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February 9, 2017
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Multiple Choice Ouestions- using points as penalty

  • February 9, 2017
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Hello,

i´m using the quiz function "points as penalty", but i´m not sure how it works.

If i define one point as penalty for a multiple choice question, does it mean you´ll get one point als penalty for every wrong answer or does it mean you´ll get one point as penalty in general. And is it possible to take negative points to the next question?

Thanks for helping me.

K.K.

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Answer to your first question: it depends. If you enter the penalty at question level, in the Quiz Properties panel, it will be the total penalty whenever the user fails to enter the correct answer. There is another work flow, where you use the individual answer properties to define a negative score. Beware: you have to type in a negative number here, not a positive like for 'penalty'. That will allow you to give a different negative score for each wrong answer. The penalty will be dimmed in the Quiz Properties and calculated as the sum of the negative scores for the individual incorrect answers. That is perhaps a better work flow if you have multiple correct answers.

    Sorry, forgot about the second question: not possible to transfer negative score. The end result for the quiz will be the sum of all scores, negative and positive. However a total that is negative cannot be transferred to all LMS's (depends on the SCORM version) and could be round to a zero score.

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    Lilybiri
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    February 9, 2017

    Answer to your first question: it depends. If you enter the penalty at question level, in the Quiz Properties panel, it will be the total penalty whenever the user fails to enter the correct answer. There is another work flow, where you use the individual answer properties to define a negative score. Beware: you have to type in a negative number here, not a positive like for 'penalty'. That will allow you to give a different negative score for each wrong answer. The penalty will be dimmed in the Quiz Properties and calculated as the sum of the negative scores for the individual incorrect answers. That is perhaps a better work flow if you have multiple correct answers.

    Sorry, forgot about the second question: not possible to transfer negative score. The end result for the quiz will be the sum of all scores, negative and positive. However a total that is negative cannot be transferred to all LMS's (depends on the SCORM version) and could be round to a zero score.

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    katharinak99584075Author
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    February 9, 2017

    Thanks for your answer, it´s very helpful.

    Does that mean you possibly can get -1 point for a question? Is there no lower limit with zero points for a question?

    Lilybiri
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    February 9, 2017

    The individual points on questions are not transferred to the LMS AFAIK. Tip: for testing reasons, insert the system variable cpQuizInfoLastSlidePointScored in a text container on the first question slide, time it for the rest of the project, always on top. Try to Preview in Browser to see the result for a question where the result can be negative. Keep also track of that other Quizzing system var cpQuizInfoPointsscored which will have the total score, and is one of the variables that will be transferred to the LMS, and appears on the results slide.

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