Triggering the Submit Button on a Quiz slide Using Javascript

Hello Mariat,

 I have a custom quiz question that does not use a Submit button.  Instead, I set variables when the correct answer combination is selected, and use an interval timer in JavaScript to check whether that variable has been set or not. If the variable has been set, I show a continue button.  

It works great. Here is my JavaScript code; perhaps you can adapt it:

setInterval(function() {

var rightAnswers = window.cpAPIInterface.getVariableValue("astroRight");

var wrongAnswer = window.cpAPIInterface.getVariableValue("astroWrong");

if ((rightAnswers==3) && (wrongAnswer==0)) { 

cp.show("q_astro_m1cont"); }

else { cp.hide("q_astro_m1cont");}

},100);

Mariat - As LIlybiri says, all interactive objects can be made to report to a quiz score. They also can store values in variables. SCORM2004 has lots of data space to store variable values - your trick will be to pull that out and do your analysis. As long as the interactions you're using, including fill-in-the-blank and short answer fields, are saving user input to variables you can pull that data. You can set up the Captivate slide to store the data without a Submit button.

The way your LMS stores all of that will determine how you retrieve what you want. Talk to your LMS people - they'll be able to tell you how things stand on their side, then you'll have a better idea of what you need to do to get your data. You may have to get into cmi.suspend_data

You posted the same question on my personal website. Understand that I don't answer support questions personally. My blog is totally free.

May be wrong but you seem to think that only quiz slides can be scored and reported which is not correct. Each interactive object can have a score and can be reported as interaction to a LMS.  Quizzing system variables are read only, but with JS or with the CpExtra widget developed by InfoSemantics (AU) they can be manipulated.  But that is not the question: it is reporting of the values of user variales which you'll need if I understand your question correctly. That has nothing to do IMO with a Submit button on a quiz slide. Is this correct? That depends on the LMS in the first place: how is it showing the values of variables which are not the quizzing system variables?

Unless you really need a quiz slide, you will probably be better off using a non-quiz (normal) or knowledge check slide. You can then make your own Submit button that does what you want. Custom slides can still report their scores to the quiz but bypass all the built-in code that quiz slides have in the background. Since you're using SCORM2004 you have tons of variable reporting space on the LMS and should be able to get back all the interaction data you need.