Unique failure capture for each try

Question

Assuming the learner is allowed 3 tries to click the File menu, is there a simple way to display a different failure message each time the learner clicks in the wrong place? Or would this require an advanced action?

Actually, my preference would be to not show any failure caption on the first try. Then to show a failure caption on the second try, and a different failure caption on a third try.

Lilybiri · Accepted Answer

Bummer, understood question wrongly. That will be a bit more complicated, there is no system variable that tracks the number of attempts on question level. This will work:

create three click boxes in exact the same location over the location where user has to click: CB_1, CB_2, CB_3
each click box has one attempt, only the first CB_1 is set to be visible and has no Failure caption, for CB_2 and CB_3 create the wanted Failure caption
attach the wanted action On Success to each click box
as Last Attempt action for the first click box CB_1 create a standard advanced action FirstAttempt
- Hide CB_1
- Show CB_2
as Last Attempt action for the second click box CB_1 create a standard advanced action SecondAttempt
- Hide CB_2
- Show CB_3

Cumbersome work flow, I know. Even with shared actions, which I would recommend if you have version 7. Problem is that you always have to change the parameters, in this case the ID's of the click boxes if you need this multiple times in the project.

Lilybiri

Lilybiri · Answer

There are up to 3 Failure levels possible for question slides. Each failure level will add a Failure caption, that you can fill in as wanted. And if you don't want the first one, do not delete it (because otherwise the failure levels will be decremented) but drag it off the stage.

Lilybiri

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