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Aug 9, 2006 12:41 PM UTC
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Clear Text Entry after wrong answer

Hello,
I'm searching a way for clearing text entry box after the user entered a wrong answer.
If this it's not possible to do that with text entry, is it possible to do that with captivate question quiz, or somthing else?

Thank you
Miky Aviel
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    CatBandit
    CatBanditCorrect answer
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    Aug 10, 2006 2:41 PM UTC
    Hi Miky,
    Sorry I wasn't clear. The answer is "no", except by "Refreshing" the movie, which will reset everything (all scoring objects). That's why I offered the alternative.

    Have a nice day!

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    CatBandit
    Inspiring
    Aug 11, 2006 3:21 PM UTC
    The most common way is to click the "Refresh" button on the browser. The same thing can be accomplished with Java-script I imagine. I am including a sample script below (this would go in the body of the HTML file, but I imagine something similar could be worked into a Captivate button also):

    <div align="center">
    <Script language="JavaScript">
    <!-- Begin
    document.write('<form><input type=button value="Refresh" onClick="history.go()"></form>')
    // End -->
    </script>
    </div>

    Note: There should be no break between lines 4 and 5.
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    CatBandit
    CatBanditCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    Aug 10, 2006 2:41 PM UTC
    Hi Miky,
    Sorry I wasn't clear. The answer is "no", except by "Refreshing" the movie, which will reset everything (all scoring objects). That's why I offered the alternative.

    Have a nice day!
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    Aug 11, 2006 12:45 PM UTC
    Hi,
    Thanks. I'll use the way you have suggested.
    I would like to know how can I refresh the movie?
    Miky
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    CatBandit
    Inspiring
    Aug 9, 2006 6:58 PM UTC
    The problem is that the text-entry object is a "scoring object" and it is considered best practice NOT to allow movement to and fro once a scoring object has been answered.

    The solution is to move forward through the eLearning experience, not back and forth. So how does that apply? Well, one way is to duplicate the slide, including the text-entry object, so the same problem can be offered for solution in the slide(s) following the failed effort. The same principals apply to question slides ... if you want the user to retake a failed effort, you should add (for instance) an "explanation" slide after the question slide and route the use to that following failure; then the following slide can be a re-creation of the question slide if you want to give the student a second chance at the same question.

    There are problems with doing it this way - for one, the scoring is going to be "skewed" - or could be unless the second attempt is weighted at "zero". But since the basic learning concept of asking each question only once is being thrown out anyway, the skewed scoring may not be a big deal (?).

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    Aug 10, 2006 5:55 AM UTC
    Thanks for your replay. I would like to clerify my question-
    Is there any way to clear a text entry object , after the user already answer once, without adding another slide? I mean, mybe in the definitions of the object?
    Thanks
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