quizzing system variables. Of course you will have to take out the default playbar, and where necessary add custom navigation buttons. Here is a blog post explaining Branch aware:

What is Branch Aware? - eLearning (adobe.com)

 

There are never more that 2 answers, you could even use the T/F type of question slides in this case. Choose 1 attempt for each of the quiz slides, and the Success/Last Attempt events for the navigation actions. 

There are 3 possible end slides. The 'score slide' which you can hide will need to be after those end slides. After the score slide you'll need at least one final slide. You cannot delete the score slide, because it is needed to have the score transferred, when getting beyond that score slide. Have a look at:

http://blog.lilybiri.com/secret-of-hidden-score-slide

 

Personally I am sure this can be created in Captivate, you wouldn't even need advanced/shared actions. However you will need thorough testing in the LMS about the 'negative points'. Do you have information about the LMS to be used?

 

 

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sarmo71
Participating Frequently
December 31, 2021

Use actions with calls to diferents slide for each decision. You can view the structure with Branching panel (Window > Branching View)

 

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