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January 20, 2017
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Capturing paragraphs of text, can it be done?

  • January 20, 2017
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Hi - Very new to Captivate so sorry if this seems like a daft question.

I've a need to capture colleagues opinions that will be reviewed by a manager later, they're not necessarily a question that has a correct answer, is this something that I can do using the text entry box? I've searched for the answer but can't find anything which leads me to think it may not be possible. Any links would be very appreciated. Thanks for reading.

Simon

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Correct answer Lilybiri

You can use the Text Entry Box or the Scrolling Text interaction. Both have an associated variable that will store the text. If you can report that variable, you'll have the answer. No need to validate the Text Entry Box, the variable will store the entered text. The learning interaction is a static interaction, cannot be scored nor validated by default.

I don't have a tutorial specifically for your use case. This one is rather complicated because it is about a validated custom short answer question, but you'll see the use of the Scrolling Text interactions several times:

Custom Short Answer Question - Captivate blog

Tips - Learning Interactions - Captivate blog

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Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Legend
January 20, 2017

You can use the Text Entry Box or the Scrolling Text interaction. Both have an associated variable that will store the text. If you can report that variable, you'll have the answer. No need to validate the Text Entry Box, the variable will store the entered text. The learning interaction is a static interaction, cannot be scored nor validated by default.

I don't have a tutorial specifically for your use case. This one is rather complicated because it is about a validated custom short answer question, but you'll see the use of the Scrolling Text interactions several times:

Custom Short Answer Question - Captivate blog

Tips - Learning Interactions - Captivate blog

Participant
January 20, 2017

Thanks very much for your quick reply, the links you've posted look great, I will read through now.