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Nick H Fisher
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July 23, 2011
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How to reveal correct answer in a quiz question

  • July 23, 2011
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Hello,

I am using Captivate 5.5.

Is there a way to allow the user to view the correct answer to a quiz question without having to keep clicking on the different options until they select the right one? I want to allow infinite attempts but equally, if they are in a hurry or just run out of patience, I want the user to see what the actual answer is straight away. Our learners are medics and they often have limited time.

So the sequence could be something like this.

1. User enters question page.

2. Selects one answer. It is incorrect and retry message appears.

3. User selects another answer. It is incorrect and retry message appears

4. User decides that he/she wants to see the correct answer before moving on. Selects 'reveal answer' and is able to see what the correct answer is.

5. User moves onto next slide (this could be another quiz question or any other type of slide

In another package I have been using, we can specify a 'reveal correct answer' button which shows the correct answer straight away. Is there something like that in Captivate?

Thanks....

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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July 23, 2011

Hello,

During review the correct answer is displayed, but you want it on the question slide itself? And this should be triggered by an extra button 'Show me'? This is perfectly possible if you create custom questions, but with the default question slides seems to be complicated, perhaps impossible. You can have an advanced action attached to the Failure event, that shows a checkmark or a text caption indicating the correct answer but that will only be triggered after the last failure and you have attempts set to infinite.

As for your last question: is there something like that, No, not right out of the box as far as I know. It is not possible to add a button to a regular question slide, with the exception of the static button widget but that has not the same amount of actions like normal buttons. Perhaps it could navigate to another slide, a dummy copy of the question slide (only visually a copy, not a realy question slide) where the correct question is indicated. That is for the moment the only easy way to accomplish what you want if you do stick with the default question slides

Lilybiri

RodWard
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RodWardCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 23, 2011

If you're not particularly wedded to the idea of forcing the users to click in order to see the correct answer, why not just place a rollover caption on the quiz question slide and put the correct answer in the rollover caption? Add some small icon to the corner of the slide that they have to mouseover.

If you don't want them to have access to this icon until they've got the question wrong at least twice, set the rollover caption and icon's visibility to OFF, create a variable for each question and set it's initial value to 0.  OnFailure of the question, set the action to increment the value of the variable by 1.  Have a conditional action also set to trigger OnFail that will look at this variable and when the value gets to 2, SHOW the rollover caption and icon.  This will mean they only appear AFTER the user has flunked the question a couple of times.

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Nick H FisherAutor
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July 24, 2011

Thanks,

Some excellent ideas.

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